Summary: Santiago Munez, an immigrant from Los Angeles, is given the chance to go to England to pursue his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. This underdog must prove he has the talent, passion, and determination to triumph against all odds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GOASummary: The incredible true story of Olympic legend Jesse Owens. In his epic quest to be the greatest athlete in history, Owens chooses to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he must overcome not only elite competition, but also the brutal racial climate of Adolf Hitler's Germany. A film about courage, determination, tolerance, friendship and trust.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RACCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAC RATED PG13Summary: 1000 to 1 is the inspiring true story of Cory Weissman, basketball star who scored 1,000 points in high school and was expected to be a standout athlete at Gettysburg college. Following a catastrophic stroke at the end of his freshman year, the film chronicles cory's against all odds comeback from a life threatening illness with the help of his mother, tina, a physical therapist, as well as the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 1000 RATED PGSummary: The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God. Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ChSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NOVSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POISummary: Inspired by true events, it is a feel-good story about Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself, even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EDDCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE EDDSummary: In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WOOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Woodlawn 2016Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOO RATED PGSummary: For four years, the residents and students of Dillon, Texas, have faced difficult choices on and off the field with courage, passion and perseverance. Now the time has come to find closure for problems of the past, while pursuing new possibilities that will lead many beyond Dillon city limits.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD FRISummary: The inspirational true story, an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks and the California Innocence Project, Banks...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BRICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BrCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRISummary: Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, the pair form a touching bond in the process.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Million 2005Summary: High school basketball coach John Harrison receives unfortunate news that will change his life. The largest manufacturing plant in town suddenly shuts down, forcing many families to leave in search of other job opportunities. John and his family are faced with an uncertain future, and his dreams of winning the state basketball championship are in jeopardy. He agrees to coach the cross-country...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OvSummary: A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team as a way to get his life together. His attempts to become an adult are met with challenges from the attractive soccer moms who pursue him at every turn.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PLACopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PLA RATED PG-13Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRE RATED PGSummary: Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high school student Jim Carroll seems headed for a bright basketball career. But when pressures from his coach, his mom, and school seem to mount, Jim finds solace in all the wrong places, and the dark streets of New York begin to tear him apart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Jim is a promising teenage boxer, training under the watch of his demanding and alcoholic father. When Jim develops a relationship with a male classmate, the two are forced to navigate isolation, homophobia, and the brutality of small-town life. As Jim discovers what it means to be gay, he realizes how little strength has to do with heroism.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PUNSummary: Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2015
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNBCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE UNBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Unbroken 2015Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNB RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UnSummary: After a crushing defeat ended their prior season, everyone counted the Abilene Eagles out of title contention. Facing doubts and personal challenges both on and off the field, it will take the guidance of their team chaplain and a surrogate father figure for them to realize what they can achieve when they stand united as a team. In this uplifting underdog story, the Abilene Eagles will once...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie UnderCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNDSummary: A decade ago, Hope Ann Greggory was America's sweetheart. Her inspired performance on a ruptured Achilles at the world's most prestigious gymnastics tournament clinched an unlikely bronze medal for the U.S. team. But in the years since that epic third place victory, Hope hasn't done a whole lot with her life. Now she must coach Amherst's newest gymnastics prodigy Maggie in order to receive a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2016
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BROSummary: Set in the world of 1980s college life, it follows a group of college baseball players as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Get ready for the best weekend ever.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY EVESummary: Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UNBSummary: The inspiring true story of Rickey Hill, the small-town son of a traveling Pastor. A sandlot baseball phenom, Rickey defiantly overcomes his physical disabilities and father's persistent worry for his health, to fulfill his dream of playing professional baseball and ultimately transforming his connection with his father.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Three days before the college football national championship game, star quarterback LeMarcus James and teammate emmet Sunday ignite a player's strike declaring they won't compete until all student-athletes are fairly compensated. With billions of dollars at risk and legacies on the line, the stakes could not be higher. Now, with only hours until kickoff, the head coach and various power brokers...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NATCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NATSummary: In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016