During their last year at an Ivy League college in 1999, a group of friends and crew teammates' lives are changed forever when an army vet takes over as coach of their dysfunctional rowing team.

A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.

An unknown boxer from the slums of Philadelphia is given a once-in-a-lifetime shot at the world heavyweight title; Rocky must cope with the realities of his success, wealth and the responsibilities of marriage, but his main focus is on his second shot at the boxing title against Apollo Creed; When Rocky, the heavyweight champ of the world, loses a match with Clubber Lang, he turns to his former opponent Apollo Creed to train him for a rematch; Rocky...

Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.

In 1957, a group of poor boys from Monterey, Mexico, led by a down-and-out former major league player, win the Little League World Series.

Sean Porter was a football player who turned into a juvenile detention counselor. He wrestles with the seemingly insolvable problem. The vast majority of young men who leave detention fall right back into crime. Looking for a way to give these not-yet-hardened kids a taste of self-esteem and discipline, Porter manages to persuade his superiors to let him teach the kids football - and then take on other high school football teams. Based on a true story....

Though they are competing for the same position, two rookie football players become roommates and close friends. Their friendship deepens when one learns that he has cancer.

National Velvet: A determined girl and boy and a spirited thoroughbred horse join forces to attain the seemingly impossible dream of winning the Grand National Steeplechase. The Story of Seabiscuit: An Irish horse trainer and his niece come to Kentucky after her brother's death in a riding accident. While the trainer takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit and tries to convince the owner that the ungainly little horse can become a champion,...