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Friday, February 8, 2013

Ron Jacober Rope-a-Dopes With Muhammad Ali, others: Interview Part II

From amateurs to the Olympics; KMOX's Jacober has covered it all.

Last time, Jacober talked about induction into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and family life in the broadcast business. More today with the 42-year-broadcast veteran Ron Jacober. Patch.com: What were some of your best interviews? Ron Jacober: I interviewed Muhammad Ali several times. That has to be one of the all time best. Once late at night, I got a call in the KSD newsroom and the caller on the other end told me Ali would be up on Page Avenue tomorrow morning. He wouldn't identify himself. He said Ali was going to march to support the hungry people of the world. I said this is probably bogus but I piled the boys into the car and said lets go. They wanted to know where we were going. I just said lets go. We drove to this address on …

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