Jesus, you're an idiot. He said "look at that little monkey run", about Mike Adamle, a WHITE running back during a Hall of Fame game in 1972. Many people have said that he called his own grandchildren "little monkeys". So, once again, you run your mouth without knowing what the fuck you're talking about. And yes. your hero Ali never made any "inflammatory" remarks about race.
Mass, you said everything, so I won't even bother with Sambo Blanco. Anybody who really knew anything about the issues involved would understand, but he probably read some Farrakhan literature and now wants to break all bad.....
Cosell was one of the ONLY reporters who stuck his neck out for Ali during the most combative time period in our nations history. Yet when Ali could have diffused a silly situation with just a few comments, he chose not to. It's not an opinion, it's simply fact.