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Article: The 'Cinderella' fella.(SPORTS)(FANS: ON THE SHELF)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2005
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Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Considering he reigned as heavyweight champion of the world for just 740 days a half-century ago, James J. Braddock seems a most unlikely hero for our era.
Yet that is exactly what boxing's "Cinderella Man" has become this summer with the release of a thusly named big-budget movie starring Russell Crowe and a biography by ESPN correspondent Jeremy Schaap.
Undoubtedly, the flick will attract more attention and make more money than the book ($24, Houghton Mifflin, 324 pages, illus.), which is a shame. The first-time author does a masterful job of telling both Braddock's story and that of heavyweight ...