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 Posted: Sat 16:41, 03 Aug 2013 Post subject: and pool |
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film to garner a Best Picture nomination, following The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and Field of Dreams (1989), neither of which won either. When it comes to the Motion Picture Academy and sports,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], boxing's two Best Picture wins (Rocky and Million Dollar Baby) and even track and field (Chariots of Fire) trump baseball—as do the death matches of ancient Rome (Gladiator). But if it's any consolation to the much beleaguered erstwhile "national pastime," no football film has ever been honored as Best Picture and only one (The Blind Side) has even been nominated, which places our reigning national pastime on a par with bicycle racing (Breaking Away) and pool (The Hustler).3. The NHL lockout. What if you won the Stanley Cup—and couldn't do a victory lap? That's now the fate of the Los Angeles Kings. In June, the Kings won hockey's Stanley Cup after 45 seasons of futility, fulfilling,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it was said, the long-standing dream of making the sport from the frozen north safe for the Sunbelt. But the Kings success masked
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