{"542511":{"#nid":"542511","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How the Olympics Shaped Muhammad Ali","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt has only been a few days since Muhammad Ali\u2019s passing but the sporting world has demonstrated its admiration for the late boxer in full-force. Dubbed \u201cThe Greatest,\u201d Ali is often recognized as the single best boxer of all time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of History and Sociology Assistant Professor John M. Smith, Ph.D., co-authored \u201cHow the Olympics Shaped Muhammad Ali\u201d for \u003Cem\u003EThe Wall Street Journal\u003C\/em\u003E. The article follows Ali\u2019s bold beginnings as Cassius Clay, through his transition period and outspoken years of activism, all the way to his run as the final torch bearer in the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympics. Read more about Ali\u2019s past, as well as the intimate moments leading up to the lighting of the 1996 Olympic cauldron, in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-the-olympics-shaped-muhammad-ali-1465163497\u0022\u003Efull article\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-06-07 11:20:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:10","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"JAG","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-the-olympics-shaped-muhammad-ali-1465163497","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405921":{"id":"405921","type":"image","title":"John Matthew (Johnny) Smith","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"John Matthew (Johnny) Smith","file":{"fid":"76117","name":"johnsmithweb_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/johnsmithweb_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":97065,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/johnsmithweb_0.jpg?itok=wQMXZpTj"}}},"media_ids":["405921"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"129451","name":"Johnny Smith"},{"id":"168372","name":"muhammad ali"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}