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ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 14 (The Rebel)
Date de diffusion: : 30 Mai 2017Johnny Neumann took the Ole Miss nickname seriously. A 6’6” prodigy from Memphis often compared to LSU superstar Pete Maravich, Neumann was supposed to lead the Rebel basketball program to national prominence in the early 1970s. But...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 12 (Baltimore Boys)
Date de diffusion: : 08 Août 2017In the early 1980s, the city of Baltimore was reeling, but in the city’s troubled East Baltimore neighborhood, there was one beacon of hope: The Dunbar High School boys basketball team. Over two seasons, they went 59-0, and 11 players...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 13 (Morningside 5)
Date de diffusion: : 08 Août 2017In 1992, a young filmmaker named Mike Tollin 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...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 11 (Before They Were Cowboys)
Date de diffusion: : 28 Décembre 2016The remarkable story of two extraordinary men linked by alphabet, alliteration, and fate. Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson teamed up to help lead the 1964 Arkansas Razorbacks football squad to its only undefeated season in history, long...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 9 (Repeat After Us)
Date de diffusion: : 14 Septembre 2016The likes of Florida's back-to-back National Championship wins in 2006 and 2007 may never be seen again. A starting line-up of college basketball players spurned multi-million dollar opportunities in the NBA for the chance to win it...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 10 (The Clemente Effect)
Date de diffusion: : 14 Septembre 2016Roberto Clemente went from a humble upbringing in Puerto Rico to become the National League Most Valuable Player in 1966 and a World Series hero for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960 and 1971. Along the way, Clemente faced numerous...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 8 (The Walk Off)
Date de diffusion: : 30 Juin 2016Twenty years ago, LSU baseball player Warren Morris became the only man ever to hit a walk off home run to end the College World Series, and it was his only home run of the season. Recovering from a broken bone in his right hand, Morris...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 7 (Mighty Ruthie)
Date de diffusion: : 22 Mai 2016If her story were only about basketball, Ruthie Bolton would be a legend. Bolton far exceeded expectations when she led Auburn to three SEC titles and two NCAA championship games, then went on to win two Olympic gold medals. But it was...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 6 (Norm)
Date de diffusion: : 01 Mai 2016In 1956, on the University of Missouri campus, Norm Stewart was the man. In the spring he threw a no-hitter for the baseball team. In the winter he led the basketball team in scoring. Unlike most big men on campus, whose exploits drift...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 5 (In Search of Derrick Thomas)
Date de diffusion: : 30 Septembre 2015Life was never easy for Derrick Thomas. At the age of 5, his father, an Air Force pilot, was lost in Vietnam during a flying mission. As an adolescent growing up in a rough Miami neighborhood, Thomas ran afoul of the law and found...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 4 (Tigers United)
Date de diffusion: : 23 Septembre 2015When Michael Sam announced on February 9, 2014 that he was gay, he became football’s first openly gay active player. For most, the revelation was a surprise. For his teammates in Columbia Missouri, it was not news. In the Tigers...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 3 (The Bo You Don't Know)
Date de diffusion: : 16 Septembre 2015When the name “Bo” is uttered in SEC circles, images of Bo Jackson’s domination at Auburn quickly come to mind. But there is another Bo who is likely far less familiar to SEC followers. That would be Robert “Bo” Rein, whose...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 2 (Miracles On The Plains)
Date de diffusion: : 09 Septembre 2015On April 23, 2013, the oaks at Toomer’s Corner had to be removed. More than two years earlier, those trees at Auburn University’s historic landmark had been poisoned, casting a dark shadow over the school. Meanwhile, the Auburn...
ESPN Films, Vol. 2 Episode 1 (Wuerffel's Way)
Date de diffusion: : 02 Septembre 2015Danny Wuerffel was on top of the world at the end of the 1996 college football season. The University of Florida quarterback had just won the Heisman Trophy and led the Gators to a National Championship. But drafted by the New Orleans...
ESPN Films Episode 28 (Son Of The Congo)
Date de diffusion: : 18 Avril 2015Grantland Features’ first full-length documentary, Son of the Congo, chronicles Oklahoma City Thunder star Serge Ibaka’s improbable journey from his native Congo and return home as a top echelon NBA player. The film follows...
ESPN Films Episode 30 (Thunder and Lightning)
Date de diffusion: : 13 Mai 2015The best team never to win the College World Series? It might have been the 1985 Mississippi State Bulldogs, who produced four Major League Baseball All-Stars. Two of them, Bobby Thigpen and Jeff Brantley, became Relievers of the Year,...
ESPN Films Episode 27 (Dominique Belongs to Us)
Date de diffusion: : 18 Avril 2015Before the basketball world came to know him as “The Human Highlight Film,” a teenage Dominique Wilkins quickly became the toast of his new hometown of Washington, North Carolina. The 6’8” basketball star led the Pam Pack to 56...
ESPN Films Episode 29 (Coach Bernie)
Date de diffusion: : 21 Avril 2015When Rick Pitino was hired to coach the Kentucky basketball team in 1989, the once-proud program was reeling from NCAA probation and the loss of scholarships. He needed to shake things up and give the players who stayed a fresh...
ESPN Films Episode 26 (Shaq & Dale)
Date de diffusion: : 14 Avril 2015Narrated by Louisiana native and music superstar Tim McGraw, follow former basketball great Shaquille O’Neal as he returns to LSU to visit with Dale Brown, the coach who helped make it all possible. The relationship between these two...
ESPN Films Episode 25 (The Little Master)
Date de diffusion: : 16 Février 2015The tale of the 2011 Cricket World Cup and India’s come from behind victory- the culmination of a journey that illustrates how a sport and one man, Sachin Tendulkar, redefined the rise of a nation over the course of a few weeks.
ESPN Films Episode 22 (The Believer)
Date de diffusion: : 22 Août 2014The SEC is in Steve Spurrier’s blood. He grew up in Tennessee as a fan of the Volunteers. He won the Heisman Trophy as the quarterback for the University of Florida, and then came back to coach the Gators to a national championship.
ESPN Films Episode 23 (It's Time)
Date de diffusion: : 05 Septembre 2014On October 28, 1989, Ole Miss defensive back Chucky Mullins hit Vanderbilt running back Brad Gaines in the back and separated him from the ball. While Gaines was uninjured, Mullins suffered a broken neck on the play, leaving him a...
ESPN Films Episode 21 (Bo, Barkley and The Big Hurt)
Date de diffusion: : 22 Août 2014It started with the unheralded arrival of a wisecracking heavyweight basketball player named Charles Barkley. Then came the recruitment of multi-sports legend Bo Jackson, a victory in itself since he might have gone to Alabama. When...
ESPN Films Episode 20 (The Stars Are Aligned)
Date de diffusion: : 15 Août 2014What do Ashley Judd, Darius Rucker, James Carville and Governor Rick Perry have in common? Well, they live and die with the fortunes of their respective SEC schools. 14 famous figures—each representing a different college in the...
ESPN Films Episode 19 (Sarah & Suzanne)
Date de diffusion: : 30 Avril 2014When Alabama’s Sarah Patterson and Georgia’s Suzanne Yoculan arrived on their respective campuses, both programs were on the verge of folding. The Crimson Tide and the Gym Dogs were having little success, and Patterson and Yoculan...
ESPN Films Episode 18 (The Book of Manning)
Date de diffusion: : 24 Septembre 2013Perhaps no family has had more influence on a sport than the Mannings. Written into the pages of football folklore is the Manning legend – a father and his sons. Patriarch Archie Manning, a star quarterback at the University of...
ESPN Films Episode 17 (Abby Head On)
Date de diffusion: : 15 Mai 2013Abby Wambach never gives up. The soccer phenom has maintained an astonishing level of success, from helping the Florida Gators win their first and only national championship, to collecting a Founders Cup title with the WUSA’s...
ESPN Films Episode 16 (Miracle 3)
Date de diffusion: : 03 Mars 2013Trailing Mississippi State 59-56 with seconds left in regulation, Alabama forward Mykal Riley heaves a buzzer beater as time expires in the 2008 SEC men’s basketball tournament. Unknowingly, his shot has saved thousands of lives. A...
ESPN Films Episode 15 (Going Big)
Date de diffusion: : 20 Décembre 2012Plagued by injuries at UK and the NBA, Sam Bowie has always been overshadowed by his draft placement. The 7-foot-1 center was seen by many as a franchise player when he was selected by Portland with the second overall pick in the 1984...
ESPN Films Episode 14 (Croom)
Date de diffusion: : 25 Septembre 2012An insightful look at Sylvester Croom, the first African-American center at the University of Alabama and one of the school’s first black players. After playing for legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, then coaching under him for a...
ESPN Films Episode 13 (40 Minutes of Hell)
Date de diffusion: : 14 Février 2012Explore the rise, fall and re-birth of legendary University of Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson, at a time when the state of Arkansas was at the epicenter of American culture.
ESPN Films Episode 11 (Herschel Walker)
Date de diffusion: : 16 Septembre 2011Profiling former Georgia running back Herschel Walker. The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner overcame teenage bouts with bullying for being overweight and having a severe stutter.
ESPN Films Episode 12 (The Play That Changed College Football)
Date de diffusion: : 04 Décembre 2011The Play That Changed College Football takes a look back at the first SEC Championship Game in 1992 between Florida and Alabama. The documentary dives into what the inaugural championship meant at the time and what it has meant to...
ESPN Films Episode 10 (Lolo Jones)
Date de diffusion: : 21 Mai 2012The appeal of the Lolo Jones story goes beyond the track and field community. It is one of heartbreak, adversity and the hope of triumph at the end, the kind of storyline that appeals to the masses. This is her story!
ESPN Films Episode 9 (Magic Johnson: The Announcement)
Date de diffusion: : 11 Mars 2012On Thursday, Nov. 7, 1991, Earvin "Magic" Johnson made people stop and watch at the Forum in Inglewood, California. But this time it wasn't his basketball brilliance as a perennial NBA All-Star and three-time MVP that was captivating...
ESPN Films Episode 8 (The Marinovich Project)
Date de diffusion: : 10 Décembre 2011From birth, Todd Marinovich was raised with a defined purpose of creating the perfect athlete. Trained by his father Marv, a former pro football player, the young Marinovich was meticulously engineered and nurtured into a star...
ESPN Films Episode 5 (Real Rocky)
Date de diffusion: : 25 Octobre 2011Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, NJ who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion, he took abuse from Sonny Liston, got his nose broken by Muhammad Ali, and...
ESPN Films Episode 6 (Unguarded)
Date de diffusion: : 01 Novembre 2011Chris Herren, Fall River, Massachusetts’ high school basketball superstar, played for Boston University, for Jerry Tarkanian’s Fresno State team, bounced around the NBA (once playing for his beloved Celtics) and around the globe.
ESPN Films Episode 4 (Charismatic)
Date de diffusion: : 18 Octobre 2011In June of 1999 an unlikely colt named Charismatic, with down and out jockey Chris Antley aboard, headed down the stretch at the Belmont Stakes, just seconds away from becoming the first Triple Crown winner in nearly 21 years.
ESPN Films Episode 3 (The Dotted Line)
Date de diffusion: : 11 Octobre 2011The Dotted Line is an in-depth look at what it takes to be a big-time agent in the fiercely competitive world of major league sports. Agents Peter Greenberg and Eugene Lee are profiled along with their clients New York Mets’ pitcher...
ESPN Films Episode 2 (Renee)
Date de diffusion: : 04 Octobre 2011The film tells the story of Renée Richard’s battle to enter the 1977 U.S. Open as the first transgender tennis player. Simultaneously, it follows her today as she struggles to cope with a life of contradictions and personal conflict.
ESPN Films Episode 1 (Catching Hell)
Date de diffusion: : 27 Septembre 2011With five outs remaining in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, a foul ball descended from the cold Chicago sky, seemingly destined for the glove of Cubs left fielder Moises Alou. But a flurry of hands reached up and one hand, belonging to Cubs fan...