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The heartwarming story of Pete Maravich playing high school varsity as an 8th grader in Louisiana, 1959. A classic story for parents and children, showing the values of hard work and perseverance against all odds. Maravich went on to play college ball at Louisiana State and played pro for the Jazz. A lifelong athlete, he suffered a surprise fatal heart attack in 1988 while playing pick-up basketball. He was 40. Filmed on location in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Buy |
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Way more than anything, basketball is a game about life, about values. Return to the simple basics of basketball: a court, a hoop, a ball, and a young shooter, sweating to make certain that no one is ever more prepared or confident when the game is on the line. Strip all else away, and you come to the core of the game. It's something of a sacred place for Bill Bradley, and after a decade in the NBA and three terms in the United States Senate, it's a place he revisits with real ardor and reverence in 10 gracefully illustrated essays that cohere into a marvelous reflection on essentials and values. "The game is still full of joy and the lessons learned from it stay with you," he insists, "even though the game has changed, the old values still flow through it." Buy |
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If it's just a good laugh you're looking for, here's the video that'll hit your funny bone! From the Wild World of Sports Bloopers comes the funniest clips of basksetball mishaps you'll ever see. Fun for kids of all ages. Buy |
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Mustang Pick - This was the team movie during the 1997 Holiday Hoopfest in Portland Winner of 11 Academy Awards including best picture and director, this film also produced the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time. The production team combines absolute authenticity with a pair of fictional lovers whose tragic fate would draw viewers into the heart-wrenching reality of the Titanic disaster. As starving artist Jack Dawson and soon-to-be-married socialite Rose DeWitt Bukater, DiCaprio and Kate Winslet won the hearts of viewers around the world, and their brief but never-forgotten love affair provides the humanity that Director James Cameron needed to turn Titanic into an emotional experience. Buy Video or DVD |
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Mustang Pick - This was the team movie during the 1998 Holiday Hoopfest in Portland Following some serious soul-searching, Hunter Adams commits himself into a psychiatric ward, where he not only garners the nickname "Patch," but learns the joy in helping others. To this end, he decides to go to medical school, where he clashes with the staid conventions of the establishment as he attempts to inject humor and humanity into his treatment of the patients ("We need to start treating the patient as well as the disease," he declares throughout the film). Robin Williams, in the title role, is as charming as ever. His sidekick Truman (Daniel London) steals the show with his gawky allure and eyebrows that threaten to overtake his lean face--he seems more real, which is odd considering that Patch Adams does exist and this film is based on his life. Patch Adams provides the tears, the giggles, and the kooky folks who will keep you smiling at the end. Buy Video or DVD |