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Jim Brown obituary

American football star who quit his sporting career to become an actor and civil rights activist

The Guardian - UK

New play highlights improbable friendship between boxer Gene Tunney and Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw

‘Shaw vs. Tunney,’ by Doug Post, is making its world premiere at Theatre Wit this week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Martin Luther King, founding father: Jonathan Eig on his epic new biography

A life of Muhammad Ali led the author to his new book, then a prize-winning predecessor played guide and adviser

The Guardian - US

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Jim Brown: an immovable fixture in American life with a complex legacy

The star athlete, Hollywood pioneer and civil rights icon, who died on Thursday aged 87, was the paragon for an unflinching brand of masculinity that remained undiluted to the end

The Guardian - US

NFL great Jim Brown sought solutions in a lifetime devoted to activism

In many ways, Jim Brown used his platform as one of the greatest football players of all time to fight for people very much like him

The Independent UK

Jim Brown, football legend and activist, dead at 87

Brown is considered one of the greatest athletes in sports history.

Axios

Jim Brown, the first African-American UFC commentator and Pro Football Hall of Famer, dead at 87

Jim Brown, the first African-American UFC commentator, has died at 87.

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Jim Brown, football great, actor and civil rights activist, dies at 87

LOS ANGELES — Jim Brown, regarded by many as the greatest football player of all time who quit the game at the height of his career and became a successful Hollywood actor and influential activist at the peak of the civil rights era, has died at his home in Los…

Los Angeles Times

Jim Brown, one of the NFL's all-time great running backs, has died at age 87

During his nine-year Hall of Fame career with the Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown averaged more than a hundred yards rushing in every regular season game. He's the only player in NFL history to do that.

WEKU

Iain Johnstone obituary

Documentary maker, producer, writer and distinguished film critic for the Sunday Times and the BBC

The Guardian - UK

The Plot to Save South Africa: masterful account of an assassination that nearly derailed efforts to end apartheid

I was about to set off to the airport on the morning of 10 April 1993 to cover the great American boxer Muhammad Ali’s arrival in Johannesburg when the news came through: Chris Hani had been murdered.

The Conversation

The Nation of Islam: A brief history

May 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little.

The Conversation

26 Classic Movies That Were Box Office Flops

Some of the world's most favorite movies started out as box office flops, believe it or not.

Cinemablend

Marlon Humphrey Somehow Just Learned the Titanic Was Real

He’s also confused about whether ‘Rocky’ was a true story.

Sports Illustrated

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The Guardian - US

The bravest thing Anthony Joshua can do is retire from boxing

The former world champion has already won fortune and fame. Muhammad Ali’s biographer believes the Briton should walk away and preserve his health

Zenger

Boxing Legend George Foreman And Actor Khris Davis Share Inspiration Of ‘Big George Foreman’ Film

Salon

Playing George Foreman felt impossible

In "Big George Foreman," Davis embodies world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman

The Independent UK

Khris Davis took the hits to become ‘Big George Foreman’

Khris Davis did not know who he was auditioning for when he first got the lines for an untitled project about a boxer

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The Times of India

Olympian Kaur Singh, who won laurels for India in boxing, passes away

BATHINDA: Olympian Kaur Singh, who brought laurels for India in the prime of his youth, passed away due to prolonged illness at the age of 74 years on Thursday. The international boxer faced getting neglected in the last year's of his life and it is only 9 months when a…

The Times of India

Boxer Kaur Singh dies, Punjab CM condoles

CHANDIGARH: Asian Games gold medallist Indian boxer Kaur Singh, who once fought the legendary Muhammad Ali in an exhibition bout, died on Thursday at a hospital in Kurukshetra, Haryana.

The Guardian - UK

Big George Foreman review – from heavyweight star to born again and back

Flattering biopic zooms entertainingly through an extraordinary, switchback career

Bristol Post

The reluctant Bristol artist who paints his inspirations

“I don’t class myself as an artist”

Tribune News Service

Broadway-bound ‘Ali’ musical to premiere in Muhammad Ali’s Kentucky hometown

NEW YORK — Theater audiences will get to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee when a new musical based on Muhammad Ali enters the ring.

Tribune News Service

Tim Cowlishaw: Déjà vu? Stars losing Joe Pavelski brings back previous Stanley Cup playoff pain.

We only recently passed the 50th anniversary of a stunning upset of Muhammad Ali, a night when a former Joe Frazier sparring partner named Ken Norton broke the champion’s jaw — possibly as early as the second round — to score a major upset in a 12-round decision.

Daily Mirror

Logan Paul compared to Muhammad Ali by former world champion boxer

YouTube star Logan Paul has fought three times in the boxing ring including twice against KSI and once against boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, but former world champion Zab Judah has claimed he moves like Muhammad Ali

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