Best Cinematic Sports Moment

by Kevin

There certainly are a great deal of memorable moments in sports movies. One might think the best scene would come from a classic like Rudy, Hoosiers, or Field of Dreams. But that would be incorrect. The most well done scene comes from one of the best movies not just from sports movie history, but in all of film, Air Bud. There are a sleu of scenes from Air Bud that almost make you cry, however the cream of the crop takes place at the apex of the film.
The team is celebrating another victory on the tail of their spirited mascot. Despite the win, one thing overshadowed it, the inability of a certain individual on the team to catch the ball. Sniffing out some danger, our furry hero, Buddy, leads his new found owner, Josh along with his pack of cronies into the gym where the coach is giving the aforementioned stone hands some one on one practice time. Despite the individual attention the kid is getting he does not appreciate it and is crying, and clearly not attempting to fix his problem as he just blocks the ball with his hands rather than catching them. For some reason unbenownst to me, Josh and company find fault in the coach and fire him! FIRE HIM!
It is the emotion, drama, and controversy which make this the most powerful scene in sports movie history. I challenge you to find a better one.