The Underdogs
13 underappreciated sports movies—and 13 free sports movie ideas—that we're rooting for.
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My first idea for yesterday’s post was basically Baseball vs. Boxing: Which Sport Makes for the Best Movies? Rather than regurgitate a bunch of Wikipedia statistics like I did for my election content, I thought I’d analyze the story contents and structures of the best and most successful films across both sports in order to decide which plays better. Simply put, there are better—and more—baseball movies and boxing movies than movies about any other sports. But since we’re talking about sports, there has to be a Number One. Which is it?
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