Bobby Plump -– the real-life Jimmy Chitwood –- said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town Hoosier state basketball story beyond Indiana to the rest of the world.

The death of heralded actor Gene Hackman begs the question: Who was the superior coach, Norman Dale in “Hoosiers” or Jimmy McGinty in “The Replacements”? Neither had much with which to work. Dale’s ...

Growing up, every kid wants to be like the characters that they observed in the famed movie "Hoosiers." The sweet jumper of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Bobby Plump -– the real-life Jimmy Chitwood ...