With the hyped release of Will Ferrell’s new sports movie, “Semi-Pro”, only a day away, I took a trip down memory lane to think about some of the best sports movies of all time. Feel free to e-mail me if you disagree because these rankings could be debated for hours.

Best sports movies from our childhood:

Honorable Mentions: “Space Jam,” “Air Bud”

5. “Little Big League” – How cool would it be to not only own the Minnesota Twins, but to manage the team while still in middle school?

4. “Cool Runnings” – There’s nothing like four track stars from Jamaica entering the bobsled competition at the Olympics. “Sanka, ya dead?” “No man.”

3. “Rookie of The Year” – Only the Cubs would sign a 12-year-old pitcher who throws 100 miles per hour after falling and breaking his arm. “Rosenberger…warm up. You’re going in!”

2. “The Sandlot” – After losing an autographed baseball from some guy named Babe Ruth, Benny ‘The Jet’ Rodriguez out-runs ‘The Beast’ to save the day.

1. “The Mighty Ducks Trilogy” – Rarely is a sequel better than the original, but "Mighty Ducks 2" was. The story lines of all three movies were similar (an under-dog Ducks team taking down the favorites) but who doesn’t love an overweight goalie, the knucklepuck, or the great Gordon Bombay. Quack, quack, quack, quack,…gooooo Ducks!

Best Sports comedies of all time:

Honorable Mentions: “Happy Gilmore,” “BASEketball,” “White Men Can’t Jump”

5. “Dodgeball” – The king of corny lines. The thought of even making an entire movie about dodgeball is funny in its own right.

4. “Major League” – A hilarious team of baseball misfits somehow reaches the World Series.

3. “Slap Shot” – One of the few movies made about Hockey. The Hanson brothers take over in this hilarious hockey satire.

2. “Bull Durham” – A great combination of America’s two favorite pastimes— baseball and sex.

1. “Caddyshack” – Easily the best sports comedy ever made and probably the most quoted.

Best sports movies of all time:

Honorable Mentions: “Friday Night Lights,” “Remember the Titans,” “Major League,” “Blue Chips”

5. “Cinderella Man” – A feel good story set during the Great Depression about a boxers struggle to keep his family afloat. A tear-jerker that gets me every time.

4. “Rudy” – Not one person suggested it when I asked my friends, but Rudy is one of my all-time favorites. Another tear-jerker, Rudy suggests nothing is impossible.

3. “Bull Durham” – Not only is it a great sports comedy, but it’s a great sports movie too.

2. “Caddyshack” – “It’s in the hole!” Chevy Chase. Bill Murray and Rodney Dangerfield star in a Cinderella story featuring links, lies, ladies and gambling.

1. “Hoosiers” – A small-town drunk turns a high school basketball team into a top contender for the state championship. Based on a true story, this classic case of redemption is a sports fan favorite.

Since Bull Durham appears to be most people’s choice for one of the best movies ever, I will leave you with some words from Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) in the 1988 classic.

“I believe in the soul ... the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.”

—Edited by Nick Mangiaracina