In my book, we’re gonna be winners.” That famous line was delivered at the end of a speech by Gene Hackman’s character Norman Dale in “Hoosiers.” His Hickory Huskers went on to become winners on and ...
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By Jordan Mintzer Baseball movies are more than a mere subgenre of sports movies; they’re a whole genre unto themselves. With nearly 200 feature-length titles, both fiction and documentary ...
Anyone who’s played in a long-running, hopelessly mediocre pickup game—of any sport—will feel warm affection for the ambling, ...
Hackman had 101 acting credits, but it is his role as Norman Dale that sports fans will forever remember him most.
"Hoosiers" -- which was loosely based on the real-life story of Milan winning Indiana’s 1954 state title -- was ranked the top sports movie in a 2020 poll of 70 Associated Press sports writers ...