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1) Creed
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the Robins, an underdog Little League team, through their 1974 season with newcomer and autistic baseball savant, Rafer. Team leader Zack takes Rafer under his wing despite taunting from their rivals, the Hawks. Their coach and the rest of the Robins encourage Rafer as the team rises towards an unlikely championship season.
3) Breakaway
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A pickup hockey player with disapproving parents and a dead end job, Rajveer has dreams of making it to the NHL some day. Enlisting the help of a former pro-player-turned-zamboni drive, he'll try to do the unthinkable ₆ win the biggest tournament of the year with an all Indian team! With exciting on-ice action and engaging performances, Breakaway is a crowd-pleasing film guaranteed to score with the whole family.
4) Warrior
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. The two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all...
7) Creed
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
11) The phenom
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ever since Hopper was a child, he has dreamed of becoming a major-league pitcher. Relentlessly pushed and punished by his abusive father, he's on the verge of becoming one of the game's most promising players when he unexpectedly breaks down on the mound. Now Hopper's only hope for a future lies with an unorthodox sports therapist who urges him to piece together the past and confront the man who is both bully and family.
13) The final season
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Norway, Iowa, the high school baseball team is led by legendary Coach Jim Van Scoyoc who has won 19 State Championships. But the small town heroes are dealt a series of unexpected blows that threaten to rob them of their 20th championship win. Talk of a school merger gets serious and Coach Scoyoc is fired. He is replaced by his 24-year-old assistant coach, Kent Stock. Failure seems inevitable. Based on the true story of Kent Stock....
14) Possums
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Mac Davis stars in this feel good story about a team facing an impossible task with an indominatable spirit. And about the town that gets behind them and learns a few important things about itself.
15) The pistol
Language
English
Description
The true story of 'Pistol' Pete Maravich, a scrawny five-foot-two eighth grader. Though a target of ridicule, he perseveres, with the encouragement of his father and love of his mother, to become college basketball's greatest scorer.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
At twelve-years-old, Timmy shows the early promise of a champion in the making. When his father sends him to caddy at a local country club, he finds a world where privilege meets the working class. With the help of a golf teacher with a broken past, he learns more than just technique and sportsmanship.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Rickey Hill is the small-town son of a traveling pastor. With natural athletic talent, grit, and raw determination, Rickey defiantly overcomes his physical disabilities and father's overbearing commands to never play baseball to fulfill his dream of playing in the major leagues, and ultimately transform his connection with his father."--
19) Warrior
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. The two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all...
20) Field of dreams
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A Iowa farmer hears a voice that instructs him to plow down his crops and construct a baseball field. After doing so, the field is inhabited by spirits of dead baseball players.
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