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Pub. Date
[2006]
Formats
Description
Brandon's talent makes him a prime candidate for recruitment by Walter Abrams, the head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the country. Walter hires the small town ex-athlete and grooms him into a shrewd front man. Brandon soon begins to enjoy his status as a Manhattan golden boy and finds himself growing comfortable with Walter's high-rolling lifestyle. The surrogate father/surrogate son relationship fattens Walter's business and...
24) Gus
Pub. Date
2002
Description
A mule who kicks 100-yard field goals becomes the star player of a pro football team.
26) Everyone's Hero
Pub. Date
2006
Description
10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship
27) Embattled
Description
Raised by an abusive father, Cash channels his aggression to become a World Champion MMA fighter. Now accustomed to wealth, adulation and global popularity, he faces a new challenge when his second son is born with Williams Syndrome. But this time, rather than stand and fight, he runs. While Cash continues to make his fortune in the ring, his eldest son Jett becomes the caregiver to his younger brother Quinn. When Jett decides to follow his father's...
28) Men with brooms
Pub. Date
p2002
Description
Reunited by the last wishes of their recently deceased coach, four not-quite-together guys set out to win the local Superbowl of curling. Under the guidance of their befuddled new coach, the intrepid teammates fight their way to the big championship showdown. --from Container.
32) Stroker Ace
Pub. Date
1998
Description
Stroker Ace, two-time NASCAR winner heading for his third championship, loses his sponsor. In desperation he signs with fried chicken magnate Clyde Torkle. Soon Stroker discovers his book-length, iron-clad contract requires him to wear a chicken costume for television commercials and publicity stunts. Worse than that for any proud, daredevil racer, he has to drive a stock car with a sign that says "Fastest Chicken in the South."
36) The Hot Flashes
Pub. Date
2013
Description
An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the high school girls' state champs to a series of games to raise money for breast cancer prevention.
37) The Sandlot 2
Description
Ten years ago a quirky group of kids invaded the Sandlot. Now, a new generation of kids are here in a nostalgic return to the dog days of summer, playing America's favorite pastime where dreams begin and heroes are formed.
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