Sports have been a favorite subject for storytellers since a primitive human first told others how much fun it was to whack a round rock with a stick. Author George Plimpton once wrote in the New York ...

Baseball and movies have been teammates for over a hundred years. One's played with bats and gloves, the other with cameras and scripts, but both know how to tell a great story. These films reflect ...

In the parlance of America’s pastime, Robert Redford and “The Natural” keyed a two-out rally for baseball movies. The 1980s were a golden era for baseball cinema: “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” ...

In 2011, there were two very unique sports films that found themselves nominated for accolades at the Academy Awards.

Aug. 6, 2025: The Phillie Phanatic interacts with Philadelphia Phillies service dog Tugger during a break in action against the Baltimore Orioles at Citizens Bank Park.

Probably the most authentic baseball movie ever made is also one of the most shamelessly entertaining. It is the baseball version of “Slap Shot” — profane locker room slapstick at its finest. Does it ...

Will professional baseball ever showcase an openly gay player? The California-born-and-raised, 6'3" African American David Lamont Denson is slowly climbing his way through the Milwaukee Brewers' farm ...

Any baseball fan worth his or her salt has read Moneyball by now. Michael Lewis' 2003 best seller about the Oakland Athletics is one of the great baseball books ever penned, a well-written, ...