I’m from McFarland and I’m proud to be from McFarland." Puentes joined the McFarland cross country team as a freshman, after Coach Jim White showed up at his house and asked if he was ...

The story of their improbable victory, told in the Disney movie “McFarland, USA,” comes to theaters on February 20. Kevin Costner stars as Jim White, the tough-love coach who leads the team ...

Only “Jim White, Coach, McFarland, CA.” Inside were checks for $20, $100, $500 and one for $1,000 for the high school cross-country team in this poor farm town.

Actor Kevin Costner plays Coach Jim White in Disney's movie "McFarland%2C USA." White began the cross country program in McFarland which has turned into a ... "He brought him to my house," White said.

I knew a movie involving one of the biggest disappointments in my youth might be made someday. Still, my heart began to sink when a screening of “McFarland, USA” rolled around to its climax ...

The McFarland USA movie came out 10 years ago, a movie that's caught the eye of many across the world. It started in the 1980s with McFarland High School cross-country Coach Jim White, played by ...

“McFarland, USA” invokes an old sports movie trope: the inspiring coach and his noble, suffering team. But the good intentions can’t help it sprint past cliche. Kevin Costner is Jim White, a ...

Coach Jim White (Costner), his wife, Cheryl (Maria Bello), and their two daughters move to the dusty town of McFarland and are immediately put off by the poor farming community.

Kevin Costner returns to the sports movie genre in this inspirational story of an underdog cross country team. By Stephen Farber McFarland USA Still - H 2015 At first glance some might object to ...

The 1980s-set “McFarland, USA” has the answer: It’s cross-country. The plot, based on a true story, is pretty much paint-by-numbers, and though “McFarland” adds a few surprising dashes ...

Kevin Costner returns to the sports movie genre in this inspirational story of an underdog cross country team. By Stephen Farber McFarland USA Still - H 2015 At first glance some might object to ...