The Cardinals-Cowboys game at the end of Jerry Maguire was filmed during an actual 1995 Monday Night Football game. While the Cardinals won in the movie, the Cowboys won in real life on their way to the Super Bowl XXX title.
According to Joe Esposito, “You’re the Best”, which was made famous in The Karate Kid, was actually written for Rocky III. Sylvester Stallone turned it down in favor of “Eye of the Tiger”. This explains the lyric “History repeats itself,” which otherwise makes no sense.
Charlie Sheen turned down the role of Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid.
A League of Their Own, released in 1992, remains the highest grossing baseball film of all time with $107 million in domestic receipts.
Susan Sarandon auditioned for the role of Adrian in Rocky but was considered too attractive for the part.
While lifting the sleigh for the Rocky IV training montage, Sylvester Stallone tore a muscle in his heart. Filming was interrupted for two months so doctors could reduce the chances of him having a heart attack.
Bend It Like Beckham was the first Western film to air in North Korea.
Grady Little, who was credited as a “baseball trainer” in 1988’s Bull Durham, was the real-life manager of the Durham Bulls at the time.
Bill Murray was deemed too old to play Gordon Bombay, later played by Emilio Estevez in three Mighty Ducks films.
Hoosiers was loosely based on the Crispus Attucks High School team that lost in the 1954 Indiana state semifinals to Milan High. Hall-of-Famer Oscar Robertson was a sophomore on that Crispus Attucks High School team.
Jimmy Chitwood has only four lines of dialogue in the movie: three in the scene where Coach Dale wins the vote to keep his job, then one more during the final game.
The Dude, despite appearing in every scene of The Big Lebowski, is never once seen bowling.
Cal Ripken, Jr. was an official consultant for The Fan, starring Wesley Snipes and Robert De Niro. Ripken requested that his name not be used in the movie’s final credits.
Harold Ramis initially wanted Pink Floyd to score Caddyshack.
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(h/t Sports Illustrated)
