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The Milan Miracle: The Town that Hoosiers Left Behind

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Will lightning ever strike twice? Can David beat Goliath a second time? These questions haunt everyone in the small town of Milan, Indiana, whose basketball team inspired Hoosiers, the greatest underdog sports movie ever made. From a town of just 1,816 residents, the team remains perpetually an underdog, but one with a storied past that has them endlessly frozen in their 1954 moment of glory. Each ten years or so, Milan has a winning season, but for the most part, they only manage a win or two every year. And still, most likely because it’s the best choice for Milan, the town believes that the Indians can rise again. Bill Riley follows the brand new day Indians for a season and explores how the Milan myth still permeates the town, the residents, and their high level of expectations of the team. Riley deftly captures the camaraderie between the players and their coach and their school pride in being Indians. Finally, there are few wins or causes for celebration―there’s only the little town where basketball is king and nearly the whole town shows as much as watch every game. The legend of Milan and Hoosiers is both a blessing and a curse.


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