As two of the dominant forms of popular entertainment in the western world, there has always been a massive interest in the crisscrossing worlds of sports and cinema. Almost since the beginning of filmmaking as a commercial venture, depicting the world of professional athletics from the point of view of our those who play has played a central part in the movie business as a whole. From dramatic classics like Pride of the Yankees (1942), Rocky (1976), and Hoosiers (1986), to romances like Bull Durham (1988), Challengers (2024), and Heaven Can Wait (1974), and universally beloved comedies like The Bad News Bears (1976), Slap Shot (1977), and one of the greatest films ever made, The Waterboy (1998) – I will hear no dissent on this...
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