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21) Althea
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Althea Gibson emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world of the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper's daughter, her family's migration to Harlem, her mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, and her fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring the story into a much broader realm of African American history, transcending sports.
22) Muhammad Ali
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Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
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The wives and girlfriends of professional athletes have their own games to play. Away from the grandstands and the locker rooms the real action is on the red carpets, in the beauty salons, and in designer bedrooms. It's love, power, and status all the way, until the death of a team member adds investigation into the mix. This bold and brassy Australian series depicts the lives of the rich and famous, in a world full of lies, scandals, and possibly...
26) Morningside 5
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In 1992, filmmaker Mike Tollin chronicled one season in the lives of the Morningside High basketball team in Inglewood, California. A number of the players showed promise to go on to the NCAA and the NBA. "Morningside 5" revisits five key players of the 1992 team.
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Arguably the most controversial figure to ever step foot in the industry, Eric Bischoff is responsible for some of the most revolutionary moments in sports-entertainment history. From creating the now, to battling WWE as the figurehead of WCW during The Monday Night War, to being one of the most-hated personalities in both WCW and WWE, Eric Bischoff knew how to get under his rival₂s skin while creating his own in your face brand of controversy.
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In the fall of 1997, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls began their quest to win a sixth NBA title in eight years. But despite all Jordan had achieved since his sensational debut thirteen years earlier, 'The Last Dance,' as coach Phil Jackson called it, would be shadowed by tension with the club's front office and the overwhelming sense that this was the last time the world would ever see the greatest player of all time, and his extraordinary teammates,...
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There are rivalries, and then there is the Boston Celtics vs. the Los Angeles Lakers. This critically-acclaimed film not only gets to the heart of the greatest tug-of-war in NBA history, but also shows how their three riveting Finals in four years in the 1980s fueled the popularity of the NBA. Director Jim Podhoretz presents a fabulous cast of characters who would change the NBA and open America's collective mind.
32) Tommy
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Chronciles the turbulent life and career of heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison, who rose to fame after he was given a starring role in the motion picture Rocky V. Focuses on Morrison's final years, in which he dealt with drug addiction, imprisonment, and AIDS.
33) What Carter lost
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Recounts the 1988 championship season of the David Carter Cowboys, the football team of David Wendel Carter High School in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas, and the rash of armed robberies that followed, in which six members of the team participated.