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Thursday, November 6th, 2008In November of 1970, almost the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash. That spring, led by Nate Ruffin, a player who was ill and missed the fatal flight, students rally to convince the board of governors to play the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, […]
Remember The Titans
Monday, October 6th, 2008Remember the Titans is a high school football drama directed by Boaz Yakin, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone. Remember the Titans centers on the football team of the newly integrated T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Based on the actual […]
Leatherheads
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Leatherheads is an average romantic comedy set in 1925. Dodge Connolly (played by George Clooney),
a charming football hero, is determined to guide his team to success and packed stadiums. When the
team loses their sponsor and the entire league faces collapse, Dodge enlists a college football star to join his ranks. The captain hopes his […]
Stick It
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Haley Graham is a former gymnast-turned-juvenile delinquent whom, after one too many run-ins with the law, is forced to enroll at an elite gymnastics academy, the VGA in Houston, Texas which is run by the legendary Olympic gymnast Burt Vickerman. But bad-ass Haley is not immediately welcomed into the academy by the other teenage gymnasts […]
Any Given Sunday
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Directed by Oliver Stone, Any Given Sunday is the story of an aging football coach played by Al Pacino, who finds himself struggling with his personal and professional life while trying to hold his team together. A star quarterback has been knocked out of the game and a naive football player replaces him only to […]
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Thursday, September 25th, 2008The Legend of Bagger Vance is a 2000 film directed by Robert Redford, based on the same-titled 1995 book by Steven Pressfield. The story takes place in the US state of Georgia in 1931. The story follows a disillusioned war veteran, Capt. Rannulph Junah, played by Matt Damon, who reluctantly agrees to play golf. […]
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Dogtown and Z-Boys is a 2001 documentary about the history of skateboarding. It won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature. Directed by Stacy Peralta and narrated by Sean Penn, , this documentary looks at the transformation of skateboarding from its former image as a land-bound pastime for surfers to its status today […]
Gleaming the Cube
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Nothing say’s 80’s magic like Christian Slater and Steven Bauer in a skateboarding/bad drug guys movie. All I remember from this movie is the scene where Slater the skater skateboards underneath a moving semi-trailer truck.
And this sick scene, which is definitely NOT Christian Slater.
Kingpin
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Without a doubt, one of the best movies about Amish bowlers ever made. Also one of the funniest Farrelly Brothers comedies ever. Might be Woody Harrelson’s best role ever. I love this showdown scene from Kingpin. Classic!
Best Sports Movie Moments - The Karate Kid
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008The classic final scene to one of the 80’s best loved films, The Karate Kid. Starring the awesome Pat Morita and the long forgotten Ralph Macchio - The Karate Kid crane-kicked its way into the hearts of every kid who watched the movie dozen of times. Including me! Enjoy the video of the final scene, […]
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