Episodes
With two friends, a basement, and a love for street basketball, Seth Berger built AND1 athletic company to take on Nike. He now works for the 76ers Innovation Lab, but still is driven by a love for hoops.
Published 01/12/17
They say the name on the front of the jersey is more important than the name on the back, but what happens when there's two names on the front? Soon the Philadelphia 76ers will be the first big 4 sports team with an advertisement on their jersey. Is this the first step to ads alongside your teams logo?
Published 12/15/16
Andre Rene Roussimoff was larger than life. His immense size earned him the stage name Andre the Giant as he helped take pro wrestling from community center gyms to Madison Square Garden, but balancing family, health, and a fledgling sport was too big a task even for a Giant.
Published 11/17/16
In 1984, Donald Trump became owner of the USFL football team, the New Jersey Generals. By 1986 the league had collapsed. Before America votes on whether Trump should be Commander in Chief, it should understand his time as a football General.
Published 10/20/16
Since the early 1900s, the universities of Texas and Oklahoma have played an annual game of football that has become one of the most heated rivalries in the world of sports. From the Texas State Fair, Lindsay Schnell speaks to several key figures in this historic rivalry, hoping to discover how these similar schools became bitter rivals. -- Produced by Alexander Abnos, with help from Ryan Fish. Reported by Lindsay Schnell.
Published 10/06/16
A live soundtrack has always heightened game play. From military marching bands during civil war baseball games, to the huge production of the super bowl half time show, sports fans have become accustomed to a score to compliment the scoring.
Published 09/22/16
The first Super Bowl of the new millenium also turned out to be one of the most memorable editions of the NFL's championship game. To celebrate the beginning of football season, Don Banks visits with the characters involved in "The Tackle," which gave the Rams a Super Bowl title. -- Produced by Alexander Abnos. -- Contains music by Circus Marcus [freemusicarchive.org/music/CIRCUSMARCUS/], Jon Luc Hefferman [freemusicarchive.org/music/Jon_Luc_Hefferman/], The Losers...
Published 09/08/16
Sports have a drug problem. Athletes have been doping for the better part of a century in order to gain an edge on the field and leagues have continued to look the other way. How do you cure sport's doping addiction when nobody will admit there's a problem?
Published 08/25/16
The Steeplechase is a bizarre sideshow in the world of track, a 3,000-meter obstacle course, involving several jumps into pools of water, was originally meant to be ridden on horseback. In modern times, the Olympic event has been dominated by Kenyans and those from other African countries. So why, then, is American Evan Jager determined to medal at the steeplechase in Rio? Because his journey makes him the most prepared American to do so in a generation. == Produced and edited by Alexander...
Published 08/12/16
Rio's Olympic Village has big problems, continuing a legacy of 'sub-par' athlete housing at the games.
Published 08/05/16
You'll see American Olympians in Rio this summer, but how do these athletes make ends meet while spending time, money, and energy preparing for one of the biggest events of their lives?
Published 07/28/16