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In the August 25, 2003 issue of Sport’s Illustrated there a two articles presenting the case that “their” city is the better sports town.
The cities are Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The articles are by Sports Illustrated staff writers Austin Murphy and Michael Bambergerand are accompanied with this art, illustrated by Joe Giardello.
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This week’s POW comes from Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes! – Craig Zablo
This week’s POW comes from Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes! – Craig Zablo
Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes sent in the teaser posters that he created for “Rocky VI.”
He says that he’s excited about the prospect of a new “Rocky” movie.
After seeing Jazz’s teasers, I’m even more excited! – Craig Zablo
This week’s POW comes from Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes! – Craig Zablo
From Sports Illustrated Volume 99, NO. 4, August 04, 2003
Illustration by: Richie Fahey
The top 50 Sports movies of all time were covered in the Sports Illustrated issue listed above. Here are the top ten, the comments for “Rocky” and the illustration that accompanied the article.
1: Bull Durham
2: Rocky
“In America‘s bicentennial year Rocky Balboa became the first of the post-Vietnam War heroes, a frenzied expression of old-fashioned individualism. A slow-on-the-uptake palooka who gets a chance to survive a fight with the heavyweight champ (Apollo Creed, played with panache by Weathers), Balboa has a Philadelphia story with heart and purity and just enough cruelty for resonance. Stallone informed his loser with a colossal goofiness that was impossible not to watch. He was so convincingly sincere that audiences actually jumped up and screamed for him to win.
3: Raging Bull
4: Hoop Dreams
5: Slap Shot
6: Hoosiers
7: Olympia
8: Breaking Away
9: Chariots of Fire
10: When We Were Kings
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This week’s POW comes from Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes! – Craig Zablo
You owe it to yourself to give this a listen. It’s really, really good stuff.
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“Lil’ Marie” Suit Settled
Michael Klein, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, posted in his July 30, 2006 column that Jodi Letiza has agreed to a settlement in her breach-of-contract suit against Sly, MGM, Columbia/Sony and Revolution Studios.Letizia, who played a tough young girl called “Lil’ Marie” made her first appearance in the original Rocky and cameos in some of the sequels. Letizia claimed that she had been told she had a part in “Rocky Balboa” only to find out that another actress, Geraldine Hughes, ended up with the role.In Klein‘s article he reports that now that the suit has been settled “Letizia has moved on.”
For the full report, click HERE. – Craig
On July 26, 2006, Michael Katz posted an article at thesweetscience.com titled “Yo, Adrian, Let’s Hail the Spirit of ’76” which explores the factors that led to a boxing “Renaissance of the Eighties.” The great fighters that came out of the 1976 Olympics played a major role, but Katz also credits “Rocky.” Here’s what he had to say:
There was another major factor in producing the Eighties’ ring revival. “The ‘Rocky’ movie,” said [Boxing Promoter Bob] Arum.Sylvester Stallone’s film, based on so many real boxing nuggets – Rocky Balboa, like Joe Frazier, hitting the sides of beef; the instruction to the corner to “cut me,” when he couldn’t see out of a swollen eye – captured the public imagination. It was more real than the reality series, “The Contender,” which Stallone would attempt many years later.“In the movie,” said Arum, “he had more control – he was the writer and the director.”The Spirit of ’76 remains with us. There’s another “Rocky” movie due this year, but more apropos, if one forgets about the heavyweights, the talent level is extraordinarily high in the real thing.
Thirty years later and “Rocky” is still getting props. And rightly so. For the full report, click HERE. – Craig