Sports Illustrated has honored Michael Phelps with its Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, recognizing Phelps' work in the mental health space.

In the fall of 2015 I went to Arizona to report a story on Michael Phelps for Sports Illustrated. It was in one way a dutiful ...

Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier competed in what turned out to be one of the most brutal fights in the history of boxing. The pair met in the ring for “Thrilla in Manilla,” the third ...

The air sat still and sticky. Body heat from some 28,000 spectators at the Philippine Coliseum brought Manila’s midmorning temperature to a boiling point. Breathing felt like sipping warm water. An ...