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It’s rough out there for sports fans. The sports world was in the middle of college basketball conference tournaments when coronavirus caused sports all around the world to stop.
Without live sports to watch, fans are turning to uplifting movies. Disney+ has a selection of sports films that provide nostalgia and teams or individuals to cheer for.
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Breaking 2
This 2017 documentary from National Geographic follows three elite long-distance runners as they train to try to break a record and run a marathon in under two hours. Viewers will follow the runners throughout their training and will accompany them to their race in Italy.
Brink!
Brink (Erik Von Deeten) enjoys roller-blading with his friends, but everything changes when this teen is offered a spot on a sponsored team. He decides to take it, hoping to make more money for his family, but he loses something else in the process.
Cars
This animated Pixar film focuses on Lightning McQueen, a race car, as he gets stranded in a small town called Radiator Springs. He makes some friends and changes his outlook on life.
Cool Runnings
Four Jamaican athletes decide to create a bobsled team for Jamaica, despite not having any experience with winter weather. With the help of an ex-American slider, they make it to the Olympics in Canada.
Double Teamed
Inspired by two real twin sisters who played in the WNBA, this Disney Channel movie follows two twins who transfer to a brand new high school and have to adapt to their new team.
Free Solo
Alex Honnold, a free solo climber, prepares to attempt his greatest climbing challenge yet. He tries to climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without a rope.
The Gameplan
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars as Joe, a professional player who finds out that he has an eight-year-old daughter that he didn’t know existed, in this comedy.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
In the 1913 U.S. Open, young Francis Ouimet plays against his idol, Harry Vardon. This golf movie stars Shia LeBeouf.
Glory Road
In this movie inspired by a true story, Don Haskins becomes a coach at a tiny Texas university. Unlike other coaches at the time, he decides to recruit the best players. He assembles the first all-African American team, and the team becomes a Cinderella story.
An Extremely Goofy Movie
When Goofy’s son, Max, goes off to college, Goofy decides he misses him so much that he has to join him. In addition to Max’s college life, Max decides to compete in extreme sports in this animated movie.
Gotta Kick It Up
After the girls’ dance team coach retires, her retirement puts the team’s future in jeopardy. A biology teacher volunteers to coach, so the girls can compete and try to make it to nationals in this heartwarming Disney Channel Original Movie.
Ice Princess
A brainy teen puts her physics knowledge to good use and follows her dream of becoming a figure skater in this movie.
Invincible
A 30-year-old Philadelphia Eagles fan and bartender gets an unprecedented chance to try out for the Philadelphia Eagles when the new head coach has open tryouts. This is based on Vince Papale’s story, and Mark Wahlberg plays Papale.
Miracle
Herb Brooks assembles a team of 26 inexperienced kids for the USA hockey team, and then the unbelievable happens.
Remember the Titans
Remember the Titans, starring Denzel Washington, follows an African American coach who coaches a team during their first season as a racially integrated team in Virginia during the 1970s.
Rookie of the Year
In this comedy, a 12-year-old boy gets his cast off and finds that he can throw a 100 mph fastball. He’s recruited by the Chicago Cubs.
The Rookie
Dennis Quaid plays a high school baseball coach who gets a second chance at playing major league baseball.
Secretariat
It’s the story of the famous champion racehorse, Secretariat, and the housewife who risked it all to train him.
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