President Barack Obama will make his Tonight Show debut with Jimmy Fallon tomorrow night. Set your DVR’S because you won’t want to miss it. The last time these two got together was when Fallon was hosting Late Night and they did “Slow Jam The News”. Watch the video to refresh your memory. Bobby Brown was […]
The President and First Lady wrote a letter that will be given to Ali's family by White House Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett.
Laila Ali, daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali, shared an Instagram photo of West 33rd Street, which was renamed “Muhammad Ali Way” on Tuesday. “New York City temporarily named a street after my father,” she said in the caption. “Such an honor for the G.O.A.T. I’m sending love and positive vibes to all of […]
The book Blood Brothers describes the unique friendship between two of Black America’s icons, Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X. Though Ali’s conversion to Islam was a defining moment for the former heavyweight boxing champion, it was his friendship with El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) that played a major role in forming the champ’s views and who he was. From Amazon […]
The boxing legend and cultural icon will be sent off like the king he was.
Will Smith, Lennox Lewis and six other friends/family of the late great Muhammed Ali will serve as pallbearers at his funeral this Friday, ESPN reports. Ali and Smith formed a genuine friendship during the filming of the iconic biopic Ali, for which Smith landed an Academy Award nomination. According to ESPN, Ali died from septic […]
The death of Muhammad Ali has left many of us with a void in our hearts. The 74-year-old passed away Friday at a Phoenix area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications. During Monday’s special edition of NewsOne Now, Roland Martin and a select panel of guests reflected […]
@kwellscomm WTLC News for Monday Today is the 48th anniversary of the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy. The Kennedy King Memorial Initiative invites the community to join them at 12 Noon today at the site of the Kennedy-King memorial, located in King Park at 17th and Broadway Street in Indianapolis to remember Kennedy’s life and his […]
As the world continues to mourn the loss of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, his loved ones are making plans to honor his legacy. According to a family spokesman, there will be memorial ceremonies held in his hometown of Kentucky on Thursday and Friday. The public memorial, which will be held on Friday, will take place […]
CBS News Special Correspondent, James ‘JB’ Brown talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the legacy and life of Muhammad Ali. “Folks respected him, even if they disagreed with him. No disrespect to Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan but Ali was known for five decades around the globe, and this was before Twitter and […]
Legendary boxer Bernard Hopkins talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about Muhammad Ali‘s legacy and how he single-handledly changed the game of sports. “We talk about poetry and rap, but he brought that to sports. Ali was his own promoter in a way. If it wasn’t for Ali I wouldn’t have the same controversy, […]
Famed boxer Roy Jones Jr. talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the memory of Muhammad Ali and how influential he was to his career. “I learned that mentally boxing is no about assaulting or bullying. When I realized that he took his mind an defeated Joe Frazier, I said I can do that. […]
