Drop The Ball: Notable Sports-Related Mistakes in Movies
The facts weren't straight in these flicks.
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Straight Outta Compton Has Sports-Related Mistake in the Opening Scene - Straight Outta Compton cleaned up in its opening weekend, raking in over $60 million. Keen sports fans, though, were able to spot an error in the movie's opening scene as Eazy-E (played by Jason Mitchell) is shown wearing a Chicago White Sox hat with "Sox" written in old English font. The problem with that is, according to reports, the scene was set in 1986 and the White Sox didn't switch to their old English font until 1991. Director F. Gary Gray shouldn't feel too bad about the mistake, though. Many movies have included sports-related errors in the past. BET.com plays fact checker in pointing out a bunch.(Photo: Universal Pictures)
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42 - In 42, the 2013 movie about Jackie Robinson's life, the iconic slugger is hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Fritz Ostermueller. In reality, the pitch didn't hit Robinson and there was no evidence that he told Robinson, "You don't belong here and you never will," as shown in the film.(Photo: AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, D. Stevens)
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The Express - The 2008 movie told the story of Ernie Davis, who starred for Syracuse University before winning the Heisman Trophy and going on to be the No. 1 selection in the 1962 NFL Draft. The mistake the movie made was having him introduced during a game against the Chicago Bears, when he was actually introduced in a pre-season game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Davis never had a chance to play an NFL game because he tragically passed due to leukemia.(Photo: Universal Pictures)
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Ali - It's certainly not the biggest mistake, but they got a fact wrong in the film about the famed Rumble in the Jungle bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Ali was announced out of the blue corner and Foreman out of the red corner, but it was actually the other way around.(Photo: Columbia Pictures)
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Love & Basketball - The 2000 classic Love & Basketball had its fair share of mistakes, one of them being Monica (played by Sanaa Lathan) having teammates on her USC team wearing jersey numbers that are not allowed in the NCAA.(Photo: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks)
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