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Step back into the ring with us this week, as I welcome a veteran of the show (and a Boxing Legend himself), Mr. Jean Carlos Sanchez aka @mercwiththemovies as we discuss the third entry in the Creed franchise which hits theatres this coming weekend! THEN, with your help via the @top5filmdive social media page - help JC and I determine which films end up in our Sports Movie Hall of Fame. 10 Sport Subgenres - 20 Picks - YOUR CHOICE WHO GETS CROWNED! Head on over after the episode finishes and cast your vote.
Inducting the inaugural class of actors/writers/directors and movies into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame, with votes from host Kyle Bandujo and the Big Screen Sports Patreon group. You can support Big Screen Sports and pick movies to be covered in upcoming episodes by joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bigscreensports. Shoutout to our episode sponsor, Classic Stadium Fire! Head to their Etsy shop and use promo code BIGSCREEN for 10% off: etsy.com/shop/ClassicStadiumFire Big Screen Sports is hosted/edited by Kyle Bandujo, and produced by Aaron Figueroa, Mike Schubert, Steve Rogers, Kevin Frost, Mike Dries, Ryan "Nigel" Yager, Mike D, James Kowalewski, Chris Mycoskie, Andrew Tuegel, John Craig, Sam Smith, and Classic Stadium Fire. Art for Big Screen Sports was created by Riki Prosper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, we are going to be discussing childhood classics like Space Jam and Rookie of the Year, as well as some all timers like Jerry Maguire and A League of Their Own. There are 22 sports-themed movies in contention and only 10 can get into the Back Porch Podcast's 90s Sports Movie Hall of Fame.We've executed this concept once before when we built the Boston Movie Hall of Fame with the boys over at Simple Minds Sports Show, and this time, rather than tackle a movie city, we're tackling a genre. We're joined by guest host Zac Howes and John Stegemann (a.k.a. Stegs) to help us decide which films we'll be forever immortalized in the 90s Sports Movie Hall of Fame
This week, we are going to be discussing childhood classics like Space Jam and Rookie of the Year, as well as some all timers like Jerry Maguire and A League of Their Own. There are 22 sports-themed movies in contention and only 10 can get into the Back Porch Podcast's 90s Sports Movie Hall of Fame.We've executed this concept once before when we built the Boston Movie Hall of Fame with the boys over at Simple Minds Sports Show, and this time, rather than tackle a movie city, we're tackling a genre. We're joined by guest host Zac Howes and John Stegemann (a.k.a. Stegs) to help us decide which films we'll be forever immortalized in the 90s Sports Movie Hall of Fame
After a successful first twenty episodes James and dKiff decide to revisit the films they've already reviewed and check if the scores they gave at the time still hold true with how they now feel about them. Retrospectively retconning scores both up and down as they go! This episode also sees the first entrants to the Field Of Screens Hall Of Fame! GET IN TOUCH Email: fieldofscreenspod@gmail.com Twitter: @fos_pod
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Marc Stein of 'The New York Times' to discuss Luka Doncic, The Raptors’ title defense, Ja Morant, James Harden, Lakers, Clippers, Celtics, and more (3:08). Then Bill sits down with actor Chadwick Boseman to talk about sports movies, making biopics, '42,' 'Draft Day,' 'Black Panther,' his new movie '21 Bridges,' NFL, NBA, and more (1:06:08).
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan and Juliet Litman to induct ‘Jerry Maguire’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. Topics include: Rod Tidwell spin-offs (6:00), Tom Cruise Oscar snubs (12:00), the opening montage (16:00), Jonathan Lipnicki’s pinnacle (22:00), “show me the money” (28:00), the best Cruise movies (35:00), the birth of the modern sports movie (40:00), and Cruise’s romantic-lead chops (45:00).
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to induct ‘Moneyball’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover the state of Brad Pitt’s career (0:45), the past 20 years of sports movies (2:34), the making of ‘Moneyball’ (9:25), their favorite moments from the film (14:20), and the future of sports movies (51:54).
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan and Rembert Browne to induct ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover Woody Harrelson’s hustling tactics (6:00), Wesley Snipes’s height (11:00), Rosie Perez’s polarizing character (17:00), the essence of pickup basketball (26:00), Woody’s fashion (30:00), Wesley Snipes’s career trajectory (37:00), the black-actor championship belt (44:00), ‘New Jack City’ power rankings (48:00), and the premise of the planned remake (52:00).
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Mark Titus and Chris Ryan to induct ‘Blue Chips’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. Topics include: the most ridiculous moments (5:00), Nick Nolte’s intense coaching style (14:00), Bob Knight’s mystique (19:00), point-shaving scare tactics (23:00), Shaq’s final college game (30:00), the player cameos (35:00), rebooting ‘Blue Chips’ (42:00), post-retirement Larry Bird (47:00), and the best college basketball movies (53:00).
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to induct ‘Any Given Sunday’ into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They break down Oliver Stone’s bizarre editing (02:25), Cameron Diaz’s underrated ownership chops (08:15), Al Pacino’s last great performance (11:16), the Tao of James Woods (15:15), the eye-opening concussion/painkiller subplots (16:44), Jamie Foxx’s breakout role as Willie Beamon (21:17), the craziest cameos (34:27), and where the “Inches” monologue ranks in the pantheon of great sports movie speeches (45:04).
HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons brings on Mark Titus and Chris Ryan to induct 'Blue Chips' into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. Topics include: the most ridiculous moments (5:00), Nick Nolte's intense coaching style (14:00), Bob Knight's mystique (19:00), point-shaving scare tactics (23:00), Shaq's final college game (30:00), the player cameos (35:00), rebooting 'Blue Chips' (42:00), post-retirement Larry Bird (47:00), and the best college basketball movies (53:00).
HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan and Rembert Browne to discuss ‘White Men Can’t Jump,’ the fourth inductee into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover Woody Harrelson’s hustling tactics (6:00), Wesley Snipes’s height (11:00), Rosie Perez’s polarizing character (17:00), the essence of pickup basketball (26:00), Woody’s fashion (30:00), Wesley Snipes’s career trajectory (37:00), the black actor championship belt (44:00), 'New Jack City' power rankings (48:00), and the premise of the remake (52:00).
In their third SMHOF episode, The Ringer's Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan induct ‘Any Given Sunday’ and break down Oliver Stone's bizarre editing (02:25), Cameron Diaz's underrated ownership chops (08:15), Al Pacino's last great performance (11:16), the Tao of James Woods (15:15), the eye-opening concussion/painkiller subplots (16:44), Jamie Foxx's breakout role as Willie Beamon (21:17), the craziest cameos (34:27), and where the "Inches" monologue ranks in the pantheon of great sports movie speeches (45:04).
HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan to discuss 'Moneyball,' the second inductee into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover everything from the state of Brad Pitt's career (0:45), the past 20 years of sports movies (2:34), the making of 'Moneyball' (9:25), their favorite moments from the film (14:20), and the future of sports movies (51:54).
HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by The Ringer's Chris Ryan and Juliet Litman for the inaugural Sports Movie Hall of Fame induction ceremony to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of 'Jerry Maguire.' Topics include: Rod Tidwell spin-offs (6:00), Cruise Oscar snubs (12:00), the opening montage (16:00), Jonathan Lipnicki's pinnacle (22:00), "show me the money" (28:00), the best Cruise movies (35:00), the birth of the modern sports movie (40:00), and Cruise's romantic-lead chops (45:00).