7 sports movies...

by **benji** on Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:41 pm

SFALaxStud10 wrote:Hockey: Miracle
Football: tie Remember the Titans/ Friday Night Lights
Best Soundtrack: Rocky IV
Baseball: The Natural
Basketball:Blue Chips
Lacrosse: American Pie
Wild Card: The Sandlot

I think that is a pretty good list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Please god read the first page!

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by **Tim Whitehead** on Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:45 pm

I believe that North Dallas Forty could be considered fact based. Isn't based on the 1970's Cowboys teams?

by **benji** on Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:52 pm

Tim Whitehead wrote:I believe that North Dallas Forty could be considered fact based. Isn't based on the 1970's Cowboys teams?

Plot Summary: A semi-fictional account of life as a professional Football (American-style) player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s. -IMDB

Hmmm.

by **TexOle** on Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:35 pm

I have read some but not all so here is my go:

Baseball: The Rookie
Basketball: Pistol Pete: The Pete Maravich story
Hockey: Miracle
Football: Rudy
Golf: Bobby Jones Stroke of Genius
Track: Chariots of Fire
Auto Racing: Days of Thunder
Boxing: Cinderella Man

by **Danny Hogan** on Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:48 pm

TexOle wrote:I have read some but not all so here is my go:

Baseball: The Rookie
Basketball: Pistol Pete: The Pete Maravich story
Hockey: Miracle
Football: Rudy
Golf: Bobby Jones Stroke of Genius
Track: Chariots of Fire
Auto Racing: Days of Thunder
Boxing: Cinderella Man

go read the first post man.

by **Danny Hogan** on Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:51 pm

Tim Whitehead wrote:I believe that North Dallas Forty could be considered fact based. Isn't based on the 1970's Cowboys teams?

i haven't a clue, the source says it is not based on a true story.

Best of the Best does work
i don't know about the ice skating or gymnastics movies, but if you say so LLLF

by **TexOle** on Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:29 am

It helps to read the last line:

How about
Mighty Ducks
Space Jam
Happy Gilmore
Long Gone
Bend it Like Beckham
Waterboy
Cutting Edge
Days of Thunder

by **Danny Hogan** on Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:07 am

TexOle wrote:It helps to read the last line:

How about
Mighty Ducks
Space Jam
Happy Gilmore
Long Gone
Bend it Like Beckham
Waterboy
Cutting Edge
Days of Thunder

come on dude.

by **Gary Robinson** on Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:11 am

Sonny wrote:
bste_lax wrote:Friday Night Lights

that were not based on a true story

where the team did not win (championship/big game/focus of the movie).

That was based on a true story and I thought Permian won the Texas State Championship in the book/movie.

They lost to Dallas Carter in the championship game.

by **Sonny** on Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:13 am

Gary Robinson wrote:
Sonny wrote:
bste_lax wrote:Friday Night Lights

that were not based on a true story

where the team did not win (championship/big game/focus of the movie).

That was based on a true story and I thought Permian won the Texas State Championship in the book/movie.

They lost to Dallas Carter in the championship game.

My bad. You are right. They won the state title the following year (as a follow up to the book).

by JW on Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:24 pm

Golf- Tin Cup, nicknamed after being hit in the cup so much while playing catcher in high school, this golf pro from west texas has a shot to win the US open, but gets too aggressive going for the green in two and finds the water on multiple occasions before finally hitting the green. Loses the open by a lot.

Baseball - Mr. 3000, the bernie mac led Milwaukee Brewers finish 3rd in the NL central and Mr. 3000 only ends up with 2,999 hits.

Basketball - The Sixth Man - Washington Huskies have a pair of high flying brothers leading their team when one of the brothers has a heart abnormality causing his death after a dunk. He comes back to the team as a ghost and helps the team make it to the NCAA Tournament when the other brother asks him not to help anymore. The team goes to the NCAA finals and loses on a last second three pointer by Marlon Wayans (he is the living brother.).

Football - Necessary Roughness - Texas State, I believe named after North Texas State wins one game and loses a bunch, with hilarious consequences...

Hockey - The only hockey movies I can think of are Miracle (true story won gold medal), Mighty Ducks (won pee wee championship {1} and Jr. Goodwill games Gold Medal{2}, and won respect in their grudge match vs the Varsity {3}), and Slap Shot (Can't remember if they won the championship).

Lacrosse - In American Pie the lacrosse team that Stiffler plays on with the guys who leaves the game to go to the glee club competition, I think they lost the state championship.

Dallas Carter won the State championship, but it was found later that they used inelligible players and were stripped of the title, I believe that is why the book states that Permian won. Carter beat Permian in the state semifinal.

by DG on Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:58 pm

Danny Hogan wrote:love basketball but they won.

Basketball - Sunset Park starring Rhea Pearlman from cheers, she takes over as coach at an innercity school and turns the team around.

"It's time to get ill...time to represent."

by **byualum** on Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:04 pm

What about One on One for the basketball movie starring Robbie Benson...I don't belive Western State won the NC in the movie...

by **Danny Hogan** on Tue Dec 06, 2005 1:20 pm

6th man is also a valid b ball movie

by **Beta** on Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:49 pm

Slapshot is definitely the greatest hockey movie ever. I have no basis for this statement, other than the fact that I grew up a hockey-kid and I was programmed to say so. Yes they won the championship. The ref gave the Chiefs the game when McCrackin punched him.

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