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  Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer 2006

  Watched 12 Sep 2023

  A by-the-numbers (but heck, they’re good numbers!) of the once great, still great, always-to-be-great-because-of-everything-she-accomplished-for-herself-and-her-sport, Billie Jean King.
  Happy 50 years of equal pay!

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  BS High 2023

  Watched 28 Aug 2023

  BS High is simply, sorrowfully, tragically an indictment on sports in America, the premiere arena for the exploitation young Black bodies.

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  Slap Shot 1977

  Watched 07 Jul 2023

  Slap Shot identifies the pathos of hockey from every puckin’ angle.

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  Rocky Balboa 2006

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  An unremarkable reunion concert. Splashy hits, flashy tech, and featured young talent can’t spin this nostalgia exercise into fighting shape. A collage of the original five films that you could’ve found laid out on many bedroom walls long before Rocky Balboa ever landed in theaters.

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