[Pittsburg Phil]

Ali was a rotten sportsman who make the ex-con Sonny Liston appear as a refined gentleman by comparsion.

[BigFinn]

Anyone who alines themselves with Muhammed has lost their soul.

[Restorer]

Ali helped launch the career of Don King.

Anyone who would do this to America just has to be an evil person.

[Rummyfan]

I repeat: this is not someone suitable to be honored by the president of the United States.

Agreed. The Presidential Medal of Freedom has undergone very serious devaluation over the last decade.....

[TexasCajun]

Can you post the book-cover picture for us from the link in the story pls. thx

[TexasCajun]

Liberals have to always rewrite history to favor their heros.

This book would be a good refresher on the real life and attitudes of Howard Cossell's best pal.

[Mr. Mojo]

I first heard of Ali during the run-up to the first Ali-Frazier fight in 1971 when I was 7 years old. Didn't know anything about the Nation of Islam at the time, but after watching a few interviews I was instinctively repulsed by the guy -- a loud, obnoxious, and anti-American. I wanted Frazier, who seemed like the opposite of Ali in nearly every way, to beat the hell out of him.

Turned out to be one of the greatest fights in boxing history, of course. .....and what a beautiful left hook it was that sent Ali to the canvas ;)

[TexasCajun]

...that wasn't so hard.

[Cincinatus]

Another great book on the real Ali (and it's not pretty):

[IronJack]

Muhammed Ali started the trend of loud-mouthed sports stars that has since begat the likes of Dennis Rodman, Charles Barkley, and Mike Tyson. Low-life pukes who have some modicum of talent in their vapid professions, but whose value as humans is limited to making their owners money.

[OldEagle]

Technically, Ali wasn't a draft dodger or draft resister. He showed up at the appointed time at Houston Main and refused induction. Right or wrong he didn't flee to Canada, Amsterdam or Sweden. He showed up, declined and took his medicine.
As an American citizen and a Vietnam veteran I do not agree with his stand and do not understand mainly because of the benefits he derived from being an American.
I knew a lot of people who could have avoided Vietnam and some of them didn't return.
Slick Willie avoided Vietnam and has never faced the music.

[Jaxter]

"Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Wa Za Banga"

You're not going to believe it but that was exactly the sound my old Ford made just before the transmission went.

[Petronski]

First time I saw the title, I thought misread it as Mohammad Ali: "Beautiful Sod"