The smell of the ol’ bat. The feel of that dirty pigskin. Do you miss it? How can we survive in a world temporarily inconvenienced by the lack of sports? As we count down the days until the billionaire class marches their athlete armies back onto the field to risk their lives for entertainment, the only comfort we can find is in the sports cinema of yesteryear.

THIS WEEK: Blood Games (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Battlefield Baseball (2003), and He Got Game (1998)

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