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In 1961, a young Muhammad Ali — then still known as Cassius Clay — stepped into a Miami swimming pool and created one of the most iconic sports photographs in history. Captured by Life magazine photographer Flip Schulke, the image shows Ali sparring underwater, perfectly poised, his fists slicing through the water’s resistance with effortless […]

Thanksgiving football, one of America's longest traditions, proves that sports and food will always be the ultimate connectors.

President Donald Trump became the first sitting POTUS in some 50 years to attend a regular-season NFL game and was promptly booed so loudly that he left early. While Cassius cannot confirm that Trump’s early departure from the Washington Commanders vs. the Detroit Lions game was, in fact, because he received a rousing roar of disapproval, we […]

As former NFL star Antonio Brown faces a second-degree attempted murder charge, it's time that we examine how he got here.

Business is no longer booming for Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown. The problematic wide receiver was finally arrested after being on the run for six months.

Way back in 2012, before he would turn out to in fact be a cornball brother, Robert Griffin III was the man. He was the number two overall pick in the NFL draft, taken by the Washington Commanders (who were then going by their racist surname) and he had a stellar rookie season. He led […]

We’d just turned the corner onto our block when my father noticed two guys fighting. I couldn’t have been more than eight at the time. The guys fighting looked to be in their twenties. And they were going at it. At one point, my dad parked the car to watch, and I leaned over him […]

The New York Jets narrowly beat the Bengals, with Justin Fields opening up about the emotional toll of a winless start.

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Raiders running back Doug Martin died after suffering a medical emergency while in Oakland police custody.

When I was in high school in Washington, D.C., we played against a team called Theodore Roosevelt. Since we were the visitors and it was our first time facing them, our pregame routine was always the same — we started our layup line first, waiting to size up the other team once they came out. […]

By the time I entered college, I was already five years into my career. I was working at The Washington Post in the evenings and was having trouble advancing because I didn’t have a degree. It was an easy way for them to deny me a job, and not wanting to be ignored, I decided […]

Brandon Copeland shares his journey from NFL pro to finance whiz, and how he’s changing the game by making financial literacy accessible to all.