{"id":1454109,"date":"2021-12-13T00:24:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T05:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1454109"},"modified":"2021-12-13T00:24:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T05:24:51","slug":"tom-cruises-character-jerry-maguire-based-on-big-name-nfl-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/tom-cruises-character-jerry-maguire-based-on-big-name-nfl-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cruise\u2019s Character in \u2018Jerry Maguire\u2019 Was Based on a Big-Name NFL Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If you\u2019ll forgive the pun, Tom Cruise made nearly All the Right Moves<\/em> for more than a decade, beginning with the 1983 movie about a football<\/a> prodigy looking to college football as his escape from a rust-belt steel mill town. Ten or so major hits later, Cruise starred in Jerry Maguire<\/em>, another sports movie. It\u2019s one that premiered 25 years ago this week and owes a debt to Leigh Steinberg, one of the best-known and most successful agents<\/a> in football history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2018Jerry Maguire\u2019 continued an incredible run for actor Tom Cruise<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n