PUNCHY LINES FROM "ROCKY'.(Sports)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  December 21, 2006 ;     174 words ...Byline: Newhouse News Service With the release of Rocky Balboa in theaters Wednesday, it seemed appropriate...10 Interviewer: Do you have a criminal record? Rocky: Nothing worth bragging about. - Rocky II (1979) 9 I guess what I'm trying to say is...

Rocky staffers bring home Best of Show, 11 top awards 'Final Salute'...

Rocky Mountain News;  February 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Staffers for the Rocky Mountain News won Best of Show and 11 first...Prize in feature writing last year. The Rocky received first place in public service...Beat reporting: first, Jim Sheeler, Rocky; second, Jennifer Brown, Post; third-tie...

Life's a beach; Rocky is allergic to almost everything, even grass, and...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  November 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ......RUNNING along the shoreline at New Brighton, Rocky the Staffordshire Bull Terrier looks a...are also a particularly bland affair for Rocky, who can only eat duck and turkey. His...to break out and his paws to swell up. Rocky's medical cabinet currently boasts steroids...

'ROCKY BALBOA' * Boxer's back

Daily Breeze;  December 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......lot of real-life heavyweight champions, Rocky Balboa went from beloved underdog hero...Stallone was planning a sixth edition of the "Rocky" franchise, some 30 years after the original...a soft spot for the Italian Stallion: "Rocky Balboa" is not the embarrassment many expected...

Rocky Old Man Energy Inc.: Press Release.

Canadian Corporate News;  October 31, 2005 ;     356 words ......ALBERTA, Oct 31, 2005 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Rocky Old Man Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RO) ( Rocky ) reports net income of $300,284 on revenue...52,535 net income and $344,884 revenue for Rocky's year ended July 31, 2004. Much of this increase...

What a knockout; 'Rocky' returns to the ring for stirring last match

New Haven Register;  December 21, 2006 ;     589 words ..."Rocky Balboa" is so awesome that everyone else who makes movies may...sadness that this is the final film in the series. The movie stars Rocky, whom you'll remember from the movie "Rocky." Sure, his real name may be Sylvester Stallone, but he'll always...

Stallone finds closure in 'Rocky' series finale.(Spotlight)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  December 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News Why, Sly? These days that's the...years, did Stallone think it was time for another Rocky movie? Don't worry, there's an answer. Stallone has his Rocky rap down. Two reasons for another movie, said...

How Rocky Balboa has lasted to a count of 5

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 28, 1990 ;     700+ words ...HOLLYWOOD The thought of "Rocky V," now playing at local theaters, may...But if it's easy to take jabs at the Rocky series - and the critics have dealt plenty...follows is a round-by-round guide to the Rocky films, to help readers stay on their...

'Rocky' is in its 30th year and still fighting.

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE);  December 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Bob Fischbach and Dane Stickney Dec. 17--Rocky must have rocks in his head. Why else would a 60-year-o...Sylvester Stallone wants him to, that's why. The sixth Rocky movie, Rocky Balboa, opens Wednesday. The creative force behind it...

A ROCKY LEGACY: Inferior sequels dealt blows to charm of original film.

Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  December 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Frank Gabrenya Dec. 17--When Rocky Balboa arrives Wednesday in theaters, the...same lovable mug since halfway through Rocky II, when the blue-collar poignancy that...of sequel riches. What happened to the Rocky movies is a vivid example of why sequels...

`Rocky Balboa'.(Movie review)

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  December 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Michael Wilmington In Rocky Balboa, the last bell finally rings for Rocky and his three-decade-long fight-movie series. And though we won't play spoiler by tipping off Rocky Balboa's final score, we can tell you this: The movie...

Rocky Balboa

The Village Voice;  December 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Rocky Balboa Directed by Sylvester Stallone MGM Opens December 20 Rocky M. Ahmadinejad Another sequel, another chance for Rocky to persevere for America Bankrupt and brain-damaged in Rocky V, a bout fought so long ago that...

Rocky's return to ring is quite a comeback: Sylvester Stallone's new...

Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  December 20, 2006 ;     553 words ......Dec. 20--When I went to a screening for Rocky Balboa, my expectations were modest. I wanted it to be better than Rocky IV, the worst of the five films leading...movie that ranks in the upper tier of Rocky movies -- not as good as the first but...

KING OF THE COMEBACK Cinema Rocky Balboa Babel

The Sunday Telegraph London;  January 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Odds are that Rocky Balboa (12A) won't be the last we see of Sylvester Stallone's big-heart...Sure, the film is being billed as the final chapter. But so were Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985) and Rocky V (1990). Sly would be crazy...

The sixth time is the charm for Rocky and Stallone

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  December 20, 2006 ;     568 words ......MGM PICTURES Sylvester Stallone makes "Rocky Balboa" a shockingly introspective exercise...I don't mean this as an indictment of "Rocky Balboa," the sixth installment in Stallone...can-do Americana. Rather, I mean that "Rocky Balboa" encapsulates the entire Stallone...