Rocky Graziano

•Jack Concannon, on the reaction he expects from the Chicago Bears' front office to his Fu Manchu mustache, long sideburns and collar-length hair: "They want us to play like Joe Namath but we can't look like him."

Some may not recognize how inauthentic the boxing in the Academy Award film Rocky is, but this should be pointed out, because it bears on the film's "meaning." Sylvester Stallone's Rocky styles himself after Rocky...

The Bronx Bull puffs theatrically on a Don Diego cigar, then delivers the punch line.

Two-time middleweight champ Tony Zale, who died last week at 83, had 87 fights, but he'll be best remembered for his three classics with Rocky Graziano. Here's a look at the series Red Smith called "the most...