Fake Sports

I should write something about Heated Rivalry . Everyone who is anyone who is queer or a purposeful ally to queer sports enthusiasts is writing, or talking, about Heated Rivalry . And anyone who is interested in romance novels, especially those with, as some would say, a lot of chili peppers, are also talking about Heated Rivalry . I will someday talk about Heated Rivalry . I promise. Today, I want to talk about Miracle (2004) . I loved this movie as a kid. I’ve always loved watching sports, especially hockey, and I also love history. Miracle hits that sweet spot. A brief summary: There are three main paths sports fiction tends to tread. The first is the lone fighter, the second is the rivals and the third is the come-together story. (I know what you are thinking, ‘where is the underdog story?’ Dear reader, almost all sports fiction is an underdog story.) Miracle might seem, at times, to be following the first path. But really, this movie is all about Herb Brooks, the team’s head coa...

  I do not need to write about the "Rocky" franchise because the most important points have already been made on this podcast by Van Latham and on his feed . Go listen!

   No, this is not a review of that one crazy soccer anime. Media type: Japanese anime, television show How many episodes: 25 How many watched before review: 8 Genre: sports anime, slice of life, high school romance Rating of sport/s in media: 6/10 Rating of show overall: 6/10 Now, before getting to my actual review, let me explain my system here. I am taking a firm stance that decimals in star ratings are for cowards. Yes, I am a little conflicted, but I am sticking with it… for now. Back to my review. So, this show is really very boring. This is largely because our main will-they-won’t-they couple are very, very boring both as individuals and as a couple. Our main character is a badminton player named Taiki Inomata who falls for an older girl on their school’s basketball team named Chinatso Kano. When Cinatso’s parents move away, she moves in with Taiki and his family in order to finish out her high school career with the school’s basketball team. These two crazy kids ...