{"id":275479,"date":"2024-05-24T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T07:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=275479"},"modified":"2024-05-23T23:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T06:10:36","slug":"above-the-rim","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/podcast\/above-the-rim\/","title":{"rendered":"Above the Rim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you recall your favorite sports movie of all time? (No, the Karate Kid doesn't count, stop it.) Well one of our favorites, an underrated and forgotten gem, is Above The Rim. A 1994 classic that may very well have the best basketball played in a sports film ever. But is it good enough to be the first sports movie ever inducted into the First Ballot HOF? 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