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The Program
– 1993 (R) – Football/Drama; James Cann,
Halle Berry, Omar Epps. Coach leads troubled team through
pressures of playing college football.
Junction Boys
– 2002 (TV) – Football/Drama; Tom Berenger.
Story of Paul "Bear" Bryant's first year as Head Football
Coach at Texas A&M.
Rookie of the
Year – 1993
(PG) – Baseball/Family/Comedy; Thomas Ian Nicholas,
Nick Nolte, Daniel Stern. It's off to the Majors after
a broken arm heals and leaves a boy with superior pitching
power.
White Men Can't
Jump – 1992
(R) – Basketball/Comedy; Wesley Snipes, Woody
Harrelson. Black and white ball hustlers join forces
in a con on the street-courts to rake in the cash.
Necessary Roughness
– 1991 (PG13) – Football/Comedy; Scott
Bakula, Sinbad. NCAA sanctions force the Texas Armadillos
to compete using actual members of their student body.
Personal Best
– 1982 (R)
– Track/Olympics/Drama; Mariel Hemmingway, Scott
Glenn, Patrice Donnelly. Female athlete gets romantically
involved with both her male coach and one of her female
teammates who is also competing for a place on the Olympic
team.
Bang the Drum
Slowly – 1973
(PG) – Baseball/Drama; Michael Moriarty, Robert
De Niro. Touching tale of the relationship between a
catcher dying of Hodgkin's disease and the pitcher who
helps him through his last season.
Angels in the
Outfield – 1951
(N/R) (BW) – Baseball/Fantasy; Paul Douglas,
Janet Leigh. An angel answers a young girl's prayers
and helps the Pirates in the pennant race.
The Natural
– 1986 (PG) – Baseball/Drama; Robert Redford,
Glenn Close, Robert Duvall. An aging rookie with a dark
past must lead his team to the World Series.
Rollerball
– 1975 (R) – Rollerball/Fantasy; James
Caan, John Houseman. Brutal sport created by The Corporations
to demonstrate the futility of the individual, backfires
when one man becomes a worldwide phenomenon.
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