When I heard that Gene Hackman had died, I thought of the movie “Hoosiers.” I thought of Coach Norman Dale at Hickory High. I thought of so many scenes from the movie when stopping in the “Hoosiers Gym,
Declared as one of the greatest sports movies in film history, the 1986 flick Hoosiers starred the late Gene Hackman as high school basketball Coach Norman Dale. The famed film follows the story of the Huskers and how they went from small-town Hickory,
On Saturday afternoon at Alaska Airlines Arena, with the sun shining bright through the cathedral windows facing Mountlake Boulevard, in a perfect setting to take on one of the college game's most storied basketball programs,
SEATTLE, Wash. — Indiana basketball fans brought a taste of Assembly Hall to the West Coast on Saturday afternoon in a 78-62 win over Washington. There was a large contingent of IU fans in attendance at Alaska Airlines Arena and they closed out the game with chants of "Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers" in celebration of the their team's third straight win.
Hackman’s fellow actors from the 1986 film remembered him as an actor who offered wise advice but hated rehearsing and multiple takes.
New Mexico authorities provided an update on the deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa.
University of Kansas coach Bill Self once likened a moment in the Jayhawks’ 2022 NCAA Championship victory to a scene in “Hoosiers.”
The Athletic placed "Hoosiers" at No. 15 on its list of the top 100 sports movies, with “Rocky” taking first. On Rotten Tomatoes, "Hoosiers" is ranked as the No. 53 best sports movie with a certified fresh score of 91%. "Hoosiers" did not win any Academy Awards -- unlike AP's runner-up "Rocky," which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1977.