ESPN Films Review: Roll Tide/War Eagle

I would like to consider myself to be a sports fan. I grew up in a baseball town (that just won it’s 11th World Series Championship I might add) and played ice hockey for basically my whole life. Those are my two sports, whereas if it wasn’t for fantasy football I would have zero interest […]

ESPN Films Review: Unguarded

The story of Chris Herren is a modern day tragedy. Chris grew up in Fall River Massachusetts and was a all star basketball player in high school. He and his friends played hard, and then went out and played even harder. Partying was a big part of life for Chris and his friends growing up […]

ESPN Films Review: The Real Rocky

Tonights documentary The Real Rocky by Jeff Feuerzeig was the story of former heavy weight boxer, Chuck Wepner. Wepner has lived most of his life as a traveling liquor salesman and continues to earn his living through that trade to this day. Boxing was never Chuck’s main priority in life but it was something he […]

ESPN Films Review: Charismatic

This week ESPN film series aired Charismatic by Steven Michaels. Charismatic was the name of the horse who made a run for the triple crown in 1999. While the story being told in this documentary is called Charismatic, it is just as much a story about the horse as it is the story of the […]

ESPN Films Review: The Dotted Line

This week ESPN Films gave us The Dotted Line by Morgan Spurlock. The Dotted Line is a documentary that gives us a glimpse into the life of sports agents. Morgan Spurlock is the man most famous for being the guy who ate nothing but McDonalds for 30 days in his documentary Super Size Me. His […]

ESPN Films Review: Renee

Renee by Eric Drath is the story of Renee Richards which is one of the strangest tales in sports history. This story begins with the life of Dr. Richard Raskind. Dick Raskind was born in New York City and was the second child of two renowned doctors. Dick excelled at everything he ever did. In high school […]

ESPN Films Review: Catching Hell

The story of Steve Bartman is well known among anyone who is a fan of baseball. This incident only proved once again to fans of the Chicago Cubs that they are in fact cursed. Alex Gibney’s documentary “Catching Hell” was shown as part of ESPN’s film series. The ESPN documentary’s are always fascinating and this […]