In the pantheon of inspirational sports movies, few are more beloved than Rudy. Director David Anspaugh and screenwriter Angelo Pizzo’s based-on-real-events tale followed the odyssey of Daniel “Rudy” ...
The 1993 sports film Rudy is helmed by David Anspaugh about the titular character and his inspiring tale of struggle and conquests. The movie revolves around a man who dreams of playing for a college ...
In the early 1980s, at a nearly sold-out UD Arena, a barnstormer crouched in one of the seating sections, trying to hide his big head among the crowd. Attached by a long rope tied to the Arena roof ...
I broke a vow last week and watched Rudy. It took me three days. What follows is my walk through the shadow of death. Rudy begins with a pickup football game between five boys in a Midwestern mill ...
It’s fun to imagine Rudy Gobert playing other sports. What about boxing — his chosen second pastime. With arms so long, could he punch away and never receive a punch back? Would Gobert playing tennis ...
The story of Rudy Ruettiger was always one of the more inspirational stories in sports. An undersized kid walks on at Notre Dame and after constantly trying and trying and trying, he made the gameday ...
Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger became a famous college football athlete, but he got his big start by joining the Navy in 1968 and serving two years at sea as a yeoman. Using his GI Bill benefits, he ...
When the email looking for “Worst Sports Movie” nominations went out, I didn’t contribute all that much — my only real stance was that direct-to-video stuff shouldn’t be considered, lest we end up a ...