Muhammad Ali turns 70 today

THE CHAMP IS HERE

Thanks for the quotes.

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frick him!
I hate Ali and his anti-American, muslim, egotistical arse.
He was worse than T.O., Randy Moss, Ocho Cinco, Dennis Rodman, and Jamie Fox's character in Any Given Sunday all put into one.

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Yeah its funny that you mention that. Every time that Ali's name is brought up they say o you mean Cassius Clay and its followed by f that sob. He's a draft dodger. One guy says if he showed his face in some countys here in kentucky that some people would have tried to killed him. There's a lot of love and hate for him here in kentucky.

<------------ Joe Frazier fan

just a few guys that got drafted and weren't dickbags about it. Granted not all were drafted, some just felt like serving our country.

frick Muhammad.

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• Yogi Berra was playing in the New York Yankees' farm system when he was drafted. He operated a machine gun on a Navy rocket boat off Omaha Beach on D-Day.
• Rocky Bleier, Pittsburgh Steelers running back, was drafted in 1968 and served in Vietnam. His right foot was injured by a grenade blast, but he returned to help the Steelers win four Super Bowls.
• Al Blozis, an All-Pro tackle for the New York Giants, was killed in France in World War II.
• Joe DiMaggio, a New York Yankees center fielder, went into the Army in 1942 after seven All-Star seasons. After three years, he returned to help the Yankees win four World Series titles between 1947 and '51.
• Art Donovan, who became a Hall of Fame defensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts, enlisted in the Marines and fought in World War II in the Pacific.
• Bob Feller, a Cleveland Indians pitcher, enlisted within days of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He served on a battleship in the Pacific, where he was a gun-crew chief.
• Billy Fiske, a bobsled gold medalist for the U.S. in 1928 and '32, was the first American pilot killed in World War II. He was shot down in 1940 in the Battle of Britain.
• Danielle Green, a Notre Dame women's basketball player (1995-2000), lost her left arm to rocket fire in Iraq in 2004.
• Tom Harmon, the 1940 Heisman Trophy winner from Michigan, was a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps. In 1943 he survived a crash in Dutch Guiana (now Suriname) and being shot down over China.
• Tommy Hitchcock, considered by some the greatest polo player of all time, was killed on a test flight in World War II.
• Tim James, a former Miami Heat forward, was drafted in the first round of the 1999 draft and played three seasons in the NBA. He is currently in Iraq after enlisting in the Army a year ago.
• Bob Kalsu, a guard on the 1968 Buffalo Bills, was the only NFL player killed in Vietnam. A first lieutenant in the Army, he died on July 21, 1970. His wife gave birth to their son the next day.
• Bill Koll, a college wrestler at what is now Northern Iowa, fought at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He went on to win three NCAA wrestling titles -- he never lost a college match -- and be a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic team.
• Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys coach, was co-pilot of a B-17 bomber during World War II, flying 30 missions in Europe.
• Joe Louis, a former heavyweight champion, volunteered for the Army during World War II, performing in many charity boxing matches to raise money for the war.
• Christy Mathewson, a Hall of Fame pitcher, accidentally inhaled poison mustard gas in World War I, which led to his contracting tuberculosis that killed him in 1925.
• Joe Pinder, a minor league pitcher in the 1930s and '40s, was killed on D-Day at Omaha Beach. He was shot while bringing radio equipment ashore from landing craft. He was awarded a Medal of Honor.
• Dean Rockwell, who went on to coach the U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling team in 1964, fought at Omaha Beach.
• Warren Spahn, a Boston/Milwaukee Braves pitcher, fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
• Roger Staubach, a Dallas Cowboys quarterback, served in Vietnam after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy.
• Pat Tillman, an Arizona Cardinals defensive back, served in the Army from 2002 to '04. On April 22, 2004, he was killed in a friendly-fire incident while on patrol in Afghanistan.
• Cecil Travis, a Washington Senators shortstop, had a major league-leading 218 hits in 1941, the year Joe DiMaggio had a 56-game hitting streak and Ted Williams hit .406. After the season, Travis went into the Army. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and suffered gangrene in one of his feet because of exposure to the cold. Part of the foot had to be amputated.
• Ted Williams, a Boston Red Sox outfielder, became a Marine pilot after the 1942 season. He served as a flight instructor during World War II. He was called back to active duty in 1952 and flew 39 missions in Korea.

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yeah, frick that guy for standing up for what he believed in and sacrificing a great deal of the prime of his career.

I would have paid 100 bucks to see Ali fight Teofilo Stevenson. Castro wouldn't allow it.

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all about me, me, me...great fricking attitude

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Why should he fight in a war for a country that said he could not eat at a lunch counter because of the color of his skin?

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Why should he fight in a war for a country that said he could not eat at a lunch counter because of the color of his skin?

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all about me, me, me...great fricking attitude

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Saying that you don't want to kill poor people, and that you want to help give a voice to millions, and that you believe in civil rights isn't selfish, bro.