Sports items from Hall of Champions hit the auction block

Goodbye, Rocky. The iconic statue of Rocky Balboa that stood victoriously, and fittingly, in Balboa Park, for years is on the auction block. The nearly 13-foot-high bronze figure is a replica of the statue featured in the 1982 “Rocky III” film that now sits near the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps where Sylvester Stallone’s character trained. The only other replica is owned by sculptor A. Thomas Schomberg.