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  1. Retirement Tests If Beckham Built Lasting Brand

    Fri, 17 May 2013

    his playing days," said Schafer, who said former NBA star Magic Johnson, NHL player Wayne Gretzky and boxing great Muhammad Ali among the other top retired athletes who've kept up their images. Brand Beckham, however, isn't just David. His wife

  2. Retirement Tests If Beckham Built Lasting Brand

    Fri, 17 May 2013

    his playing days," said Schafer, who said former NBA star Magic Johnson, NHL player Wayne Gretzky and boxing great Muhammad Ali among the other top retired athletes who've kept up their images. Brand Beckham, however, isn't just David. His wife

  3. Key Events in Pakistan's Political History

    Fri, 10 May 2013

    Islamic Pakistan, divided into East and West, and predominantly Hindu India. —Sept. 11, 1948: Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah dies. —Oct. 16, 1951: Pakistan's first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, assassinated in gun attack

  4. Robin Roberts to be Honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at The 2013 ESPYS on July 17

    Tue, 26 Mar 2013

    honorees include: Jim Valvano (1993); Steve Palermo (1994); Howard Cosell (1995); Loretta Claiborne (1996); Muhammad Ali (1997); Dean Smith (1998); Billie Jean King (1999); Dave Sanders (2000); Olympian Cathy Freeman (2001

  5. Parkinson's Disease at 29, Man Opts for New Brain Surgery

    Tue, 5 Mar 2013

    transformed by what he calls a "sci-fi" procedure at Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at Barrow Neurological Institute in learn more about a fundraising event to benefit the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center on March 23, starring Jennifer Lopez

  6. Don King's New Passion: Promoting Culinary Heavyweights

    Thu, 31 Jan 2013

    past, but no contestant's fall from grace has ever inspired an advocate like King. This is the man who built up Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and negotiated the Rumble in the Jungle. What's with the sudden interest in food? "Food is your

  7. Rock Star Nearly Loses Career With 'Curable' Dementia

    Tue, 15 Jan 2013

    walk and take multi-step turns. "It looks like their feet are stuck to the floor," Zabramski said. At Barrow's Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and Movement Disorder Clinic, intake patients are first screened for NPH. "Last year we evaluated

  8. Opinion: The Machismo of Macho Camacho

    Mon, 3 Dec 2012

    pay their final respects with a question lingering, can a Puerto Rican boxer ever rise to be the cultural hero that Muhammad Ali was or does the current state of sports and media relegate our own to be perpetual clowns in life and in death? This

  9. Celebrating the Life of Photographer Gordon Parks

    Fri, 30 Nov 2012

    once I was here the dreams started moving in, and I went about devouring them as they devoured me. " - Gordon Parks Muhammad Ali Gives Kids Autographs to Young Fans, Miami, 1970. ( The Gordon Parks Foundation / ICP ) Homeless Man, Paris, France

  10. PM Note: Match-O-Matic, 'Polls Go Up, Polls Go Down,' Solving School Lunches With Snacks, Akin Re-Makes Friends

    Wed, 26 Sep 2012

    Illustrated agrees with Romney, but it's still an interesting question. I mean - what about that Obama supporter Muhammad Ali ? - http://abcn.ws/Smd0gh (Arlette Saenz) Mahmoud's UNGA Swan Song - U.S. and E.U. "have "have entrusted

  11. Romney Dubs Jack Nicklaus 'Greatest Athlete' of 20th Century

    Wed, 26 Sep 2012

    competitor won that award. Sports Illustrated dubbed boxer Muhammad Ali as the "Sportsman of the 20 th Century." Get more legendary bouts, you're still doing it." "Without Muhammad Ali , there wouldn't have been an Obama," he said

  12. Bumping into stars makes fliers' trips unforgettable

    Mon, 24 Sep 2012

    our lives' work." Road Warrior Ed Grooms says he cherishes the memory of his Los Angeles-Philadelphia flight with Muhammad Ali sitting next to him in 1999. He says the effects of Parkinson's disease on the former heavy-weight champion were

  13. The Global Note: Al Qaeda In Spain?…In Syria, Horrors On Both Sides…In Belarus, Teddy Bears From The Sky

    Thu, 2 Aug 2012

    boxing landscape, tallying 105 Olympic medals from 1904 to 2004. The sport's icons were molded on the Olympic stage: Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) in Rome, Sugar Ray Leonard in Montreal, Joe Frazier in Tokyo, George Foreman in Mexico City

  14. London 2012 Olympics: Miffed North Korea Recovers From Flag Snafu

    Thu, 26 Jul 2012

    parties for the famous and fabulous. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali sponsored an event in London Wednesday at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which raised money for the Muhammad Ali Center and for research into Parkinson's disease

  15. Let the Celebrity Olympics Begin

    Wed, 25 Jul 2012

    watch celebrities arriving for an invitation-only party. It was a fund-raising event sponsored by 70-year-old Muhammad Ali . But the crowd came out to see the likes of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and George Clooney. It was a disappointment

  16. Sylvia Woods, 'Queen of Soulfood,' Dies at 86

    Fri, 20 Jul 2012

    where she'd worked as a waitress. The Lenox Avenue restaurant grew to seat 250 people, including Diana Ross and Muhammad Ali . Customers dined on the Southern food staples Woods was known for: collard greens, fried chicken, cornbread and

  17. 'Star Wars' Troopers Used by Photographer David Eger to Recreate Iconic Images

    Fri, 6 Jul 2012

    Annie Leibovitz of Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, just before his death. 145/365 | Trooper vs Trooper The image of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston is one of best-known boxing images of all time. You can see more of David Eger's work

  18. Star Wars Photos Recreates Iconic Images

    Fri, 6 Jul 2012

    infamous photo taken by Annie Leibovitz a few hours before his untimely death. 145/365 | Trooper vs Trooper The image of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston is one of the most well known boxing, and arguably sports photographs of all time. It was

  19. Gene Predicts Parkinson's Progression

    Tue, 15 May 2012

    that it would continue to get worse, and that there was no cure. Parkinson's disease, often associated with boxer Muhammad Ali and actor Michael J. Fox , affects 1 million Americans, according to the National Parkinson Foundation. While the

  20. A Boxer's Memory: Study Shows 6 Years in Ring Change Brain

    Wed, 18 Apr 2012

    at the age of 20. The long term consequences of combat sport are no secret, thanks to high-profile athletes like Muhammad Ali . But a new study suggests just six years of boxing can cause lasting changes in the brain, including shrinkage of

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