Toe pick! NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer discusses the best movies about winter sports with film critic and sports writer Will Leitch.
Ever feel like kids’ lives are a little too insular today? Too much social media, not enough peer interaction? Well, team sports might be the solution…so why not take their favorite vice (i.e., screen ...
Sports dramas get Oscars. Boxing films have done particularly well at the Academy Awards — Rocky, Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby, The Fighter — and other sports have also been celebrated during ...
“Chariots of Fire” is a sports movie that was so well-received that it won Best Picture at the Oscars. That’s impressive, but from a “sports movie” perspective it lacks a bit. After all, it’s a ...
As seen at film festivals and in the cinemas, sports movies tend to do well when they’re released. Immediately appealing to fans of specific pastimes, there’s a clear market for them. However, over ...
Sometimes, you watch a sports movie that is just so good you can’t help but go on your phone the moment after and look up how to play the sport. That’s the power of some of the best sports movies out ...
What Is the Value of Watching Sports Movies for Kids? Both experts note that sports-themed movies can be very helpful for kids because they often teach important life lessons and have inspiring themes ...
As with any genre, sports movies are prone to sequelization. Usually, they are found in the world of sports comedies, because they have the whole “getting the band back together” vibe that comedy ...
Almost three decades after his (fictitious) Tour Championship triumph, Adam Sandler is back on the links as Happy Gilmore. The official follow-up to 1996’s golf screwball comedy is out Friday on ...
Yes, you guessed it – it's the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs. The Reds and Cubs will battle Thursday night at 7:15 p.m. ET/6:15 p.m. CT for the second iteration of the legendary “Field of ...
Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic’s weekly sports business cheat sheet. (Want to receive MoneyCall in your email every Wednesday? Easy sign-up here.) Name-dropped today: Brad Pitt, Michele Kang, ...