{"id":545,"date":"2008-08-13T08:48:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/npt08.wordpress.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2008-08-13T08:48:02","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T14:48:02","slug":"when-a-little-oneill-met-a-big-ali-in-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2008\/08\/13\/when-a-little-oneill-met-a-big-ali-in-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"When a Little ONeill Met a Big Ali in Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/alibaby_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/alibaby_small.jpg\" alt=\"Lauren O&#39;Neill and Muhammad Ali\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/alibaby_small.jpg 360w, https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/alibaby_small-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>I can hear a collective &#8220;Aaaaawwwwww&#8221; rising up in Nashville. The above picture comes to us courtesy of Brian O&#8217;Neill, our director of brand management and creative services. Monday&#8217;s <strong><em>Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami<\/em><\/strong> reminded him of an amazing moment for him and his family years ago in Baltimore. He tells us:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The champ came to make a TV appearance at WJZ-TV in Baltimore in 1980 where I worked. Thinking this was a once-in-million chance to get a photo of my one-year old daughter with Muhammad,  I asked my wife, Anne, to bring our 1-year daughter Lauren and a camera over to the station. The greatest heavyweight boxing champion and my daughter \u2013 it\u2019s one of my favorite family photos. This was around the time Ali would come out of retirement to fight Larry Holmes.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can hear a collective &#8220;Aaaaawwwwww&#8221; rising up in Nashville. 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