ANNOUNCEMENT: Athletes in Film Blogathon

It’s almost spring, and the blogathons are blooming like crazy! Here’s another tasty one for your perusal!

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Today I consider myself the luckiest woman on the face of the Earth.  Well…OK.  Maybe that’s overselling this a bit, but I am thrilled to be co-hosting a blogging event with my friend and colleague Rich from Wide Screen World.  The event is the Athletes in Film Blogathon and we look forward to your participation.

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The Athletes in Film Blogathon will focus on former athletes who became actors.  Examples are Charles Reisner, Johnny Weissmuller, Esther Williams and Sonja Henie.  You can also choose to write about films that feature athletes with obvious examples being Pat and Mike (1952), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), and Raging Bull (1980) among others.  There are many movies and characters to choose from and we hope you get creative.  In hopes of getting a wide range of submissions we will not be accepting duplicate topic entries.  Also, films from all eras…

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