The best sports movies based on true stories include a strong mix of inspirations from different sports, including football, baseball, basketball, boxing, and more. There is often a struggle for ...

Before it was a beloved TV show, and after it was a book, “Friday Night Lights” was a fairly well-received movie. How many other movies can say they won an ESPY for Best Sports Movie of the Year? That ...

Rocky is a true Hollywood classic and one of the best inspirational sports movies ever made. However, it has achieved a masterpiece status that it may not deserve, and may actually harm the movie's ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I feel like with baseball, there are always plenty of movies out there, but A League of Their Own ...

Stories about athletes striving for greatness have always made for compelling cinematic experiences. So it goes with all sports films, which — at their worst — can be conventional and formulaic ...

Back in 2015, Sports Heroines on Film author Viridiana Lieberman summed up the state of sports movies best: “It’s truly a disservice how few female-driven sports films there are.” She wasn’t wrong.

Kevin Costner’s Billy Chapel in For Love of the Game, one of the most motivational characters in the history of baseball movies, is the source of many great lines in the 2000s romance flick. But let’s ...

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