Aaron Rodgers Netflix Doc Follows His Return to NFL
The story of Aaron Rodgers’ comeback from last season’s Week 1 Achilles tendon tear will be told in a three-part Netflix special this December, the streamer announced…
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LSU Gets $1M, Athletes Paid NIL Money for Amazon Docuseries
Campfire Film & TV is paying LSU $1 million for the exclusive rights to produce The Money Game, an NIL-focused documentary series following Tiger athletes during the…
Hard Knocks for Astronauts? NFL Films Charts Its Future
NFL Films has long been known for its peerless football documentaries. Now the production company is looking to expand outside of unscripted content, and even go past…
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The Best Streaming Sports Documentaries of 2023
Plenty of compliments are coming, but I have to start with a complaint. While catching up on several sports documentary projects to put together the list below, a…
TV Dumbs Down Further With End of HBO’s ‘Real Sports’
It’s the thesis statement for the entire 86-episode run of The Sopranos, and David Chase smuggles it in as a flashback that unspools during Tony’s first therapy session…
’30 for 30′ Doc Examines Peyton Manning and 1997 Heisman Race
The 1997 race for the Heisman Trophy will be explored in an installment of the 14th season of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, per a Variety exclusive. Titled “The Great…
The ‘Golden Age’ of Sports Docs Has Become a Content Onslaught
Making its debut on Prime Video Monday night, Kelce is a throwback of a sports documentary. It’s 102 minutes, for one thing, rather than 10 parts. Director Don…
Netflix’s Tour de France Doc Has Me Hooked to This Year’s Race
The American audience for cycling hasn’t been the same since Lance Armstrong’s blood doping-fueled fall from grace. But could Netflix come to the sport’s…
‘Steph Curry: Underrated’ Documentary Sets Theatrical, Apple TV+ Date
The story of one of the most influential players in NBA histroy will be released in theaters and via Apple TV+ this summer, Deadline reports. Stephen Curry…
IndyCar Show Joins Sports Docuseries Grid
Drafting off the success of behind-the-scenes sports shows like Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Hard Knocks, the NTT IndyCar Series announced Thursday that 100 Days to…
Skydance Sports, ‘Free Solo’ Team Helm Documentary Series on America’s Cup
America’s Cup and Skydance Sports are exclusively partnering for an “all-access, behind-the-scenes” documentary series on the next America’s Cup race, and as Deadline…
Brady-Strahan Film Company Eyes More Than Sports After $50M Raise
Religion of Sports has raised $50 million in Series B funding as the media company expands its storytelling ambitions. Founded by Tom Brady, Gotham Chopra, and Michael…
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