Sports Hero: Muhammed Ali
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Did you know that Ali's name was originally Cassius Clay?
Soon after he wrestled the Heavyweight Championship from mean Sonny Liston in 1964, he converted to Islam and took his new name. He quoted as saying at the time that Clay had been his slave name--one he refused to keep any longer. This type of talk was brash and upsetting for many, and made Ali, at the time, one of sports most controversial athletes. The controversy grew even more in 1967 when Ali refused to be
conscripted into the military to fight in Vietnam. Ali explained that it was against his religion to participate in an unjust war, and that:"I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong" What courage that took.
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