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Everyone loves an underdog. That’s why we’re drawn to sports movies—there’s something special about the magic depicted in Remember The Titans, Miracle, or even something silly like The Waterboy. But good sports books, and we mean good ones, go even deeper.
1) Brian's song
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
[Full screen version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
Publisher
Columbia (Usa)
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching the attention of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The...
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs featuring five Matt Damon films into one "binge box."
Elysium (2013). In the year 2154, two groups of people remain: the extremely wealthy, who reside on an immaculate man-made space station named Elysium, and the rest, who occupy an overpopulated, destroyed Earth.
Interstellar (2014). With the humanity's time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond...
5) Rudy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version ; Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Although people have told Rudy all his life he's not good enough, smart enough or big enough, nothing can stop his impossible dream of playing football for Notre Dame. Based on a true story.
6) Rudy: Radio
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (223 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4.
Language
English
Description
Rudy: Rudy Ruettinger, a working-class boy, realizes his dreams of playing football at Notre Dame.
Radio: "The inspiring true story of the real life friendship between Robert "Radio" Kennedy and Coach Harold Jones and the thirty-year legacy of victory they created"--Container.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After his younger brother is killed in an accident, rising Wake Forest University football star Jon Abbate is inspired to lead his team to a series of last-minute victories in his memory.
8) The waterboy
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A football coach allows Bobby Boucher, an oddball mama's boy, to play in a college team. It exposes a talent for tackling that transforms Bobby from a meek waterboy to the hardest hitter ever to roam the gridiron.
10) Any given Sunday
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2000
Edition
Widescreen version; special ed., director's cut.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks coach, faces a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy Sharks owner who's sure Tony is way behind times.
11) Heaven can wait
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joe Pendleton, a Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally goes to heaven after a car accident, and returns to earth in the body of another man who was a corporate giant. After deciding to resume his place with the Rams (by purchasing the team), Pendleton must also deal with the consequences of the former businessman's actions. Loose remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
12) Leatherheads
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Dodge Connolly is a charming, brash football hero. He is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his team. Dodge hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Added to the team is Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. Carter has dashing good...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
14) Varsity blues
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Deluxe edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the first string quarterback injures himself, the second string player reluctantly steps and is forced to deal with the expectations of his win-at-all-costs coach, his disapproving girlfriend, a gorgeous cheerleader, and an entire football-crazed community.
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day (Viola Swamp decides to whip the football team into shape when they can't win a game); Miss Nelson Is Back (the kids miss their teacher when Viola Swamp takes over for Miss Nelson); The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (when Jimmy's snake gets loose on a field trip, things aren't quite so boring!); The Dot (one simple drawing becomes something big at the art show); and Amazing Grace (a little girl learns that anything is possible)....
16) The Turkey Bowl
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Patrick Hodges, a former small-town high school quarterback now a high-powered Chicago businessman, hasn't returned to his tiny Midwestern town in years. But his old friends have lured him back for Thanksgiving to force him to finish the legendary Turkey Bowl, a football game that was snowed out fifteen years ago. Patrick must risk his future to lead his ragtag team against their bitter crosstown rivals, ultimately realizing how much he misses the...
Publisher
crunchyroll
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fast, hard-hitting, and intense, rugby is a sport where anyone can shine! First-year Kenji Gion has never played, but after a run-in with Sumiaki Iwashimizu, a tall and hesitant first-year, he's ready to prove he has what it takes, despite his lack of height. There's a lot more to the game than he expected, however, and his team isn't about to go easy on him.
18) The replacements
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Shane Falco, a washed-out all-American QB, guides a team of misfits assembled by veteran coach Jimmy McGinty to replace striking pro players.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Enteratinment
Pub. Date
[2014].
Edition
[DVD widescreen version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
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