The Envelope, Please...

With the Academy Awards being presented tonight we dug into our interview files to recall the favorite films of these sports and media personalities:

Marv Albert: The Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby

Sandy Alderson: Risky Business
Ronde Barber: The Fifth Element
Billy Beane: It’s a Wonderful Life and Braveheart
Elton Brand: A Clockwork Orange, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Long Kiss Goodnight
Seth Davis: It’s a Wonderful Life
Boomer Esiason: We Were Soldiers
Ari Fleischer: The Lord of the Rings and Risky Business
Walt Frazier: Dances With Wolves
Peter Gammons: The Deer Hunter
David Halberstam: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Keith Hernandez: Lawrence of Arabia, Casablanca, Shane, and The Ipcress File
Grant Hill: Coming to America
Jack Kemp: A Man for All Seasons
Steve Kerr: The Shawshank Redemption
Mike Krzyzewski: Legends of the Fall and Braveheart
Al Leiter: The Shawshank Redemption and Forrest Gump
Ronnie Lott: One on One
Rich McKay: The Godfather
Alonzo Mourning: Men of Honor, Coming to America, and The Color Purple
Jim Nantz: The Deer Hunter and Dances With Wolves
Phil Simms: The Godfather
Emmitt Smith: Gladiator, Titanic, and Message in a Bottle
Annika Sorenstam: Gladiator and Forrest Gump
Erik Spoelstra: Gladiator, Remember the Titans, and Fletch
Roger Staubach: Hoosiers and The Sound of Music
Joe Torre: The Godfather
Jerry West: Apocalypse Now, Band of Brothers, Seabiscuit, and Finding Forrester
Mary Wittenberg: Chariots of Fire
Kristi Yamaguchi: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, and Roman Holiday