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LIFE With Dem Bums: Spring Training at Dodgertown, 1948

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE on the Gridiron: Old-School College Football Photos

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE With Jackie Robinson: Rare and Classic Photos of an American Icon

By Ben Cosgrove

Johnny Longden: Giant in the Saddle

By Ben Cosgrove
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The New Olympic Ring

Men have boxed at the Games for more than a century. Now women are getting their turn

By Katherine Dunn

LIFE Shoots Old-School College Hoops

Photographs from the '40s, '50s and '60s featuring NCAA roundball legends — Pete Maravich, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain and others — as well as long-forgotten players who made a splash and then, quietly, faded away.

By Ben Cosgrove

In Praise of the 'Powder Puff Derby'

On the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, LIFE offers a lighthearted look at racing back in the day, through the lens of a single race: the all-female "Powder Puff Derby."

By Ben Cosgrove

Happy Birthday, Muhammad Ali: 70 Iconic Images for 70 Years

On his 70th birthday, TIME presents 70 iconic images (and one for good luck!) of the boxing legend and Civil Rights activist, as athletes, celebrities and photographers recall their favorite memories of The Greatest.

By George Lois

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

Floating, stinging, punching, prophesying, he transformed his sport and became the world's most adored athlete

By George Plimpton

Baseball These Are The Good Old Days

Step aside, Ruth and Maris--this is the golden age for America's pastime

By Richard Corliss

Read TIME's 1963 Cover Story About Muhammad Ali

You are getting a free preview of a TIME Magazine article from our archive. This story originally appeared on the cover of the March 22, 1963, issue of TIME. This piece—reported and written by Nick...

By TIME Staff

Read TIME's Jackie Robinson Cover Story From 1947

On the baseball legend's rookie season

By TIME Staff
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