By Kit Bowen, Hollywood.com Staff
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
1. Invincible (2006)
This is every sports fan's wildest, craziest fantasy--the chance to play ball with the football heroes they idolize. But for Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg), it happened for real when he tried out and made his beloved Philadelphia Eagles team.
Special Honorable Mention: Yes, this is a list of big-screen favorites, but we'd feel remiss in not pointing out the TV movie Brian's Song, the true story about Chicago Bear players Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams) and best friend Brian Piccolo (James Caan) rise in the ranks, culminating in Piccolo's untimely death at the age of 26 of cancer. Not a dry eye in the joint when Sayers delivers that speech.
