Sports Lit/film

Eight Men Out

Baseball

gambling

"Black" Sox

1919 Series

athletes

Eight players

professional level

Hall of Fame Chances

Early 1900's

Hoop Dream/Barney Polan's Game

basketball

high school/college

challenges

scouting

two inner city boys

throwing games

racial differences

low socio-econmic status

1950's/1990's

Our Boys/Friday Night Lights

Football

community

support/pressure

high school boys

pressure to be good kids/pressure to win

High School

present day

Playing With the Boys/A League of Their Own

Professional/High School

Women's baseball/soccer/football

gender roles reversed

lying

1940's/present day

emotions