Why Odell Beckham, Jr., Was Kicked Off a Plane and Muhammad Ali Was Not

What both athletes could have learned from a 13th-century secret that keeps the skies friendly whenever I fly.

When Wide Receiver Odell Beckham, Jr., boarded a 9:30 AM flight on the morning of November 27, he was in the catbird seat.

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