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...just as Freddy Krueger from the grave, asRocky Balboa from the mat, Harvard did not gogently into that good night. With 6:30 left,junior Jason Karmanos clipped the lead once againto...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Eagles Soar Above Crimson Icemen | 2/7/1995 | See Source »

Although Rocky Balboa never hit the hardwood, he would have admired the element of surprise use by the Harvard women's basketball team. It has begun to knock down Ivy League opponents...

Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: Red-Hot W. Cagers Dismantle Penn, Princeton | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

More specifically, it was an Ali-Frazier, Balboa-Creed-type fight--chock full of blood, guts and violent momentum swings...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: Hockeymen Falter, Tie Average Colgate | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

...flash back to Hollywood's supposedly Pollyanna past. Rocky Balboa in the original Rocky: he lost. Jake La Motta in Raging Bull: he went nuts. Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees: he died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Nice Guys Finish First | 4/11/1994 | See Source »

...then there is the Rocky thing. Tommy's resemblance to Mickey, Rocky Balboa's aging mentor, is uncanny. Club member James Fields '95 describes Coach Rawson as "Mickey from the Rocky movies," while Tim Codrington '95 calls his mentor "the epitome of the Rocky coach." Perhaps it's appropriate that Rawson looks like Rocky's coach. After all, according to club president Steve Brann '95, Tommy trained a Rocky for a year--real-life boxing legend Rocky Marciano...

Author: By Michael E. Farbiarz, | Title: Pleased to Punch | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

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