PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rocky Balboa fans are ready to go the distance — by bus, by ice skates, by 72 steps — to honor Philly’s favorite fictional fighter almost 50 years after the first movie launched the enduring series of an underdog boxer persevering despite the odds.
Yo, Adrian, Philly finally did it!
The city Rocky called home at last has a week dedicated to the box office heavyweight champion of the world a year after the inaugural Rocky Day was held with Sylvester Stallone in attendance at the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps.
It’s Rocky, so of course there’s a sequel.
This year, it’s RockyFest.
The Rocky Bus Tour served as Round 1 over the weekend before the festival truly laced up its gloves for Tuesday’s opening event — on Dec. 3, the 1976 release date of “Rocky” — with area elementary school students running the Rocky steps.
A second cast of the Rocky statue was unveiled Tuesday at the top of the Rocky steps —…
