Sports Movie Hall of Fame: ‘White Men Can’t Jump’

Sports Movie Hall of Fame: ‘White Men Can’t Jump’

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HBO and The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Chris Ryan and Rembert Browne to discuss ‘White Men Can’t Jump,’ the fourth inductee into the Sports Movie Hall of Fame. They cover Woody Harrelson’s hustling tactics (6:00), Wesley Snipes’s height (11:00), Rosie Perez’s polarizing character (17:00), the essence of pickup basketball (26:00), Woody’s fashion (30:00), Wesley Snipes’s career trajectory (37:00), the black actor championship belt (44:00), ‘New Jack City’ power rankings (48:00), and the premise of the remake (52:00).