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...Jake LaMotta was featured in every pretty piece on the passing of Sugar Ray Robinson, he might have been taken for an elder statesman of boxing, a figure of charm and standing. As a matter of fact, when Robinson made a Spanish omelet out of LaMotta in 1951, the New York Herald Tribune called it "the first believable knockout of ((Jake's)) life." LaMotta swears he never took a dive except the one against Blackjack Billy Fox, and that was so long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Did Pete Rose Do It? What Are the Odds? | 6/26/1989 | See Source »

...training-camp workouts and at ringside on fight night, the cauliflower reunions fill in another piece of the picture. They are bittersweet delights. Few of the usual suspects favor Spinks. Jake LaMotta thinks Tyson "is gonna go down as one of the greatest fighters of all times, and he's gonna break all records, and he's gonna be around a long, long time, and he's gonna make over $100 million. I could be wrong, but that's my opinion." Billy Conn, the patron saint of overblown light-heavyweights, says, "I think Tyson will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxing's Allure | 6/27/1988 | See Source »

...should not be devalued as a possible romantic partner simply because of age. The media's shift from an emphasis on only the very young woman as sexually exciting is noteworthy, but does it really signal or promote a change in attitudes toward women? Joan Collins, Vicki LaMotta, and other mentioned are all "older" women who look like thirty-year-olds; Joan Collins may be able to find the "few lines" she mentions when she looks into her bathroom mirror in the morning, but they certainly don't appear on the pages of Playboy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mrs. Robinson | 5/25/1984 | See Source »

...cover proclaiming her relationship with a younger man; actress Leslie Ann Warren chatting with Tonight Show hostess Joan Rivers about her junior-aged beau; TV star Joan Collins posing nude for Playboy, followed in this month's issue by ex-Congressional wife Jenrette and former "Raging Bull" spouse Vicki LaMotta. Most notably, TV's highest rated soaps Dallas and Dynasty, both feature steamy liaisons between mature women and nubile males...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Hello, Mrs. Robinson | 5/11/1984 | See Source »

Before the battle, per that charming custom, past champions trooped through the ring, showing their beautifully squashed old faces. Beau Jack, Kid Gavilan, Jake LaMotta, Gene Fullmer, Carmen Basilic, Carlos Monzon. The last four are former middleweights, who must wonder about the state of the 160-lb. division...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Not So Wonderful Marvelous | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

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