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Go team, go! Listen in as Grio Top 3 hosts break down some of the best films surrounding sports.
Whether it be the Super Bowl half-time show or the NBA finals, sports have a way of unifying family and friends. So of course, sports films hold a special place in our hearts. These movies teach us the true meaning of teamwork, selflessness, determination, love and more. Listen as Grio Top 3 hosts Jahliel Thurman and Dozie Ezemma name some of their favorite Black sports films.
TRANSCRIPT:
Thurman: What are the top three Black films in sports?
Thurman: Any character that could’ve been playing a sport.
Thurman: Now I’m going to go with a classic. I’m sure you’re going to feel me on this one.
Thurman: I’m going to go with a classic. I’m going to go with “Remember the Titans.”
Ezemma: OK. Alright.
Thurman: You know with Denzel, what he did for the culture. Dealing with segregation. Bringing the players together.
Ezemma: And the football in there. That’s my sport.
Thurman: There were so many different levels to this movie, man. That is one for sure.
Ezemma: Good pick. Good pick.
Thurman: Next, I’m going to go with a classic that stole everyone’s heart. “Love & Basketball.”
Ezemma: Not the romance.
Thurman: I had to go with the romance. You know why? You know I used to do that at the crib.
Ezemma: You were playing for shawty’s hearts?
Thurman: Yeah! If you want to call it hearts.
Thurman: And you know what? I’m going to throw a curveball in there. One you’re not even going to think about because there are so many sports films, but I’m going to go “Like Mike.”
Ezemma: Really? Bow Wow?
Thurman: “Like Mike”! Yeah yeah!
Ezemma: I’ll give you that. That was interesting.
Thurman: That was a curve in there. I didn’t want to go typical. So I said let me give you a different one.
Ezemma: My first one, right. This is our guy. Jamie Foxx with “Any Given Sunday.”
Thurman: Come on! Come on!
Ezemma: Black cast! Black squad.Black everything! And you know it’s football, too.
Ezemma: No. 2, “Coach Carter.” The movie was legendary. He did his thing.
Ezemma: No. 3, Black movies. I’m going to go with something new. “Creed.”
Thurman: I like “Creed.”
Ezemma: You know what I’m saying. It was a spinoff. Michael B. did his thing.
Thurman: I like that.
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