One of the most memorable Olympic moments came during the 1996 opening ceremony in Atlanta. Speculation grew leading up to the ceremony about who would light the torch. The identity of Muhammad Ali ...

The 2016 Summer Olympics will formally kick off on Friday evening in Rio de Janeiro, and everyone wants to know: Who's going to light the Olympic Cauldron this year? More than 12,000 people helped ...

However, few moments in the Games' history mean more to the city of Atlanta than Muhammad Ali's lighting of the Olympic torch in 1996. According to former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, Ali ...

They have become rather garish, extravagant occasions, the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. They had always been sizable celebrations, replete with no small amount of grandeur, though the 2008 ...

Read full article: 12 films by 2 iconic directors to be shown at Oakland County theater this summer. Here’s a list In 1996, Muhammad Ali shocked the world at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games by lighting ...

Former NBC exec Dick Ebersol and Olympians recall how the famous moment from the Atlanta Games came to be. By THR Staff Muhammad Ali‘s surprise appearance to light the torch at the 1996 Olympic Games ...

Looking back, it seems fitting that Janet Evans felt the earth move beneath her as she stood, Olympic torch in hand, in front of the world with Muhammad Ali atop Centennial Olympic Stadium on that ...

ATLANTA -- On a hot summer night more than five years ago, Muhammad Ali ended the Olympic torch relay by lighting the big red cauldron that burned above the Atlanta Games. Yesterday, as a mild day ...

Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games is one of the more indelible moments in sports history. And according to former NBC executive Dick Ebersol, it almost didn’t happen.