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July 27, 2023
MagazineAlex Shephard
Saudi Arabia’s Dizzying Scheme to Devour the Sports World
The kingdom’s insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are remaking global culture.
September 17, 2021
Michael Tomasky
“The Most Beloved Man on the Planet”: Ken Burns on Muhammad Ali
TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with the acclaimed filmmaker about his new project, airing Sunday on PBS.
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September 13, 2021
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Is Running for President, and It Will Be Just as Bizarre as Last Time
His 2024 campaign is inevitable. The only question is how the media will handle his shameless, desperate attempts for their attention.
August 28, 2018
Jo Livingstone
A Trans Memoir Explores Masculinity In Extremis
Thomas Page McBee's "Amateur" journeys to the center of the boxing ring.
August 12, 2016
Rafia Zakaria
Pakistan’s Boxing Triumph
Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 7: Boxing.
June 4, 2016
Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith
The Branding of Muhammad Ali
How an aging pro wrestler inspired Cassius Clay to become the most vocal athlete in America.
July 23, 2015
Elaine Teng
The American Actor May Be in Decline. Jake Gyllenhaal Is Most Certainly Not.
April 30, 2015
Daniel Roberts
Mayweather-Pacquiao Won't Be the “Fight of the Century”
April 29, 2015
Tim Starks
Not All Boxing Fans Are Celebrating Mayweather-Pacquiao's "Fight of the Century"
October 28, 1991
Gerald Early
Divine Punches
Muhammad Ali made every big fight into a moment of moral and political crisis in the culture.
March 7, 1964
Murray Kempton
“I Whipped Him and I’m Still Pretty”

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