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My ode to the best sports movie ever made

By Terry Frei
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, November 29, 2007

What's the deal here? Why wasn't the "Slap Shot" anniversary more widely commemorated? There should have been a deluxe 30th anniversary DVD. "They brought their $#&$#&! toys with them!" No, make that a multiple-DVD set, complete with interviews with the cast, and an off-the-cuff commentary track from screenwriter Nancy Dowd and star Paul Newman. (Alas, director George Roy Hill died in 2002.) Throw in a travelogue of Johnstown, Pa., the real-life Charlestown, with archival footage of both ...

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