Our Favorite Sports Movies

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Published on March 23 2020 10:34 am
Last Updated on March 24 2020 6:18 am
Written by Millie Lange

While all sports are postponed due to the coronavirus, there will be lots of time at home. Now's the time to catch up on some good sports movies you've never seen.

We here at the radio station have our favorites and we'd like to know some of yours.

Here's our movie picks followed by a list of movies. If you'd like to tell us some of your movie favorites or any that have been left off the list, we'd like to hear from you. Just email millie@thexradio.com or go to our Facebook page and tell us there.

Favorite Sports Movies 2020

Radio Staff Favorites:

George -- Moneyball, Raging Bull, The Blindside, 42, White Men Can't Jump, Dodgeball, Slap Shot

Greg -- Rocky, The Natural, Hoosiers, Rudy

Brian H. -- Bull Durham

Tonya -- A League of Their Own, Happy Gilmore

Teresa -- The Sandlot, The Little Giants, A League of Their Own, Rookie of the Year

Millie -- The Blindside, Secretariat, Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, Hoosiers

Wayne --  The Legend of Bagger Vance, Moneyball, 61, Tin Cup, Ali, Seabiscuit

Brian D. -- Hoosiers, Rocky

Dustin -- Bull Durham, A League of Their Own, Major League, Slap Shot, Eight Men Out, Happy Gilmore, Tin Cup, Caddyshack, Rudy, Hoosiers, Honorable mentions: Moneyball, Prefontaine, The Natural. Also, he says "please mention that Field of Dreams is NOT a baseball movie. It is not even a very good movie."

Matt -- Hoosiers, Field of Dreams, Major League, The Sandlot, Caddyshack, Varsity Blues, Days of Thunder

Gail -- Rudy, Remember the Titans, Seabiscuit, Karate Kid, Dodgeball, Rocky, Tin Cup, Caddyshack.

Doc -- The Pride of the Yankees, A League of Their Own, The Bad News Bears, The Babe Ruth Story, The Sandlot

Dave -- Hoosiers

 

Following are some of the greats by category:

BASEBALL -- For Love of the Game, Major League I, Major League II, Bull Durham, Pride of the Yankees, Moneyball, Eight Men Out, The Natural, Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, Bang the Drum Slowly, The Bad News Bears, Trouble With the Curve, 42, The Babe, Million Dollar Arm, The Sandlot, The Rookie, The Perfect Game, Rookie of the Year, The Pride of the Yankees, The Babe Ruth Story.

FOOTBALL -- Rudy, Brian's Song, The Longest Yard, The Blind Side, We Are Marshall, The Replacements, Draft Day, Remember the Titans, Friday Night Lights, North Dallas Forty, The Game Plan, Gridiron Gang, Invincible, Any Given Sunday, Looking For Eric, The Little Giants, The Game Plan

BASKETBALL -- Hoosiers, Hoop Dreams, He Got Game, Love and Basketball, The Way Back, White Men Can't Jump, The Basketball Diaries, Space Jam, Coach Carter, Air Bud, The Mighty Macs, The Air Up There

HOCKEY -- Miracle, Slap Shot, Goon, The Mighty Ducks, D2: The Mighty Ducks, D3: The Mighty Ducks

GOLF -- Caddyshack, Tin Cup, Happy Gilmore, The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Legend of Bagger Vance

HORSE RACING -- Secretariat, Seabiscuit, Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story, National Velvet, Racing Stripes, Let It Ride, 50 to 1, The Black Stallion, Phar Lap, Ruffian, Hidalgo, Casey's Shadow, My Friend Flicka, The Derby Stallion, The Great Dan Patch

AUTO RACING -- Talladega Nights, Days of Thunder, The World's Fastest Indian, Rush, Senna

SOCCER -- The Damned United, Bend It Like Beckham, Victory, Pele: Birth of a Legend, Gracie, Kicking & Screaming, The Big Green

BOXING -- Rocky I, II, III, IV, V, Rocky Balboa, Creed, Creed II, Ali, Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby, When We Were Kings, The Fighter, Cinderella Man, The Hurricane, Real Steel, Southpaw, Hands of Stone, Grudge Match

RUNNING -- Without Limits, McFarland USA

VOLLEYBALL -- The Miracle Season, Air Bud: Spikes Back, Miles

TENNIS -- Borg vs.McEnroe, The Battle of the Sexes, Wimbledon, BreakPoint, Match Point

OLYMPIC -- Chariots of Fire, Miracle, Cool Runnings, Personal Best, Foxcatcher, Eddie The Eagle, Unbroken, Spiker

ICE SKATING -- I, Tonya, Blades of Glory, The Cutting Edge

POOL -- The Hustler, The Color of  Money

OTHER SPORTS -- The Karate Kid, Karate Kid II, The Karate Kid Part III, The Next Karate Kid, Dodgeball, Breaking Away, The Wrestler, Murderball, Soul Surfer, Kickboxer, The Big Blue, Invictus, Searching For Bobby Fischer