The undisputed talent of the Sandlot kids, Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez was not just a great Baseball player, but the cool kid who had no problem embracing others for what could easily be categorized as “uncool”.

The 1979 Iowa Amateur Bowling Champion never lived up to his billing. Losing your right hand in a con gone wrong can do that. To us, the character of Roy Munson is one of the greatest comedic characters in a sports flick. From the bad clothes, comb over hairdo and just being the unluckiest son of a bitch we ever saw in a movie, Munson is the definition of “lovable loser”. We would consider voting for him just for his puking reaction after having sex with his ghastly landlord to avoid eviction; actually we are laughing aloud just thinking about it. Chances are there a few scenes from that movie that have you chuckle just recalling it.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Kingpin (1996)

Actor:
Woody Harrelson

Why you should vote for him:
It was one of the best comedic sports performances ever.

Why you should not vote for him:
You may not view bowling as a sport.

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Sometimes (actually, a lot of the time) it is difficult to defend being a fan of professional wrestling. The movie, “Ready to Rumble” did not help anyone who is standing on that soapbox at all.

Rather than go into the details about what was wrong with the film, allow us to say this: If they were going to get a legitimate actor to play a pro wrestler could they not have found one who at least looked the part? With all due respect to Oliver Platt, (who was cast as Jimmy King, the object of two dimwitted wrestling fanboy’s hero worship), he was physically out of place in the role, and it was not like Platt was a big enough name to bring serious attention to the movie. Surely, there was someone else in Hollywood that they could have found to play the role, as it was not as though the film did not have funding, and the film was not cast with no names. Incidentally, World Championship Wrestling, which was the setting and producers of the film, went out of business a year after the film came out; although if we had to point fingers it would be more at David Arquette than Oliver Platt.

As the lead character in “Bend it Like Beckham”, Jesminder Bhamra crossed gender and racial lines and gave us what was overall a very good film; and not just one of athletic accomplishments. Indirectly, this is more of a coming of age female flick than a sports one, so should that matter? We will let you decide on that one.