the Slap Shot/Cy Falls connection!

[CyFallsMom]

So it's been a while since I actually started a thread...it's about that time again. This one is pretty lame too. I just finished watching Slap Shot for like the 100th time and, at the very end, there is a marching band playing a song - I kept rewinding it on DVR because I couldn't figure it out - then it hit me - they were playing the Cypress Falls school song:) That was pretty cool. Then I thought of another topic to add here - humor me, it's Saturday night and I'm bored out of my mind. I thought we could post our favorite sports movies by sport. Here are mine:

Hockey: Slap Shot, of course
Football: Remember the Titans
Basketball: Hoosiers
Soccer: Haven't seen any
Boxing: The very first Rocky
Baseball: Field of Dreams (2nd choice Bad News Bears)
Bowling: The Big Lebowski
Golf: Caddyshack
Tennis: Who cares - don't know of any
Car Racing: Haven't seen any
Swimming:Back to School

Feel free to add any other sports - this was all I could think of!

[Miss Kitty]

Oh my girl, that is too much to think about....LOL

Let's see...

Hockey:Slap Shot and the movie about the US Hockey team (Miracle)
Football:North Dallas Forty, Rudy, Remember the Titans, The Replacements
Basketball:The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh; Eddie
Boxing:Millionaire Baby
Baseball: Major League; Angles in the Outfield
Bowling:Kingpin (LOL)
Golf:Caddyshack
Car Racing: Heart Like A Wheel; Herbie
Swimming:Ester Williams movies

[dragons08]

Hockey: Mircale
Football:Any Given Sunday or Remember the Titans
Basketball: hmm no idea
Soccer: no idea
Boxing: no idea
Baseball: Mr. 3000, Bad News Bears (new one), The Rookie
Bowling: no idea
Golf: Caddyshack
Tennis:no idea
Car Racing: "3" only car racing one i could think of
Swimming:no idea

[CyFallsMom]

I thought about Miracle too and, while it is a very good movie, it doesn't come close to the feeling we got when we watched it actually happen - that was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen in all my many years of watching sports. Then when 1984 rolled around, I was hoping it would happen again but it didn't and hasn't since.

The only good thing that came out of the 1984 games was Pat LaFontaine, whom I met in New York when he was just starting out with the Islanders (he was quite the hottie too). I saw where the Sabres are retiring his number - where does the time go - he was just a kid yesterday it seems!

[dragons08]

i think the USA needs to start using college players again, because a) they can practice together more b) all dont have egos

the nhl players fly there a day or 2 before their game, and they play right away, which doesnt allow them to pracitce at all, maybe one practice

[CyFallsMom]

Actually, some of the team members showed up at the last minute this time due to the storms in NYC. And they are arrogant and I think some see it as a waste of time. I agree - bring back the college players. In fact, bring back the amateurs completely...the Olympics were more fun that way. And to go another step - bring back the USSR - they really made it fun and annoying at the same time. I sit near a Russian woman at work and we were joking about that - the Big Red Machine...it was scary and awesome but we watched with much interest. The only thing I would never want kids to go through are those stupid bomb drills where we sat under our desks and put our hands over our heads - yeah, THAT's going to stop a nuclear bomb in its tracks!!

[AZTiger]

Hockey: THE MIGHTY DUCKS! C'mon now!
Football: Bryan's Song, The Program, or Necessary Roughness
Basketball: White Men Can't Jump
Soccer: Ladybugs (HILARIOUS)
Boxing: Gladiator (not the Russell Crowe one)
Baseball: Major League, with Field of Dreams a close 2nd
Bowling: Kingpin (not a big Lebowski fan)
Golf:Caddyshack (nothing else comes close)
Car Racing: Days of Thunder, classic
Running: Forest Gump :)

[Miss Kitty]

Hockey: THE MIGHTY DUCKS! C'mon now!
Football: Bryan's Song, The Program, or Necessary Roughness
Basketball: White Men Can't Jump
Soccer: Ladybugs (HILARIOUS)
Boxing: Gladiator (not the Russell Crowe one)
Baseball: Major League, with Field of Dreams a close 2nd
Bowling: Kingpin (not a big Lebowski fan)
Golf:Caddyshack (nothing else comes close)
Car Racing: Days of Thunder, classic
Running: Forest Gump :)

Dang AZ, I forgot about Ladybugs. You are right. And that is a GREAT pick on Forest Gump. That would be my favorite Ping Pong movie too.

[dragons08]

i cant belive i forgot the Mighty Ducks! :eek:

[ktCarl]

Hockey - NONE
Football - Rudy and original Longest Yard
Soccer - NONE
Boxing - Raging Bull
Baseball - The Natural & (movie about guy on Red Sox that goes crazy because of his overbearing Dad)
Bowling - NONE
Golf - Caddyshack & Happy Gilmour
Car Racing - NONE
Running - NONE