With this week’s death of legendary actor Gene Hackman, one of his roles will forever be embedded in my soul — that of Coach Norman Dale in “Hoosiers.” ...

A small-town high school basketball movie set in the 1950s still speaks to some of us, and the late Gene Hackman helped bring it to life.

When great actors die, our grief multiplies. It feels like we lost them and every character they blessed with humanity. The ...

In “Hoosiers,” Gene Hackman, whose death was announced Thursday, created a man with understated strength, a taskmaster with ...

Hackman’s dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans for a single reason: His unforgettable role as Hickory Huskers ...

Hackman’s fellow actors from the 1986 film remembered him as an actor who offered wise advice but hated rehearsing and ...

Declared as one of the greatest sports movies in film history, the 1986 flick Hoosiers starred the late Gene Hackman as high ...

Outtakes: Was Norman Dale actually a good coach? Plus How much does crosschecking somebody in the head get you fined? Depends ...

At age 15, a group of my friends and I saw the 1985 film “Vision Quest” about a high school wrestler who decides he’s going “to make his mark” and drop two weight classes so he can take on the state’s ...

Hackman has died at 95, leaving behind a jewel of a sports movie about an Indiana high school basketball team. It might not ...

Gene Hackman's dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans for a single reason: his unforgettable role in "Hoosiers" as ...

Gene Hackman's Norman Dale in 'Hoosiers' is a great leader not because he had the title, but because his players wanted to play for him.