As a member of the 18-24 year old male demographic, I know that what my peers and I enjoy is what the world will give us. We consume the most media, and as such most media is directed towards us. And one of the things we like, for better or for worse, is sports. Sports dominate our culture. In the dining halls at my university ESPN is the default station for the televisions. Super Bowl sunday is treated as an unofficial holiday in the United States. Men can talk sports with each other even if they have just met. It's something almost all of us share and can bond (and sometimes divide) over. So it makes sense that most (if not all) sports movies are aimed at young male adults. So it seems odd that in 2004's Miracle, a film filled with 20-something athletes, the film focuses on the much older coach, hardly bothering to even differentiate between the players. Sure, Miracle is a sports movie, but more essentially it is a character study of Herb Brooks.
