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Temporada 2

30 episódios · 2012

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    Broke

    2 de out. de 201279 min★ 6.9

    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 Leon Searcy, Andre Rison, Keith McCants, Bernie Kosar, and Cliff Floyd.

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    9.79*

    9 de out. de 201280 min★ 7.6

    A profile of the Men's 100-meter final at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the lives of the eight men who participated, including Ben Johnson (whose world record of 9.79 seconds was annulled after he tested positive for anabolic steroids) and Carl Lewis (who was awarded the gold medal after Johnson's disqualification).

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    There's No Place Like Home

    16 de out. de 201261 min★ 5.8

    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quest to purchase, at a 2010 auction, James Naismith's original rules of basketball, perhaps the most important historical document in American sports history, and to bring it "home" to Lawrence, Kansas, where Naismith taught and coached at the University of Kansas for 39 years. (70 mins in length)

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    Benji

    23 de out. de 201279 min★ 7.3

    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.

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    Ghosts of Ole Miss

    30 de out. de 201252 min★ 6.8

    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. (60 mins in length)

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    You Don't Know Bo

    8 de dez. de 201279 min★ 8.1

    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.

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    Survive and Advance

    17 de mar. de 2013102 min★ 8.5

    A look at the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team's successful and improbable championship runs through the 1983 ACC and the 1983 NCAA tournaments. (2 hrs in length)

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    Elway to Marino

    23 de abr. de 201378 min★ 7.6

    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 teams' interest in his two future-Hall of Fame clients. This includes the indecision the Baltimore Colts had with drafting Elway with the first pick or trading it away, and how Marino's selection status plummeted after recording weaker senior year statistics and rumors of recreational drug use.

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    Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau

    1 de out. de 201378 min★ 7.0

    A chronicling of the life of Eddie Aikau, a big wave surfer and lifeguard whose death served as inspiration to an entire spiritual movement.

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    Free Spirits

    8 de out. de 201351 min★ 6.7

    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. (60 mins in length)

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    No Mas

    15 de out. de 201379 min★ 7.1

    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.

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    Big Shot

    22 de out. de 201379 min★ 7.2

    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.

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    This is What They Want

    29 de out. de 201351 min★ 7.1

    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.

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    Bernie and Ernie

    5 de nov. de 201351 min★ 7.0

    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".

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    Youngstown Boys

    14 de dez. de 2013102 min★ 7.6

    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. (2 hours in length)

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    The Price of Gold

    16 de jan. de 201479 min★ 7.4

    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.

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    Requiem for the Big East

    16 de mar. de 2014104 min★ 7.5

    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.

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    Bad Boys

    17 de abr. de 2014104 min★ 8.2

    A look back at the Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Narrated by rapper Kid Rock, a native of nearby Romeo, Michigan. (2 hours in length)

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    Slaying the Badger

    22 de jul. de 201478 min★ 7.6

    An examination of the competitive nature that teammates Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault exhibited in the 1986 Tour de France; a film based on Richard Moore's book of the same name.

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    Playing for the Mob

    7 de out. de 201478 min★ 7.1

    How Mafia associate Henry Hill orchestrated a point-shaving scheme involving Boston College basketball. Narrated by Ray Liotta, who portrayed Hill in Goodfellas.

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    The Day the Series Stopped

    14 de out. de 201452 min★ 6.9

    A 25-year retrospective of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck just before the scheduled start of Game 3 of the 1989 World Series.

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    When the Garden Was Eden

    21 de out. de 201476 min★ 6.8

    A look back at the New York Knicks' championship teams of the 1970s.

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    Brian and The Boz

    28 de out. de 201479 min★ 7.3

    Former linebacker Brian Bosworth unveils a storage locker to his son Max that contains memorabilia from his college and brief professional career. The elder Bosworth reflects on his life and career, making note of a emerging second persona, The Boz, that had begun to subsume his life.

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    Brothers in Exile

    4 de nov. de 201480 min★ 7.5

    The story of Liván and Orlando Hernández, half-brothers who fled Cuba separately and became successful major-league pitchers.

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    Rand University

    11 de nov. de 201451 min★ 7.2

    An exploration of former NFL receiver Randy Moss and his humble (and humbling) origins in Rand, West Virginia.

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    The U Part 2

    13 de dez. de 2014103 min★ 7.4

    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.

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    Of Miracles and Men

    8 de fev. de 2015104 min★ 8.2

    Numa sexta-feira à noite, em Lake Placid, em Nova York, um grupo de universitários norte-americanos surpreendeu a abalada equipe nacional soviética, na competição de hóquei nas Olimpíadas de Inverno de 1980. Os americanos começaram a acreditar em milagres naquela noite. Quando os membros da equipe americana conquistaram a medalha de ouro dois dias depois, eles se tornaram um time histórico.

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    I Hate Christian Laettner

    15 de mar. de 201578 min★ 7.7

    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.

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    Sole Man

    16 de abr. de 201578 min★ 6.8

    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.

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    Angry Sky

    8 de jun. de 201579 min★ 6.9

    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.