While it may seem like a tried and overused plot, Hoosiers was probably the template for many other movies with a similar storyline that followed. Set in rural Indiana during the 1950s ...

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"Hoosiers" -- which was loosely based on the real-life story of Milan winning Indiana’s 1954 state title -- was ranked the top sports movie in a 2020 poll of 70 Associated Press sports writers ...

Nobody can lose their shit and start yelling quite like Gene Hackman. The actor, who was discovered dead in his home at the age of 95 this week ( under bizarre-sounding circumstances ), appeared in ...

Gene Hackman portrays coach Norman Dale in the film "Hoosiers." / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Twelve years later, the Huskies and the Hoosiers played twice over the course of eight days at sites 2,200 ...

"In my book, we’re gonna be winners." That famous line was delivered at the end of a speech by Gene Hackman's character Norman Dale in "Hoosiers." His Hickory Huskers went on to become winners on and ...