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A retired pro-quarterback is controlled by his debilitating heart disease. Terrified of being trapped in his current quality of life forever, he must decide whether he should go through with a risky surgery to repair his broken and depressed heart.

A sports announcer strikes up an unlikely friendship with a stubborn baseball player nearing the end of his career and tries to convince him to go home to his family. Despite a long, successful baseball career, Steve Sprissel isn't ready to return home to his children, until he befriends a sports announcer who's ready to change his mind.

A man considers the possibility of multiple realities, and creates possible scenarios for how his life could have turned out; including one where he is a famous football player, another where he's a stay-at-home dad caring for a daughter who has Down Syndrome, and another where she doesn't.

An elderly, childless, former soccer player watches a team of young girls play against a team that appears much older and stronger. He allows himself to be invested in the game, rooting for the underdogs, as he yearns for his past All-American title and for a child.

A family begins a new life in a college town where the father will coach the college's JV football team.

An elderly man fills out an exit questionnaire as he leaves his retirement community, intending to admonish the community's doctor. He ends up revealing the details of his final months with his wife and describes how they used to dance together, cherishing their love.

When a star player on his professional basketball team falls during the big game, a fellow player reflects on the history of Black people in the United States that brought them to that moment.

A wrestler who believes he has come to terms with his mortality faces death when he is scheduled to fight against a man who has already killed at least one opponent in the ring.

A baseball pitcher feels the intense pressure of an important game as he looks back on his successful career and the tension it created with his distant father.

An Olympic swimmer-turned-writer and a New York heiress fall in love as Spanish flu ravages the world. However, when the stressors of class, an unexpected pregnancy, and a global pandemic arise, the two lovers must decide if their love can withstand the times.