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  • Author: Mark Johnson
    September 6, 2012

    Football is back. Baseball is winding down. Basketball is preparing to start up. This is the best time of year for many people, whether due to their love of sports entertainment, or the change in the weather, or for the fact that the awards season is finally approaching. September brings about many changes, most of which are welcome. So being that the NFL kicks off this weekend (officially kicked off with Wednesday night’s New York Giants/Dallas Cowboys game), I figured we could change up Circuit 3 for the week and let you post your three favorite/best sports themed films. Whether a biopic like The Pride of the Yankees or Raging Bull; a fictionalized sports story like The Natural or Rocky; a comedy like The Bad News Bears or Major League; a documentary like Hoop Dreams or Murderball; or just a movie with a sports background like Field of Dreams or Jerry Maguire; you can choose anything you like that extends to the world of sports.

    My Circuit 3 for Sports Movies:

    1. Raging Bull (1980)
    2. Rocky (1976)
    3. Field of Dreams (1989)

    What are your three best/favorite sports films?

    About Mark Johnson


    Lover of all things film and Oscar. Fantasy sports’ equivalent of George Steinbrenner. Your very own Han Solo, making friends all over the movie-loving galaxy in spite of himself. When he’s not ranking just about everything or dominating boardgames, Mark is breaking down the Oscar race 24/7 with Rain Man-like stats and knowledge. In his downtime, you can find him commiserating with other Northeast Ohio sports fans because a hero isn’t complete without a little heartbreak. If Lost, Homeland, Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Survivor are your style, then congratulations, you have something in common with this inglourious basterd.

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    1. 1. Remember the Titans
      2. Bend It Like Beckham
      3. The Sandlot/Bull Durham

      This list was a lot tougher to compile because it’s hard to define a sports film since so many try and be about more than just the game.

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    2. don’t forget about caddyshack.

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    3. what about caddyshack

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    4. This is a tough one for me, as sports and movies are probably my 2 favorite things in the world.

      If pressed to narrow down to 3, I suppose I’d say Rocky, Chariots of Fire and Field of Dreams.

      So many honorable mentions, though – in no particular order – Seabiscuit, Bull Durham, Bad News Bears, Hoop Dreams, Raging Bull, Breaking Away, Major League, Caddyshack, Rudy, Eight Men Out, Friday Night Lights, Vision Quest…

      Wow, some of those are my among my favorite movies. Tough category!

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    5. Ugh, and Jerry Maguire too. Man, seriously, tough category.

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    6. 1. Breaking Away
      2. The Bad News Bears
      3. The Longest Yard (74)

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      • Runners Up would include: Moneyball, The Pride of the Yankees, Raging Bull, Rocky, The Fighter, Personal Best, Hoosiers, Slap Shot, Body and Soul, The Black Stallion, Brian’s Song, Field of Dreams, All the Right Moves, Rudy, Bull Durham, The Wrestler, Million Dollar Baby, The Color of Money, The Hustler, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Grand Prix, The Natural, Champion, North Dallas Forty, The Bingo Long Travelling All Stars and Motor Kings, Eight Men Out, It Happens Every Spring, Dogtown and Z-Boys, The Set-Up, Hoop Dreams, Big Fan, Bang the Drum Slowly, The Endless Summer, When We Were Kings, Murderball

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      • I need to revisit Breaking Away. Been SO long.

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    7. 1. Raging Bull (1980)
      2. Hoop Dreams (1994)
      3. TIE – The Natural (1984) AND Moneyball (2011)

      HM: Bull Durham

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    8. I’m going to do a Top 10, but my 3 would be:

      1. Rocky
      2. Jerry Maguire
      3. Warrior

      Followed by…

      4. Field of Dreams
      5. The Wrestler
      6. Moneyball
      7. Raging Bull
      8. Little Big League
      9. Million Dollar Baby
      10. Rookie of the Year

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      • No Hoosiers? I was torn between that and Field of Dreams for my #3. I grew up on Norman Dale’s (Hackman) coaching skills.

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    9. 1. Moneyball
      2. The Fighter
      3. Field of Dreams

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    10. 1. Rocky
      2. Caddyshack
      3. The Sandlot

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    11. 1. Friday Night Lights
      2. Moneyball
      3. The Express

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    12. 1. Pride of the Yankees
      2. Angels in the Outfield
      3. Real Steel (a film about a boxing robot made me cry…don’t ask why)

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    13. Talladega Nights, National Velvet, Pride of the Yankees

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    14. This is kinda rough.

      1. Jerry McGuire
      2. The Sandlot
      3. Murderball

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    15. How about a few odd ones

      1. The King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters
      2. The Damned United
      3. Lords of Dogtown

      My favorites are probably The Wrestler, Moneyball, and Rocky

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      • LOVE King of Kong. One of my favorite docs ever. Not sure if video games are a sport, but they are certainly a competition in this film, so why not?

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