Title Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- AUTHORS' NOTE: -- Introduction -- 1 - ROCKY (1976-PG) -- DOWN FOR THE COUNT: ROCKY SEQUELS -- 2 - HOOSIERS (1986-PG) -- A TOP NCAA COACH SCOUTS THE HICKORY HUSKERS -- AN INTERVIEW WITH MARIS VALAINIS -- 3 - RAGING BULL (1980-R) -- 4 - THE NATURAL (1984-PG) -- 5 - BULL DURHAM (1988-R) -- ALL-TIME MOVIE BASEBALL TEAM -- 6 - SLAP SHOT (1977-R) -- 7 - THE LONGEST YARD (1974-R) -- 8 - THE HUSTLER (1961-NR) -- 9 - CADDYSHACK (1980-R) -- 10 - NORTH DALLAS FORTY (1979-R) -- 11 - FIELD OF DREAMS (1989-PG) -- ACTORS AS ATHLETES: WHO MAKES THE CUT? -- 12 - MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004-PG-13) -- 13 - THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942-NR) -- 14 - HOOP DREAMS (1994-PG-13) -- 15 - BRIAN'S SONG (1971-NR) -- 16 - MIRACLE (2004-PG) -- 17 - CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981-PG) -- 18 - BODY AND SOUL (1947-NR) -- BOXING MOVIES: THE WINNER AND STILL CHAMPION -- 19 - REMEMBER THE TITANS (2000-PG) -- 20 - BREAKING AWAY (1979-PG) -- 21 - WHEN WE WERE KINGS (1996-NR) -- 22 - A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992-PG) -- 23 - FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (2004-PG-13) -- AN INTERVIEW WITH H.G. "BUZZ" BISSINGER -- 24 - THE WRESTLER (2008-R) -- 25 - THE SET-UP (1949-NR) -- 26 - MAJOR LEAGUE (1989-R) -- AN INTERVIEW WITH BOB UECKER -- 27 - KNUTE ROCKNE ALL-AMERICAN (1940-NR) -- 28 - BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY (1973-PG) -- 29 - JERRY MAGUIRE (1996-R) -- 30 - DOWNHILL RACER (1969-NR) -- 31 - HE GOT GAME (1998-R) -- 32 - REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (1962-NR) -- 33 - PHAR LAP (1983-PG) -- 34 - THE ROOKIE (2002-G) -- AN INTERVIEW WITH JIM MORRIS -- 35 - HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978-PG) -- 36 - HEART LIKE A WHEEL (1983-PG) -- 37 - JIM THORPE-ALL-AMERICAN (1951-NR) -- 38 - HARD TIMES (1975-PG) -- 39 - THE BINGO LONG TRAVELING ALL-STARS & MOTOR KINGS (1976-PG) -- GREAT SPORTS SCENES IN NON-SPORTS MOVIES -- 40 - THE ROCKET: THE LEGEND OF MAURICE RICHARD (2005-PG).

41 - EIGHT MEN OUT (1988-PG) -- 42 - THE FRESHMAN (1925-NR) -- 43 - MURDERBALL (2005-R) -- 44 - THE BAD NEWS BEARS (1976-PG) -- FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: SPORTS FLICKS FOR KIDS -- 45 - SEABISCUIT (2003-PG-13) -- 46 - THIS SPORTING LIFE (1963-NR) -- 47 - CINDERELLA MAN (2005-PG-13) -- 48 - ROUNDERS (1998-R) -- 49 - BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (2002-PG-13) -- 50 - LONG GONE (1987-NR) -- 51 - THE KARATE KID (1984-PG) -- THE WORST SPORTS SEQUELS AND REMAKES EVER MADE -- 52 - IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING (1949-NR) -- 53 - WITHOUT LIMITS (1998-PG-13) -- 54 - THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956-NR) -- SPORTSWRITERS IN SPORTS FILMS -- 55 - SUGAR (2008-R) -- 56 - MYSTERY, ALASKA (1999-R) -- 57 - RUDY (1993-PG) -- 58 - KINGPIN (1996-PG-13) -- 59 - ALL THE RIGHT MOVES (1983-R) -- 60 - FAT CITY (1972-NR) -- 61 - 61* (2001-NR) -- 62 - INVINCIBLE (2006-PG) -- AN INTERVIEW WITH VINCE PAPALE -- 63 - ROLLERBALL (1975-R) -- 64 - THE PROGRAM (1993-R) -- ALL-TIME MOVIE FOOTBALL TEAM -- 65 - THE BOXER (1997-R) -- 66 - WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP (1992-R) -- 67 - JUNIOR BONNER (1972-PG) -- 68 - BLUE CHIPS (1994-PG-13) -- ATHLETES WHO COULD ACT -- ATHLETES WHO COULD NOT ACT -- 69 - HORSE FEATHERS (1932-NR) -- 70 - WE ARE MARSHALL (2006-PG) -- 71 - DAMN YANKEES (1958-NR) -- GREAT SPORTS/DATE MOVIES -- 72 - THE JERICHO MILE (1979-NR) -- 73 - CHAMPION (1949-NR) -- 74 - LET IT RIDE (1989-PG) -- 75 - THE EXPRESS (2008-PG-13) -- AN INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS QUAID -- 76 - THE CINCINNATI KID (1965-NR) -- 77 - HAPPY GILMORE (1996-PG-13) -- 78 - EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN (1988-R) -- 79 - THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED (2005-PG) -- STRIKE OUT! THE WORST SPORTS-MOVIE CONCEPTS EVER PITCHED -- 80 - SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER (1993-PG) -- 81 - REBOUND: THE LEGEND OF EARL "THE GOAT" MANIGAULT (1996-R) -- 82 - THE SANDLOT (1993-PG) -- 83 - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANK GREENBERG (1999-PG) -- DOCUMENTARY FILMS: KEEPING IT REAL.

84 - TIN CUP (1996-R) -- 85 - ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (1999-R) -- 86 - BEST IN SHOW (2000-PG-13) -- 87 - GLORY ROAD (2006-PG) -- 88 - THE STRATTON STORY (1949-NR) -- 89 - VARSITY BLUES (1999-R) -- 90 - DIGGSTOWN (1992-R) -- 91 - THE CLUB (1980-NR) -- 92 - COACH CARTER (2005-PG-13) -- 93 - LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA (2001-PG) -- LOST TREASURES -- 94 - GRAND PRIX (1966-PG) -- 95 - WIND (1992-PG 13) -- 96 - VISION QUEST (1985-R) -- 97 - COOL RUNNINGS (1993-PG) -- 98 - YOUNGBLOOD (1986-R) -- 99 - VICTORY (1981-PG) -- 100 - THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH (1979-PG) -- GUILTY PLEASURES -- INDEX -- Copyright Page.