Long before the rise of the Wisconsin basketball team in the late ’90s — culminating ... 17-year-old high school student: Cassius Clay. Traveling a long way from his hometown of Louisville, Ky., Clay ...

Cassius Marcellus Clay, the undefeated challenger ... and received more coverage in most newspapers than pro or college basketball. The day after Ali's big victory, my junior high class couldn ...

Cassius Clay Sr’s older sister ... Not bad for an athlete who’s first love was basketball. Having played basketball through all the youth leagues and at Miller, Clay’s family thought ...

Bender went on to play basketball at Indiana and Arkansas ... "Do you think I'm going to be the principal of a school that Cassius Clay didn't finish?" he said. “If every teacher here fails ...

Johnny Unitas was the NFL’s most valuable player and UCLA beat Duke for college basketball’s national title. Then, however, we bump abruptly into Cassius Clay, an utterly surprising figure so ...

Harvard Westlake basketball star Cassius Stanley may just ... “He (Muhammad Ali, formerly Cassius Clay) was a cocky person, but he backed it up,” Stanley said. “I’m not trying to be ...

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, emerged from humble beginnings in Louisville, Kentucky, where he began boxing at the age of 12. His journey to greatness began when he won a gold medal ...

On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida. On the day of the ...