King's Ransom
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2009
The 1988 trade of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings and the effect it had on Gretzky, the fans in Edmonton, and the popularity of hockey in Southern California.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2009
The 1988 trade of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings and the effect it had on Gretzky, the fans in Edmonton, and the popularity of hockey in Southern California.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2009
A profile of Baltimore's love affair with football and the Colts, focusing on the Colts Marching Band. After the Colts decamped for Indianapolis in 1984, the band remained in Baltimore and helped promote the eventual return of the NFL to the city.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2009
Fresh interviews and archival footage track the life and demise of the United States Football League in the mid-1980s. A highlight is Tollin's interview with Donald Trump, the former New Jersey Generals owner whose post-interview comments on the league give this documentary its title.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2009
A look at the October 1980 Muhammad Ali–Larry Holmes fight and its impact on both fighters, featuring fresh interviews with participants and previously unseen lead-up footage from both fighters' camps.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2009
The death of Len Bias from a cocaine-induced heart attack, two days after Boston selected him as the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, and its impact on casual drug use, especially by the sports community.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2009
The life of Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, from his career as a Las Vegas bookmaker to his tenure on The NFL Today, from which he was fired in 1988.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2009
The racial and cultural evolution of Miami during the 1980s as represented within the University of Miami football team.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2010
The impact of Indiana Pacer Reggie Miller on the New York Knicks in the 1990s, specifically focusing on the Pacers/Knicks battles in the 1994 and 1995 NBA Playoffs and on Miller's interaction with Knicks fan Spike Lee.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Apr 3, 2010
A profile of Paul Westhead's coaching tenure at Loyola Marymount University (1985–1990), where his Lions' team was known for its high-scoring run-and-gun offense and talented players such as Bo Kimble and Hank Gathers, who died on-court in 1990.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2010
The 1993 trial of Hampton, Virginia, high school athlete Allen Iverson, convicted for his role in a racially tinged melee, and its impact on both the community and on Iverson's life.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2010
Meeting at New York City's La Rotisserie Francaise restaurant in 1980, a group of writers and academics develop Rotisserie Fantasy baseball, only to see it take off in popularity and leave them behind.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Apr 27, 2010
A profile of Ricky Williams focuses on his brief 2004 departure from the NFL, when he sought self-redemption amidst media criticism and fresh rumors of marijuana use.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: May 4, 2010
How hosting (and winning) the1995 Rugby World Cup and Nelson Mandela's support of the Springboks national team affected post-apartheid South Africa.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: May 11, 2010
The relationship between the Raiders and the minority fan base in Los Angeles during the team's 13 seasons in L.A. (1982–1994).
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2010
Quick-cut archival footage captures the various US sporting events on the day in question and the emotions they generated, including but not limited to the opening of the World Cup soccer tournament, the Knicks/Rockets battle in the NBA Finals, Arnold Palmer's last round in the U.S. Open, and the New York Rangers' Stanley Cup victory celebration. One event overshadows them all: O.J. Simpson's run from the police.
Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Jun 22, 2010
The lives of soccer player Andrés Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar; the intertwining of crime and soccer in their native Colombia; and the connections between the murders of both men.
Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Jul 29, 2010
The life of Mat Hoffman and his 25-year career of advancing BMX riding, both creatively and promotionally.
Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2010
Motivated by the dream his late father had for him, Michael Jordan retires from basketball and has a brief career in minor league baseball.
Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: Aug 31, 2010
The Kirkland National Little League team's success at the 1982 Little League World Series, examining why their title win is considered one of the biggest upsets in the event's history.
Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2010
The friendship of boxer Mike Tyson and rapper Tupac Shakur and the night of September 7, 1996, when Shakur was murdered after attending the Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight in Las Vegas.
Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2010
A look at the rivalry and friendship between tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.
Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Sep 21, 2010
The legacy of George Steinbrenner's ownership of the New York Yankees.
Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Sep 28, 2010
Terry Fox's attempt to run across Canada in support of fundraising for cancer research captures the attention of his fellow Canadians and the world.
Episode: 1x24 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2010
The remarkable comeback of the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS.
Episode: 1x25 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2010
The story of Croatian Dražen Petrović and Serbian Vlade Divac, NBA players and Yugoslavian national teammates, and how upheaval in their homeland adversely and irretrievably affected their friendship.
Episode: 1x26 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2010
The career of NASCAR driver Tim Richmond, his flamboyant lifestyle, and his 1989 death from AIDS.
Episode: 1x27 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2010
The euphoria created by Fernando Valenzuela's 1981 arrival with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Episode: 1x28 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2010
The successful track and field career of Marion Jones, her 2007 admission of performance-enhancing drug use, and subsequent prison sentence.
Episode: 1x29 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2010
The 1981 recruiting of high school football player Marcus Dupree by multiple big-time college programs, his resulting injury-prone college and professional career, and how his pursuit by college and USFL teams changed the recruiting process.
Episode: 1x30 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2010
The rise, fall, and rebirth of the SMU Mustangs football program, which received a 1-year "death penalty" for major infractions after former SMU player David Stanley blew the whistle on the long-suspected program.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 2, 2012
An exploration of the road to fortune in sports and the eventual detours (for various reasons) to financial difficulties and bankruptcy, as experienced by top athletes including Bernie Kosar, Andre Rison, Keith McCants, and Cliff Floyd.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 9, 2012
A profile of the Men's 100 meter final at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the lives of the 8 men who participated, including Ben Johnson (whose world-record run of 9.79 seconds was scrubbed after he tested positive for anabolic steroids) and Carl Lewis (who was awarded the gold medal after Johnson's disqualification).
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 16, 2012
The story of one fan's obsessive quest to purchase, at a 2010 auction, James Naismith's original rules of basketball, perhaps the most important historical document in American sports history, and to bring it "home" to Lawrence, Kansas, where Naismith taught and coached at the University of Kansas for 39 years.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2012
The life of Ben Wilson, a well-regarded Chicago high school basketball star, and how his November 1984 murder (one day before the start of his senior season) had a wide-ranging impact.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2012
Mississippi native Wright Thompson explores tumultuous events of 1962, when the University of Mississippi campus both erupted in violence over integration and swelled with pride over its unbeaten football team, and how those incidents continue to shape the state 50 years later.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2012
A profile of Bo Jackson and how his college and professional feats in two sports (baseball and football) captured the public's imagination and made Jackson a cultural (and marketing) icon.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2013
A look at the North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball team's successful and improbable championship runs through the 1983 ACC and the 1983 NCAA tournaments.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2013
A look at the 1983 NFL Draft and the six quarterbacks taken in its first round, specifically John Elway (the first overall pick) and Dan Marino (the last QB picked in Round 1). The film features the recollections of Martin Demoff, the agent for both Elway and Marino, who shares a personal diary he kept to chronicle the indecision the Baltimore Colts had with drafting Elway with the first pick or trading it away, as well as the other teams' interest in his two future-Hall of Fame clients.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2013
A chronicling of the life of Eddie Aikau, a big wave surfer and lifeguard whose death served as inspiration to an entire spiritual movement.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2013
The story of the colorful figures who made up the American Basketball Association's Spirits of St. Louis, and how Spirits owners Ozzie and Daniel Silna, with their team about to be left out in the ABA's merger with the NBA, managed to negotiate a deal that allowed the brothers' involvement in pro basketball to continue in a most unusual fashion.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2013
An inside look at the two boxing matches between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán in the 1980s, with insight from boxing experts, family members and the two fighters themselves.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2013
The story of how young businessman John Spano struck a deal to purchase the New York Islanders in 1996, only to be later revealed as a fraud and being near financial insolvency.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2013
The story of a 39-year-old Jimmy Connors and his unexpected and extraordinary underdog run at the 1991 US Open, where he played as a wildcard entrant and reached the semifinals of the men's singles draw.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2013
A profile of Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld, their decades-long friendship, and their on-court partnership on the University of Tennessee basketball team, better known as the "Ernie and Bernie Show".
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Dec 14, 2013
The stories of two Ohio State football figures connected with Youngstown, Ohio, running back Maurice Clarett (a native of the city) and coach Jim Tressel (former head coach at Youngstown State University), their football exploits at OSU (including a national championship in 2002), and their scandalous exits from the school.
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2014
A profile of a January 6, 1994, incident at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, where an unknown attacker strikes entrant Nancy Kerrigan — an assailant that is later revealed to be a hit man hired by the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, as part of a plan to prevent Kerrigan from competing in the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2014
A recollection of the original Big East Conference, from its simple beginnings and regional rivalries to its national prominence as one of the most successful college basketball leagues, and how it ended up fighting for its survival in the 2010s during conference realignment.
Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2014
A look back at the Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Narrated by rapper Kid Rock, a native of nearby Romeo.
Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2014 (90 min)
An examination of the competitive nature that teammates Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault exhibited in the1986 Tour de France; a film based on Richard Moore's book of the same name.
Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2014
How Mafia associate Henry Hill orchestrated a point-shaving scheme involving Boston College basketball. Narrated by Ray Liotta, who portrayed Hill in Goodfellas.
Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2014
A 25-year retrospective of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck just before the scheduled start of Game 3 of the 1989 World Series.
Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2014
A look back at the New York Knicks' championship teams of the 1970s.
Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2014
The rise, fall, and post-football life of Brian Bosworth.
Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2014
The story of Liván and Orlando Hernández, half-brothers who fled Cuba separately and became successful major-league pitchers.
Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2014
An exploration of former NFL receiver Randy Moss and his humble (and humbling) origins in Rand, West Virginia.
Episode: 2x26 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2014
A sequel to The U profiles the Miami Hurricanes football program and its rise from scandal (and calls for the school to drop the sport) to a national championship, only to see new controversy after booster Nevin Shapiro is revealed to have given improper benefits to the program.
Episode: 2x27 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2015
An exploration of the Miracle on Ice from the point of view of the defeated Soviet Union team.
Episode: 2x28 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2015
A look at the life and basketball career of Christian Laettner and the intense dislike some fans still harbor for the former Duke University and NBA star.
Episode: 2x29 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2015
A profile of Sonny Vaccaro, who rose from steel town roots in Pennsylvania to become an influential force in both basketball and the athletic shoe industry.
Episode: 2x30 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2015 (90 min)
The story of Nick Piantanida, a New Jersey pet store owner and truck driver whose love of parachuting and skydiving puts him on a quest to break the record for the highest recorded parachute jump.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Oct 13, 2015
The rise and fall of the USC Trojan football team under the nine-year leadership of Pete Carroll.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2015
An exploration of the turbulent relationship between Olympic wrestling brothers Mark and Dave Schultz and their eccentric benefactor, John du Pont, culminating in the murder of Dave by du Pont.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2015
A look at how Bill McCartney mixed two religions —college football and evangelical Christianity— while serving as head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes in the 1990s, a tenure that included a national championship.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2015 (90 min)
A look at how Evander Holyfield spent years (1989–91 & 1995–96) trying to arrange his first fight with Mike Tyson in an effort to gain the respect he knew he could only gain by defeating Tyson in the ring.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2015 (90 min)
A profile of the Buffalo Bills teams of the early 1990s, when the franchise became the first team to play in — and lose — four consecutive Super Bowls.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2016 (90 min)
A 30-year retrospective on the 1985 Chicago Bears, from how they were assembled to their swaggering, dominant run to Super Bowl victory.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2016 (120 min)
On March 13, 2006 the Duke University lacrosse team threw a party that not only changed lives and ruined careers, it jeopardized the future of the sport at the school and tarnished the university's reputation.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2016 (120 min)
The Orlando Magic were considered the fairy tale team of the mid-90's whose popularity grew, in part, due to players like Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: May 14, 2016 (90 min)
Director Andy Billman chronicles the struggles of Cleveland's major sports franchises over the past 50 years and the impact it has all had on the psyche of a typical Cleveland sports fan.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2016
The connection between the lives and careers of former New York Mets Dwight "Doc" Gooden and Darryl Strawberry.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2016 (90 min)
The University of Houston's high-flying basketball team, known as ''Phi Slama Jama,'' made three straight trips to the Final Four and transformed the game forever.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2016
A look at John Daly's rise from obscurity to two major championship wins and fall back to mediocrity.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2016 (120 min)
The fascinating back story behind the famous/infamous 1988 ''Catholics vs. Convicts'' college football game between Notre Dame and the University of Miami. The slogan summarized the subtext of cultural and racial tensions brewing between the schools.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2017 (90 min)
In 2001, sports entertainment titans Dick Ebersol and Vince McMahon launched the XFL, a bold challenge since other leagues had attempted to compete with the NFL and ultimately failed.
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2017 (120 min)
An intimate look at University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari, one of the most compelling and controversial figures in sports. Featuring never-before-seen footage as he tries to capture his second national title.
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2017 (120 min)
The Celtics and Lakers played three riveting NBA Finals in a four-year span during the mid-1980s that fueled the popularity of the league and set the stage for the tremendous growth and heightened profile the NBA has enjoyed since.
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2017
Boston's Larry Bird and LA's Magic Johnson headline rosters full of charisma and talent as their teams collide in the epic 1984 NBA Finals. The two had previously met in the 1979 NCAA Championship Game, and now welcomed a second title clash.
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2017 (120 min)
When the Celtics and Lakers meet again in the 1985 and 1987 NBA Finals, the teams' disdain and animosity for each other gradually turns to mutual respect -- led by superstars Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2017
Chronicling the history of Mike Francesa and Chris Russo's "Mike and the Mad Dog'' radio show, which ruled afternoon sports talk from the New York studios of WFAN 660 for nearly 20 years. Featuring in-depth interviews with colleagues and fans.
Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Jul 20, 2017 (90 min)
George Best, Northern Ireland's legendary star, remains one of the most naturally gifted soccer players ever. Best's skill and exuberance lifted Manchester United, but his career was over before he turned 29, the result of his battle with alcoholism.
Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Aug 24, 2017 (90 min)
In any other year, the 1988 team from Dallas'Carter High School would have gone down as one of the greatest in Texas football history, featuring 28 players who received college scholarship offers, eight of whom would eventually play professional football. Fighting off racial prejudice and a grades controversy — not to mention the team that would overshadow them in book and film (Odessa Permian) — Carter would claim the state title, only to be rocked to their core when six of their players were involved in an armed robbery that changed the community's reputation to this day.
Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2017 (90 min)
Redskins replacements crossed the picket line to play in the NFL, but for most of them, what was billed as the last shot at a dream became a nightmare as these ''scabs'' braved ridicule and threats of violence for one last chance at glory.
Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2017 (90 min)
The unlikely rise and sudden fall of boxer Tommy Morrison.
Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2017 (90 min)
The life and times of professional wrestling legend Ric Flair.
Episode: 3x25 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2018 (90 min)
A look at the relationship between NFL coaches Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. Co-produced with NFL Films.
Episode: 3x26 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2018 (90 min)
In 1971, a young basketball coach named Bob Knight came to Indiana University. Over the next few decades, he became a coaching god. Knight delivered three national titles to a state that worships the game, earning a reputation as not just a basketball genius, but a brilliant leader who equated hard work and discipline with success. And yet, there was another side to that success. In April 1999, Robert Abbott, a producer for CNN/Sports Illustrated, began reporting a story investigating why three high school All-Americans had left Knight's program over the prior two years. Nearly two decades later, the 30 for 30 film "The Last Days of Knight" is the previously untold behind-the-scenes story of that investigation and all it produced - a chronicle of accusations, denials, and discoveries; riots and death threats; a smoking gun video; and the fall of a coaching legend. Directed and narrated by Abbott, it's a tale about success, power, abuse, institutions, journalism, and ultimately, a search for truth.
Episode: 3x27 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2018 (90 min)
Junior Seau, one of modern football's great icons whose tragic end still reverberates through the sports world all these years later.
Episode: 3x28 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2018
Chronicles Buster Douglas' shocking knockout of the then-undefeated Mike Tyson at the Tokyo Dome on February 11, 1990.
Episode: 3x29 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2019 (90 min)
A look at Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, focusing especially on a 24-hour span in 1992 when he sandwiched an NFL game between a pair of Major League Baseball postseason games in cities separated by 1,000 miles.
Episode: 3x30 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2019 (90 min)
A portrait of the Dominican immigrants of New York in the '80s and '90s, seen through a loving family whose youngest son, Felipe Lopez, became the top ranked high school basketball player in the nation and was hailed as "The Dominican Michael Jordan'. Embraced as an immigrant hero, then cast aside as an American failure, Felipe Lopez would eventually find happiness not as a basketball player, but as the man he was always meant to be.
Episode: 3x31 | Airdate: May 28, 2019 (90 min)
What Janet Guthrie accomplished in the male bastion of mid-70s American motorsports, stands as a testament to one woman's determination and skill - the kind too often relegated to the margins of history.
Episode: 3x32 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2019 (90 min)
The rivalry between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi went beyond hot dogs.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2019 (102 min)
The unfettered and definitive look at the life and career of Dennis Rodman.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2019 (77 min)
The story of Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, frenemies from SoCal who brought millions of fans to mixed martial arts and supercharged the UFC.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2020 (120 min)
Part one of a comprehensive look back at each chapter of former NFL quarterback Michael Vick's saga: the incredible rise, shocking fall and polarizing return.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2020 (90 min)
A comprehensive look back at each chapter of Michael Vick's saga: the incredible rise, shocking fall, and polarizing return.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: May 24, 2020 (90 min)
From acclaimed director Marina Zenovich, LANCE is a fascinating, revealing, comprehensive, chronicle of one of the most inspirational – and then infamous – athletes of all time. Based around extensive interviews and conversations with Lance Armstrong, the two-part, four-hour film tells the story of the cyclist's rise out of Texas as a young superstar cyclist; his harrowing battle with testicular cancer; his recovery and emergence as a global icon with his seven consecutive Tour de France titles; and then his massive fall after he was exposed in one of the largest doping scandals in history.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: May 31, 2020 (90 min)
From acclaimed director Marina Zenovich, LANCE is a fascinating, revealing, comprehensive, chronicle of one of the most inspirational – and then infamous – athletes of all time. Based around extensive interviews and conversations with Lance Armstrong, the two-part, four-hour film tells the story of the cyclist's rise out of Texas as a young superstar cyclist; his harrowing battle with testicular cancer; his recovery and emergence as a global icon with his seven consecutive Tour de France titles; and then his massive fall after he was exposed in one of the largest doping scandals in history.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2020 (90 min)
A look at the journey that led to Bruce Lee's emergence as a singular icon.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Jun 14, 2020 (120 min)
The unforgettable tale of the most storied home run chase in baseball history
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2020 (97 min)
The story of Oscar Pistorius will always be one of the most shocking stories in the history of sports.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2020 (82 min)
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2020 (73 min)
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Sep 27, 2020 (107 min)
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2020 (90 min)
The Tarahumara people inspired a barefoot, ultrarunning craze all across the world.
Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2021 (90 min)
The "spirits" of Raiders owner Al Davis and NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle tell the story of their contentious rivalry, in particular Davis' desire to move his team from Oakland to Los Angeles despite the league's objections.
Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Jul 13, 2021 (90 min)
WNBA superstar and activist Maya Moore was one of the best basketball players in the world when she stepped away from the sport for a remarkable reason: to fight for a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned. In 2019, after four WNBA championships, two Olympic gold medals, a WNBA MVP award, three All-Star MVPs, and a scoring title, Moore decided to take a sabbatical from basketball at the age of 29 to devote herself full-time to working for the release of a man named Jonathan Irons, who was wrongly convicted of burglary and assault and sentenced to 50 years in prison
Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2021
The story of the 1986 Mets and a remarkable season, in a tale full of infamy and domination from a team that nearly went bankrupt just a decade earlier.
Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Sep 14, 2021
The 1986 Mets were an amazing team and, whether they were villains or heroes, you couldn't miss them as they dominated the season.
Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2021
Chronicling the 1986 World Series champion New York Mets, a colorful team marked by dominance and demons.
Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2021
The grime and hopelessness that defined New York gives way to the high-flying, "greed is good" rise in the 1980s - when this Mets side emerged.
Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2022
Chronicling the controversial "tuck rule" decision in a 2001-2002 Raiders-Patriots playoff game that keyed Tom Brady's first postseason win and helped launch a dynasty under coach Bill Belichick. Raiders DB Charles Woodson discusses the play with Brady, with additional interviews with referee Walt Coleman, and others from the game. Directed by Ken Rodgers and Nick Mascolo.
Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2022 (90 min)
A profile of professional golfer Greg Norman, and how his legendary career was shaped by a stunning collapse (from a 6-shot lead) in the final round of the 1996 Masters.
Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: May 31, 2022 (90 min)
How the And1 Mixtape video series changed the game of basketball forever
Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2022 (90 min)
Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2022 (90 min)
Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2022 (90 min)
Episode: 4x26 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2022
Recounting the rise of Jeanette Lee, "The Black Widow" of billiards and distinctive star of the early years of the fledgling espn2 network. Featured are Lee's origins in Brooklyn and her discovery of pool as a teenager; plus her persistent health issues. Directed by Ursula Liang.
Episode: 4x27 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2023 (120 min)
A lively and colorful look back at the 2000 Super Bowl-champion Baltimore Ravens' magical season, framed by a reunion of its key figures in Baltimore in May 2022. Shannon Sharpe, Ray Lewis, Trent Dilfer, Tony Siragusa and coach Brian Billick are among those featured. Directed by NFL Films' Ken Rodgers and Jason Weber.
Episode: 4x28 | Airdate: May 30, 2023 (90 min)
Chronicling the popular syndicated competition show American Gladiators (1989-96), which predated the reality TV era but used many of the same techniques to attract viewers. Creator Johnny Ferraro and cast and crew tell the story of the David and Goliath matchups between 'amateur' contestants and the 'professional' gladiators.
Episode: 4x29 | Airdate: May 31, 2023 (120 min)
Chronicling the popular syndicated competition show American Gladiators (1989-96), which predated the reality TV era but used many of the same techniques to attract viewers. Creator Johnny Ferraro and cast and crew tell the story of the David and Goliath matchups between 'amateur' contestants and the 'professional' gladiators.
Episode: 4x30 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2023
This Bill Walton documentary covers his days as a high school phenom, his dominance at UCLA, his social activism, an injury-riddled NBA career and to his current job as a controversial basketball commentator.
Episode: 4x31 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2023
This Bill Walton documentary covers his days as a high school phenom, his dominance at UCLA, his social activism, an injury-riddled NBA career and to his current job as a controversial basketball commentator.
Episode: 4x32 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2023
Chronicling the championship (and injury) filled basketball career and free-spirited lifestyle of Hall of Fame player and personality Bill Walton. Music from Walton's beloved Grateful Dead accompanies the series. Part 3 of 4.
Episode: 4x33 | Airdate: Jun 13, 2023
Chronicling the championship (and injury) filled basketball career and free-spirited lifestyle of Hall of Fame player and personality Bill Walton. Music from Walton's beloved Grateful Dead accompanies the series. Part 4 of 4.
Episode: 4x34 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2023
The story of the 1997 Heisman Trophy race and the now-legendary players who vied for the honor of College Football's best player award that season.
Episode: 4x35 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2023 (120 min)
Chronicling the life and career of Hall of Fame defensive lineman and ordained minister Reggie White, told in part through never-before-seen footage from a 2004 interview filmed two months before his death. Along with interviews with White's Eagles and Packers teammates, the film features Reggie's son Jeremy embarking on a journey to understand his father's life. Directed by Ken Rodgers and Courtland Bragg.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Jun 11, 2016
To many observers, the story of the crime of the century is a story that began the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered outside her Brentwood condominium. But as the first episode of "O.J.: Made in America" lays bare, to truly grasp the significance of what happened not just that night, but the epic chronicle to follow, one has to travel back to points in time long before that. To generations prior, when African-Americans began migrating to California en masse, trying desperately - and fruitlessly - to outrun the racism that had defined their lives. To the late 1960's, when in the heart of Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson rose to instant fame as an unstoppable running back for the USC Trojans. To the early 1970's, when he expanded that fame in the NFL, becoming the first player ever to rush for 2000 yards in a season, and emerging as one of the most visible faces in sports. And to a few years after that, when with his celebrity transcending the game, Simpson retired from football and returned to Los Angeles - his acting, advertising, and broadcasting careers in ascendance. It was also then that he fell madly in love - with a young, beautiful woman named Nicole Brown.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Jun 14, 2016
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Jun 15, 2016
The police arrived at the condo on Bundy Drive at 4:25 a.m. on June 13th, 1994. It was a gruesome murder scene, clearly the result of a violent confrontation that had left two people dead - one of whom, they'd quickly discover, was the estranged wife of O.J. Simpson. It was just the start of a chapter of American history like none other, one that would lay bare the realities of race, power, the legal system, the media, and so much more in Los Angeles, California and far beyond. Two decades later, the disagreements between the figures at the center of investigating the case are still palpable. The events of June 17th, 1994 are nearly as unfathomable as they were as they unfolded. And the beginnings of the battle in the courtroom are just as fascinating - the defense's strategy, just as unambiguous. O.J. Simpson had spent his entire life running from the color of his skin. Now, in so many ways, he was going to depend on it to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Jun 17, 2016
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Jun 18, 2016