{"id":7564,"date":"2015-02-22T11:46:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T15:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=7564"},"modified":"2015-02-22T11:46:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T15:46:32","slug":"reel-champions-the-post-doles-out-its-all-time-sports-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/22\/reel-champions-the-post-doles-out-its-all-time-sports-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Reel Champions: The Post Doles Out its All-Time Sports Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On February 21, 2015<\/strong>, The New York Post <\/strong>published\u00a0 Reel champions: The Post doles out its all-time Sports\u00a0Oscars <\/strong><\/a>by Brian Lewis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sly<\/strong> won a couple of awards…<\/p>\n

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Best picture<\/h3>\n

\u201cRocky\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ultimate underdog \u201cRocky\u201d pulled off the upset against sports movie heavyweights \u201cHoosiers\u201d and \u201cRaging Bull.\u201d Sylvester Stallone got the inspiration for the screenplay after watching the heavyweight title fight between Bayonne\u2019s Chuck Wepner and reigning champ Muhammad Ali, and insisted he play the lead. Good call.<\/p>\n

Stallone, who trained with Jimmy Gambina every day for about five months before shooting, became a star, and the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, ranked 57th on the American Film Institute\u2019s 100 Years \u2026 100 Movies \u2014 10th Anniversary Edition.<\/p>\n

Stallone got sued by Wepner for a share of the profits and settled in 2006. For the movie that gave us the most-used workout music in history \u2014 \u201cGonna Fly Now\u201d \u2014 the line \u201cYo, Adrian!\u201d and five sequels, it\u2019s the least he could do.<\/p>\n

Nominees:<\/strong> \u201cHoosiers,\u201d \u201cRaging Bull,\u201d \u201cField of Dreams,\u201d \u201cThe Natural,\u201d \u201cRemember the Titans,\u201d \u201cThe Fighter,\u201d \u201cRequiem for a Heavyweight,\u201d \u201cMillion Dollar Baby\u201d and \u201cThe Hustler.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Best hero<\/h3>\n

Rocky Balboa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seriously, what other movie hero actually has his own statue? Sylvester Stallone donated a life-size statue of Rocky Balboa to the city of Philadelphia, and it still sits near the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where the titular character ran during his iconic training scene. The character starred in five more sequels, fought villains like Ivan Drago and Mr. T, gave us lines like \u201cYo, Adrian!\u201d Oh, and Balboa was ranked seventh on AFI\u2019s 100 Heroes and Villains list.<\/p>\n

Nominees:<\/strong> Roy Hobbs in \u201cThe Natural,\u201d Crash Davis in \u201cBull Durham,\u201d Terry Malloy in \u201cOn The Waterfront,\u201d Daniel \u201cRudy\u201d Ruettiger in \u201cRudy,\u201d Dottie Hinson in \u201cA League of Their Own,\u201d Daniel-san\/Mr. Miyagi in \u201cThe Karate Kid,\u201d Paul Douglas in \u201cAngels in the Outfield,\u201d Norman Dale in \u201cHoosiers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On February 21, 2015, The New York Post published\u00a0 Reel champions: The Post doles out its all-time Sports\u00a0Oscars by Brian Lewis. Sly won a couple of awards… Best picture \u201cRocky\u201d The ultimate underdog \u201cRocky\u201d pulled off the upset against sports movie heavyweights \u201cHoosiers\u201d and \u201cRaging Bull.\u201d Sylvester Stallone got the inspiration for the screenplay after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,28,9,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-136","category-honors","category-rocky","category-rocky-balboa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3r2Pe-1Y0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7565,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7564\/revisions\/7565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}