The story of Rudy Ruettiger was always one of the more inspirational stories in sports. An undersized kid walks on at Notre Dame and after constantly trying and trying and trying, he made the gameday ...

When the email looking for “Worst Sports Movie” nominations went out, I didn’t contribute all that much — my only real stance was that direct-to-video stuff shouldn’t be considered, lest we end up a ...

Even at Rudy Kurniawan’s coming-out party in September 2003, there were questionable bottles of wine. A score of Southern California’s biggest grape nuts had gathered at the restaurant Melisse in ...

Ah, Rudy. It's like 100 cc of inspiration injected directly into your crying heart. It's the movie people turn to when they need to get off the couch and achieve. And it goes beyond being a mere ...

As a lifetime Alabama fan, I’m not supposed to like “Rudy," let alone say out loud that it is, without question, the best college football movie of all time. But here we are. It’s the truth. Frankly, ...

It’s a scene that can make even the toughest cry. Roland, the captain of Notre Dame’s football team, walks into coach Dan Devine’s office. “I want Rudy to dress in my place, coach. He deserves it,” ...

I broke a vow last week and watched Rudy. It took me three days. What follows is my walk through the shadow of death. Rudy begins with a pickup football game between five boys in a Midwestern mill ...

On the night of Sept. 30, 1974, Daniel Eugene Ruettiger made eye contact with Elvis Presley. It happened just outside Gate 8 of Notre Dame's Athletic and Convocation Center, not as the King was ...