Tag: rowing

George Clooney’s ‘The Boys in the Boat’ tells story of rowing team’s unlikely journey to Olympics. Here’s how the director can relate to underdog tale.

George Clooney steers the ship as the director of the inspirational true story The Boys in the Boat, about the incredible rise of the University of Washington rowing team as they compete for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Clooney told Yahoo Entertainment that the team’s unlikely journey from junior varsity to the Olympic stage […]