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Series
Publisher
ESPN Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his story with that of race in America. This series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife's murder, and why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later.
Series
30 for 30 volume Season 3, number 16
Publisher
ESPN Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
There are rivalries, and then there is the Boston Celtics vs. the Los Angeles Lakers. This critically-acclaimed film not only gets to the heart of the greatest tug-of-war in NBA history, but also shows how their three riveting Finals in four years in the 1980s fueled the popularity of the NBA. Director Jim Podhoretz presents a fabulous cast of characters who would change the NBA and open America's collective mind.
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A bold challenge, a fearless experiment and ultimately, a spectacular failure. In 2001, sports entertainment titans Dick Ebersol and Vince McMahon launched the XFL. It was hardly the first time a league had tried to compete with the NFL, but the brash audacity of the bid, combined with the personalities and charisma of Ebersol and McMahon and the marketing behemoths of their respective companies, NBC and WWE, captured headlines and a sense of undeniable...
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From 1981 to 1983, the Dunbar High School boys' basketball team in Baltimore was arguably the best high school basketball team that ever played. Over two seasons, they went 59-0, and eleven players on their rosters went off to Division I programs. Four would become future NBA players: David Wingate, Reggie Williams, Tyrone 'Muggsy' Bogues and Reggie Lewis, three of them making history by being selected together in the first round of the 1987 draft....
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1992, a young filmmaker named Mike Tollin (Varsity Blues, Coach Carter, Radio) chronicled one season in the lives of the Morningside High basketball team in Inglewood, California. They were the defending state champions, and all five starters were returning for their senior year. They seemed a shoo-in to win a second straight state title, and the five guys all thought they were on a path to become 'the next Jordan.' Now, twenty-five years later,...
6) Nature Boy
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
ESPN Films' Nature Boy bares the soul of someone whom millions of fans think they know. Propelled by two rousing yet brutally honest interviews with Flair conducted sixteen months apart, the film traces his epic career-from the creation of his blond Adonis character, through the glory days of the NWA and The Four Horsemen, to his poignant last years in the ring.
7) Tommy
Series
30 for 30 volume Season III, number 21
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It was a remarkable rise to the spotlight. But then came the stunning, confounding, and ultimately tragic fall. The story of one-time heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison is a tale unlike any other. Morrison's initial emergence as a fighter was bolstered by a starring role in Rocky V, and when he beat George Foreman for the WBO heavyweight title, he seemed primed for stardoms.
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