Gene Hackman was 95 and almost four decades past the release of “Hoosiers” when he died. But coaches haven’t forgotten the ...

The intersection of sports and Hollywood has produced a long and fruitful relationship, but perhaps nobody did it better than Gene Hackman in “Hoosiers.” In the wake of Hackman’s death last week, in ...

Hoosiers” (1986) is a fictionalized account of Indiana high school basketball set at a small school in the early 1950s. It is ...

However, for Fort Wayne architect Chris Stine, the iconic movie holds personal memories of his time spent on set, working ...

Bobby Plump — the real-life Jimmy Chitwood — said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town Hoosier state basketball story beyond Indiana to the rest of the world.

Gene Hackman, a Hollywood giant and two-time Oscar winner, was found dead along with his wife and dog in their New Mexico ...

Morgan Freeman led an emotional tribute to honor Gene Hackman at the 2025 Oscars — just days after “The French Connection” actor and his wife were discovered dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home.

One of the greatest American actors of the 20th century was voted “least likely to succeed” by his first theater school, wasn ...

I wanted to thank him for ‘Hoosiers.’ I’m glad I didn’t.

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.

Gene Hackman's long and critically acclaimed career ended in retirement over 20 years ago, brought on by health concerns.

The 'French Connection' and 'Hoosiers' star was found dead, along with his wife and their dog, at their home in Santa Fe, New ...