When it comes to baseball, I have loved The Pride of the Yankees since I was a little boy. Remember the Titans is my favorite football movie and anyone who loves hockey... loves Slapshot. However, when it comes to basketball... I had a difficult time picking a favorite.It came down to three "hoops" flicks: Love & Basketball, Hoosiers, and Hoop Dreams. In the end, I went with Hoosiers because it's the movie I can watch over and over without getting tired of it.
Well today, I'm not going to focus on my favorite basketball movie. Instead, this blog entry is going to focus on my third favorite basketball movie, Hoop Dreams.
Hoop Dreams is a documentary about two basketball players, Arthur Agee and William Gates. The movie covers their journey from high school into college. Both of them grew up in inner city Chicago and were recruited to play at St. Joseph High School, where Isaiah Thomas went. Agee left St. Joseph after one year, but helped his team win the Public League Championship his senior year at John Marshall High School. He eventually went on to play in college at Arkansas State. William Gates stayed at St. Joseph's, where earned a scholarship to Marquette University. Both of them had dreams of playing in the NBA. Unfortunately, neither player made it. However, they'll always be famous to anyone who watched the epic documentary, Hoop Dreams.
Up until a few weeks ago, I totally forgot about Agee and Gates. It has been over 15 years since I've seen Hoop Dreams. But thanks to Hoopography, I've added two cards that will forever be a part of my PC.
Hoopography is an awesome blog that covers everything related to basketball. His blog covers inserts, autographs, sets, hobby news, the draft, and a bunch of other interesting topics. Two weeks ago, he posted an Arthur Agee autograph on his blog. I knew that night that I wanted to add one to my collection. With his help, I was able to find one on eBay. A few days later, I found the Gates on Checkoutmycards.com.
Thanks Hoopography... keep up the great blog!
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Favorite sports movie? Field of Dreams for baseball. Rudo Y Cursi for soccer. Football is a bit of a wash.
And basketball? Not really a favorite there.
Rudo Y Cursi... hmmm... never heard of it. I'll definitely have to check it out... Thanks G!
Favorite baseball drama - The Natural
Favorite baseball comedy - Major League/original Bad News Bears
Favorite baseball kids movie - The Sandlot
Favorite documentary - Baseball
Favorite basketball movie - Space Jam
dodgerbobble... great selections. i loved watching Coach Buttermaker and his posse... and I totally forgot about The Natural.
Rudo y Cursi - very good.
Hey, how come your posts keep getting changed to that weird text?
It's weird again? I changed it to webdings... for size reasons... but I'll edit it and go back to the regular font.
I'm gonna have to go with "The Sandlot".
Weird I know...
haha
For this thing i felt i am unlucky because i cannot fine any extra time to watch something however i like soccer when i find some time i wish to play with my kids instead of watching.
hey ...joe, c'mon be creative... don't just copy dodgerbobble! j/k it's been awhile since i've seen it... i'll have to check it out.
soccer jerseys - i'm sure watching your own kids play is better than any sports movie. so it's the other way around... you should feel lucky that you have children :-)
My fav is Hoop Dreams as well with The Natural coming in as a close second.
Thanks for the shout out Mark. Now I need to go out and pickup that Gates Card.
Keep up the good work.
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