BREAKING: The Greatest Ever: Muhammad Ali Has Passed Away

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Early Lead
Muhammad Ali funeral will be broadcast live on ESPN




By Cindy Boren June 8 at 3:22 PM

A man honors Muhammad Ali, signing a banner outside Louisville’s Performing Arts Center. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

ESPN will broadcast live coverage of Muhammad Ali’s memorial service Friday, bumping its coverage of the first match of the European soccer championships to ESPN2.

The memorial service and the soccer opener between France and Romania are both scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. EDT.

President Bill Clinton, Billy Crystal and Bryant Gumbel are among those scheduled to deliver eulogies during the service, which will take place in the 22,000-seat Yum! Center in Ali’s home town of Louisville. The service will conclude two days of public mourning for Ali. On Thursday, there will be an interfaith service conducted by an imam in Louisville’s Freedom Hall. On Friday morning, there will be a funeral procession that will take Ali through the streets of Louisville one last time. The motorcade will pass the Muhammad Ali Center and his boyhood home, ending its journey at Cave Hill Cemetery. Among those who will serve as pallbearers are Will Smith, who portrayed the boxer in the film “Ali,” and former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.

Ali, who had struggled for years with Parkinson’s disease, died Friday in Arizona at the age of 74.

 

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[The Midnight Marauder]

So there's gonna be a traditional Muslim funeral. Will there be a traditional Muslim burial too?

The Islamic service is at noon today. There's a private wake @ 4 today, and the public memorial @ 2 tomorrow.

He's not having a traditional Muslim Burial because he wanted to have a gravesite for people to visit.

 

[UserNameless]

He's not having a traditional Muslim Burial because he wanted to have a gravesite for people to visit.

Got it.

 

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Ku$h Parker]

Listening to the Joe Madison Show for the past week and he had guests that was connected to Ali,learned a lot of New Stuff on him as far as Business,Spiritual and Personal Life was concerned

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

wish we can merge all these Ali tribute threads into 1.

 

[OG Talk]

These dikk Cavett interviews on Hulu are dope..
You can really witness his different moods depending on what he was facing at the time..

 

[OG Talk]

Servers .

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Actually,she was 6 years old.Infact,Ali started dating many girls/women when they were in the 15-17 range.

stop tryna slander his name cornball

 

[BigBrown21]

I still can't believe Muhammad Ali is gone. Ali was the best boxer ever, he had a granite chin and was masterfully skilled. The Greatest is such a fitting title for Muhammad Ali.

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

I still can't believe Muhammad Ali is gone. Ali was the best boxer ever, he had a granite chin and was masterfully skilled. The Greatest is such a fitting title for Muhammad Ali.

I know , it seemed he would live on..he was a true fighter , a marvellous man..the world has truly lost a great humanatarian.

 

[Mars]

This is suppose to be an Ali celebration thread.So out of respect for the champ,i'm not going to post anything else that would paint him in a bad light.

 

[Bernie Madoff]

Actually,she was 6 years old.Infact,Ali started dating many girls/women when they were in the 15-17 range.

That's why he stuck with the foi

Malcolm was the only one of the bunch with any morals...

fukk Ali an fukk ESPN for ruining my cardio session by showing this stupid parade instead of sports clips

 

[Bernie Madoff]

This is suppose to be an Ali celebration thread.So out of respect to the champ,i'm not going to post anything else that would paint him in a bad light.

Speak your mind breh

I call a spade a spade and if offends people so be it...