Best Sports Screenplays
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Hat TrickA retired police officer goes to the current-day Army/Navy football game with his two wacky friends intending to jump onto the field and score a touchdown he should’ve scored decades ago when he fumbled during the same football classic as time ran out, only this time dozens of security guards await him, and it’ll be a friggin’ miracle if he succeeds. |
| 2 |
LA NightsIt is 1973, and Quick operates an upscale after-hours establishment in West Los Angeles alongside his socialite son, Dizzy. When a New York detective on Quick's trail receives a tip from his southside rival, Quick and his eclectic crew concoct a plan for one final heist before they flee the city. Script Excerpt |
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Monday's HeroA former college football All-American turned lawyer must defend his school's football team from a hate crime murder charge. Script Excerpt |
| 4 |
4TH DOWNLogline: A former college football star battling survivors guilt from a past fatal car accident gets recruited by a NFL scout as a practice player for training camp on a new expansion team. |
| 5 |
The Umpire Has No BallsA fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire. Her problem? No woman has ever broken through the stainless-steel ceiling of this male dominated sport. |
| 6 |
Major PlayersAfter a five-year prison stint, a recently freed boxer must defeat the undefeated champion of Atlanta 'The Monster' to save his cousin from the criminal underworld. Script Excerpt |
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3rd and GoalAgainst all odds, the first female quarterback drafted into the NFL battles prejudices and personal tragedy as she attempts to lead her longtime losing team in the quest for a playoff berth. |
| 8 |
A Time to RememberThe number-one pop star in the world puts his blazing-hot career on hold to attend his senior year of high school and play football - much to his family and record label's dismay. Script Excerpt |
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MIRROR FOR THE SUNAfter his ex-gang member father is killed, a Black teen surfer from Compton flees to Hawaii with his dad’s board, only to face local hostility, culture clashes, and the lure of his past as he fights to find his place in the waves—and within himself. COMPARABLES - MENACE II SOCIETY meets BLUE CRUSH meets KARATE KID 2 |
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THE YIPSBased on a true story... A high school pitching phenom's lifelong dream of Major League glory is derailed when deep-seated anguish from maternal abandonment of his incarcerated mother, bubbles to the surface in self-destructive behavior, as he rejects the love of his devoted stepmom... until an unlikely friendship helps him confront his pain. (Google China McCarney to see his amazing mental health journey) |
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Major Players 2: Thunder vs LightningAfter defeating a seemingly invincible opponent and severing ties with his manipulative cousin, a boxer must face an even more intimidating foe. Script Excerpt |
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Happy New Year, Mr. Kates! (Hoilday/Dramedy/Magical Realism)
A contemporary holiday tale about a grumpy old man who resides in the memory unit of nursing home, and is presented with a gripping bargain by a mystical stranger: the chance to swap his inconsequential life for that of a lost child’s, one snowy New Year's Eve.
The Return
Gen. Douglas MacArthur must redeem himself and the U.
The Confession (Elevated Horror/Drama/Thriller)
A shy eight-year-old Catholic girl commits a petty crime to have a
Gog Unfolding
Special Forces combat veteran Jake McClure returns to the U.
FORBIDDEN PROVISIONS
A journalist goes undercover as an illegal migrant to get a story on how well the government is treating captured immigrants, only to uncover something grizzlier than he expected.
End It On This
Trying to salvage their chaotic love life, a careless couple hits the road, just in time for the world to end.
The Silent Rebellion
In this post-apocalyptic thriller, a group of patriots led by a fierce female band together in an attempt to save their loved ones from a tyrannical and seemingly unbeatable new social system.
She Curses Like a Sailor
The perception of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their baffling neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her college senior class project.
