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Put Them In, Coach: Sports Drama Films Set for a Revival

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After a shoulder injury cut Mark Ciardi's professional baseball career short — the pitcher made it to the majors for a few games with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1987 — he set his sights on Hollywood, where he led off by producing a film about his onetime teammate Jim Morris.

That movie, The Rookie, became a huge hit for Disney, and Ciardi has since produced a successful run of real-life sports dramas including Miracle, Invincible and Secretariat.

But, the producer notes, in recent years major studios have lost interest in his genre of choice. He has spent more than a decade trying to tell the story of Ray Ray McElrathbey, a former Clemson University football star who started secretly raising his 11-year-old brother while in college.

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