
Kevin Costner and sports movies go together like pro athletes and paternity tests balls.
And it's been way too long since he's made one.
The actor, who just received an Emmy nomination for his work in the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys, is in talks to star in the sports biopic McFarland.
The movie's titular coach is famous for taking a poor Southern California Hispanic neighborhood's track team to glory.
The film could mark

This is a first!
Santa Barbara resident Charles Grimm filed a complaint with the county against Kevin Costner because the high-profile actor's unkempt bush is obstructing Grimm's ocean view!!
Go back and read that sentence again. We'll wait.
Yup, this is real news, folks!
We don't know exactly how unruly the Tin Cup star's bush is — nor whether he usually asks his beautiful wife Christine Baumgartner with help trimming the hedges — we just know that Mizter Grimm misses his ocean view!!
Do U think Kevin should fight back like he did against Stephen Baldwin, to ensure his bush can grow as wild as he wants???
Or should he acquiesce and shave trim the whole thing?
[Image via WENN.]

If lawsuits were decided by a popularity contest, Stephen Baldwin never stood a chance against Kevin Costner.
Luckily, Stephen's allegations that Costner screwed him out of a major business deal with BP were sorted out by a jury. Unfortunately for Alec Baldwin's brother, he still lost!
Stephen wanted $17 million for being

It's day two of the New Orleans trial between Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin over lost profits from an oil company deal.
Baldwin sued Costner at the end of 2010 because he felt that the Waterworld actor duped him into selling his stake in Costner's company that helped clean up oil spills. After selling off his 10% share, BP bought up the company's machines for $52 million and Baldwin thinks Costner intentionally forced him out to make more money!
We're not sure what's true, but Costner has

America LOVES the Hatfields & McCoys!
13.9 million viewers tuned in on Monday night to the first 2-hour installment of The History Channel's 3-part miniseries, which stars Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton as the feuding families' patriarchs.
As a result, the History Channel has officially made history because the western has become was the most-watched non-sports show ever on ad-supported cable TV.
Yeah, it's a mouthful of a record, but an impressive one nonetheless. To put it into perspective, the top show of
Ahhh! It's all coming together!!!
We previously told you that this fall, a musical based on the late Whitney Houston's film debut, The Bodyguard, will be premiering in London!
The play adaptation will feature Heather Headley, as she takes on Whitney's role and Lloyd Owen as the bodyguard, Kevin Costner's character in the film.
Check out a behind the scenes sneak peek (above)!!!
Looks like the show is really gearing up to be something special! We hope it would make Whitney proud.
Want to hear more of Heather taking on So Emotional? Take a look at the video of her in the studio (below)!

We're sure you saw or heard Kevin Costner's beautiful eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral.
But what you may not know is that he was this-close to not saying anything!
We all cope in different ways, and Kevy's way was staying silent. It was gonna stay that way too until Whitney's cousin, Dionne Warwick, made a very important phone call.
Kevin explains what changed his mind