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Set in the 1970s, a scandal is caused by New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich when they admit to swapping wives with one another.

A biopic of Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras and his wife, Audrey Mestre, two world record setters in the sport of "freediving"—diving as deep as possible on one breath and without any scuba equipment. Mestre died in 2002 while trying to break her record of 557.7 feet.

A feud exists between two families over an annual Thanksgiving touch football game that has existed for 50 years.

Jim Thorpe is a member of the Sac and Fox Nation and his native name, Wa-Tho-Huk, translates as Bright Path. In 1912, he wins two Olympic gold track and field medals, representing the United States while his citizenship goes unrecognized during a period of cultural genocide for Native Americans. Known as one of the most versatile athletes, Thorpe goes on to play Major League Baseball, professional football and eventually founds the organization that becomes the National Football League.

In 1973, 29-year-old female tennis pro Billy Jean King takes on retired tennis pro 55-year-old Bobby Riggs in a battle of the sexes match watched by 50 million Americans.

Moe Norman is injured in a sledding accident that turns him into a loner whose repetitive phrases and nervous laughter is off-putting. The repetitive behavior proves to be an asset when he develops an unorthodox short golf swing that enables him to place the ball with uncanny accuracy. Tiger Woods would later say that Norman and Ben Hogan were the two who truly "owned" their golf swings.

Boxer Joe Louis becomes a symbolic figure in boxing during early global tensions leading to World War II.

This film tells the story of John Madden, a legendary NFL coach. Madden's dream was to become a head coach, and he achieved great success. However, the pressures of the job eventually took a toll on him, leading him to step away. The film focuses on his friendship with Al Davis, the owner of the Oakland Raiders, and how Madden found a new path that made him even more famous.

An extremely driven sports agent tries desperately to sign a young, coveted basketball star as her client. In her desperation and determination, she considers resorting to illegal and unethical means to book the client.

A biopic based on the true story of South African-born British Olympian and former world champion athlete Precious McKenzie.

Josh Hamilton’s rise from the depths of an addiction to crack to become the American League’s most feared slugger.

After being drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a 15-year-old prodigy in 1940, a young teen joins the Navy and is sent on a secret mission to guard German POWs during which time he teaches the enemy soldiers how to play baseball.

A has-been baseball manager Casey Sullivan and his dysfunctional minor league Sluggers get an invitation to play a small venue game. Soon enough, they find themselves fighting for their lives against a town of shape-shifting monsters on a feeding frenzy and the has-beens and wannabes must use long-forgotten skills of teamwork to get out alive.

During the 1970s, the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team evolves from a cellar dwelling expansion team into a team that racks up victories and penalty minutes in equal measure.

During World War II, a soccer game takes place between an occupied Ukrainian soccer team and their Nazi captors, a German "super team." Nikolai Trusevich, an all-star goalie, serves as a cornerstone and leader for his Ukrainian team, and ultimately inspires the entire battered city of Kiev, Ukraine.

A big-screen adaptation of football coach Barry Switzer's memoir about coaching at Oklahoma University and the NFL's Dallas Cowboys

Two brothers take their hustling schemes from the PGA to the Masters of Mini Golf.

Follows an up-and-coming female MMA fighter sidelined by a devastating injury. When a cutting-edge genetic research company offers her a unique chance to step back into the ring, she has to fight to keep her humanity alive.