Topic: Jake LaMotta

Gleason's is much more than a boxing gym for Keisher Mcleod-Wells. It has become a major part of her life. She works there part-time, trains there...

New on DVD: 'Social Network,' 'Piranha'

Awards season is in full swing, so if you haven't caught the leading candidate for Best Picture, you'd better get moving. Well, not technically: in...

Robert De Niro Raging Bull On Blu-ray

Fans of the 1980 smash hit Raging Bull will feel every punch when MGM brings this classic Robert De Niro flick to Blu-ray in a special 30th...
The Rumble in the Jungle in 1974 between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman was promoted by Don King. Cinderella Man is based on the true story of boxer James Braddock. Clint Eastwood, Hillary Swank, and Morgan Freeman star in Million Dollar Baby ...

February 14

Today, February 14 , is the 45th day of the year on the Gregorian Calendar , with 319 days remaining (320 in leap year).

Raging Bull

Raging Bull is an award-winning 1980 dramatic film about the life of middleweight champion Jake LaMotta directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro . My Story written by Jake LaMotta and Joseph Carter, the film presents a stark portrayal of boxing ...

Robert De Niro Timeline

This page contains a selected chronological timeline for actor , director and producer Robert De Niro .

Boxing: Sugar Ray Robinson

Obvious mentions for greatest fighters every have to include the incomparable Sugar Ray Robinson. This would start a run of 91 fights before Robinson would taste defeat again (Robinson went 88-0-2-1 in these after the loss) over 8 years later. Unbelievably only ...

How to Become a Boxing Writer

Some of the US's most famed writers --A.J. Liebling , Norman Mailor , George Plimpton , and Ernest Hemingway -- did some of their best work writing about pugilism. But it can open up a world of professional possibilities, from writing about other sports ...
For every Oscar-winning performance that makes history, there is another (if not more) deserving characterization that goes unrewarded and all too often buried in the wake of award season plaudits. Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning film tells the true story of Vietnam veteran ...