Whoever it was that came up with the often-used adage, 'life begins at 40,' did not, indeed, could not have known how ...

Mark Rowlands writes about his father’s memory of watching the second Sonny Liston-Muhammad Ali fight on TV (“The Ghosts Within,” Books, Oct. 18). Perhaps that reinforces the author’s premise about ...

Robert A. Legg had to huddle around a radio in May 1965 because the Sonny Liston-Muhammad Ali fight was available only on closed circuit (Letters, Oct. 29). I remember that day vividly—I was lucky ...

Highly decorated amateur Sonny Liston Ali talks about turning pro in the super lightweight division with Frank Warren's Queensbury promotions. Sonny is trained by Will Jones out of the Edge Gym. Sonny ...

It’s impossible to discuss the history of the Chevrolet Corvette without discussing Zora Arkus-Duntov. Back in 1954 he convinced GM to hire him as an engineer, but he wasn’t your run-of-the-mill ...

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. Sonny Roberts’ daughter tells us about how her father created the UK’s first black-owned music ...

The Yale Repertory Theatre is on a roll of rediscovery. The theater’s current production of Zora Neale Hurston‘s” Spunk” is an even bigger deal than last season’s revival of Steve Carter’s “Eden.” ...

WASHINGTON — Key senators of both parties said they would try to find a way to pay all federal employees during the partial government shutdown after the Senate blocked consideration of dueling ...

TCU will look to get bowl eligible on Saturday as they travel to Morgantown to face the West Virginia Mountaineers. The Frogs enter the game with a 5-2 record and 2-2 Big 12 record following their ...

LABOR Senator Steve Hutchins was the man behind an elaborate sting orchestrated from a riverside pub that netted Jackie Kelly's husband and a senior Liberal official in the biggest scandal of the ...

In 1936, the anthropologist and noted Harlem Renaissance figure Zora Neale Hurston traveled to Jamaica to learn the customs and traditions of its free Black population. Her experience there highlights ...