“I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It’ll come together again when they put me down.” Tokyo, Japan, 1964. That’s when the legend of Joe Frazier took root, ...

“It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.” A firebrand of the ’60s and a global inspiration in the ’70s, Muhammad Ali defined greatness for his generation and all that have come after. As a silky-smooth ...

Love the material, but want a simpler look? Sometimes a blank canvas says it all. Introducing ROF Essentials — the same super-comfortable, high-end fabrics as you’d find in the usual ROF collections, yet free of graphics for a relaxed, elegant ...

“I like my opponents the way I like my steaks — in bunches.” The ring quaked when he slammed a body down. The ropes reverberated with the aftershocks. And by the time the Eighth Wonder of the World walked out, ...

"I would much rather be hated for who I am, than loved for something that I am not.” Back in the early-aughts, there was a fearsome tag-team that ruled the Midwest known as the Second City Saints. It consisted of ...

“When you talk about Mexican culture, it’s wrestling and soccer.” As mysterious as the Pyramid of the Niches in El Tajin and as woven into Mexican culture as a colorful serape, the most famous Lucha Libre in wrestling stands atop ...

“It was like death — closest thing to dyin’ that I know of.” –Muhammad Ali Oct. 1, 1975. The Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City, Philippines. One final clash between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. It was christened “Thrilla in Manila,” ...

Updated sizing, please see size chart for details. “Ooooohhhh yeah!” Randy “Macho Man” Savage is in the house! The legend of the squared circle. The transformative star who compelled the world to tune in. Macho Man was all the colors ...

“Sooner or later, everyone pays the piper…” When the regional scenes ruled professional wrestling, the South got a first-class look at Roddy Piper with Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). He’d already worn a belt as the United States Heavyweight Champion, and ...

Jackson State University. A historic institution with the world’s most famous marching band — the Sonic Boom of the South — providing the soundtrack to the heart of Mississippi. It was here that the man they called “Sweetness” came of ...

“When everybody’s playing fast, play slow. When the tempo is slow, play fast.” Over the years, there have been thousands of musicians, yet only a select few can be called geniuses. The kind that change music, not once but half ...

“I am the greatest heel, which means the bad guy in the wrestling history.” There was only one man willing to stand up to all the jabroni’s in the world of pro wrestling back just before the great boom in ...

“Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points. Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms — and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit in with all styles.” Simplicity, directness, freedom. These ...

"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.” To the world at large, he was the hip-shaking “King.” But when he entered the dojo in his native Memphis, the very birthplace of Rock & Roll, the other side of Elvis ...

“Never wait for tomorrow. What if tomorrow never comes?” For Elvis, TCB was a way of life. Taking care of business. And that’s what the King of Rock & Roll did. He shook up the world by giving music a ...

“I feel like they want us to dress a certain way. They’re targeting guys who dress like me, guys who dress hip-hop. Just because you put on a tuxedo doesn’t mean he’s a good guy.” Virginia Slim. The kid from ...

“Either you give in, or you fight. That’s all I know, being where I’m from. You fight for what you want. You go after what you want. They only thing I could do was give up or keep fighting for ...

“I’d rather have more heart than talent any day.” Growing up in Virginia, they called him Bubba Chuck, affectionately named after his uncles. The crazy thing? It stuck to Allen Iverson as he made his way to Georgetown and into ...

“We all have split personalities; we all wear masks at some point in our careers.” We’ve all heard the old adage, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog.” ...

“To be the man, you have to beat the man.” He strutted like a peacock and brought excess into style. The blonde hair? Legendary. And as Ric Flair made the walk, a swoon soon followed. He was a freak of ...

In 1967, in Oakland, California, Bruce Lee began shaping a philosophy that would transcend martial arts and ignite a movement. Jeet Kune Do wasn’t just about combat—it was about adapting, flowing, and finding strength in simplicity. And then there were ...

“Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but move to it. That’s what happens to me. I can’t help it.” Long before he was an international super star…before he starred on the ...