OT: Best movie by sport

[Plum Street]

Listing 1 per sport.

Baseball - Bad News Bears (original)

Football- Remember the Titans

Basketball - Hoosiers

boxing - Rocky

soccer - lady bugs

Hockey - Miracle

tennis - Battle of the sexes

Pool - The color of money

Bowling- kingpin

Horse racing - Seabiscuit

Wrestling - vision quest

Track - without limits (Steve prefonaine)

Bobsled - cool runnings

What you got ??

 

[superfan01]

Golf - Tin cup with caddy shack second

Baseball- Major League

Hockey- Slapshot with young blood and mighty ducks close

Basketball- Hoosiers with blue chips second

Football - Rudy

 

[Scarlet Jerry]

No Field of Dreams?

 

[RUinBoston]

Listing 1 per sport.

Baseball - Bad News Bears (original)

Football- Remember the Titans

Basketball - Hoosiers

boxing - Rocky

soccer - lady bugs

Hockey - Miracle

tennis - Battle of the sexes

Pool - The color of money

Bowling- kingpin

Horse racing - Seabiscuit

Wrestling - vision quest

Track - without limits (Steve prefonaine)

Bobsled - cool runnings

What you got ??

Soccer - Victory

Baseball....it's cliche but Major League is the right answer

Bike Racing!! Breaking Away

Horse Racing - Let It Ride!

Pool - gotta go with the hustler

Football....This is a no brainer - Dazed And Confused.

 

[Plum Street]

No Field of Dreams?

Just was listing my top . I put bad news bears over field of dreams .
Lots to discuss and dissect here!

Field of dreams doesn’t even crack my baseball top 5!

Bad news bears 1 and 2
Sandlot
Major league
Bull Durham
The rookie

 

[WhiteBus]

Listing 1 per sport.

Baseball - Bad News Bears (original)

Football- Remember the Titans

Basketball - Hoosiers

boxing - Rocky

soccer - lady bugs

Hockey - Miracle

tennis - Battle of the sexes

Pool - The color of money

Bowling- kingpin

Horse racing - Seabiscuit

Wrestling - vision quest

Track - without limits (Steve prefonaine)

Bobsled - cool runnings

What you got ??

No cycling?

 

[Plum Street]

No cycling?

Grease !

 

[MadRU]

Baseball - Field of Dreams

Football- Brian’s Song

Basketball - Hoosiers

boxing - Cinderella Man

soccer - Victory

Horse Racing - Secretariat

 

[AdventureHasAName]

Baseball - Original Bad News Bears
Football - Best of Times
Basketball - Hoosiers
Hockey - Slap Shot
Boxing - Rocky II
Golf - Caddyshack
Tennis - Wimbledon
Wrestling - Vision Quest
Soccer - Victory
Auto Racing - Days of Thunder
Horse Racing - Let It Ride
Surfing - North Shore
Billiards - Color of Money
MMA - Every Which Way But Loose
Bowling - Grease 2
Poker - Rounders
Greek Games - Revenge of the Nerds

 

[RuBird]

Football Varsity Blues

Boxing Rocky

 

[RutHut_rivals]

MMA

 

[ashokan]

No real good football movies.
Maybe "Brian's Song"
"We Are Marshall" wasn't about football but it was watchable

"All the Right Moves " isn't great but it did capture how crappy 70s/80s HS football could be.
Lots of abusive coaching hiding behind Junction Boys/Lombardi cliches (not a great guy)
Rudy was well done but its not really about football the sport per se

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[Plum Street]

Baseball - Original Bad News Bears
Football - Best of Times
Basketball - Hoosiers
Hockey - Miracle
Boxing - Rocky II
Golf - Caddyshack
Tennis - Wimbledon
Wrestling - Vision Quest
Soccer - Victory
Auto Racing - Days of Thunder
Horse Racing - Let It Ride
Surfing - North Shore
Billiards - Color of Money
MMA - Every Which Way But Loose
Bowling - Grease 2
Poker - Rounders
Greek Games - Revenge of the Nerds

Good stuff

 

[MadRU]

MMA - Here Comes The Boom

 

[WhiteBus]

Grease !

Wow grease? You really don't know anything about cycling. Nobody uses grease anymore

 

[koleszar]

Football- North Dallas 40 or The Longest yard (Original not that Sandler abomination)
Boxing- Cinderella man
Wrestling- Vision Quest
Basketball- Glory Road

 

[RW90]

I'd also add Friday Night Lights (the movie version).

Funny thing is I loved Field of Dreams when it first came out. But now I can't sit thru any showing without thinking how overly sappy it is.

 

[vkj91]

Soccer - Victory

Baseball....it's cliche but Major League is the right answer

Bike Racing!! Breaking Away

Horse Racing - Let It Ride!

Pool - gotta go with the hustler

Football....This is a no brainer - Dazed And Confused.

Bike racing. Rad. Lol

 

[vkj91]

No real good football movies.
Maybe "Brian's Song"
"We Are Marshall" wasn't about football but it was watchable

"All the Right Moves " isn't great but it did capture how crappy 70s/80s HS football could be.
Lots of abusive coaching hiding behind Junction Boys/Lombardi cliches (not a great guy)
Rudy was well done but its not really about football the sport per se

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Invincible
The program

 

[Morrischiano2]

Baseball - Original Bad News Bears
Football - Best of Times
Basketball - Hoosiers
Hockey - Slap Shot
Boxing - Rocky II
Golf - Caddyshack
Tennis - Wimbledon
Wrestling - Vision Quest
Soccer - Victory
Auto Racing - Days of Thunder
Horse Racing - Let It Ride
Surfing - North Shore
Billiards - Color of Money
MMA - Every Which Way But Loose
Bowling - Grease 2
Poker - Rounders
Greek Games - Revenge of the Nerds

Great list but I would place Secretariat in as the horse racing movie and Any Given Sunday as the football movie.

 

[wheezer]

Great list but I would place Secretariat in as the horse racing movie and Any Given Sunday as the football movie.

Agree on both

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Rugby - Invictus

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Soccer - Victory. Victory may be the best sports movie of all-time.

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Rollerball - the original Rollerball.

 

[S.W.A.I.N]

Cycling - Breaking Away
Surfing - Endless Summer
Rollerblading - Airborne

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Dog shows - Best in Show

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Dodgeball- Dodgeball
Ping Pong - Balls of Steel

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

Frisbee - Something About Mary

 

[jreinsdorf]

Hockey
1. Youngblood
1A. Miracle

Wrestling
Vision Quest

Boxing
Rocky 1/Rocky 2 (tie)

Baseball
Sandlot

Football
All the Right Moves

Pool
The Hustler

Here's a sleeper for me: Track
Mcfarland

 

[Mikemarc]

Wrestling: Foxcatcher

 

[runrayrun]

Baseball: The Natural
Boxing: Reqium for a Heavyweight

 

[phlop87]

Bowling. The big Lewbowski
Football remember the titans
Basketball. Hoosiers
Street Ball White men can’t jump

 

[RUInsanityToo]

Soccer - The Damned United

Poker - Rounders

Football (toss-up) Waterboy, Any Given Sunday, Original Longest Yard

Horse Racing - Day at the Races, Hidalgo

Baseball - too many to decide.... 61, 42, The Natural, (Honorable Mention.....Million Dollar Arm)

Tennis - Borg v McEnroe

Boxing - Raging Bull, Rocky, Cinderella Man

Track/Running - McFarland USA, Race

Hockey - Miracle, Slapshot

Golf - Happy Gilmore, Caddyshack, Tin Cup

 

[famousbill19]

Soccer- Green Street
Wrestling- The Wrestler

 

[runrayrun]

Basketball: Semi-Pro (Jackie Moon)

 

[Mikemarc]

Sailing: summer rental

 

[Scarlet4Shore]

Baseball - 42

Basketball - Glory Road

 

[shields]

horse racing=Seabiscuit
baseball-Bull Durham or pride of the Yankees
Football-Remember the Titans
Tennis-Battle of the sexes.

 

[Plum Street]

Football Varsity Blues

Boxing Rocky

Varsity blues is a great one. Was a big Ali larter fan !

Hard to believe ron Lester and Paul Walker are gone

 

[Scarlet16e2]

Skiing- Aspen Extreme, Downhill Racer