One hundred years in the making, the 'Major League Baseball All-Century Team' was an all-time roster chosen from the more than 15,000 men who played Major League Baseball in the 20th Century.
An expedition to the dirty abyss of professional sports. The award winning investigative journalist Benjamin Best (CNN Journalist of the Year 2011) takes a global look behind the scenes at the colourful world of sports and exposes the bitter taste behind the multi-billion sports business.
Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career and death of NHL tough guy Bob Probert.
One legendary skateboarder. Twelve of the world’s top athletes. Two raging punk rock bands. Six months of planning. Nine days of rehearsal. One jaw broken in four places. One huge night in Las Vegas. Thousands of screaming fans. This isn’t like any recipe your mom ever made. This is The Making of Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom Huck Jam – a heart-stopping, edge-of-your-seat, out-of-your-head display of daredevil talent. In fact, it is the only action sports and music show that matters. This is your behind-the- scenes credential to watch how the show came together for the Las Vegas kickoff at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Join Tony Hawk and his crew of skateboard wizards, models, and magicians as they gather on a $1.2 million customized ramp/track system for a show that had never before been created, and which others may only hope to imitate.
This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.
Visually stunning and equally entertaining, Red Tide Pictures brings you the best, explaining what they do the best: Ride. Technical endurocross, deep sand, high speed desert, and deep wooded trails: no problem. This is not your father’s “instructional,” Heck, it’s not even your older brother’s. We have redefined the term through new age cinema technology that truly displays the dynamic form of each individual’s unique skill set.
Could Nicky Hayden retain his title? Would Valentino Rossi be at his dominant best — or could a rising star make his mark? Those were the questions on everyone’s lips as the new MotoGP™ season got underway. Re-live every pulsating moment from an unforgettable season as the legendary Rossi faces a new challenger, Aussie Casey Stoner. The official review features highlights from every round of the title battle, captured in both trackside and on-board footage.
In 1976, a 14-year-old Nadia Comăneci became an overnight sensation after she accomplished what no one had ever done before in professional gymnastics—she scored a perfect 10. ETERNAL PRINCESS is an intimate look at her inner struggles, personal dedication, and greatest success.
This short documentary from 1950 captures the thrill of harness racing on Prince Edward Island. We follow Bellhop's career as a pacer, from his unwilling introduction to harness through trials with a bicycle sulky (or 2-wheel cart) to his first big race. The film culminates with scenes of trotters and pacers at Charlottetown's Old Home Week.
Steven Gerrard became perhaps the greatest player in the history of Liverpool FC, but did so when success and trophies were declining. It became his personal mission to lift the famous club back to the top. That loyalty raised him to God-like status with Liverpool fans, but was an unbearable burden, bringing with it a profound sense of responsibility to live up to their and his own expectations.
A small town ice hockey team fights through their first season in an upper division. The players' dreams might have changed from childhood but their love for the sport does not fade.
Take a gripping journey through the Boston University-Boston College rivalry's storied history, defining moments and recent glories. These legendary programs have gone at each other for nearly a century. Each team measures its own success--at least in part--by its performance against the other. They've recruited the same kids, battled for the same titles, and chase the same championship.
It seemed that the Red Sox, after 68 years of hardship, would finally come out on top in 1986. But, in the 10th inning of Game 6, the Mets rallied to tie the score. Everyone knows what happened next.
Documentary about the ethnically diverse young girls of a female soccer team in the Bethlehem quarter of Bern, Switzerland's capital city.
A look inside the USA gymnastics sexual abuse scandal that shook the sports world in 2017 depicting a landscape in which women spend their youth seeking victory on a world stage, juxtaposed against a culture where abuse prevails and lives are damaged forever.
Take the Ball, Pass the Ball is the definitive story of the greatest football team ever assembled. For four explosive years, Pep Guardiola's Barça produced the greatest football in history, seducing fans around the world. In this exclusive, first-hand account of events between 2008 and 2012, the players themselves reveal the tension of the bitter Guardiola-Mourinho rivalry, the emotion of Abidal's fight back from cancer to lift the European Cup and how Messi, the best footballer the world's ever seen, was almost rejected by Barça as a 13-year-old.
Lloyd Daniels was one of the most gifted basketball players ever to emerge from New York City. He was born in Brooklyn in 1967 and grew up in the poorest neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens. His mother died when he was three, and his father deserted the family, leaving Lloyd an orphan to be raised by his two grandmothers. Virtually unsupervised, Lloyd learned early-on how to hustle to survive. Hustling came easy for him because he was a charming and likable kid. He still hustles to this day.
Marvel as the spirited Colts steal Super Bowl XLI away from the mighty Chicago Bears in their first Super Bowl win since their 1984 move to Indianapolis.
Intersection is a philosophical journey detailing the extreme highs and the extreme lows of such a mentally driven sport; we explore professional Supercross and motocross racer, Josh Grant's, humble beginnings and introduction to motocross, all the way to his professional career and personal battles on and off the track in detail not yet known to the public. From dropping out of school at only 14-years-old, to being blind-sided with financial ruin shortly after the birth of his son, Wyatt... Intersection focuses on struggles of searching for the right path along his journey to not only find self-preservation but also to find the path back to his winning ways.
A look at the remarable story - so far - of the world's leading light in darts, Michael van Gerwen. "Mighty Mike" has broken numerous records, winning major titles galore around the world.