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In this June 28, 2017 photo, Jim Erickson, 72, takes part in Rock Steady Boxing, a nationwide program to help people with Parkinson's disease stay active and healthy in Helena, Mont. Rock Steady holds classes three times per week at Frederick's ATA Martial Arts gym in Helena. (Matt Neuman/Independent Record via AP)

Pulling no punches in the fight against Parkinson’s disease

By MATT NEUMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2016, file photo, Usain Bolt celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 200-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The man who reshaped the record book and saved his sport along the way is saying goodbye. His runs through the 100 meters and Jamaica's 4x100 relay at next week's world championships are expected to produce golds yet again, along with leaving people to wonder who could possibly take his place. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Usain Bolt is down to his last, blazing curtain call

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Laila Ali to speak, sign book at Muhammad Ali Center

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FS1's Jason Whitlock responds on June 16, 2017, to ESPN host Max Kellerman's assertion that playing the national anthem before professional sporting events is an invitation to political protests. (Fox Business Network screenshot)

Jason Whitlock: ESPN’s Max Kellerman, ‘far left-wing’ people ‘want to overthrow everything’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Louisville honoring Muhammad Ali with 6-week festival

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FILE - In this Thursday, June 9, 2016, file photo, a candle is lit at a makeshift memorial to Muhammad Ali at the Muhammad Ali Center, in Louisville, Ky. For one week last spring, as Louisville led the world in mourning Muhammad Ali's death and celebrating his life, not a single person died in a hail of gunfire in the boxing great's hometown. The silence was welcome in a city wrestling with an explosion of violence (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Muhammad Ali’s hometown fights explosion of violence, deaths

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Owners of Ali’s boyhood home warn of possible closing

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In a photo taken Wednesday, April 26, 2017, former boxer Chuck Wepner talks to The Associated Press in his home in Bayonne, N.J. Forty-two years after he stepped into the ring against Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog, Wepner’s business card still has a picture of the moment when he knocked down the champ. Wepner’s life story has now arrived on the big screen with Liev Schreiber playing the Bayonne Bleeder in “Chuck,” which opens on Friday, May 5, 2017, in New York and Los Angeles before expanding nationwide. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Rocky’s muse: Boxer who inspired Stallone gets his moment

By JOSH CORNFIELD - Associated Press

Documentarian Ken Burns making film on Muhammad Ali

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The Latest: TSA says ID of Ali’s son confirmed at airport

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this April 15, 1975, photo, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, and Muhammad Ali Jr., his 2-and-a-half year old son, arrive at Miami Beach, Fla. Muhammad Ali’s son, who bears his name, is launching a campaign in support of religious freedom a month after he and his mother were detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport. Ali Jr. said he was questioned about his religion during the incident, which showed him that work remains around his father’s fight on the issue. (AP Photo/File)

Muhammad Ali’s family speaks up on religious freedom after airport detainment

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FILE - In this April 15, 1975 file photo, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, and Little Muhammad Ali, his 2-and-a-half year old son, arrive at Miami Beach, Fla. Muhammad Ali’s son, who bears his name, is launching a campaign in support of religious freedom a month after he and his mother were detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport. Ali Jr. said he was questioned about his religion during the incident, which showed him that work remains around his father’s fight on the issue. (AP Photo/File)

Muhammad Ali’s son launching religious freedom campaign

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2016, file photo, Chicago Cubs right fielder Jason Heyward catches a fly ball hit by Cleveland Indians' Trevor Bauer during the third inning of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series in Chicago. The photo was honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors as best sports action photo of 2016 at their annual winter meeting in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

AP’s global coverage of Ali’s death wins story of the year

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 1975 file photo, Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, and Little Muhammad Ali, his 2 1/2 year old son, arrive at Miami Beach, Fla. Muhammad Ali's son, who bears the boxing great's name, was detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport and questioned about his ancestry and religion in what amounted to unconstitutional profiling, a family friend said Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/File)

Ali Jr. says airport detention made him feel “violated”

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

For high schoolers, rapper karate champ is cool teacher

By MARA ROSE WILLIAMS - Associated Press

This image released by the Muhammad Ali Center, shows original artwork created by boxing great Muhammad Ali. When Ali wasn't jabbing or dancing in the ring, he sometimes dabbled as an artist. Now, 15 drawings created by the boxing great are heading to the Muhammad Ali Center in his hometown of Louisville, Ky., the center announced Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. The Ali originals are being donated by the foundation created by the artist LeRoy Neiman, a longtime Ali friend. (Muhammad Ali/Muhammad Ali Center via AP)

Champ’s artistic side to be displayed at Muhammad Ali Center

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

When giants fall: Sports loses Ali, Howe, Palmer, Summitt

By FRED LIEF - Associated Press

Ali’s death, memories it stirred voted Kentucky’s top story

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 25, 1965, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw, in Lewiston, Maine. On that last ride, the one through his hometown, the windshield of the hearse was covered with so many strewn flowers the driver could barely see the road let alone the throngs lining the streets. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File)

When giants fall: Sports loses Ali, Howe, Palmer, Summitt

By FRED LIEF - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 5, 2006 file photo, photographer Howard Bingham, left, and longtime friend Muhammad Ali attend a reception at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky. Bingham, the longtime personal photographer, confidant and close friend of Ali, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, at age 77. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon, File)

Howard Bingham, Muhammad Ali’s personal photographer, dies

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press