Tag: Sports

  • Big Leaguer (1953)

    Spring is here, and with the sights and sounds of rebirth – flowers blooming, birds chirping, suffering masses enduring hay fever – come thoughts of baseball … well, at least if you happen to be a baseball fan (Major League Baseball’s season begins this week, in case you care.) Any buff of the once-upon-a-time national…

  • The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

    If it didn’t happen to be true, you might dismiss it as feel-good fantasy. But part of what makes The Greatest Game Ever Played so appealing is that this is a real-life Cinderella story tailor-made for classic drama. Based on the 2002 book by Mark Frost (who also wrote the screenplay adaptation), the film details…