‘You can’t stop Marge’s shots’: The rise of The Splash, an over-80s basketball team
by Dave Caldwell from US news | The Guardian on (#5ZPSM)
A new ESPN documentary sparkles thanks to the charisma and humor of the basketball players at the heart of its story
Make A Splash is a new sports film about a team of women in their 80s and 90s - not from the 1980s or 1990s - who play real basketball, with off-ball picks and turnaround jumpers.
It would be tempting to watch the players and say: Wow, look at those old ladies make cuts and sink those shots! Aren't they just so ... cute? It would also, like an air ball, miss the point.
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