‘Hustle’ is a new basketball movie from Netflix featuring Adam Sandler as Stanley Sugerman — a former college basketball player turned life-long international NBA scout from the Philadelphia 76ers — who finds a diamond in the rough prospect with Bo Cruz (played by real-life NBA player Juancho Hernangomez), a construction […]
A seven-time Super Bowl champion is teaming up with three Oscar-winning actresses in a new film. Tom Brady has been retired for only a couple of weeks before the ex-quarterback found a new project as a film producer of a sports movie. Brady will produce and play himself in the […]
If you’re a Star Wars geek like me and subscribed to the Disney Plus streaming platform to watch ” The Mandalorian,” rest assured, the service has plenty of other non-Star Wars content to keep you entertained during the holiday season. Disney Plus offers a vast list and collection of sports […]
Adam Sandler plays Howard Ratner, a degenerate gambler from New York City’s Diamond District in “Uncut Gems,” a 2019 film directed by the Safdie Brothers (Benny and Josh). This intense and neurotic gambling movie takes place in 2012 and also stars Kevin Garnett playing himself. The 2012 NBA Eastern Conference […]
Kevin Costner, finally appeared in a football movie in Ivan Reitman’s ‘Draft Day’, a 2014 film with Costner playing Sonny Weaver, the general manager of the Cleveland Browns. The movie takes place as a glimpse into a single day in the life of a pro football GM during the NFL […]
“Slap Shot,” a hockey movie directed by George Roy Hill, features Paul Newman as Reggie Dunlop, a washed-up player/coach for the down-and-out Charlestown Chiefs minor league team. Dunlop, with the help of the three Hanson brothers, embarks on a winning streak when they resort to brutality and violence, which invigorates […]
“Hoosiers” features Gene Hackman as Norman Dale, a former college basketball coach with a shady past who finds himself on the road to redemption in rural Indiana. Dale accepts the head coaching job in Hickory, Indiana and convinces Hickory’s best player, Jimmy Chitwood, to re-join the team after he quit […]
Looking to get your hoops fix without March Madness? Check out “Blue Chips”, a 1994 basketball movie directed by William Friedkin, which features Nick Nolte as head coach Pete Bell from fictional Western University. Bell saw his program fall behind other schools because they were getting killed in the recruiting […]
“Bull Durham”, a 1988 film about a season with the Durham Bulls minor league baseball team, follows an aging catcher (Kevin Costner) named Crash Davis and a talented but eccentric young pitcher (Tim Robbins) who both compete for the affections of a local English literature professor (Susan Sarandon). “Bull Durham”, […]
Steven Soderbergh’s new film, “High Flying Bird”, about the ruthless business side of professional basketball, debuts on Netflix on February 8. Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s 11, Magic Mike) teamed up with a playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight), who penned the screenplay for “High Flying Bird.” According to Netflix’s tagline, “With only […]
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