Awful Announcing
The 60-minute main HeadStrong documentary debuts on NBC Sports Regional Networks this week, and many of the digital features accompanying it are already out.
Any One Of Us combines footage of Paul Basagoitia's recovery journey with comments from other spinal cord injury survivors about their own journeys, and the result is a powerful documentary.
"We know that our sports heroes face mental health challenges, just like so many others. We hope this project will advance that conversation and show people that resources and assistance are available to everyone."
The film will premiere on HBO on Oct. 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Premiering Dec. 10 on HBO, Belichick and Saban: The Art of Coaching will cover those coaches' almost four-decade-long friendship.
After covering the New Jersey Devils' training camp in a debut season last year, Behind The Glass will cover the Philadelphia Flyers' camp this year.
Four new Four Sides of the Story documentaries are coming to CBS' broadcast network this fall, with the first one (on Doug Flutie's Hail Mary) premiering Oct. 19.
The 60-minute film Well Groomed, from director Rebecca Stern, will premiere on HBO in December.
"Dennis is one of the more singular athletes in the history of sports, and attempting to uncover the underlying reasons and motivations behind his evolution from a shy, introverted kid in Dallas to the outrageous character we know and remember, is at the heart of our film."
A report has the selected teams as Washington State, Arizona State, Alabama and Penn State, but no contracts appear to be signed yet.
"We want to be the beta test for a lot of technical initiatives. Immersive reality, augmented reality, new camera angles — why not? We’re going to be in the weeds as a test pilot."
The first film in the series, "The Pence Method," explores Hunter Pence's attempt to reinvent his swing in winter ball in the Dominican Republic. It premieres Saturday on FS1.
Produced by famed extreme sports filmmakers Teton Gravity Research, this film will premiere on HBO Nov. 26.
All Around will premiere August 6 and will follow U.S. gymnast Morgan Hurd, Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova and Chinese gymnast Chen Yile for a year.
"The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism," a 2018 release from Beacon Press, is now going to be made into a docuseries by Maverick TV. Sacha Jenkins (Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, Burn Motherf*cker Burn) is attached as executive producer.
