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1) The fighter
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Micky Ward ... is a struggling boxer long overshadowed by his older brother and trainer, Dicky ... , a local legend battling his own demons. Their explosive relationship threatens to take them both down. However, the bond of blood may be their only chance to redeem their pasts and, at last, give their hard-luck town what it's been waiting for, pride"--Container. Based on a true story.
Publisher
Youth Sports Club
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Backyard Golf video is brought to you by Marty Schupak and the Youth Sports Club. Golf is a sport of repetition and individual skills. The Backyard Golf video presents some of the most creative and useful techniques and drills that can be done right in your own backyard. Players need not always have to go out on an 18-hole golf course or down to the local school to practice their game. Different areas in one’s backyard, front yard, and even...
3) Mountain
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do mountains now hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives? From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers,...
4) Radio
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the writer of The Rookie comes a dramatic and moving story inspired by events in the life of RADIO, a man who made an enduring impact on the lives of all those around him. RADIO focuses on the mentoring relationship between a high school football coach (Ed Harris) and Radio (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), known as "the same as everybody else, just a little slower than most," and how their unique friendship ultimately transforms the conservative attitudes...
5) Leatherheads
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dodge Connolly is a charming, brash football hero. He is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his team. Dodge hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Added to the team is Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. Carter has dashing good...
6) The novice
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An obsessive college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an extreme physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1946, Branch Rickey, ... owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson ... to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field win over fans and his teammates"--Container.
8) Greater
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Greater follows the true story of Brandon Burlsworth, the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Brandon dreams of playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks but is told he isn't good enough to play Division 1.The awkward kid who once was an embarrassment to his teammates and annoyance to his coaches ends up becoming an All-American player and the 63rd pick in the 1999 NFL Draft.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
NASCAR sensation Ricky Bobby is a racing hero because of his "win at all costs" approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr., are a fearless duo. Dubbed "Shake" and "Bake" by their fans, the two have the ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges Ricky and Cal for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky must face...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about Tai Chi and one of its great masters, Cheng Man-Ching, a man who brought Tai Chi and Chinese culture to the West during the 1960s. Featuring vintage archival footage, the film tells the story of his remarkable life and features Tai Chi as a martial art and a spiritual practice. Cheng Man-Ching performs his 37 Movement Form ; The Origin of Tai chi ; Medical science & Tai Chi: an interview with Peter M. Wayne, PhD, Harvard Medical...
11) Point break
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes, led by the charismatic Bodhi. The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.
12) Ferrari
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Set during the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle and danger of 1950’s Formula 1, ex-racer, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for their one son. Ferrari struggles with the acknowledgement of another. His drivers’ lust to win pushes them out to the edge. He wagers all in a roll of the dice on one race, the...
13) Creed II
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
14) Creed
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
15) The Mighty Macs
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This unique film revisits the rich bounty of 16-mm-shot footage of the left-handed tennis star John McEnroe, at the time the world’s top-ranked player, as he competes in the French Open in 1984. Close-ups and slow motion sequences of McEnroe competing, as well as instances of his notorious temper tantrums, highlight a ”man who played on the edge of his senses.” Far from a traditional documentary, Faraut probes the archival film to unpack both...
17) Girls Can't Surf
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluoro colours, peroxide hair and radical male egos. The film follows the journey of a band of renegade surfers who took on the male-dominated professional surfing world to achieve equality and change the sport forever. Featuring surfing greats Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha, Layne Beachley and more. A wild ride of clashing personalities,...
18) Invictus
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channels his anger into becoming the World Heavyweight Champion, and later survives a near-death experience that takes him from the ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggle, he reclaims his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable heavyweight champion ever" --Container.
20) Surf's up
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Teenage Rockhopper penguin Cody Maverick is an up-and-coming surfer who is about to enter his first pro competition. Followed by a documentary crew to film his experiences, Cody leaves Antarctica for the warmer climes in order to surf in the Big Z Memorial Surf Championship covered by the SPEN network. His hero, champion surfer Big Z, has been gone for ten years, and Cody wants to win the championship in his memory. On his journey he encounters surfer-dude...
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