T he 1986 basketball drama Hoosiers, which airs tonight at 8pm EST on TCM, has been singled out by both the American Film ...

Based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954, this movie chronicles the attempts of a coach with a spotty past, and the town's basketball-loving drunk to ...

After Gene Hackman'a death, 'Hoosiers' director David Anspaugh tells story of how Jack Nicholson almost took on lead role in iconic sports movie.

The studio fought to get Burt Reynolds cast in the role ... They had to move forward with "Hoosiers" without Nicholson. But his interest in the movie was key to the film's success, said Anspaugh.