Jeff Pearlman talks how his Lakers book became HBO’s “Winning Time”
"It was never on my radar. It’s not like I wrote books thinking that it would be great if these became TV shows."
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Game Theory with Bomani Jones premieres on March 13th
Game Theory has a premiere date.
HBO and NFL Films announce “Terry Bradshaw: Going Deep,” combining Bradshaw’s stage show with interview and archival footage
HBO and NFL Films have long worked together on Hard Knocks. Now, they're teaming up for a Terry Bradshaw special, focused on the stage shows he did in Missouri this August.
Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament talks to Real Sports’ Mary Carillo on building remote Montana skate parks to battle suicide rates
"I grew up here; I'm trying to bring that thing I've witnessed in my travels back to these kinds of places."
HBO acquires Tony Hawk doc “Until The Wheels Fall Off,” from Mark and Jay Duplass’ Duplass Brothers Productions
Until The Wheels Fall Off will premiere in 2022 on HBO and HBO Max.
Director Fernando Villena talks “Dear Rider,” on Jake Burton Carpenter and Burton Snowboards: “This was the startup of startups.”
"Jake's story was also the story of an entrepreneur, and a man who envisioned a sport where there was none, and threw everything he had into making it a sport."
“Dear Rider” trailer shows Jake Burton Carpenter’s long journey with snowboarding: “He was so damn determined.”
"I started the company in '77, and I remember I went out with 30 snowboards and I came home with 40, because one dealer said 'I don't want this crap.'"
Katie Nolan says she interviewed for HBO’s “Game Theory,” which will be hosted by Bomani Jones
“I interviewed for it. Got a little ahead of myself thinking I was gonna get it."
Bomani Jones gets weekly “Game Theory” show on HBO with executive producer Adam McKay: “This is, literally, my professional dream”
“This is, literally, my professional dream, to have a show like this one on HBO. I'd feel that way with anyone behind it, but working with a top-notch group like Seth, Stu, Todd, Adam and Nina has me more excited than I can express. We have a chance to do something that hasn't been done before, and I can't wait to share our work with the world."
HBO will air a four-part “Level Playing Field” Vox docuseries on social inequities and sports
The series will cover at-risk youth basketball programs, NCAA student-athlete classification, immigrant workers in horse racing, and the WNBA's Atlanta Dream's push for the election of Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Bob Costas will interview Charles Barkley and Aly Raisman in “Back on the Record” debut
"We are going to be a quarterly show, and each segment has to be about something larger than just the day’s events."
AT&T to combine WarnerMedia assets with Discovery in blockbuster merger
The Turner networks and HBO are among the assets included in the deal.
Adrien Brody cast as Pat Riley in HBO’s “Showtime” era Los Angeles Lakers series
An Academy Award winner had to play the iconic coach, right?
