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* The [[Anime]] series ''[[Princess Nine]]'' is about a whole ''team'' of girls trying to win the Japanese national [[High School]] baseball championship.
* In the same vein, ''[[Taishou Yakyuu Musume]]'', only even moreso a
* In the manga version of ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', Panther tries to become a player for the Nasa Aliens, but he is repeatedly rejected by Coach Apollo for being black.
* Kou Shuurei in ''[[Saiunkoku Monogatari]]'' sets out to become the first woman to ever hold a position as a government official in a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] to feudal China, after the current Emperor changes the law that previously denied women the right to apply for government positions. Even with the support of the Emperor, she faces quite a bit of opposition, to the point that when an outbreak of plague occurs in the province she's been appointed to, a cult starts a rumor that it's divine punishment for allowing a woman to hold office.
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* ''[[Glory Road (film)|Glory Road]]'', the story of the first all-black Texas Western college basketball team, who defeated the mostly white Kentucky (led by Coach Adolph Rupp, [[Historical Villain Upgrade|who wasn't the overt rabid racist the movie made him out to be]]) in the finals of the NCAA tournament.
** Plus in [[Real Life]] the teams they were playing against mostly already had 3 or 4 starting players who were black, they were just the first to have an ''all'' black starting line-up.
* Subverted in ''[[Ice Princess]]'', where the protagonist is the same age, sex, and ethnicity as the other young figure skaters she wants to compete with, yet is hassled for this
* ''[[The Express]]'', about Ernie Davis, first black Heisman Trophy winner.
* ''The Jackie Robinson Story''. Duh.
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== Western Animation ==
* Subverted on ''[[Futurama]]'', when Leela is allowed to become the first female professional Blernsball player only because she's so comically bad that it makes for a good crowd-draw. She eventually makes it into the hall of
** It turned out that she still inspired other female players to turn
** There's even a [[Shout-Out]]: "The first woman to play [major-league Blernsball] ''well''" is a black woman named Jackie Anderson; who berates Leela at one point for being nothing but a "freakshow" who is "making it impossible for female ballplayers to be taken seriously".
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', featuring a kids' football team. Lisa shows up in full gear, announcing "That's right, a ''girl'' wants to play football!" ...only to quit in disappointment, when she finds out there are already four girls on the team.
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