Word: clays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scattering of sportswriters took defeat hard enough to hint "fix," but the rest took their medicine. And bitter it was. "Hypocrites!" yelled Cassius Clay at the press conference. "Whatcha gonna say now, huh? Huh? Who's the greatest?" "Cassius," came the faint reply-too faint to satisfy the new champ. "Let's really hear it!" he hollered. "Who's the greatest? I'll give you one more chance: Who's the greatest?" The chant was loud and clear. "You, Cassius, you. You're the greatest...
...Allah Said No." Next day Cassius turned up for another press conference to take care of one last item of business. Weeks before, he had promised reporters a "whole new personality" if he won the title. Now Clay rummaged around in his bag of tricks. And what did he come up with? A white rabbit? No-a Black Muslim. Cassius used to be a Protestant. No longer. He had joined the militantly antiwhite Negro sect. "My religion is Islam," he said, "and I am proud of it. Followers of Allah are the sweetest people in the world. They...
That bombshell reverberated round the world. CLAY PROUD TO BE A MOSLEM, read a headline in Karachi. At Cairo's University of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Sayed Sabik said: "We are all pleased that a Moslem set such a well-mannered religious example of sportsmanship." And at a "Savior's Day" rally in Chicago, while 4,000 delirious followers shouted "You tell it, dear apostle," Black Muslim Leader Elijah Muhammad claimed a share of the heavyweight title for himself. "White people wanted Liston to beat up and probably kill poor little Clay," said Muhammad. "But Allah and myself said...
...Cassius kidding? Nobody knew. Nobody ever knows with Cassius. All anybody knows is that, at 22, Cassius Marcellus Clay's mouth and magic have cornered the world championship and most of $1,000,000-$600,000 from last week's fight alone. There is no telling how much more money Clay can make if he decides to give Sonny Liston a return bout. There is the unsettled matter of his Army service, and there are rumors of a fox in his future. But whatever he does, it will probably turn out right. "I've got a lock...
Drawing on sound anatomical knowledge, Barye built his clay models up from the skeleton. Though his sculptures are on a tabletop scale, they make picturesque heroes out of wild animals, emphasizing their surging power and proud cruelty in a way that artists have never truly bothered to portray since. Other notable animaliers included Christophe Fratin, son of a taxidermist, and Rosa Bonheur, who later mistakenly gave up sculpture for painting...