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Gary Smith retired last month after more than 30 years of writing for Sports Illustrated.\n\n"We were on the Santa Monica Freeway, Ali's driving 70 miles an hour and his eyes are drifting asleep\u2014the medication for Parkinson's would do that to him. I'm thinking, 'Oh, crap.' We're weaving between lanes, cars are honking, and I'm wondering in the passenger seat, 'Should I grab the wheel from the greatest champ of all-time?' The writer in me wants to let it go, let the crash happen just so I get a scene for the story. But the human in me was just getting scared as hell."\n\nThanks to TinyLetter and EA SPORTS FIFA WORLD CUP for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\nSmith on Longform\n[18:30] "Crime and Punishment" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Jun 1996)\n[39:00] "The Secret Life of Mia Hamm" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Sep 2003)\n[40:00] "Someone to Lean On" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Dec 1996)\n[41:00] "As Time Runs Out" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Jan 1993)\n[42:15] "Tyson the Timid, Tyson the Terrible" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Mar 1988)\n[47:45] "Damned Yankee" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Oct 1997)\n[48:30] "Ali and His Entourage" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Apr 1988)\n[52:00] "Coming Into Focus" (Sports Illustrated \u2022 Jul 2006)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices