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On this day: Bill Russell, Scot Pollard born; Bob McAdoo trade

On this day in Celtics history, iconic big man Bill Russell was born, as was center Scott Pollard on a day the team traded for Bob McAdoo.

USA Today Sports Media Group

LeBron James, Lionel Messi, Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo and the GOAT debate settled

In recent years, social media has given rise to the phrase GOAT being applied to stars across different sports with Tom Brady, Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo all staking their claims.

Football London

Oleksandr Usyk: ‘There had been laughter in that gym. When I got there, only darkness and death’

As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, the world heavyweight champion tells Donald McRae about the devastation of war and searching for signs of hope

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UFC legend shuts down comparison between Jake Paul and Muhammad Ali

YouTube star Paul recently signed a deal with MMA label PFL as he works on promoting while fighting in MMA and boxing, which saw the CEO of the promotion compare him to boxing legend Ali

Daily Mirror

Gregory Allen Howard, screenwriter of ‘Remember the Titans,’ ‘Ali’ dies at 70

Howard was the first Black screenwriter to write a drama that made $100 million at the box office when “Titans” crossed that milestone in 2000.

Chicago Sun-Times

SI:AM | Underdogs Look to Keep Rolling in the Divisional Round

Four spots in the conference title games are on the line.

Sports Illustrated

Tyson Fury responds to Oleksandr Usyk call-out by making "rabbit" jibe at rival

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are expected to battle for the undisputed heavyweight world title and the pair have ramped up their trash talk ahead of the potential showdown

Daily Mirror

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Muhammad Ali's daughter pays heartwarming birthday tribute to boxing great

Former two-weight champion Laila Ali said her father's "kindness and generosity were unmatched".

Irish Mirror

“Fury would have beaten Ali” - Deontay Wilder trainer lauds WBC champion amid Oleksandr Usyk talks

Deontay Wilder's trainer Malik Scott has given his view on Tyson Fury's skills, with a glowing appraisal of the undefeated heavyweight champion.

Manchester Evening News

Mark your diaries: three of London’s hottest sporting tickets for 2023

It might not be last year’s summer of sport, but the capital will be home to an exciting new breed of live sporting events for 2023. Matt Rogan has your line-up

Evening Standard

Oleksandr Usyk hits out at "belly" Tyson Fury as fight talks continue

Usyk defeated Anthony Joshua last year to set up an undisputed heavyweight title clash with Fury, and with the pair closing in on an agreement, the Ukrainian has resumed the trash talk

Daily Mirror

Stop blaming firearms for society’s problems

Sure, more can be done to protect lives when it comes to gun violence, but the answer is not to remove the guns. Look around at what society has become and try to fix the problems. Don’t blame an inanimate object.

Chicago Sun-Times

Will Bunch: Exhuming McCarthy: How minority rule could implode US democracy in 2023

In the end, he couldn’t even get 218 votes, a simple majority. The GOP’s Kevin McCarthy gained the House speakership in the dead of night early Saturday, but the last winner of a 15-rounder who emerged this battered and bloody was Muhammad Ali, who told reporters after 1975′s “Thrilla in…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer by Richard Bradford review – a literary sucker punch

The Naked and the Dead author was a brash and infuriating personality, but he deserves better than this dismissive biography, published to mark the centenary of his birth

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Why Pele was such a joy to watch

All week there have been eloquent tributes to the great Brazilian footballer Pele. The news of Pele's death came too late for last week's column but I would like to offer a belated salute, however inadequate, to this man who provided such joy to my generation. Just like Muhammad Ali…

Chicago Sun-Times

Remembering a few sports luminaries who died in 2022

Ray Guy, Bruce Sutter, John Clayton and Earnie Shavers were notable among sports deaths in 2022.

Sports Illustrated

Remembering Barbara Walters’s Memorable Interview With Muhammad Ali

The trailblazing journalist delivered an iconic interview with the heavyweight boxing legend following his 1978 loss to Leon Spinks.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Robert Parish on how fellow iconic Celtics big man Bill Russell prepared him to play in Boston

'I was really leery and hesitant of the city,' shared Parish, who'd had a negative experience with Celtics fans his rookie season with the Warriors.

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The Independent UK

Pele: Football’s Elvis Presley who achieved immortality amid controversy

His brilliance helped him reach immense levels of fame but he leaves a complicated legacy

Daily Mirror

Pele through the years: Real name, socks for footballs, serial winner and Viagra frontman

The Brazil icon led an extraordinary life, not least of all winning three World Cups, and is widely regarded as the greatest footballer to have ever graced the game

Daily Mirror

Pele's aura left you knowing you were in the presence of greatness

Pele has passed at the age of 82 but his legacy lives on after a career on and off that pitch that transcended his sport which began with his sensational World Cup efforts

The Independent UK

Pele was always about more than football

A Netflix documentary explored the life of one of football’s greatest-ever players and the country that loved him like no other, Miguel Delaney writes

Los Angeles Times

Dylan Hernandez: Lincoln Riley keeps raising the bar, expecting his first USC team to be his weakest

LOS ANGELES — Don't be fooled by his understated demeanor. Lincoln Riley is brash. He tells you he's going to kick your you-know-what and he explains how he's going to do it.

Belfast Live

Cult of Conor McGregor looks like it's coming to a fitting end

''The Irish Muhammad Ali" as he was once called is getting a slap in the face from the sporting public and maybe now the UFC

The Independent UK

Matchroom Boxing signs bantamweight prospect Muhammad Ali

The Briton, 18, will make his professional debut in 2023, training under Dave Coldwell

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