The news of actor James Van Der Beek's passing has continued to ripple through the online community even 24 hours later.
Tributes have poured in from former costars and fans alike, showing how impactful his roles were to children of the 90s.
While many knew Van Der Beek from his role as the titular Dawson Leery onDawson's Creek, sports junkies will always remember him as the gunslinging West Texas high school quarterback Jon Moxon inVarsity Blues.
In that vein, to honor the memory of Van Der Beek, I will be sharing my five favorite sports movies of all time, and, yes,Varsity Bluesis absolutely one of them.
They may not be your favorites, so make sure you email me and let me know what you think is the greatest sports movie ever made.
Alright, enough of the small talk, let's get the ball rolling!
I've had a sort of love-hate relationship with this movie, and it's not for reasons you might think.
The baseball scenes and the front office stuff is near perfection for a big-budget, Hollywood drama, but the family subplot interspersed between the Oakland A's legendary 2002 win streak always gives me mood whiplash.
With all that being said, I LOVE this movie.
Brad Pitt absolutely crushes it as Billy Beane, a man ahead of his time with the idea of piecing together a championship roster while strapped for cash, and the chemistry between he and Jonah Hill really puts this one over the top for me.
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