A culture clash is brewing on the hardwood and the stakes are huge. Throw in the Forum and the Garden, Chick Hearn and Johnny Most, add a heavy dose of ill will, sprinkle in underlying racial tension, and you have a recipe for a battle royal. The Celtics and Lakers - Bird and Magic in particular - transform the fans' view of the game from simple black-and-white to full-blown Technicolor. They were distinctly different personalities who often clashed on and off the air, but when all was said and done, they changed sports radio forever.
Two weeks into the season, the NFL's players went on strike. For the first time in the history of professional sports in the United States, replacement players would take the field. Crossing the picket line to play in the NFL changed their lives, but not in the way they'd expected or hoped. The moment they crossed the picket line, they were no longer athletes; they were scabs.
By the end of the strike, Washington stood alone as the only replacement team to go undefeated- ultimately setting up returning strikers for a triumphant run at a Super Bowl. For those replacements, the experience of should have been a badge of honor. Instead, it became a scab that never healed.
Oddly enough though, one of the greatest teams in state history has been lost to time… and fate. Somehow, they won it all, and somehow, they threw it all away.
But thanks to searing interviews with players, coaches and family members, this film is ultimately about what Carter found. Tommy Morrison was one of the best heavyweights of his time; a handsome, charming, yet unsettled young star. But everything changed in early when he tested positive for HIV, abruptly forcing him into retirement at age There have been other boxers and other sports stars whose stories ended sadly, but rarely is the loss of potential as poignant as the case of Tommy Morrison.
He was the Beatles of soccer - a handsome, charismatic lad from Belfast, Northern Ireland who worked wonders with the ball and thrilled Great Britain. But George Best was also the lead in a Shakespearean tragedy fueled by drink and excess and depression. If at its essence, the popularity of professional wrestling has always been about its characters, there's never been a performer more original and more electrifying than Ric Flair. As a pure wrestler, he was beloved. His "Woooo" showmanship was imitated by athletes from other sports, as well as the hip-hop community.
But as interviews with family members and Flair himself reveal, his frenzied lifestyle masked the loneliness of a man who could never please his physician father and ran away from his own wives and children, toward an almost unbearable tragedy. The Two Bills traces the relationship between coaching masters Bill Belichick and Bill Parcells that spans over four decades.
They first worked side by side as assistants with the New York Giants, and after Parcells took over as head coach, they won two Super Bowls together. Buttressed by what he learned from Parcells, Belichick has won five Super Bowls of his own with the Patriots.
Through all the ups and downs of their careers, including some memorable games when they were on opposite sides of the field, they forged a bond that few men of their stature have ever experienced. In , 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. What followed was a chronicle of accusations, denials, and discoveries; riots and death threats; a smoking gun video; and the fall of a coaching legend. Seau was a legend long before he retired from the NFL — surrounded by a passionate fan base, deep respect from his peers and a loving family, he experienced a unique sense of purpose that extended beyond the playing field.
Despite appearing to have everything, his decision to end his own life at 43 remains both deeply disturbing and largely unexplained.
Tyson was the most feared fighter of modern times. Douglas, meanwhile, was dismissed as a 42 to 1 underdog. No one thought he had the heart required of a champion. But at the Tokyo Dome on February 11, , Douglas came to fight. Defying opinion, he proved to everyone that there was greatness in him.
This is a film about how Douglas pulled off a victory that changed the course of sports history, channeling the absolute best version of himself, if only for one fight, when it mattered most and no one thought it was possible. It would be hard to find another athlete whose brilliance on the field was such a manifestation of his persona beyond it as Deion Sanders. Sure, there were other stars who played more than one sport, and there were other figures whose individuality got your attention - but there was no one who did it quite like the man who loved the spotlight so much, he called himself "Prime Time.
Embraced as an immigrant hero, then cast aside as an American failure when he did not live up to the enormous expectations, Felipe Lopez would eventually find happiness not as a basketball player, but as the man he was always meant to be. In , a year-old aerospace engineer attempted to qualify for the world's most famous race, the Indianapolis In the face of scorn and skepticism, and saddled with subpar equipment, Janet Guthrie shocked the racing world.
The reluctant feminist-turned-trailblazer became the first woman to earn a place on the starting grid at Indy, among 33 of the world's greatest drivers. A year after South Africa ended apartheid, the nearly-all-white ruby team hosted the Rugby World Cup and Nelson Mandela was their biggest fan.
In , the Raiders and owner Al Davis captivated black and Latino fans with swagger and charisma that matched the rapidly changing city. Simpson on June 17th, On the same day a number of unrelated sports occurrences took place. Two Escobars uplifted the Colombian soccer team from obscurity.
Andre Escobar: team captain. Pablo Escobar: drug lord in the shadows. Mat Hoffman is one of the pioneers of BMX. His motivation is neither money nor fame; it's the purity of the sport. The real reason why Michael Jordan quit basketball to play Double-A baseball and subjected himself to what mortal athletes go through daily. In , the Kirkland, Wash. America was facing troubled times and looking for inspiration.
Mike Tyson and Tupac Shakur were good friends. In , they were to celebrate after Tyson's title win, but Shakur never made it. Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were fierce tennis rivals in the s and s, but through it all they forged an unbreakable friendship. A shipbuilder named George Steinbrenner bought the sagging Yankees in He not only changed the face of a franchise, but also an entire sport.
Terry Fox, an amputee with cancer, attempted running across Canada for cancer awareness. In the process, he captured the heart of a nation. The Red Sox defied the inevitable. Their friendship ended before Petrovic was killed in a car accident. He was diagnosed with AIDS, leading to his tragic death. In , a pudgy year-old Mexican pitcher, Fernando Valenzuela, took the MLB by storm, shattering America's image of the ace pitcher. Marcus Dupree was the biggest, fastest running back in high school history.
In college, his career ended before it ever truly began. Southern Methodist University received the "death penalty" in because of corruption and greed, stripping a community of its identity. Muhammad and Larry trailer Directed by Albert Maysles. Guru of Go Directed by Bill Couturie.
The Band That Wouldn't Die In , moving vans secretly packed the Baltimore Colts' belongings and moved them out of town, leaving a city of fans in disbelief. The U In the s, America was shifting racially and culturally.
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