Jake LaMotta

...a fluoride atom can change into a fluoride ion," Mr Balls raged across the Dispatch Box - an unsettling mix of Magnus Magnusson and Jake LaMotta. Did he mean "fluorine"? No matter - this was never going to fox Mr Gove, who was obviously...

In this article: Ed Balls, Michael Gove, Whitehall, Atom, Fluoride, Electron, Gordon Brown, and Dictum

...in a theatre or a boxing ring; and both are powerfully concerned with totemic objects - the red shoes for Vicky and the boxing gloves for Jake La Motta. Surrealist artwork from The Red Shoes to go on display A week has elapsed since the...

In this article: The Red Shoes, Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell, Powell and Pressburger, The Red Shoes, Thelma Schoonmaker, Herbert Read, Black Narcissus, and Moira Shearer

...Perzanowski, Don Volkman, Ron Kennedy ■ Dean Blaser - with a 9-iron on the 123-yard No. 12 at Olde Cypress (11-14); Witnesses: Jake LaMotta, Chet Gibson ■ Jeffrey Siegal - with a 6-iron on the 132-yard No. 17 at Riviera (11-14);...

What is at the core of all of this venomous outrage for such a talented boxer? Is it because he doesn't look beaten up like Jake LaMotta or Tex Cobb? Is it because he has so much money he could literally wipe his butt with $100 bills?

In this article: Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Diego Corrales, Manny Pacquiao, Arturo Gatti, Sharmba Mitchell, Zab Judah, Jose Luis Castillo, and Chad Dawson

...over the table. Masterfully edited by Scorsese regular Thelma Schoonmaker. 10. "Raging Bull" (1980) - A Brutal Beating In this scene, Jake La Motta confronts his wife about her infidelity. Like a sparring opponent, she eggs him on to the...

In this article: Martin Scorsese, Frank Costello, Goodfellas, Robert De Niro, Jake La Motta, Cape Fear, Daniel Day-Lewis, The Departed, Raging Bull, and Max Cady

...Martin Scorsese in the 1980 film "Raging Bull") are as compelling about LaMotta as the balance of the text is about Robinson. "Jake LaMotta was that odd figure," Haygood writes, "in whom losses only fortified will and confidence.

In this article: Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Post-Gazette, Charlie Parker, Cadre, Stuttering, and Fritzie Zivic

...you are a "Slapshot'' enthusiast, or maybe you're a "Raging Bull'' devotee (because Robert De Niro put on all that weight to play Jake LaMotta), or maybe you don't feel any sports movie can touch "A League of Their Own. '' According to Ray...

In this article: Ed Viesturs, Ray Didinger, Perspiration, Oxygen, Philadelphia Eagles, and Donovan McNabb

...call him a hero -- of this sports drama based on reality is the late English soccer team manager Brian Clough, who ranks with Jake LaMotta and Ty Cobb as one of the least lovable pro sports stars. Snide of speech, vile of temper,...

In this article: Brian Clough, Michael Sheen, Peter Taylor, Timothy Spall, Leeds United, Peter Morgan, The Damned United, and Ty Cobb

By Tim Gaynor Jake LaMotta learned to fight with an ice pick in his hand in a Bronx schoolyard, battering all the way in later life to a world middleweight title in an era of 15-round fights. But now when he watches mixed martial arts...

In this article: Sugar Ray Robinson, Mike Tyson, Raging Bull, Sandwich, Oscar, Sugar Ray Leonard, Muhammad Ali, and Robert De Niro

...and it shows. The central figure - we can't call him a hero - is the late English soccer team manager Brian Clough, who ranks with Jake LaMotta and Ty Cobb as one of the least lovable pro sports stars. </p><p>Snide of speech, vile of temper,...

In this article: Brian Clough, Michael Sheen, Leeds United, Peter Morgan, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Tom Hooper, Peter Taylor, and Ty Cobb