Michael Tollin
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Determined not to let the S.A.T. exam unfairly define their lives, six wildly different teens devise a way to get the perfect score. Kyle wants to be an architect, but his scores are too low to get into the school of his choice. Matty is heartbroken when he is rejected from the school that his girlfriend attends. Good girl Anna is pressured by her parents to excel in academics and remain innocent. Desmond is a basketball player who believes the exam...
2) Summer catch
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
America's two national pastimes, baseball and romance, are in play in this Bull Durham style comedy romance. Lawnboy Brian Dunne joins an elite summer league and falls for a vacationing Vassar grad. Her family, however, does not think him suitable.
3) Fastball
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Hank Aaron and Derek Jeter, with Kevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever."--
4) Radio
Author
Language
English
Description
From the writer of The Rookie comes a dramatic and moving story inspired by events in the life of "Radio," a man who made an enduring impact on the lives of all those around him. Radio focuses on the mentoring relationship between a high school football coach (Ed Harris) and Radio (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), known as "the same as everybody else, just a little slower than most," and how their unique friendship ultimately transforms the conservative attitudes...
Publisher
ESPN Films
Pub. Date
c2010-2011
Language
English
Description
Volume 1: Kings ransom: "On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen when the Edmonton Oilers sent Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings. Acclaimed director Peter Berg (Friday night lights, the kingdom) presents the captivating story of the trade that knocked the wind out of an entire country and placed a star-studded city at the feet of a 27-year-old kid known simply as 'The Great One'...The band that wouldn't...
6) Hardball
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his-luck gambler finds himself in debt to a dangerous loan shark. Desperate for cash, he reluctantly takes on the job of coaching a youth baseball team. The team turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago's inner city. Now, as he must wrestles with his past, the kids start to teach him some lessons that will forever change his future.