The idea of sport is something that dates back much further than the medium of film; thousands of years compared to the century and change moving pictures have been around. Still, movies have long been recognized for their ability to excite and inspire, much like the acts of participating in and watching sports do. As such, it feels only natural that the medium of film gets used to present sports on screen in an extra cinematic way, by telling either fictional stories or dramatic recreations of real-life sporting events.