Best sport movie trivia of all time

Trivia: The Formula 1 cars you see in this film are Formula 3 vehicles with fake F1 bodywork. They were used because Daniel Bruhl and Chris Hemsworth were not allowed to drive real Formula 1 cars.

Trivia: Matt Damon's primary reason for taking the part was because he was keen to work with Christian Bale.

Trivia: Although they play mother and son, Agnes Moorehead was only 8 years older than James Stewart.

Trivia: Maureen O'Hara (born 1920) was only six years older than Betty Lynn (born 1926), who played her daughter.

Trivia: The famous Japanese women's tag team The Jumping Bomb Angels appear in the movie as the Dolls' first opponents.

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Trivia: Sylvester Stallone broke one of his fingers in an attempt to save a penalty from Pele.

Trivia: This film depicts the Utah Jazz as the NBA's Western Conference Champions (and eventual NBA champions). In the NBA season that followed the release of this film, the Jazz coincidentally became Western Conference Champions for the first time in franchise history, though they would lose in the NBA Finals to the Chicago Bulls.

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Trivia: Billy Crystal was inspired to co-write My Giant after working with Andre the Giant on the movie The Princess Bride.

Trivia: The plot is similar to Rocky 4, with the first match in USA, then in Russia.

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Trivia: Although Brian Cox and Dennis Quaid play father and son in this film, Cox is only eight years older than Quaid.

Trivia: At the end of the movie it shows Paige being flustered and unable to talk on the mic during her showdown with AJ Lee before the match started. In reality, Paige talked just fine and said she was there to congratulate AJ, who took offense at being interrupted.

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Trivia: This is the first movie in the Rocky franchise not to feature Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa.

Trivia: During the Cinderella performance in the POW camp, one "sister" demands her dress be fixed so that she can woo the charming Prince Hillenbrand. Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the biography on which this film is based.

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Trivia: In the film, the most brutal scene was when Jake throttled his brother Joey, whom he thought was having an affair with his then-wife Vicky. Actually, it was not Joey but LaMotta's good friend Peter.

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Trivia: The photograph in the barn of Henry Dailey (Mickey Rooney) as a young jockey is actually a still shot of Rooney from the 1944 film, "National Velvet," starring Elizabeth Taylor. Rooney played jockey Mi Taylor.

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Trivia: Despite difficulties, Regina Baff actually learned the basics of wrestling pretty well from Jane O'Brien and Mildred Burke who also helped train the other non women wrestlers.

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Trivia: Will Smith won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film. However, his award was overshadowed by an altercation with Chris Rock earlier in the evening, which saw Smith slap Rock in the face after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith (which Will initially laughed at). As a result, Smith was given a 10-year ban from the Oscars ceremony, and also lost consideration for upcoming film roles.

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Trivia: One of fictitious Texas State University's (TSU) opponents is Southwest Texas Bobcats (SWT), which was a real school. In 2003, SWT changed their name to Texas State University at San Marcos (they kept the Bobcat nickname). Eventually, when the other schools in the Texas State University System didn't change their names, "at San Marcos" was dropped and they are known just as Texas State University (TSU).

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Trivia: The church where Tommy has his first fight is the same one where Rocky fought in the first movie.

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Trivia: At the end of the movie, Carney Lansford spits out chewing tobacco. In reality, they used black liquorice to obtain the same look without having to use the real thing.