Jesse Owens biopic ‘Race’ could be best track movie of all time

The trailer is out for “Race,” the latest movie on wish-he-were M100 Jesse Owens. It appears to pull no punches. (I can’t wait to see how it depicts the 220-yard low hurdles world record of 1935.) And as one commenter said: “One of the coolest things about the Jesse Owens story is that Hitler had hired someone to make a movie of the Olympic Games, likely intended for propaganda, and Jesse Owens ended up having a starring role in it, just because he was so awesome that they couldn’t leave him out.” It’s hard to top “Chariots of Fire” and “Running Brave,” some of the many great T&F flicks. But I hope this one — due out in February 2016 — jump-starts interest in our sport and even gets older folks nostalgic and wanting to jump back in the game.