Champions (2023) on Netflix
Marcus Marakovich, a hotheaded minor league assistant coach in Iowa, is fired and arrested. Instead of jail, he is ordered to coach The Friends, a team whose players have learning disabilities.
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- Rotten Tomatoes59%
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Plot summary
Marcus Marakovich coaches on a minor league basketball team in Iowa. He shoves the head coach and loses the job, then crashes into a police car while drunk. Given a choice between jail and community service, he takes the service, which assigns him to coach The Friends, a team whose players have learning disabilities. The team practices at a rec center managed by Julio, with Sonny helping as an assistant coach and Phil, a fellow coach, as a friend of Marcus. Alex is the sister of the player Johnny, and she and Marcus have crossed paths before. Marcus is resistant to the whole arrangement.
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Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Champions (2023)
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- To fill the film's background roles, Champions put out a casting call through St. Amant, a non-profit organization that works with Manitobans who have developmental disabilities and autism.
