111. The Two Escobars
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Actors: Andres Escobar, Pablo Escobar, Chonto Herrera, Francisco Maturana
Plot: Follows the intertwining (though not blood relation) lives of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and Colombian soccer star Andres Escobar - culminating in Andres' disastrous "own goal" against the U.S. at the 1994 World Cup in Los Angeles - a mistake that ultimately cost him his life.
112. Blue Chips
Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, J.T. Walsh, Ed O'Neill
Plot: An honest college basketball coach must turn to the dark practice of recruiting star athletes with boosters' money in order to keep his team competitive under increasing pressure.
113. Pony Excess
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Thaddeus D. Matula
Plot: Takes a look back at the scandal that rocked college football in the mid 80's. Southern Methodist University, the most talented team in the country, was caught paying players and suffered the so-called "death penalty." A great film that takes a look at that scandal and shows just how little the college football world has learned in the two decades since.
114. No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Steve James
Actors: Allen Iverson
115. Fernando Nation
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cruz Angeles
Actors: Fernando Valenzuela, Tommy Lasorda, Oscar De La Hoya, Bobby Valentine
Plot: Fernando Valenzuela came on the scene just after Dodger Stadium caused an uproar in the Latino community by building on the Chavez Ravine. A 19-year-old unknown, from a tiny Sonoran desert village, he wasn't built like a pitcher. But the pudgy pitcher had a unique style and a wicked screwball that would lead to packed stadiums and a 1981 rookie year for the record books - and for a time, a nation would catch Fernando Fever.
116. The Champ
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Actors: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden
117. The Last American Hero
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lamont Johnson
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty
Plot: A North Carolina moonshiner becomes a professional stock-car racer to raise money to free his jailed father.
118. Forever Strong
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ryan Little
Actors: Gary Cole, Sean Faris, Neal McDonough, Sean Astin
119. Hold 'Em Jail
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norman Taurog
Actors: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edna May Oliver, Edgar Kennedy
120. A.K.A. Cassius Clay
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jim Jacobs
Actors: Muhammad Ali, Cus D'Amato, Richard Kiley, Sugar Ray Robinson
