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Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Senior high school football star, Cameron, is traumatized when his best friend is killed in a car accident that he feels responsible for. When Cam learns that his best friend was working on breaking the sub-four minute mile, he decides to honor his friend's memory by accomplishing the goal for him.
Publisher
Excel Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Rick and Lars are best friends and rugby teammates who become rivals when Rick's free-spirited lifestyle lands him in juvenile detention. Once there, a concerned counselor and a championship rugby coach recruit Rick for a new team--and a new direction.
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Alex Taylor knows that his dream of running for his high school track team is not only unrealistic but out of his reach. Blind since the age of two, Alex is determined to beat the odds and prays for a running partner to help him cross the finish line. However, help comes from an unlikely source when a schoolmate with a troubled past offers to help him race. The boys begin working together in the hopes of making the team and believe that with a little...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, this film follows the compelling journey to the Olympic final of boatbuilder's son Bert Bushnell and Oxford-educated Richard "Dickie" Burnell. Thrown together as double sculling partners just six weeks before the games, they had to overcome vast differences in their backgrounds to become a world class rowing team on an International Olympic stage.
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
High school football Coach Victor Trenton is beloved by the town and his team, so when the all-star player collapses during an intense practice, all eyes turn to him. Instead of dealing with the circumstances, he tries to push the team to continue their winning streak rather. Now with the player's mother pressing charges, the coach must decide if his reputation, his career, and his livelihood are worth his pride.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Theatrical version.
Language
English
Description
After a crushing defeat ended their prior season, everyone counted the Abilene Eagles out of title contention. Facing doubts and personal challenges both on and off the field, it will take the guidance of their team chaplain and a surrogate father figure for them to realize what they can achieve when they stand united as a team. In this uplifting underdog story, the Abilene Eagles will once again soar in an incredible comeback that will be forever...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A promising football running back plans to make it to the NFL. At the pinnacle of his college football career, his dreams are shattered and he loses everything. But determination and a newly found inner strength enable him to triumph.
8) 1000 to 1
Publisher
Cinedigm Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
1000 to 1 is the inspiring true story of Cory Weissman, basketball star who scored 1,000 points in high school and was expected to be a standout athlete at Gettysburg college. Following a catastrophic stroke at the end of his freshman year, the film chronicles cory's against all odds comeback from a life threatening illness with the help of his mother, tina, a physical therapist, as well as the encouragement of both his dedicated basketball coach...
9) Midrange
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Fresh off a stellar collegiate basketball career, aspiring professional basketball star, Damon Sharp, returns to his hometown in Chicago quickly to discover a more challenging game off the court. His former life and old bad habits abruptly challenge his newfound faith in God. Damon's dreams of playing pro ball hang in the balance while he faces the circling demons of his past, which are being beckoned by his brother Darrin, who's on a fast track to...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
[English/Spanish subtitled version]
Language
English
Description
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive soccer moms who pursue him at every turn.
11) 1 mile to you
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After a teenager's best friends die in a tragic accident, he finds that running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him a certain notoriety, and he soon finds himself caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
12) Race
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story of Olympic legend Jesse Owens. In his epic quest to be the greatest athlete in history, Owens chooses to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he must overcome not only elite competition, but also the brutal racial climate of Adolf Hitler's Germany. A film about courage, determination, tolerance, friendship and trust.
13) 23 blast
Publisher
Ocean Avenue Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
High school football star Travis Freeman finds himself at a crossroads when he is suddenly stricken with total and irreversible blindness. He must choose whether to limit his life due to his impairment or to continue playing high school football in his hometown of Corbin, Kentucky.
14) Hope dances
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A talented young ballet dancer and also a star athlete has always been able to enjoy the best of both worlds. When she and her best friend have the opportunity to audition for the famous director of the Nutcracker, she's forced to choose between her mother's dream of her becoming a prima ballerina and her father's ambitions of her becoming an Olympic athlete. Upset at potentially disappointing one of her parents and confused about her choice, Hope...
15) Greater
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[DVD]
Language
English
Description
Greater follows the true story of Brandon Burlsworth, the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Brandon dreams of playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks but is told he isn't good enough to play Division 1.The awkward kid who once was an embarrassment to his teammates and annoyance to his coaches ends up becoming an All-American player and the 63rd pick in the 1999 NFL Draft.
17) Eddie the Eagle
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by true events, it is a feel-good story about Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself, even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner's unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations to become an NFL player, but just when his dreams seemed all but out of reach, it is only with the support of his wife, Brenda and the encouragement of his family,...
19) The blind side
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Edition
Widescreen format.
Language
English
Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, the pair form a touching bond in the process.
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