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17 January 1597 — a court of law in Guildford heard from a 59-year-old coroner, John Derrick, who gave witness that when he was a scholar at the "Free School at Guildford", fifty years earlier, "hee and diverse of his fellows did runne and play at creckett and other plaies " on common land which was the subject of the current legal dispute ...
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Sports became increasingly popular in England and Ireland through the 17th century and there are several references to cricket and horse racing, while bare-knuckle boxing was revived. The interest of gamblers in these sports gave rise to professionalism. The first known attempts to organise football took place in Ireland.
Sport on Film and Video. New-York: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810827394. Sicks, Kai Marcel and Stauff, Markus (eds.) (2010). Filmgenres: Sportfilm [sic]. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam . ISBN 978-3-15-018786-9. Wallenfeldt, Jeffrey H. (1989). Sports Movies: A Guide to Nearly 500 Films Focusing on Sports. CineBooks. ISBN 9780933997240.
Below, some of our favorite, most triumphant sports movies, arranged roughly into the medal categories where we feel they belong. Get the most durable and absorbent tissues you can find, and dive in.
Pacquiao: The Movie; Passing Glory; Pelé: Birth of a Legend; Phantom Punch (film) Ping Pong: The Triumph; The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend; Prefontaine (film) Pride (2007 film) The Pride of St. Louis
We scoured through countless reviews and ratings on popular movie review websites like IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes to identify the top 10 sports movies based on consistently high ratings, variety of ...
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