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- A down on his luck coach travels to Africa where he spots the world's greatest athlete - a white Tarzan-type. The coach brings him back to the U.S. of A. to compete.
- The story of the legendary Dream Team, the trendsetting 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball team.
- Running the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon. This soldier and quiet son of a shepherd would be acknowledged by many as the greatest long distance runner the world had ever known. One evening while returning to his home in Addis Ababa from training in the Ethiopian countryside, Bikila was involved in a tragic car accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down. Unable to walk and faced with the greatest challenge of his life, he struggled to maintain his will to live and in the process discovered a deeper meaning of competition, taking up archery for the Paralympics and competing as a handicapped dog sledder in Norway. Though his running career had come to a tragic end, the race of his life had a new beginning. For the first time, the true story of Bikila's epic quest for life and sport comes to the big screen. Not since Raging Bull has the life of an athlete been rendered with such emotional power and cinematic grace.
- Documentary about Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez.
- A reporter interviews an athlete on the last day of his life.
- Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis players, runners, and basketball players, athletes who either suffered the indignities of racism, helped break down its walls, or enjoyed the opportunities afforded by past struggles.
- The American Athlete takes an in-depth look at athletes on and off the field through engaging interviews that go beyond the statistics.
- An ambitious contest promoter invites 5 unique gamers to the Australian National Championships in hopes of creating an empire.
- You root for their team and you know their stats, but how well do you really know your favorite athlete? Young Hollywood invites you to experience life during the off-season for these men and women. Find out who they are and what they love to do when they hang up their jersey, and get to know the person beyond the athlete.
- Women pursue pickpockets from Piccadilly to Hampstead and wrestle them.
- It has been 30 years since Title IX legislation granted women equal playing time, but the male-dominated world of sports journalism has yet to catch up with the law. Coverage of women's sports lags far behind men's and focuses on female athletes' femininity and sexuality over their achievements on the court and field.
- The Athletic is the new standard in sports journalism. Our all-star team delivers quality local and national coverage you won't find anywhere else.
- Several chairs rest against a blank wall; three men, then a fourth and soon seven in all, divide into various pairs and wrestle for the camera. No more than two pairs wrestle at any one time. Some have robes and remove them to wrestle, shirtless. One keeps on a singlet. An older, beefy man seems to be the leader, offering instruction once, and out wrestling a younger, smaller man near the end of the reel. Everyone keeps their good humor.
- Ronnie White, a Navy veteran from the war in Afghanistan, can meet a conference room full of strangers and minutes later recall every person's name. Nelson Dellis, a software developer, can remember the order of a shuffled deck of playing cards in just a minute. Brad Zupp, a clown, can juggle and memorize computer-generated numbers at the same time. These guys are three of the best mental athletes in America. 'Ben Franklin Blowing Bubbles at a Sword: The Journeys of a Mental Athlete' documents their strange and fascinating journeys as they train for and compete in the 2011 USA Memory Championship. But there's more to the competition than just memorization -- these guys want to stretch the limits of their minds. This is a film about love, awareness, strategy, and memory.
- A hopeful series featuring outdoor athletes who take steps to make a difference for the planet. Host David Holbrooke talks with some of the world's elite athletes, and explores how they use the same grit to make a difference.
- This Grantland Rice Sportlight visits the internationally famous Mexican Army Equestrian Teams as it puts on a demonstration if the finest in horsemanship.
- We spend one day with the athlete and follow them through their everyday life. Their work, their relationships, their daily training, their physical, mental and health strategies are all a part of this series. Peel back the curtain and find out the goals and challenges of an athlete's everyday life, and how their challenges are not much different than yours.
- This short documentary on transgender athletes offers a history of the transgender rights movement, seen through the prism of sports. The film features interviews with transgender advocates and activists from around the globe, including ESPN reporter Christina Kahrl, pro-golfer Mianne Bagger and Jaiyah Saelua, the first transgender athlete to play in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. The film also provides some practical guidance on how fans, teammates, coaches and athletic directors can best support and include transgender athletes.
- Retired heavyweight champion Jake Punchim keeps himself, his wife, and their twin daughters Helen and Dot in training by a course of athletic exercises in their little gymnasium connected to the house. Dot seriously objects to the continual round of strenuous exercise and hates boxing worst of all, as her sister Helen always punches her all over the place. While out walking one day she meets Gussie Wendell, an effeminate young man who does not like boxing either, and a flirtation ends in their making an appointment to meet in the park at 2:00. Pa Punchim goes out for a walk. On the way he assists in lifting a wagon out of a rut, picks up a piano single-handedly and sets it in a van, and other trifling stunts, so that he attracts an admiring crowd by the time he gets back home. Helen's friend Charley Hands introduces her to Billy Banghim, a husky boxing instructor, and she asks permission to box with one of his pupils. She soon knocks him down and Billy falls in love with her on the spot. He makes an appointment to meet her in the park at 2:00. Through mistakes in identity, the girls meet the wrong men. Misunderstandings lead to harsh words and the result is that Gussie is thrown into the lake by strong-armed Helen, while Billy gets a similar ducking at the hands of Jake Punchim when Dot tells her father a man is chasing her. Gussie and Billy meet after swimming ashore and vow vengeance. They find Jake sleeping peacefully on a bench, and heave him, bench and all, into the water. Then they run into Dot and Helen and explanations are quickly made. Pa Punchim comes near thrashing the young men. but Helen explains it all and deciding the joke is on everyone, all burst out laughing, and after introductions, are soon the best of friends.
- OJ Borg explores the growth of electronic sports, the professional players who take part, and the debate on whether gaming could be considered as a true sport.
- TV SeriesA series never seen before, Cross the Line gives the audience an up-close look into the crimes of professional Football players. Starring: Andrew Galen Reed, Anna Smith, Ron Clemons, Pierre Johnson, and Erica Muse.
- An All-American High School football player is encouraged by his girlfriend to attend college as a pre-med major. Unfortunately, his supportive father has the idea that his son will pursue a football career to legendary status.
- Leilani Münter isn't just a professional race car driver who drives a 100% solar-powered Tesla, but she's also an environmental activist. She is participating in the ARCA Racing Series, and have been driven in the Firestone Indy Lights, the development league of IndyCar. Leilani has been named by Sports Illustrated as one of the top ten female race car drivers in the world, and she is 100% vegan.
- Focus showcases what it is that drives the top athletes of 2013. We look into the minds of these individuals as they reflect on the most memorable experiences in their careers.
- A professional sprinter is on the brink of losing everything that matters in his life; his wife, career, and identity as the result of a gruesome injury on the track.
- The passion of aerial skiing.
- Athletes and the Arts is a collaboration among the top U.S. sports medicine academies to help develop performing arts medicine (music, dance, singing, acting). This video is part of the launch of this initiative on May 29th at the American College of Sports Medicine conference in Indianapolis, showing artistically how the demands of performance are similar for athletes, musicians, dancers, and performing arts. Please check out athletesandthearts.com for more information. Thanks to Jonathan Batiste, Amy Yakima, and Sarah Draugelis for donating their time and talent for Athletes and the Arts for the video, their performances at the launch on May 29th, and as role models for performing artists everywhere. Affiliates of Athletes and the Arts include American College of Sports Medicine, Loyola University New Orleans, Performing Arts Medical Association, American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine, Artists House Music, National Hearing Conservation Association, Music Teachers National Association, New Orleans Musicians Clinic & Assistance Foundation, Conn & Selmer, American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, and Drum Corps International.
- Three women from a 1999 collegiate basketball team test their limits as they push to reach their athletic potential. Nearly 20 years later, they apply lessons learned from their playing days to different professional, off-the-court challenges.
- To commemorate the 2003 Black History Month, ESPN is holding a roundtable discussion show focusing on the impact The March on Washington had not only on sports, but society in general. In 1963...
- A behind-the-scenes look at Wigan Athletic's first season in the Premier League.