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A Tribute to Muhammad Ali: Mozart’s Requiem (Audio) – Joe Johnson

June 10, 2016 Alphonse Leave a comment

Mozart's Requiem, in honor of Muhammad Ali

Mozart’s Requiem – Joe Johnson

In recognition of Muhammad Ali’s funeral today, we offer a moving audio tribute: Mozart’s Requiem. (Browse our Movie Archive)

Muhammad Ali is laid to rest (includes ways to watch live)

June 10, 2016 Alphonse Leave a comment

The funeral procession of Muhammad Ali will begin at 9 a.m. ET. At 2 p.m. ET, a memorial service will take place in Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center.

Watch the funeral live online:

CBSN – starts at 1:00 pm, no cable subscription required
ESPN – starts at 2:00 pm, cable subscription required
TV ONE – starts at 2:00 pm, cable subscription required

On Friday the world was rocked by the death of Muhammad Ali. Ali was one of the greatest heavy weight boxing champions in history, who first entered the public arena after winning Olympic gold. Energetic and almost musical, he often spoke quickly in entertaining rhymes, long before the era of rap. He delighted the public, and confounded conservative journalists, who lined up to interview him.

Muhammad Ali vs Floyd Patterson, 1972

June 5, 2016 Alphonse Leave a comment

Muhammad Ali vs Floyd Patterson, 1972

Muhammad Ali vs Floyd Patterson (2nd meeting). Sep. 20, 1972. Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States. (Browse our Movie Archive)

Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, 1965

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Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, 1965

This is the second meeting in the ring of the two boxing champions, held in Dominic’s Hall, Lewiston, Maine (USA) (Browse our Movie Archive)

Essay: “I am still the greatest” by Muhammad Ali

June 5, 2016 Alphonse Leave a comment

In the wake of Muhammad Ali’s passing, it’s a good time to revisit an essay penned by the legendary boxer and activist himself, read by his wife, on National Public Radio.

“I have always believed in myself, even as a young child growing up in Louisville, Ky. My parents instilled a sense of pride and confidence in me, and taught me and my brother that we could be the best at anything. I must have believed them…” (NPR)

Enjoy reading and listening to “I am the Greatest” (NPR)

President Obama: Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Period.

June 5, 2016 Alphonse Leave a comment

Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Period. If you just asked him, he’d tell you. He’d tell you he was the double greatest; that he’d “handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder into jail.” But what made The Champ the greatest – what truly separated him from everyone else – is that everyone else would tell you pretty much the same thing. Like everyone else on the planet, Michelle and I mourn his passing. But we’re also grateful to God for how fortunate we are to have known him, if just for a while; for how fortunate we all are that The Greatest chose to grace our time. In my private study, just off the Oval Office, I keep a pair of his gloves on display, just under that iconic photograph of him – the young champ, just 22 years old, roaring like a lion over a fallen Sonny Liston. I was too young when it was taken to understand who he was – still Cassius Clay, already an Olympic Gold Medal winner, yet to set out on a spiritual journey that would lead him to his Muslim faith, exile him at the peak of his power, and set the stage for his return to greatness with a name as familiar to the downtrodden in the slums of Southeast Asia and the villages of Africa as it was to cheering crowds in Madison Square Garden. “I am America,” he once declared. “I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me – black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me.” That’s the Ali I came to know as I came of age – not just as skilled a poet on the mic as he was a fighter in the ring, but a man who fought for what was right. A man who fought for us. He stood with King and Mandela; stood up when it was hard; spoke out when others wouldn’t. His fight outside the ring would cost him his title and his public standing. It would earn him enemies on the left and the right, make him reviled, and nearly send him to jail. But Ali stood his ground. And his victory helped us get used to the America we recognize today. He wasn’t perfect, of course. For all his magic in the ring, he could be careless with his words, and full of contradictions as his faith evolved. But his wonderful, infectious, even innocent spirit ultimately won him more fans than foes – maybe because in him, we hoped to see something of ourselves. Later, as his physical powers ebbed, he became an even more powerful force for peace and reconciliation around the world. We saw a man who said he was so mean he’d make medicine sick reveal a soft spot, visiting children with illness and disability around the world, telling them they, too, could become the greatest. We watched a hero light a torch, and fight his greatest fight of all on the world stage once again; a battle against the disease that ravaged his body, but couldn’t take the spark from his eyes. Muhammad Ali shook up the world. And the world is better for it. We are all better for it. Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family, and we pray that the greatest fighter of them all finally rests in peace. ###

According to President Obama, who issued a statement from the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama, “Muhammad Ali was The Greatest. Period.” The President had high prays for this icon of American Sport. Here is the full transcript of the memorial address: Read more

Boxing Legend and Humanitarian Muhhammad Ali dies at 74

June 4, 2016 Alphonse Leave a comment

The management team at Face Activities honors the passing of an American original, sports icon and humanitarian, Muhammad Ali, who died from a respiratory illness, age 74. We extend our condolences to his family, friends, and many fans around the world. One of the most popular athletes and effervescent personalities, Ali was an Olympic Boxer, and Heavy Weight Champion of the world, considered one of the greatest pugilists ever to live. Read more