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1) Sooley
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After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called...
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Beartown volume 2
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beartown and A Man Called Ove, hailed as "a writer of astonishing depth [with] the remarkable ability to make you understand the feelings of each of a dozen different characters" (The Washington Times), a heart-wrenching story of how loyalty, friendship, and love carry a town through its darkest days. After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow...
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Travis McKinley novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
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Seasoned pro golfer Travis McKinley is cruising toward a new season when he misses a putt on the 18th green. Just like that, he's down and out and off the Senior Tour, his career all but dead. Then Travis is visited by a mysterious stranger whose vision is clear. Go back to the beginning. The very beginning. Taking his advice both literally and to heart, Travis and his family travel to their ancestral home - Scotland. In the place where golf was born,...
4) Creed II
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Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
5) Creed
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.
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Disney
Pub. Date
[2015]
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Inspired by the 1987 true story, the movie follows novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California's farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. With grit and determination, the unlikely band of runners eventually overcomes the odds to forge not only a championship cross-country team but an enduring...
8) Leatherheads
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Dodge Connolly is a charming, brash football hero. He is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his team. Dodge hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Added to the team is Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. Carter has dashing good...
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"There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was ayoung English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural...
10) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 DVD (ca. 129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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A biographical film about psychologically destructive, violent middleweight champion Jake La Motta.
11) The Mighty Macs
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the early '70s, Cathy Rush became the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team had no gym or uniforms, and the school was in danger of being sold, Coach Rush steered her girls to their first national championship.
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Race the wild volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
130 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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The team races against the best of the best in the Australian outback, but when an old opponent appears, Sage fears it could ruin their chances.
13) Savanna showdown
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Race the wild volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
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138 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Fearing her less-than-ideal running skills will be a detriment to Team Red when the race continues across the African savanna, Mari endeavors to use her eclectic knowledge about the region's animals to help her teammates.
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Race the wild volume 1
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Russell and his teammates compete to win a race around the world, and must survive the first leg of the race through the Amazon rain forest as well as the sneaky tricks of their competitors.
16) Great reef games
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Race the wild volume 2
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Sage is used to being the fastest runner, the quickest climber, and the strongest swimmer, but when the second race course has the red team diving underwater to explore the Great Barrier Reef, it's trusting her teammates that matters most.
17) Jungleland
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Stan and Lion are two brothers struggling to stay relevant in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. When Stan fails to pay back a dangerous crime boss, they're forced to deliver an unexpected traveler as they journey across the country for a high-stakes fighting tournament. While Stan trains Lion for the fight of his life, a series of events threaten to tear the brothers apart but their love for one another and belief in a better life keep...
18) Arctic freeze
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Race the wild volume 3
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As the four members of Team Red begin the third stage of the race in Alaska, Dev must learn to focus and trust his instincts if he is going to help his team pull out a victory.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A has-been coach is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school girls' basketball team. While he leads the girls to victories on the court, he discovers they have a lot to teach him as well.
20) Mountain mission
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Race the wild volume 6
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While on the last leg of their race, Russell and his friends must choose between a rescue mission and an attempt to win the race.
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