When you grow up a sports fan, transferring that fandom from the backyard Wiffle ball game to the big screen at the local theater is a natural transition. We fall in love with movies that reflect our life experiences. We see our best friends in “The Sandlot.” Or quote “Happy Gilmore” relentlessly in the dorms. It’s why one person can find a movie like “Field of Dreams” completely hokey while another turns to mush the moment Ray Kinsella’s dad pulls off his catcher’s mask and places it over his heart. We know what’s coming next.
It means our opinions of these movies vary wildly. Especially when you work at a media company with 400-plus employees who are all sports diehards. And opinionated. So in trying to determine the Top 100 Sports movies of all time, we decided to make the process as democratic as possible. That meant a lot of rules, processes and restrictions.
First, we asked everyone on staff to nominate their favorite…
