Your Favorite Sports Movie

Super Bowl XLII is just around the corner, and what a season it's been in the NFL. Fans will soon have the opportunity to witness one of two outcomes: Either the New England Patriots will become the first professional football team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins to play a perfect 19-0 season, or the New York Giants, who began their season as one of the league's most unlikely prospects, will prove everyone wrong and take home the big trophy. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to believe in miracles.

You've had plenty of practice. For decades sports movies have been regaling us with tales of underdogs triumphing in the face of certain defeat. From Hoosiers to He Got Game, from Remember the Titans to Rudy, from The Mighty Ducks to, well, Miracle.

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Is The Matrix One of the Greatest?

This week we talked to three professional fighters and asked them to list their three favorite combat films. There were some obvious choices like Rocky, and some less obvious ones like Five Deadly Venoms. None of them, however, mentioned The Matrix. Honestly, I was a little surprised.

Think about it: In any given combat movie, there is typically a particular style of fighting that's depicted: Kung-Fu, kickboxing, regular boxing, whatever. In this movie the Wachowski Brothers made a conscious effort to run the gamut. Neo's training scene alone ought to qualify The Matrix as one of the great fight flicks.

What do you think? Did the three pro fighters simply snub scifi? Why no Jackie Chan? What's your favorite fight movie ever?

Win a John Wayne DVD Set

We all know that John Wayne is the greatest cowboy that ever graced the silver screen. But which flick is his best? Well Pilgrim, now's your chance to let us know. If you do, we'll enter you in a drawing to win the John Wayne, Legendary Heroes five-pack DVD set.

UPDATE: cmaxwell, who nominated Rooster Cogburn as John Wayne's best film, has been randomly selected to win the DVD set. But keep posting comments on your favorite cowboy, his legend, and his posterity here on AMC's Talk forum. Or start a whole new John Wayne topic of your own!