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1) Rocky Balboa
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A former heavyweight boxing champion comes out of retirement to fight a 10 round exhibition bout against an opponent who is thirty years younger than he is.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Odessa is an oil town in the western part of Texas that is home to the Permian High School Panthers, the football team with the best winning record. The city's economy is in a tailspin, but football is the one thing that brings all the people of Odessa together, and on Friday nights, as many as 20,000 people fill Permian's football stadium to watch Coach Gary Gaines lead the team to victory. And in Odessa, a football victory is prized above all else....
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
4) Raging bull
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biographical film about psychologically destructive, violent, middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A high school football player is faced with losses, both on the field and off. Roy is a defeated hero whose only chance of saving his dignity is "the slaughter rule", a forced end to the game before the point of humiliation. Roy becomes lost in a world with rules, but a renegade coach and a new romance give him the strength for one last play.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Superstar quarterback Joe Kingman has an ego bigger than a football field. Joe is getting ready for a run at the big championship game when the eight-year-old daughter he never knew existed shows up at his not-so-family-friendly bachelor pad. As the big game gets closer, he begins to realize the most meaningful win he can achieve is the heart of the one little fan who counts the most.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lou Gehrig, the Yank's great first baseman and the son of poor immigrants, rose to heights of baseball fame-- only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable disease known as ALS.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
NASCAR sensation Ricky Bobby is a racing hero because of his "win at all costs" approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr., are a fearless duo. Dubbed "Shake" and "Bake" by their fans, the two have the ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges Ricky and Cal for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky must face...
9) Golden boy
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young and gifted violinist earns money for his education by prizefighting.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A high school football coach with a history of losing games faces not only the pressures from a group of fathers wanting him fired, but also the possibility that his wife can never have children. When he turns to God, will his prayers be answered?
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
NASCAR sensation Ricky Bobby is a racing hero because of his "win at all costs" approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr., are a fearless duo. Dubbed "Shake" and "Bake" by their fans, the two have the ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard challenges Ricky and Cal for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky must face...
12) Blades of glory
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bitter mens figure skating rivals Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy brawl after tying for the gold medal at the world championships. Banned for life from the men's single skating competition, these archrivals find a loophole that will allow them to skate again as a figure skating pair.
13) Cinderella man
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hrs, 25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock, was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept...
14) Major league
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
She's beautiful and smart. She has just inherited the Cleveland Indians. Unfortunately, she wants to move the franchise to Miami, and a losing season is her only ticket to Florida. She signs the wildest bunch of screwballs to play on the team. Her catcher is a washed-up womanizer who struck out in life. Her pitcher is a punked-out crazy who struck out with the law. Her third baseman is more concerned about fielding endorsements than grounders. Throw...
15) Speed Racer
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend Trixie, Speed teams with his one-time rival, the mysterious Racer X, to win the race that took his brother's life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as the Crucible.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.
17) The natural
Language
English
Description
A once-promising baseball player on his way to stardom in the big leagues, finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, armed with his childhood bat "Wonderboy," he comes back to baseball, joins the roster of the lowly New York Knights to see if he can overcome physical pain and the nefarious forces around him to lead his team to the pennant.
Roy Hobbs' boyhood dream of being...
18) Peaceful warrior
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A talented college gymnast with Olympic dreams is changed when he meets a mysterious stranger named Socrates who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. The gymnast suffers a serious injury, but with the help of Socrates and an elusive young woman, he discovers that he has much to learn and even more to leave behind before he can become a peaceful warrior and find his destiny.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Burt Munro, a Kiwi from far south New Zealand has been building and rebuilding his motorcycle for the last 40 years, dreaming of the day when he and the bike can go to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and see what they can really do. When Burt's heart goes bad on him, his dreaming is threatened to come to an end. Luckily, Burt is not ready to stop dreaming. He decides to mortgage his house and bring his dream to life. He and the motorcycle head for American...
20) Bull Durham
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Catcher Crash Davis is closing in on a dubious record: all-time home run leader for the minor leagues. Trying to continue his career in a very unforgiving sport, Davis finds his contract bought out, and he is sent to the Durham Bulls. Seems the Bulls have a bona fide major league pitching prospect -- Ebby Calvin LaLoosh. The thinking is that with Davis' knowledge of the game he will be able to season LaLoosh and prepare him for "the show." LaLoosh...
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