Can You Name Each of These Sports Movies?

There are too many great sports movies to count, but we decided to pick out our favorites to test you on some of the all-time greats. Step right up and take a swing at a quiz that might strike you out if you haven't been practicing...

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Bull Durham isn't about a guy named Bull Durham, it's about a baseball team in Durham, NC called "the Bulls". This movie is a drama-dy that has stood the test of time. 

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Bull Durham isn't about a guy named Bull Durham, it's about a baseball team in Durham, NC called "the Bulls". This movie is a drama-dy that has stood the test of time. 

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Sylvester Stallone plays a working-class boxer who gets nominated to face off against the legendary Apollo Creed in this genre-defining film. If you haven't watched Rocky, we highly recommend that you do. It holds up, we promise. 

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Sylvester Stallone plays a working-class boxer who gets nominated to face off against the legendary Apollo Creed in this genre-defining film. If you haven't watched Rocky, we highly recommend that you do. It holds up, we promise. 

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Rudy doesn't have the grades, money, or status to become a Notre Dame football player. But, he does have the heart to make it happen.

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Rudy doesn't have the grades, money, or status to become a Notre Dame football player. But, he does have the heart to make it happen.

What is the name of this movie?

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Field of Dreams is about a farmer in Iowa who hears whispers from the cornfields about how "if you build it, he will come." With the help of his wife, Ray (played by Kevin Costner) builds a baseball diamond on his farm, and the ghosts of great baseball players past come to play on it. 

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Field of Dreams is about a farmer in Iowa who hears whispers from the cornfields about how "if you build it, he will come." With the help of his wife, Ray (played by Kevin Costner) builds a baseball diamond on his farm, and the ghosts of great baseball players past come to play on it. 

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Space Jam incorporates live-action acting and animation in a very unique way. Plus, Bill Murray and Michael freaking Jordan are in this movie. 

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Space Jam incorporates live-action acting and animation in a very unique way. Plus, Bill Murray and Michael freaking Jordan are in this movie. 

What is this movie?

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Caddyshack is about a group of caddies and golf course workers that get into hijinks while still trying to keep their jobs. This is one of the most popular sports movies of all time. 

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Caddyshack is about a group of caddies and golf course workers that get into hijinks while still trying to keep their jobs. This is one of the most popular sports movies of all time. 

What is this movie?

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Denzel Washington plays a high school football coach who is working with a group of Black football players at a recently integrated school in Alexandria, Virginia. This is a cautionary tale about maintaining the racist structure that's present in professional sports to this day. 

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Denzel Washington plays a high school football coach who is working with a group of Black football players at a recently integrated school in Alexandria, Virginia. This is a cautionary tale about maintaining the racist structure that's present in professional sports to this day. 

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Jerry Maguire is less about sports and more about the strain that wealth, expectations, and the notion of success can put onto a person. 

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Jerry Maguire is less about sports and more about the strain that wealth, expectations, and the notion of success can put onto a person. 

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Happy Gilmore is about a failed hockey player that turns into a prodigy golfer. If you want to feel good and laugh for an afternoon, choose this movie to watch.

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Happy Gilmore is about a failed hockey player that turns into a prodigy golfer. If you want to feel good and laugh for an afternoon, choose this movie to watch.

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The Karate Kid is about a young, bullied high school student named Daniel LaRouso who befriends an old karate master and learns how to defend himself. 

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The Karate Kid is about a young, bullied high school student named Daniel LaRouso who befriends an old karate master and learns how to defend himself. 

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Charlie Sheen stars in this heartwarming film about the evils of backroom deals in baseball. A team of losers turns into a team of hopeful winners after their owner pitted them against themselves to try and make some quick cash.

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Charlie Sheen stars in this heartwarming film about the evils of backroom deals in baseball. A team of losers turns into a team of hopeful winners after their owner pitted them against themselves to try and make some quick cash.

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This movie is about an all-woman baseball team that popped up because all of the athletic men went off to WWII and died. This is not based on a true story, but the subject matter hits close to home. 

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This movie is about an all-woman baseball team that popped up because all of the athletic men went off to WWII and died. This is not based on a true story, but the subject matter hits close to home. 

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Raging Bull is about a boxer who is on the fast track to becoming the middleweight champion of the word. He falls in love with a woman from the Bronx, but he doesn't know how to manage his emotions and that bleeds into his life as a boxer. 

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Raging Bull is about a boxer who is on the fast track to becoming the middleweight champion of the word. He falls in love with a woman from the Bronx, but he doesn't know how to manage his emotions and that bleeds into his life as a boxer. 

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Young baseball prodigy Roy Hobbs gets shot on his way to try out with the Chicago Cubs. Exactly 16 years later, he worked through his injuries and started playing pro ball on the New York Knights. Hobbs ends up becoming one of the best players in the league, despite being talked down to and underestimated by virtually everyone in the game. 

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Young baseball prodigy Roy Hobbs gets shot on his way to try out with the Chicago Cubs. Exactly 16 years later, he worked through his injuries and started playing pro ball on the New York Knights. Hobbs ends up becoming one of the best players in the league, despite being talked down to and underestimated by virtually everyone in the game. 

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Lil'Bow Wow plays Calvin Cambridge, a young man who loves basketball and would do anything to play on a professional team. After he finds a mysterious pair of old sneakers, his dream actually comes true. 

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Lil'Bow Wow plays Calvin Cambridge, a young man who loves basketball and would do anything to play on a professional team. After he finds a mysterious pair of old sneakers, his dream actually comes true. 

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This movie is about a failing football team, a failing marriage, and the willingness to turn your life around when things start going awry. 

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This movie is about a failing football team, a failing marriage, and the willingness to turn your life around when things start going awry. 

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The Sandlot is about a group of plucky kids who start a baseball team in a small, run-down park near their low-income neighborhood. Their sworn enemies are the rich kids that live nearby.

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The Sandlot is about a group of plucky kids who start a baseball team in a small, run-down park near their low-income neighborhood. Their sworn enemies are the rich kids that live nearby.

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A cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego is confident that they can win the national championship for the sixth year in a row. But, the cheer squad recognizes that their practices are unethical when the new team captain realizes that their routines were stolen from an East Compton hip hop dance group. 

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A cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego is confident that they can win the national championship for the sixth year in a row. But, the cheer squad recognizes that their practices are unethical when the new team captain realizes that their routines were stolen from an East Compton hip hop dance group. 

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Adam Sandler, James Cromwell, Terry Crews, and Burt Reynolds star in this dramatic comedy about a football quarterback who gets incarcerated. He is then forced to build a football team and standoff against the prison guards, who inherently have an advantage because they have the system behind them. 

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Adam Sandler, James Cromwell, Terry Crews, and Burt Reynolds star in this dramatic comedy about a football quarterback who gets incarcerated. He is then forced to build a football team and standoff against the prison guards, who inherently have an advantage because they have the system behind them. 

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Woody Harrelson plays Billy Hoyle, a white basketball hustler who makes money off of Black basketball players who underestimate his capability to play. He makes a friend named Sidney Deane, played by Wesley Snipes, who joins his journey and tries to make as much money as they can all over Los Angeles. 

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Woody Harrelson plays Billy Hoyle, a white basketball hustler who makes money off of Black basketball players who underestimate his capability to play. He makes a friend named Sidney Deane, played by Wesley Snipes, who joins his journey and tries to make as much money as they can all over Los Angeles. 

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Creed is about the young son of Apollo Creed who finds himself becoming a boxer to follow in his father's footsteps. 

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Creed is about the young son of Apollo Creed who finds himself becoming a boxer to follow in his father's footsteps. 

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Brad Pitt manages a failing baseball team because they don't have any wealthy investors, for the most part. He starts taking high-risk picks, offering low wages but high winning rates for players who want to prove themselves. With the help of a financial manager, Jonah Hill, he takes the league by storm. 

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Brad Pitt manages a failing baseball team because they don't have any wealthy investors, for the most part. He starts taking high-risk picks, offering low wages but high winning rates for players who want to prove themselves. With the help of a financial manager, Jonah Hill, he takes the league by storm. 

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Cool Runnings is about a Jamaican bobsled team that, theoretically, should not have won the gold medal at the Olympics. This movie is also based completely on a true story. 

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Cool Runnings is about a Jamaican bobsled team that, theoretically, should not have won the gold medal at the Olympics. This movie is also based completely on a true story. 

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The Mighty Ducks is about a competitive hockey team that isn't supposed to win, but they do. We didn't even just spoil the movie, believe it or not. 

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The Mighty Ducks is about a competitive hockey team that isn't supposed to win, but they do. We didn't even just spoil the movie, believe it or not. 

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Varsity Blues is about a football player that was comfortable taking the backseat to other good players suddenly being thrust onto the frontlines of the field. If you were ever forced to play a sport or do an activity you didn't want to do when you were a kid, then this one is going to hit home. 

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Varsity Blues is about a football player that was comfortable taking the backseat to other good players suddenly being thrust onto the frontlines of the field. If you were ever forced to play a sport or do an activity you didn't want to do when you were a kid, then this one is going to hit home. 

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Coach Carter is about a high school basketball coach who dedicates himself to improving the lives of his players, no matter what. When their grades start to slip, he banned his players from entering the gym, stating that academic excellence and discipline come before basketball. 

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Coach Carter is about a high school basketball coach who dedicates himself to improving the lives of his players, no matter what. When their grades start to slip, he banned his players from entering the gym, stating that academic excellence and discipline come before basketball. 

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Million Dollar Baby is less about sports and more about the cycle of abuse within successful communities. Watch this one if you want to feel a little weird, but learn a lot. 

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Million Dollar Baby is less about sports and more about the cycle of abuse within successful communities. Watch this one if you want to feel a little weird, but learn a lot. 

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Will Ferrel and John C. Riley team up in this historic, hilarious movie about NASCAR, love, forgiveness, and a whole lot more. 

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Will Ferrel and John C. Riley team up in this historic, hilarious movie about NASCAR, love, forgiveness, and a whole lot more. 

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The Blind Side stars Sandra Bullock as a female coach who helps a group of underprivileged football players overcome class diversity, racism, and self-doubt. 

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The Blind Side stars Sandra Bullock as a female coach who helps a group of underprivileged football players overcome class diversity, racism, and self-doubt. 

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This is the only movie on this list where the people aren't athletes, but the horses are. Watch this movie if you dig horse races. 

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This is the only movie on this list where the people aren't athletes, but the horses are. Watch this movie if you dig horse races. 

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The Bad News Bears is about a team of young, very bad baseball players who are chasing the dream of becoming local champions. 

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The Bad News Bears is about a team of young, very bad baseball players who are chasing the dream of becoming local champions. 

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Will Smith plays Mohammed Ali in this hard-hitting biopic.

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Will Smith plays Mohammed Ali in this hard-hitting biopic.

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This whacky movie is about a sports team that invented their own sport to be the best at it, the only thing is, they really aren't. 

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This whacky movie is about a sports team that invented their own sport to be the best at it, the only thing is, they really aren't. 

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This movie is about a man and the strained relationship he has with his son since he went to prison over killing his wife and he left his son to his own devices. His son turned out to be a basketball prodigy, and the man gets offered shortened parole if he can convince his son to play ball at the governer's alma mater. 

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This movie is about a man and the strained relationship he has with his son since he went to prison over killing his wife and he left his son to his own devices. His son turned out to be a basketball prodigy, and the man gets offered shortened parole if he can convince his son to play ball at the governer's alma mater. 

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Leonardo DiCaprio turns from an elite basketball star to a heroin addict in this heartbreaking film. 

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Leonardo DiCaprio turns from an elite basketball star to a heroin addict in this heartbreaking film. 

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The Wrestler is about a man who is conflicted about his relationship with professional wrestling. On one hand, it's the only thing he knows, and he is quite good at it. On the other, he needs to learn how to balance his life outside of the ring.

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The Wrestler is about a man who is conflicted about his relationship with professional wrestling. On one hand, it's the only thing he knows, and he is quite good at it. On the other, he needs to learn how to balance his life outside of the ring.

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Cinderella Man is about a former boxer during the Great Depression who came back to glory on a technicality. He shockingly upsets all of his opponents and takes a shot at the reigning world champion. 

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Cinderella Man is about a former boxer during the Great Depression who came back to glory on a technicality. He shockingly upsets all of his opponents and takes a shot at the reigning world champion. 

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This movie, starring Chadwick Bozeman and Harrison Ford, is a biopic on the life of Jackie Robinson. 

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This movie, starring Chadwick Bozeman and Harrison Ford, is a biopic on the life of Jackie Robinson. 

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Love and Basketball is about two childhood friends who are both passionate about basketball that end up falling in love later in their careers. This one is a tearjerker ladies and gentlemen! 

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Love and Basketball is about two childhood friends who are both passionate about basketball that end up falling in love later in their careers. This one is a tearjerker ladies and gentlemen! 

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The Rookie has such an incredible story that any suggestion of the plot risks ruining the film. You will cry, and it is a true story. Please watch this movie. 

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The Rookie has such an incredible story that any suggestion of the plot risks ruining the film. You will cry, and it is a true story. Please watch this movie. 

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