Top 12 tear-jerker sports movies of all time?

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‘Everybody knows everybody is dying; that’s why people are as good as they are’ -- New York Mammoths pitcher Henry Wiggen (Michael Moriarty) to his terminally ill teammate and friend, catcher Bruce Pearson (Robert DeNiro).

That’s a quote from ‘Bang the Drum Slowly,’’ which movie expert Randy Williams considers one of the best sports films ever -- for those who are into the crying game.

Williams, author of ‘100 Movies -- The Best of Hollywood’s Heroes, Losers, Myths and Misfits,’ wrote about sports movies in advance of the opening of the new movie about Ernie Davis.

-- Randy Harvey