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Set against the world of horse racing, this new series created by David Milch and Michael Mann, has moved out of the gates to overall positive reviews filling the screen with well-presented horse races, gambling and lots of scheming and intrigue. But unlike the races themselves, the pacing is much more methodical leaning toward observational storytelling. And HBO couldn’t be happier as they have already agreed to a second season after just one episode aired.

Sports movies scored well for the 2012 Academy Awards earning nominations in multiple categories

“Moneyball”, the business of baseball story, garnered a half-dozen nominations including Best Picture.

In this tense combat sports film directed by Gavin O’Connor (“Miracle”), Tom Hardy stars as an ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past who returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach (Nick Nolte), to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport.

Over four weeks into its theatrical release, “Warrior”, the mixed martial arts movie is still packing a punch. The Lionsgate picture remains in the Top 25 draw ahead of “Cowboys &Aliens” and “Midnight in Paris”.