Hollywood Sports Movies Based On True Stories 1. Hoosiers (1986) The classic movie which actually transports the audience to 1952 Indiana countryside and the story’s circumstances. A drunkard coach, who trains the local high school basketball team, becomes the best competitors in the championship. The Rookie (2002) The 39-year-old chemistry school teacher and baseball coach find his dream coming true by making them qualify the play off by constant training and motivation.
Coach Carter (2005) This is a story of a coach who makes his team succeed the championship by continuous hard work and tough academic discipline. Invincible (2006) In 1976, a 30-year-old bartender, who played only one year of high school football dreamt of becoming the NFL’s most unlikely rookie. We Are Marshall (2006) A plane crash which took lives of 75 people along with the football team and the coach of the Marshall University. Fortunately, one player escapes the plane crash due to the injury.
He then takes responsibility of leading and forming the new team and winning becomes their mantra. The Glory Road (2006) Don Haskins on his journey to find the best talent in the land ends up forming a team of 7 blacks and five whites. In spite of insurmountable odds, Haskin and his players reach the National championship game against powerhouse Kentucky. Jerry Maguire (1996) A romantic comedy-drama sports film starring Tom Cruise, this movie is supposedly based on the real life sports agent “Leigh William Steinberg.” He represented over 300 professional athletes.
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Totally True. / Posted by on 9. The Fighter (2010) An Irish boxer, Micky Ward who wasn’t fortunate in his career.
He was only a stepping stone for other boxers to defeat on their way up until his older half-brother transformed his diminishing career to a victorious welterweight boxing champion. Money Ball (2011) Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane is hampered with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. With his successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a tight budget by hiring computer generated analysis to find the young talents. Chasing Mavericks (2012) An inspirational story of a surfing phenomenon Jay Moriarity. The 15-year-old Jay discovers the mythic Mavericks surf breaks, one of the biggest waves on earth is just a few miles away from his place. He desires to chase the Mavericks with the help of his neighbor Frosty Hessen to train him to survive it.
Later, it goes far more than just surfing. Rush (2013) It is set against the glamorous Formula 1 racing in the early 1970’s.
A great sporting rivalry between the handsome James hunt and his brilliant opponent Niki Lauda. These both drivers risk everything for their passion. 42 (2013) It’s an inspirationally told biopic of an American sports icon, Jackie Robinson on how he broke the color barrier in the Major league Baseball.
When The Game Stands Tall (2014) It is about the legendary coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salla High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151- game winning streak that shattered all the records of American sport. Million Dollar Arm (2014) A sports agent, J. Bernstein battling with his career, strategize to train Indian cricketers for the Major league Baseball Team. Pawn Sacrifice (2014) An American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer gears up for a fable match up against the Russian Boris Spassky. McFarland USA (2015) A struggling coach and a teacher, Jim White lose his last job as a teacher. He ends up in one of the poorest country in America – McFarland.
There he finds a bunch of untrained high school boys whom he trains and makes them one of the best country teams. The Program (2015) A battle between an Irish sports journalist and Lance Armstrong, regarding the latter’s performances during the Tour de France victories and the usage of banned substances. With evidence and conviction, this changed Armstrong’s life.
Justification Justification of Red List Category This species has been uplisted to Near Threatened owing to evidence that is has undergone a moderately rapid population decline over the past three generations. Population justification Ferguson-Lees et al. (2001) estimated the population to number 1,000-10,000 individuals, but in Europe the population is estimated at 580-790 pairs, which equates to 1,200-1,600 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015).
A revised global estimate is therefore 2,000-10,000 individuals, roughly equating to 1,300-6,700 mature individuals. Trend justification This species is declining throughout its range with the exception of northern Spain, where the population has increased since 1986. Poisoning, both accidental and targeted, as well as habitat degradation, disturbance of breeding sites and collision with powerlines are considered to be the main threats (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). Overall, it is suspected that the population has declined by 25-29% over the past three generations. Within Europe the population is estimated to be decreasing by at least 10% in 53.4 years (three generations) (BirdLife International 2015). Ecology Behaviour It is resident where it occurs, but has vast home ranges, and juveniles will wander even more widely than adults (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). Habitat The species occupies remote, mountainous areas, with precipitous terrain, usually above 1,000 m, though can occur down to 600 m (R.
Naoroji in litt. Ibrahim in litt. 2016), and in particular areas where large predators such as wolves and Golden Eagles are present, and there are herds of mammals such as mountain goats, ibex, and sheep (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). Diet The species will forage over vast distances (up to 700 km in one day has been recorded), using a soaring flight. Its principle food is carrion, with its diet including a large proportion of bones (as much as 85%) whereupon the bird gets nutrition from the marrow inside.
The rest of its diet comprises tortoises, and occasionally also live mammals and birds. It is generally unwilling to compete with vultures at carcasses, and will wait patiently to feed, scavenging older carcasses if fresh meat is scarce.
Bones are either consumed whole, broken using the bill, hammered against the ground, or lifted into the air and dropped from 50-80 m high onto hard rock. Tortoises and hyraxes are generally treated in the same way as bones. It is known to scavenge in rubbish dumps, including urban areas in Ethiopia (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001). Breeding The species will construct large nests (averaging 1-m diameter), composed of branches and lined with animal remains such as skin and wool, as well as dung and occasionally also rubbish. Nests are located on remote overhung cliff ledges or in caves and will be re-used over the years.
Breeding occurs from December to September in Europe and northern Africa; October–May in Ethiopia; May-January in southern Africa; year-round in much of eastern Africa; and December-June in India (Ferguson-Lees and Christie 2001).