Rough Cuts, A man, a plan, a gym. Inspirational stories from the 'hood.

You never would have figured Marshall Cohen to be the guy who would inspire thousands of city children to escape the shackles of poverty and build better lives for themselves and their families.

Marshall’s suburban schoolboy chums once called him the “D-minus boy.” He battled attention deficit order before there was a name for it, then, as he got older, drinking and depression that had him contemplating suicide.

In the midst of all that, Marshall had been able to make a decent living while w...