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  2. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream - Wikipedia

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    Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream is a 1990 non-fiction novel written by H. G. Bissinger, following the story of the 1988 Permian High School Panthers football team from Odessa, Texas, as they made a run towards the Texas state championship.

  3. Paper Lion - Wikipedia

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    Paper Lion is a 1966 non-fiction book by American author George Plimpton.. In 1960, Plimpton, not an athlete, arranged to pitch to a lineup of professional baseball players in an All-Star exhibition, presumably to answer the question, "How would the average man off of the street fare in an attempt to compete with the stars of professional sports?"

  4. List of fictional sports teams - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of fictional sports teams, athletic groups that have been identified by name in works of fiction but do not really exist as such. Teams have been organized by the sport they participate in, followed by the media product they appear in. Specific television episodes are noted when available.

  5. 12 Mighty Orphans - Wikipedia

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    12 Mighty Orphans is a 2021 American sports film which was directed by Ty Roberts from a screenplay by Roberts, Lane Garrison and Kevin Meyer.It is based upon the non-fiction book Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football by Jim Dent.

  6. List of films based on sports books - Wikipedia

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    Non-fiction--- Friday Night Lights: 2004: Peter Berg: USA: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream: H. G. Bissinger: 1990: Non-fiction: Friday Night Lights: 2006: USA Code Breakers * 2005: Rod Holcomb: USA: A Return to Glory: the Untold Story of Honor, Dishonor, and Triumph at the United States Military Academy, 1950-53: Bill ...

  7. Playing for Pizza - Wikipedia

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    Playing for Pizza is a short novel by John Grisham, released on September 25, 2007.The novel is about an itinerant American football player who can no longer get work in the National Football League and whose agent, signs a deal for him to play for the Parma Panthers, in Parma, Italy in the Italian Football League.

  8. Fever Pitch - Wikipedia

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    In this adaptation (based on the 1997 film, not the 1992 book), the action is moved from London to Boston, the focus of the protagonist's obsession is shifted from football to baseball and the story is based on the 2004 Boston Red Sox season, which culminated with the team's first Major League Baseball World Series victory in 86 years.

  9. Not Without Hope - Wikipedia

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    Not Without Hope is a 2010 non-fiction book by Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman.The book describes a 2009 boating accident that Schuyler survived while his three friends, including NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, died.

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