True. Sports. Movies.

Movies that inspire and were inspired by sports.

Author: Kevin Ott

Gridiron Gang

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Football / High School Sports

Gridiron Gang - 1990 Kilpatrick Mustangs

Gridiron Gang is the true story of coaches in a Los Angeles juvenile correction facility who, in the 1990’s, changed the lives of its young prisoners by starting a football team to teach the...

Pat Summitt 1952-2016

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Pat Summitt 1952-2016

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Movie Ideas / Original Content

Why Sports and Hollywood Need a Pat Summitt Movie

“She was this larger-than-life personality who was impossible to ignore. She was a mixture of someone with a stare that could burn holes through steel and a funny, self-deprecating, caring mother for hundreds of...

McFarland, USA – The Story of the 1987 McFarland Boys High School Cross-Country Track Team

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McFarland, USA movie poster

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High School Sports / Running

McFarland, USA - 1987 McFarland Cross Country Team

The 2015 film “McFarland, USA” tells the true story of California high school cross-country coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) and his underdog team of Latino runners who had never competed in the sport before...