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If you find yourself counting the days until Hard Knocks returns, Netflix's sensational new docuseries Quarterback is for you. The streamer's first partnership with the NFL, the eight-episode series follows three quarterbacks at different stages of their careers — Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota — as they compete throughout...
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"You're killin' me, Smalls!" The Sandlot came out thirty years ago this year, wayyyy back in the spring of 1993, but still feels timeless thanks to its action being set in 1962. While it's true that baseball doesn't hold the same place in the American culture that it did in '93 — let alone the Summer of '62 — the themes of adolescent...
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I've never stepped on a surfboard, nor do I ever plan to, but damn if I don't love documentaries about surfing. Step Into Liquid? Mesmerized. Riding Giants? Awestruck. The Endless Summer? Magical. All of which is to say that I don't know how I missed 100 Foot Wave, the HBO docuseries about the treacherous surfing locale of Nazare, Portugal, when...
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After a lengthy hiatus, Vice's Dark Side of the Ring has finally returned for a fourth season. The popular docuseries never fails to captivate, setting its insightful gaze on some of professional wrestling's most controversial figures. The new season started with a look back at the careers of Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch (aka Skip and Sunny...
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Break Point is Netflix's latest super-addictive, sports-centric reality show. Produced by the same team behind Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Break Point follows a new crop of tennis stars and Grand Slam contenders over the course of the 2022 season. The first part of the 10-episode series follows the likes of Nick Kyrgios, Matteo Berrenttini, Ajla...
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Who doesn't love a comeback? Now streaming on Netflix, The Redeem Team follows the US Olympic Men's Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the 2008 Olympic Games following the previous squad’s surprising bronze-medal performance four-years earlier at the Athens games. A riveting look at what went wrong in 2004 and how a team featuring LeBron...
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We've recently been gifted with a surplus of engaging sports docs. ESPN released Man in the Arena (Tom Brady) and The Captain (Derek Jeter), Netflix's Untold explores the unbelievable catfishing story involving college football standout Manti Te'o, and Hulu's Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers offers a peek behind the curtain at the highs and ...
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Even if you aren't a Detroit Lions fan (or even a football fan!), Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions is ridiculously compelling television. With the devastating 2021 season behind the team, coach Dan Campbell is starting the preseason off fresh, motivating his players with his intensely passionate, but incredibly honest style. In...
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ESPN's captivating new docuseries The Captain is an expansive look at the life and career of the incomparable Derek Jeter. Directed by Randy Wilkins, the seven-episode series is a mix of Jeter's personal and professional life, covering New York’s dynastic run while also exploring race, celebrity culture, and the shortstop's complicated...
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