Una mujer es marginada por los agentes deportivos en su profesión, pero gana una ventaja inesperada sobre ellos cuando desarrolla la habilidad de escuchar los pensamientos de los hombres.
Cuando un desafortunado cazatalentos de básquetbol encuentra un jugador excepcional en España, se dispone a demostrar que pueden triunfar en la NBA.
La inspiradora historia de origen de un superhéroe del baloncesto, que revela cómo LeBron James y sus amigos de la infancia se convierten en el equipo de secundaria número 1 del país, lanzando la impresionante carrera de James como cuatro veces campeón de la NBA, dos veces medallista de oro olímpico y el mejor jugador de la NBA. -Tiempo máximo goleador.
Una madre soltera asiste con sus hijos al funeral de su padre en Georgia, donde conoce a la escandalosa familia del hombre que nunca conoció.
When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep things real, he decides to throw a barbeque at his place -- just like the ones his family used to have. But when you have new and old friends, family, agents, and product reps in the same house, things are bound to get crazy.
A documentary that chronicles the extraordinary odyssey of NBA mega-star Giannis Antetokounmpo from an impoverished childhood in Greece as the son of Nigerian immigrants to the very top of the basketball world.
A basketball star is booted out of the NBA when his on-court antics go too far, so he poses as a woman and joins the WUBA.
Thanks to an auto accident, a parasitic alien manages to get into a hospital. It quickly moves from the crash victim into a candy striper. Among the patients at the hospital are some rather short high school basketball players. It is through them that we watch the events unfold. The infected, or inhabited, candy striper becomes predatory. She goes after men for sex and after women to spread. Infected women develop an incredible sweet tooth and devour anything sweet they can find. The horror then spreads. As the horror takes over more of the hospital and the CDC locks it down, the basketball players and a few friends do everything they can to try and get out of the hospital. But soon it becomes evident that the problem has spread too far. Now if they manage to escape it will only be to delay the inevitable if they cannot halt the spread of aliens before they get out and take over the whole world.
A young black man is a growing basketball star in his school. The Mob decides to initiate him and manage him. He likes the presents, money and girls, but his coach does not. When things go too far, only his coach can do what must be done.
The story is set at the 1972 Munich Olympics where the U.S. team lost the basketball championship for the first time in 36 years. The final moments of the final game have become one of the most controversial events in Olympic history. With play tied, the score table horn sounded during a second free throw attempt that put the U.S. ahead by one. But the Soviets claimed they had called for a time out before the basket and confusion ensued. The clock was set back by three seconds twice in a row and the Russians finally prevailed at the very last. The U.S. protested, but a jury decided in the USSR’s favor and Team USA voted unanimously to refuse its silver medals. The Soviet players have been treated as heroes at home.
Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Born Chris Jackson, he overcame tremendous adversity to reach the NBA and found his true calling when he converted to Islam. His decision not to stand for the national anthem, however, turned him from prodigy to pariah. Told candidly by Abdul-Rauf himself more than 20 years later it’s the remarkable story of one man who kept the faith and paved the way for a social justice movement.
Esta película se desarrolla alrededor del campeonato regional inter-high para Shohoku y Tsukubu. Ganar o perder podría determinar cual escuela consigue competir en el siguiente juego contra Shoyo, después una posibilidad para entrar en los juegos finales, lo que es más que importante para tener una posibilidad de competir en los nacionales.
Después de perder el partido titánicamente contra Kainan, el equipo Shōhoku y un recién afeitado Hanamichi Sakuragi tienen el reto de un partido de exhibición por desconocidos del baloncesto virtual Ryoukufu. El entrenador Anzai ve esto como una oportunidad para que Shōhoku pueda recuperar su confianza, pero Ryoukufu revela a un nuevo cartel de alto calibre de campeonato, jugador que practico en los Estados Unidos, y puede ser para Sakuragi y el equipo una de sus pruebas más difíciles hasta ahora, el partido se muestra muy difícil para Shohoku, debido a que siguen pensando en la derrota, pero Kogure se encarga de animar un poco, tanto así que se cae y sufre una ligera contusión.
Hanamichi Sakuragi, infame por su temperamento, estatura masiva y cabello rojo fuego, se inscribe en Shohoku High, con la esperanza de finalmente tener una novia y romper su récord de ser rechazado 50 veces consecutivas en la escuela secundaria. Sin embargo, su notoriedad lo precede, lo que lleva a que la mayoría de los estudiantes lo eviten. Pronto, después de ciertos eventos, Hanamichi se queda con dos pensamientos inquebrantables: "Odio el baloncesto" y "Necesito desesperadamente una novia".
Ichiro Mizusawa, un jugador de la vieja escuela superior de Rukawa, Tomigoaka, es diagnosticado con una enfermedad paralizante de la pierna y quiere jugar un último partido con Rukawa. Hanamichi, mientras que su hermana le cuenta a Haruko sobre lo acontecido, ella le pide a su hermano un partido para que se cumpla su sueño, pero se niega, y cuando se lo dice a Rukawa no muestra ningún interés en eso, Hanamichi al enterarse se propone ayudar al niño y cumplir su deseo, una mañana mientras practican, Akagi esta en el médico, al revisar su lesión, el doctor le dice que poco a poco está mejorando y que no es tan grave.
After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. When Jerry the bartender suddenly finds himself playing basketball for the Golden State Warriors, Rory and the rest of the bar regulars hope his success will provide a lift to their sagging spirits. Will Jerry forget his friends? What about his junkie hooker girlfriend and her pimp?
Bilal Irving, a professional basketball player returns to his small, Northern Ontario town of Dumont. He re-connects with his former coach, and conflict ensues as they both struggle to put their egos and complicated pasts aside to mentor the town’s only basketball team.
In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Carmelo Anthony. A decade later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. In this quintessentially American documentary, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie track the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.
This documentary charts the complexity and genius of the NBA's all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's legendary career, both on and off the court. Spotlighting a six-time MVP and six-time world champion, the film examines his controversial and landmark moments, his outspoken feelings about race and politics, and the evolution of the game.
Esta película explora la procedencia y la carrera de Tony Parker, cuya determinación lo llevó a convertirse en probablemente el mejor basquetbolista francés.