[Magdalen] RIP Ali, 74.

[M J _Mike_ Logsdon]

I remember, almost in visceral detail, those evenings in the mid-1970s when I'd watch the fights with my Pop in our humble living room.  I don't understand fighting as a sport, but I do understand a person who becomes an icon via decentness and admirableness as life progresses.  I think of his daughter who was on Food Network's Chopped in recent years.  Such a life.

RIP Ali.  Called the first modern sports star.  And me, no interest in sports.  But you know what?  If I remember anything from my childhood, one of those things is "rope-a-dope"!