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Gray Area Podcast: Featuring photographer Neil Leifer sharing Muhammad Ali stories and more

Neil Leifer joins the Gray Area Podcast to share Muhammad Ali stories, talk about his career as a sports photographer and much more with Maggie Gray.

Maggie Gray welcomes the great sports photographer Neil Leifer to the Gray Area Podcast. Leifer is perhaps best known for his iconic boxing photographs, particularly those of Muhammad Ali. He has covered Ali's biggest fights, and he has had dozens of one-on-one studio sessions with the Ali. Leifer has also photographed 16 Olympic Games, 4 FIFA World Cups, 15 Kentucky Derbies, the first 12 Super Bowls, numerous World Series games and some of the greatest boxing matches in the history of the sport.

In this episode, you'll hear Leifer share stories of Muhammad Ali, tell the story behind the photo of Fidel Castro lighting a cigar for him, how he got the remote shot of Ricky Hatton on the canvas after Manny Pacquiao knocked him out, what he thinks of Instagram and much more.

You can subscribe to the show on iTunesGoogle PlayStitcher or SoundCloud, and you can find more great Sports Illustrated podcasts at si.com/podcasts. Tweet Maggie at @maggiegray and use the hashtag #GrayArea to give the show feedback.