HE WAS THE GREATEST AND THE PRETTIEST
So you know Muhammad Ali is the latest celebrity casualty of 2016.
Which means, among other things, that he and Howard Cosell are together again.
I have to admit, I’ve never been a fan of boxing. But Muhammad Ali’s self-professed greatness transcended the sport. He was very much a part of my pop culture landscape as I was growing up, appearing on talk shows and the occasional sitcom. He even had his own Saturday morning cartoon for a bit.
And he was easily the most quotable sports figure of my generation outside of professional wrestling.
It’s interesting too that he was an Islam convert - which was controversial at the time, but arguably not as much as it would be in 2016 if some major non-white sports figure was to do the same. Certainly it didn’t prevent Ali from becoming a beloved pop culture icon. It’s fair bet that most Americans had forgotten Ali was a Muslim until Donald Trump inadvertently reminded them.
Anyway. Respect.
Like a bee,
This is dF
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Which means, among other things, that he and Howard Cosell are together again.
I have to admit, I’ve never been a fan of boxing. But Muhammad Ali’s self-professed greatness transcended the sport. He was very much a part of my pop culture landscape as I was growing up, appearing on talk shows and the occasional sitcom. He even had his own Saturday morning cartoon for a bit.
And he was easily the most quotable sports figure of my generation outside of professional wrestling.
It’s interesting too that he was an Islam convert - which was controversial at the time, but arguably not as much as it would be in 2016 if some major non-white sports figure was to do the same. Certainly it didn’t prevent Ali from becoming a beloved pop culture icon. It’s fair bet that most Americans had forgotten Ali was a Muslim until Donald Trump inadvertently reminded them.
Anyway. Respect.
Like a bee,
This is dF
This entry was originally posted at http://defrog.dreamwidth.org/1577967.html. Please comment there using OpenID.