Just over a month ago, Sports and Cinema.com reported on the USOC’s plans to launch a major cable television network. Four weeks later, in the midst of the marquee Olympic sport of athletics hosting its world championships , after meeting with IOC president Jacques Rogge Sunday, USOC chairman Larry Probst decided to postpone their efforts. [...]
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Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica smashed his own 100 meters world record with a stunning time of 9.58 seconds to win the final on Sunday at the IAAF World Track Championships in Berlin. [...] Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie striding in alongside Michael Phelps as part of the American team in the parade of athletes entering the main stadium for the Opening Ceremonies? [...] It was 25 years ago today that the opening ceremonies celebrating the XXIIIth Olympiad began a run that would change the Games forever and one young man in particular. [...] Joining forces with cable giant Comcast, the USOC announced it will launch the U.S. Olympic Network after the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. [...] As part of ESPN’s 30 for 30 film series, filmmaker Frank Marshall (“Bourne Ultimatum”, “Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “Seabiscuit”) will direct a documentary that looks at the Right To Play organization which helps bring sports to children in poverty-stricken and war-torn parts of the world. [...] On the surface it is two American teams, the Los Angeles Lakers against the Orlando Magic boxing out for the NBA championships, but their roots are deeply spread all over the world. The 2009 NBA Finals are being broadcast to more than 200 countries in over 60 languages, but the dreams they represent go even deeper [...] An exploration of their relationship was depicted in an earlier film “Ring of Passion” (1978) with former NFL receiver Bernie Casey portraying Joe Louis and Stephen Macht as Max Schmeling in a made-for-tv production. There have been a few presentations on this topic. Former boxer Corey Wallace was the title star in the 1953 picture, “The Joe Louis Story” [...] In a genre dominated by testosterone, sports movies certainly have plenty of room for the ladies. As a matter of fact, down through the years Hollywood has produced some terrific titles with women at the center of the story. With a little luck we will see more make it to the silver screen. In the meantime, in chronological order, here are the lucky 13. [...] Randy Willams, author of Sport and Cinema, starts new sport and cinema blog [...] |
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