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You’d never think of ice hockey of being the number one most popular team sport in the US, but there was definitely a time when it was.

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The NHL All-Star Game is scheduled for this Sunday afternoon in Ottawa, Canada. In areas of northern US and Canada, the popularity of the sport is unmatched, as kids grow up in a culture that sometimes revolves around the Canadian Junior Hockey League.

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After throwing an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime in the Broncos playoff win over the Steelers on Sunday, Tim Tebow once again became an emerging storyline in the NFL. While Denver’s miraculous record of success this season has often been attributed solely to Tebow, the Broncos quarterback is often quick to note that teamwork and perseverance are responsible for the victories.

Much like the Broncos, the high school-age characters of our Sports Movie of the Week, ‘Remember The Titans,’ became a better team by playing together. In this drama, which was released in 2000, Denzel Washington and Will Patton star as coaches of the newly, racially integrated T. C. Williams High School in suburban Washington, DC in 1971 .

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The NFL postseason begins this week with wild card games on Saturday and Sunday. More than ever, early-round NFL playoff games seem to be decided because of the performance, or gaffes, of role players and no-name athletes thrust into a game-changing situation. It’s a reminder that NFL teams are made up of more than just superstars.

Every NFL player has a unique story of how they came to play pro football. Few NFL players’ stories are more interesting than that of Vince Papale, the subject of our Sports Movie of the Week: ‘Invincible.’ This 2006 drama stars Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear and Elizabeth Banks.

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While the NFL’s regular season ends this coming weekend, college football is nearly two weeks into its parade of postseason bowls that now stretches well past New Year’s Day. For football-crazy schools, the bowl appearance is the must-have at the end of every season to prove that the program is successful.

One such school is ESU, the fictional university featured in our Sports Movie of the Week: ‘The Program.’ This 1993 drama stars James Caan, Omar Epps and Halle Berry.

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After an off-season labor dispute that threatened the entire season, the NBA finally begins its 2011-12 schedule with five games on Christmas Day. One team you won’t find playing on that day: the Pittsburgh Pisces, the fictional team at the center of our Sports Movie of the Week: ‘The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.’ This 1979 comedy starring NBA legend Julius “Dr. J” Erving was filmed when Erving, astrology and disco music were all at, or near, their peak of popularity.

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Just three weeks remain in the 2011 NFL season. While many teams are still chasing playoff berths, others are filled with players and coaches who would like nothing better than to spoil the chances of their rivals while auditioning for potential new suitors for 2012.

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The original version of the Rankin/Bass classic Christmas special, ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,’ was apparently a little raw for early TV censors.

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After LSU ‘s convincing defeat of Georgia in the SEC Championship on Saturday, the Tigers were selected to play Alabama in the the BCS national championship game on January 9 in New Orleans.

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New York Jets’ coach Rex Ryan will make his movie debut in an upcoming untitled Adam Sandler comedy that cast Ryan as, of all things, a New England Patriots’ fan.

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