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1) Greater
Publisher
Well Go USA
Language
English
Formats
Description
Brandon Burlsworth is perhaps the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Brandon had always dreamed of playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks, but was considered too short and too fat to play Division I. However, Brandon took a risk and walked on in 1994. Written off by fellow teammates and coaches, Brandon displayed dogged determination in the face of staggering odds, and proved every one who had ever doubted him wrong.
2) Dude Perfect
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This title explores the life and career of Dude Perfect. Learn about the group's childhoods, families, and careers, including how they got their start on YouTube, rose to fame, and became a pop culture influencers. Includes fun facts about viral videos, popular posts, subscriber counts, and photos. Other features include a table of contents, fun facts, informative sidebars, a timeline, and an index.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this remake of the of the classic sports comedy, quarterback Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro, are doing time in the same prison. When asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game "fixed" to turn out quite another way. Peter Segal (Tommy Boy) directs an all-star comedy cast that includes Adam Sandler, Chris Rock...
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 37, 22 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take a thrilling look at the world of skydiving and base jumping - parachuting from a building, a bridge or a cliff. With breathtaking views of skydiving over the Florida Keys, the Mojave Desert and the magnificent Fjords of Norway, this explores the psychological and physiological forces behind risk-taking and the physics involved in high-risk activities. Follow two top risk-takers as they try to fly the first parachute ever designed as imagined...
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At twelve-years-old, Timmy shows the early promise of a champion in the making. When his father sends him to caddy at a local country club, he finds a world where privilege meets the working class. With the help of a golf teacher with a broken past, he learns more than just technique and sportsmanship.
6) Hoosiers
Language
English
Formats
Description
A basketball coach with a checkered past becomes the new coach of the underdog high school basketball team in a 1951 sleepy Indiana farm town, using methods that infuriate the townspeople.
7) Creed II
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...
8) Creed
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
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.
10) Southpaw
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Billy 'The Great' Hope, reigning Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, seemingly has it all: an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife, an adorable daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a run-down local gym: Tick Willis, a retired fighter and trainer to the city's toughest amateur boxers.
"Southpaw sticks...
11) Queen of Katwe
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.
"Nair's film, her best in a long time, is hardly the first to use a chessboard as a symbol of...
12) Backlash 2009
Publisher
WWE Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The newest installment of this high adrenaline series features some of the most amazing matches with the superstars of Raw, Smackdown, and ECW.
13) A shot at glory
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version (16x9 ; 1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gordon McLeod is the manager of a second-tier Scottish soccer team. Faced with pressure from his American owner, he is forced to bring on a marquee player to improve the fortunes of the team. With the new addition to the team's roster, McLeod hopes to prevent his team from being moved from the fiercely loyal town it has known for a century.
14) Secretariat
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an incredible horse named Secretariat and the moving story of his unlikely owner, a housewife who risked everything to make him a champion.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gus Lobel has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades, but, despite his efforts to hide it, age is starting to catch up with him. Nevertheless, Gus -- who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat -- refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask: his daughter, Mickie, an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm.
16) Legendary
Publisher
World Wrestling Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cal Chetley is an extremely bright, engaging, undersized fifteen-year-old. Mike, Cal's older brother and one-time world-class high school/collegiate wrestler, left him and his mother behind years ago after a tragic car accident killed their father, an accident to this day Mike feels responsible for.
Publisher
WW Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (540 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Features over two dozen never-before-seen matches of one of the biggest superstars in the history of sports entertainment. Includes legendary bouts with Ric Flair, The Rock, Andre the Giant, Ted DiBiase, and many more.
18) The blind side
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome-- as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"American Underdog tells the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner, who longs to become an NFL player, but years of setbacks constantly prevent him from reaching his goal. As Kurt stocks shelves in a supermarket with his dreams all but out of reach his wife, coaches, and teammates encourage him to show the world the champion they know him to be. Kurt perserveres and finds the strength to become the legendary two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl MVP, and...
20) Creed III
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
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