Boxing's true Cinderella story: James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses and a broken right hand happened to ...

In 2005 boxing legend James J. “Jimmy” Braddock once again punched his way into American hearts. Dramatized in Ron Howard’s “Cinderella Man,” the film, starring Russell Crowe, tells of Braddock’s rise ...

Three years ago lanky Max Adelbert Baer of Livermore, Calif., starting his career as a professional fisticuffer, killed an opponent named Frankie Campbell with his punches. That for a long time ...

Max Baer is arguably best known today for siring Max Baer Jr., the actor who played Jethro Bodine on the classic TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962). However, old-timers, followers of the sweet ...

FYI: Ron Howard's film of the same name, starring Russell Crowe as Braddock and Renée Zellweger as his wife, opens June 3.