The Smashing Machine” is a reminder that not all sports movies have to revolve around the usual mainstream sports.

Sports dramas get Oscars. Boxing films have done particularly well at the Academy Awards — Rocky, Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby, The Fighter — and other sports have also been celebrated during ...

Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic’s weekly sports business cheat sheet. (Want to receive MoneyCall in your email every Wednesday? Easy sign-up here.) Name-dropped today: Brad Pitt, Michele Kang, ...

From 'Hoop Dreams' to 'Bring It On,' 'Raging Bull' to 'Bull Durham' and beyond, THR's critics pick their all-time champs. By Daniel Fienberg, Jon Frosch, Angie Han, David Rooney, Leslie Felperin, ...

What Is the Value of Watching Sports Movies for Kids? Both experts note that sports-themed movies can be very helpful for kids because they often teach important life lessons and have inspiring themes ...

Rocky is a great movie and one of the best inspirational sports movies ever made, but it really isn't any more than that and ...