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RUNNING WITH THE CHAMP
MY Forty-Year Friendship with Muhammad Ali
RUNNING WITH THE CHAMP is the author`s personal and deeply moving tribute to the remarkable friendship between him and Muhammad Ali, including dozens of never-before-told stories about Ali, his family, his entourage, and various celebrities along the way—as well as never-before-published personal photos.
Author Tim Shanahan's long friendship with Ali goes back to the mid-1970s and the book includes stories about Ali, his family, his entourage, and various celebrities that have never appeared in print anywhere else. Shanahan met Ali through charitable work and the two men hit it off immediately. Because Shanahan never asked favors from the Champ, Ali trusted him as he did few other people and told him stories that few others know. Shanahan is known as "Uncle Tim" to some of Ali's children.
In RUNNING WITH THE CHAMP, Shanahan shares the stories of various celebrities whom Ali met over the years, such as Michael Jackson (who showed Ali and Shanahan his doll collection), Elvis Presley, John Travolta, Andy Warhol, and many others. Ali invited Shanahan to sparring sessions (and once sparred with him) and the two men would often go running together in the early morning. Shanahan accompanied Ali to his Pennsylvania training camp as the Champ prepared to fight Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers, and Leon Spinks and he witnessed numerous unpublicized incidents of Ali’s generosity to people in need. When Ali moved to Los Angeles, Shanahan also relocated there. Running with the Champ is a touching, candid narrative of an extraordinary friendship that has persevered through the best and worst of times.
In RUNNING WITH THE CHAMP, Shanahan shares the stories of various celebrities whom Ali met over the years, such as Michael Jackson (who showed Ali and Shanahan his doll collection), Elvis Presley, John Travolta, Andy Warhol, and many others. Ali invited Shanahan to sparring sessions (and once sparred with him) and the two men would often go running together in the early morning. Shanahan accompanied Ali to his Pennsylvania training camp as the Champ prepared to fight Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers, and Leon Spinks and he witnessed numerous unpublicized incidents of Ali’s generosity to people in need. When Ali moved to Los Angeles, Shanahan also relocated there. Running with the Champ is a touching, candid narrative of an extraordinary friendship that has persevered through the best and worst of times.
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Published 2016-05-10 by Simon & Schuster |
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Published 2016-05-10 by Simon & Schuster |