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Monday, March 26, 2012
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Feeling Good—Sports Fiction Better Than Reality
Sports is no longer, and has not been for a long time, just about the art of playing a game. With constant 24/7 sports coverage, media giants have used the entertainment industry as a way to capitalize on the potent sports market. ESPN made its first attempt into the entertainment world with a fictional sports series in 2003 called The Playmakers. The series was based upon a fictional football franchise. According the Handbook of Sports and Media, ESPN's creation of its own fictional series is that it had free reign to attack all controversial issues in sports. "Plot lines revolved around everything from murder, to drug abuse, to domestic violence, to homosexuality, to abortion. The aging veteran, the raw rookie, the greedy owner—characters on the program embodied just about every conceivable sports stereotype."(Cummins 185)
Cummins points out that ESPN used every sports stereotype in existence in The Playmakers. However, the focus is mostly on how fiction in sports shows the negative connotation in our society. There are four movies made during the latter part of the twentieth century that help combat, the negative theory of sports movies. They are Major League, Angels in the Outfield, Space Jam and
Cummins points out that ESPN used every sports stereotype in existence in The Playmakers. However, the focus is mostly on how fiction in sports shows the negative connotation in our society. There are four movies made during the latter part of the twentieth century that help combat, the negative theory of sports movies. They are Major League, Angels in the Outfield, Space Jam and
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