As for basketball, you could have included the old chestnut (but wonderful!) “Flubber” movie with Fred MacMurry. But that’s not really a sports movie. Here’s one that is, albeit a sports documentary, “Act as If,” which is about the Harvard women’s basketball coach,” Kathy Delaney-Smith. She gets consistent victory out of her players through her unique philosophy: act as if … you’ve won, you’ve overcome the challenge or the obstacle, act as if whatever you’re attempting you can do — and you’ll succeed. Great homage to the power of the mind! The filmmaker (Melissa Johnson) was one of the coach’s players and team captain. It’s a great movie: uplifting, funny and inspiring.

(Basketball and movies also reminds me, for whatever reason, of “Two Men and a Baby,” with Tom Selleck and Ted Danson — simply because I recall the Selleck character have a huge library of great moments in basketball, which he’d show to all and sundry. Ah, memories!

Still can’t believe you left off “Fever Pitch,” though…