Overcoming the Odds | Uplifting Sports Stories

Overcoming the Odds | Uplifting Sports Stories

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Overcoming the Odds | Uplifting Sports Stories
  • Running the Bases

    Movie

    TV-PG-L. A baseball coach gets an offer to coach at a large school, but as a man of faith, he faces opposition to his coaching style from the superintendent.

  • 23 Blast: Blind Faith

    Movie

    When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible, total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe, protected life or to summon the courage through playing football to step back into the world.

    23 Blast is based on the amazing, true story of Travis Freeman. A typic...

  • Hoovey

    Movie

    TV-PG. Based on a true story - after a promising basketball player collapses on the court and doctors find a life threatening tumor in his brain, he must relearn to walk and see clearly to get another shot at his basketball dreams.

  • The Nomads

    Movie

    Amidst the chaos of massive budget cuts and school closures, a young female teacher introduces men's rugby to an inner-city North Philadelphia high school. TV-PG

  • Love, Game, Match

    Movie

    TV-PG-D. When economics teacher Liz challenges her students to create business plans, she has no idea that the winners will start their own matchmaking service! Asked to create her own profile to help them kickstart their careers, as well as team up with tennis coach Ted to organize the school ca...

  • I Can

    Movie

    An UP Faith & Family Premiere Exclusive - TV-PG-DL. Based on a true story, an adulterous couple's daughter, born with one fully developed arm, defies the odds to become a gifted softball player, while her father finds genuine forgiveness and God's true grace.

  • The Mighty Macs

    Movie

    TV-G. In the early 70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms -- and the school itself is in danger of being sold -- Coach Rush aims for the impossible, steering her girls to their first national championship.

  • The Last Champion

    Movie

    TV-14. A former championship wrestler is forced to face his past when he returns to the hometown he left in disgrace twenty years earlier. Can he become the hero his town expected or will he remain a prisoner of his past mistakes?

  • Tomboy

    Movie

    A former tomboy finds herself torn between a man who's fallen for her new femininity and a friend who has always loved her for who she is.

  • A Cowgirl's Story

    Movie

    TV-PG-LV. With both of her parents deployed, Dusty goes to live with her grandfather. Dusty convinces her new friends into forming an equestrian drill team and put on a performance for her parents and all of the soldiers fighting overseas.

  • The Perfect Race

    Movie

    TV-G. In this inspiring sequel to "Remember the Goal," a female athlete at a small Christian college works hard to overcome long odds in trying to win a national title in the 800 meter run.

  • A Cowgirl's Story

    TV-PG-LV. With both of her parents deployed, Dusty goes to live with her grandfather. Dusty convinces her new friends into forming an equestrian drill team and put on a performance for her parents and all of the soldiers fighting overseas.

  • Miracle at Manchester

    Movie

    TV-G. Based on a true story about a community that comes together to organize a miracle for a teen battling an aggressive form of brain cancer.

  • One Hit From Home

    Movie

    When injury cuts his baseball career short, Jimmy returns home to coach a college team where he butts heads with a rising star whose life mirrors his own. TV-PG-V

  • Milltown Pride

    Movie

    Milltown Pride tells of a young man who dreams of playing professional baseball, his rise as a baseball star, his fall from grace, and the redemption he finds through faith and love.

  • Pitching Love and Catching Faith

    Movie

    Falling in love wasn't a part of their plan but now Tyler must choose between his dream, and Heather. And she must choose between love, and loneliness.

  • My Dad's a Soccer Mom

    Movie

    Cut from his NFL football team, a man starts bonding with his young daughter and encourages her to play soccer.

  • Seven Days in Utopia

    Movie

    TV-PG. A golfer on the verge of going pro buckles under the pressure and crashes his car in the town of Utopia. After developing a friendship with a rancher, the golfer finds a new perspective on his life.

  • The Furnace

    Movie

    TV-PG. Newlyweds Mary and Matt celebrate Christmas - and their passion for running - with two honeymoon tickets to Africa’s ultimate footrace, The Furnace. Their excitement to race together across the biggest animal reserve in the world has them inspired. Then in a horrific flash, everything’s go...

  • Remember the Goal
    Movie + 1 extra

    Remember the Goal

    Movie + 1 extra

    A young female coach fresh out of college takes over the cross country program at an all girls' Christian school and attempts to lead them to their first ever state title in this inspirational drama.

  • Hope Dances

    Movie

    Hope Douglas has a dream but her parents have thrown her into battle between playing sports and dancing ballet. When a tragedy strikes, Hope has to make a difficult choice that will decide her fate. TV-PG

  • My Many Sons

    Movie

    Based on a true story, a legendary basketball coach becomes wheelchair-bound after a nearly fatal car wreck passes Bobby Knight to become the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history. TV-PG

  • Extraordinary

    Movie

    Based on a true marriage journey, this is the story of ultra-marathon runner and college professor David Horton, his wife, Nancy, and their attempt to finish their marriage race well. TV-PG

  • Greater
    Movie + 1 extra

    Greater

    Movie + 1 extra

    TV-PG-L. The true story of Arkansas Razorbacks walk-on offensive lineman Brandon Burlsworth. Devoutly Christian and ridiculed for his portly appearance, he defies the odds to make the Razorbacks' squad in 1994, and develops into an All-American and top NFL prospect.