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The 2024 Stanley Cup winner will either be a team from the South or a team from the desert, just as the hockey founders intended when they invented the ice-based game in the 1800s. Dallas assured the reality last night with a thrilling 2-1 Game 7 win in front of a raucous crowd, thanks to a game-winning shot from a player who can’t buy a drink.
So, who’s even the favorite? Vegas thinks it’s tight,.
It is a nifty trick to turn what it is essentially a sports business story into a compelling piece of filmmaking. That was the case for Apple TV’s recently released four-part docuseries, “Super League: The War for Football,” which is the best sports documentary I’ve watched in 2023. The film focused on the creation and ultimate failure of a proposed “Super League” competition among Europe’s most popular teams. The tempo, plot and pace felt like a scripted drama.
I was thinking about sports films this week because of the success of “Air,” the Ben Affleck-directed film.