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The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team's triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team.
Mick Johnson works hard for a placement on the varsity team during his freshman year, and decides to use steroids in order to hold onto his edge, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
An unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family's unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers . . . has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country. Through a series of face-offs . . . animates the competitors' pasts and futures as they summon the emotion, imagination, and force of will required to win.
Examines the mathematical strategies by which manager Billy Beane handled the financially strapped Oakland Athletics' 2002 draft and led the baseball team to success despite its lack of high profile players.
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood
After seventeen-year-old Samuel 'Sooley' Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called off the bench, the legend begins
Tre is happiest when he is playing basketball on the HS team--even though he can't help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's former teammates take Tre under their wing, he sees this as his shot to represent his Ojibwe rez all the way to their first state championship. This is the first step toward his dream of playing in the NBA. But stepping into his brother's shoes means that Tre can't mess up. Not on the court, not at school, and not with his new friend. Tre needs to take his team to state. Because if he can live up to Jaxon's dreams, their story isn't over yet.
A small, isolated Swedish town whose identity and future are tied to its junior ice hockey team, which is facing decline. The narrative centers on a violent incident at a party where the star hockey player assaults the general manager's daughter. The town's deeply ingrained culture of protecting its hockey heroes leads to division and conflict as the community grapples with the fallout of the accusation, testing loyalties and forcing residents to confront their long-held beliefs.
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