Ron Shelton (Bull Durham) wrote and directed the basketball-oriented seriocomedy White Men Cant Jump. Woody Harrelson plays Billy Hoyle, a white con artist who hustles basketball games with black players, lulling his victims into the misguided notion that white men cant match up with black hoopsters. One of his victims, African-American Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes), becomes Hoyles agent, arranging his various inner city scams. Deane doesnt feel as though hes selling out his own people; he goes along with Hoyle to provide a better life for his wife, Rhonda (Tyra Ferrell), and son. The film breezes through several zany sequences, including one liberal-baiting satirical moment set at a black/white solidarity basketball game arranged by an ambitious politician. Crooked gamblers intrude upon the last scenes of the film, but Hoyle is rescued by his girlfriend, Gloria (Rosie Perez), a Jeopardy freak who realizes a lifelong dream by winning big on the Alex Trebek-hosted game show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide