Says Mechelle – Movie will introduce many to Cathy Rush – Coach’s forward-thinking, optimism helped forward sport; ‘Mighty Macs’ debuts Friday
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous collection of short stories, “Twice-Told Tales,” consisted of writings actually published many more times than twice, of course. They appeared individually in magazines in the 1800s, then in a bound volume that went through various alterations.
The somewhat whimsical title of such a master work has long linked to women’s sports in my mind, incongruous as that sounds. So many women’s sports stories have never really been told even once. And some of the best, most historically important ones have been told … but can never be told enough. They merit repeated revisiting. They are stories about people and events that seem fictionalized but, in fact, aren’t.
Such is the case with the saga of coach Cathy Rush and her Immaculata teams that won the 1972, ’73 and ’74 AIAW championships in the early days of women’s collegiate basketball.
And lots more….
- Voepel: Movie offers dose of inspiration
- espnW: Rush relives landmark championship
- espnW: Grentz’s trip down memory lane
- espnW: Movie stirs memories at premiere
- espnW: Hitting hardwood, Hollywood-style
- Page 2: Gugino embraced role from start
Video
- Exclusive: Making of ‘The Mighty Macs’
- ‘Mighty Macs’ montage
- Sneak peak: ‘This isn’t working’
- Sneak peak: ‘Who here likes to win?’
