1998 D. Remnick King of the World 157: Now here comes Cassius Clay popping off and abusive and loud.at pop off (at the mouth), v.
1998 D. Remnick King of the World 156: The Times’ regular boxing writer...declared that the Liston-Clay fight was a dog.at dog, n.2
1998 D. Remnick King of the World 154: Soon just about every schnook with a microphone would be asking the day’s goat...at schnook, n.
1998 D. Remnick King of the World 157: Never mind Rocky Marciano was a slob who would show up at events in a T-shirt.at slob, n.1
1998 D. Remnick King of the World 157: For Jimmy Cannon he [i.e. Muhammad Ali] was, pardon the expression, an uppity nigger.at uppity, adj.