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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…

Bangkok Post

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Sports Illustrated

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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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

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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.

Los Angeles Times

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

Belfast Live

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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Brave journalist who lost arm after falling under train remained 'whole' dad to his kids

Mirror sportswriter Ken Jones bounced back after losing his arm in a fall under a train - daughter Lesley-Ann writes that 'Dad interviewed Ali and all the greats, but then a terrible accident changed everything... and nothing'

Tribune News Service

A moderate in a ‘toxic’ place, Fred Upton says goodbye to Congress

WASHINGTON — When Michigan’s Fred Upton retires in a few weeks after 36 years in Congress, it’s possible Democrats will miss him more than his fellow Republicans.

Roll Call

A moderate in a ‘toxic’ place, Fred Upton says goodbye to Congress - Roll Call

The long-serving Republican from Michigan built a bipartisan legacy and took flak for impeaching Donald Trump.

Daily Mirror

Tyson Fury backtracks on Oleksandr Usyk criticism with Muhammad Ali comparison

Fury has been a frequent critic of heavyweight rival Usyk suggesting that he will be too small to beat him in terms of weight and height, but has now compared the unified champion's frame to legendary heavyweight Ali

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Red Bull and Max Verstappen compared to Muhammad Ali after dominant 2022 season

A Ferrari chief compared Red Bull's remarkable 2022 campaign to legendary boxer Ali, referencing the way Verstappen dominated after a sluggish start to the year

Manchester Evening News

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk fight plan 'confirmed' as two venues discussed

Fury has confirmed his plan to fight Usyk next year after defeating Derek Chisora while Frank Warren has said that the the Gypsy King is the most entertaining fighter since Muhammad Ali.

The Guardian - UK

Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora bang forlorn drum for disturbing rematch

Tyson Fury and Derek Chisora’s trilogy fight is a bleak affair which says much about the abject state of boxing today

The Independent UK

‘Go to Antarctica’: Tyson Fury targets world tour after beating Derek Chisora

Promotor Bob Arum helped Muhammad Ali have seven fights in 14 months and wants to do similar with Fury

The Independent UK

Go to Antarctica – Tyson Fury eager to embark on a world tour in 2023

Promotor Bob Arum helped Muhammad Ali have seven fights in 14 months and wants to do similar with Fury.

Daily Mirror

Tyson Fury's boxing history lets him down as he makes false heavyweight boast

Fury will take on a second heavyweight trilogy this weekend when he takes on Derek Chisora in London, but he is not the first to take on multiple third fights with Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield already having completed the feat

The Guardian - US

The Shaq docuseries edges from fascinating to frustrating

HBO’s four-hour series on the legendary basketball player has moments of insight but feeds into a trend of turning every sports figure into a cultural icon

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