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DARK SECRETS: Ron shelton - The Real Truth

‘Bull Durham: The Musical’ Continues Baseball’s Role of History Preserver

Based on the 1988 film, the play continues the myth and lore surrounding the game.

Sports Illustrated

Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies

As Luca Guadagnino’s tennis film Challengers makes its case for sporting immortality, critic Guy Lodge chooses 20 of the genre’s undisputed heavyweights

The Guardian - UK

A volume of short stories, a snappy heist and more new paperbacks

Need a delightful volume of short stories? Or some background lore on your favorite (well, my favorite) baseball movie? Or a snappy heist for a sunny afternoon? These titles, and more, are part of this month's crop of brand-new paperbacks, all highly recommended. Happy reading!

Tribune News Service

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‘White Men Can’t Jump’ review: Hustling and hoop dreams, remade

When it comes to shaggy dog sports movies of the late 20th century, few did it better than Ron Shelton. As a writer and director, he understood the appeal of semi-ridiculous, semi-charming men past their prime looking for one last shot at greatness — or at least a half-baked redemption.…

Chicago Tribune

A few laughs can’t justify new ‘White Men Can’t Jump’

Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow star in pointless Hulu remake that’s only occasionally amusing.

Chicago Sun-Times

Screen play: our writers pick their favourite sports movies

To celebrate the release of Creed III, Guardian writers have made the case for why their favourite sports movie should also be yours

The Guardian - US

Mike Sielski: Man behind ‘Bull Durham’ wants to turn a classic Ted Williams story into a movie. Sign me up.

PHILADELPHIA — I’m writing this column about a writer who is writing a screenplay about a writer. So before this gets any more meta than it already is, let’s get the details down.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Bryce Miller: Creator of gem 'Bull Durham' unearths baseball's bigger picture

SAN DIEGO — Those who love baseball — love its deliberate pace, its abject offensive failure, its quirks and warts — understand the brilliance of baseball's blue-streaked cinematic gem "Bull Durham."

Tribune News Service

Every Hollywood studio passed on 'Bull Durham' twice. How it got made anyway

There's a temptation when speaking to directors of classic films to ask whether their career-defining movie could get a studio's green light today. The glossed-over reality, often, is that those pictures barely got made, even at the time.

Los Angeles Times

The inside story behind ‘Bull Durham’: ‘Fights, lies, clashing egos and bloodshed’

DURHAM, N.C. — In his new book “The Church of Baseball,” Ron Shelton recalls “Bull Durham” triumphing over a thousand doubters — how his story of sad-sack minor-leaguers put lollygagging in the national vocabulary, introduced candlesticks as a go-to wedding gift and prevailed as perhaps the world’s greatest sports movie.

Tribune News Service

9 things you likely didn’t know about 'Bull Durham'

DURHAM, N.C. — After three decades, “Bull Durham” is so stamped on movie-watchers’ minds that nearly every line is a catchphrase.

Tribune News Service

The Minor League Career That Inspired ‘Bull Durham’

In an excerpt from his new book, writer and director Ron Shelton recounts his own time on the farm—where some familiar events occurred.

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