Then the Neil Leifer Gallery opened at Caesars Palace in 2006, with the president of the Vegas hotel comparing his sports photography to “what Matthew Brady did for the Civil War era, and Ansel ...

Then the Neil Leifer Gallery opened at Caesars Palace in 2006, with the president of the Vegas hotel comparing his sports photography to “what Matthew Brady did for the Civil War era, and Ansel ...

George Foreman, greeted by President Mobutu Sese Seko, ... Neil Leifer/SI. Muhammad Ali poses for a portrait after being selected as the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 1974.

For Neil Leifer, his pictures are ... Arlan Ettinger, the president of Guernsey's, said that while the results of auctions are "unpredictable," many of the photographs are estimated to be worth ...

The Miracle on Ice. Larry, Magic and Michael. The raised-fist salute. The Munich hostage crisis. Photographer Neil Leifer documented all of those Olympic moments and more, though the 73-year-old is ...

Neil Leifer spent a year traversing the globe to photograph athletes for TIME's 1984 Olympics special issue. From the plains of Kenya to Russia's Red Square to The Great Wall of China, Leifer used ...

Sports photographer Neil Leifer, who shot the pictures for more than 200 Sports Illustrated covers, is auctioning prints of his best photographs, including a famous one from Ali-Liston II.

This photo, taken by John Rooney of the Associated Press, is almost identical to the one Neil Leifer snapped. John Rooney/Associated Press “(By 1965), I was a fan of Ali already,” said Leifer.

America’s fascination with pro football can be traced to this game, which has often been called the greatest ever played. It was Dec. 28, 1958, but Neil Leifer remembers the date for another reason.

Neil Leifer is behind some of the defining sports images of the past 60 years. In his book Relentless, he describes the special mix of luck and skill that helped him capture those memorable moments.

When Muhammad Ali knocked down Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, a 22-year-old photographer named Neil Leifer was ringside. Decades later, the image he captured still has our attention.