Sugar(2008) tells the story of a aspiring baseball player from the Dominican Republic. Struggling to make the cut from Dominican semi-professional baseball to the farm leagues of American professional baseball, Miguel (Sugar) learns that the challenge of making the big leagues is more complex and emotional than he had imagined. Sugar, played by Algenis Perez ...
Denver knows Johnathan McFarlane for his annual shindig Festivus Film Festival, but he’s also a talented filmmaker and videographer. One of his first films “Project Canada” is a documentary gem and the catalyst for putting Festivus in motion in order to help independent films get seen properly at festivals. I recently learned of another side ...
Out of the major American sports, it feels like next to hockey, basketball is neglected the most. We have countless football and baseball gems, but not many great achievements in film making when it comes to basketball. Here is my personal list of the 20 greatest basketball films ever made. Although some shouldn’t be in ...
Minor league teams in all sports focus on marketing to bring fans into stadiums. One way that these teams gain media attention and help raise revenue is through their team name. Team names help acquire fans, sell merchandise and give the team identity. In seemingly desperate attempts at coming up with a name, many teams ...
The film “We are Marshall” recently came out on film but not without some controversy. The film took some criticism for not being real enough in its portrayal of this football community in Huntington; West Va. 75 people lost their lives in a fatal plane crash. Out of those 75 people, 52 were members of ...
Minor league teams in all sports focus on marketing to bring fans into stadiums. One way that these teams gain media attention and help raise revenue is through their team name. Team names help acquire fans, sell merchandise and give the team identity. In seemingly desperate attempts at coming up with a name, many teams ...
