In Memorium

[dales]

"Muhammad Ali"
(originally by Tom Russell)


From Louisville Kentucky name of Cassius Clay
Fought my way out to see another day
Seven to one odds against ol' Sonny Liston
Took my title from me but I kept on my mission

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
You know you've got me dancing
I'm the champion of the ring
You know my name
Is Muhammad Ali

No George Foreman ever called me a quitter
No Viet Cong ever called me a nigger
Threw my gold medal in the Ohio river
I won for the land of the free. Bumaye

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
You know you've got me dancing
I'm the champion of the ring
You know my name
Is Muhammad Ali

Yes my mind is free and all your love I'll never forget
Yes in time you'll see
I am the most beautiful
I am the most beautiful fighter yet

I know my destination and I know the truth
Yes I am the Louisville Lip that you've been talking to
All my life I've been dancing, like a rooster I will sing
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
You know you've got me dancing
I'm the world champion of the ring
You know my name
Is Muhammad Ali

[BoSoxGal]

RIP

[MajGenl.Meade]

His daughter Rasheda said early Saturday that the legend was "no longer suffering"

He enriched the world and kept boxing relevant for a long time. He was saved by the bell in the fight against Our 'Enery and even in that, he gave millions in England a wonderful 'might have been'! He stood on principle over Vietnam and paid a price. His transformation from cocky prizefighter to dignified and principled "statesman" (can I use that word?) was amazing, whatever his private failings may have been. His battle against Parkinson's was the only one he couldn't win, but he took a victory anyway by the manner in which he lived.

In the largest sense, he remains undefeated and the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.

[Bicycle Bill]

When he does die, it will be interesting to see how many sportswriters and others sing his praises to the heavens. Especially when you consider how many of these same writers and their peers were crying for his head on a plate over his refusal to report for induction in the military, and his name change when he embraced the Black Muslim movement.

And so it begins.  It wouldn't surprise me one iota if at least one of the broadcast networks — probably ABC — trots out some old video of Howard Cosell, who was one of the few in the national media who supported Ali's refusal to report for induction into the military and accepted his name change and conversion to Islam (Black Muslims) right from the beginning, interviewing or talking about Ali.


-"BB"-

[MGMcAnick]

Hmmmm, try this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXbY-CrxO9M