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We may follow sports because we are interested in scores, stats and standings. But we care about sports because of the authentic human experience that lives at the heart of the games, teams, people, and traditions we love. They are the reason why sports is the only true Reality TV. The drama is unscripted, the emotions genuine, the challenges real, the triumphs exquisite. And the more unexpected the story the better.
We hope you’ll enjoy exploring the less-familiar corners of the sports universe, taking deep dives into stories of the unexpected, the unheralded, and when it all comes together just right, the unforgettable.
Episode 7: The Club Scene
Sixty-four hundred people were in the building and saw it for themselves. None of them could believe their eyes, but they saw it. Countless others watched the highlights on...
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Season 2: Trailer
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EPISODE 6: THE CROSSING
On December 12, 2020, Jasmine Harrison climbed aboard Argo and started rowing. She has not stepped foot on dry land since.The 21-year-old swim instructor/bartender-turned-adventurer is competing in the 2020...
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Episode 5: The Claiming game
The mainstream sports fan probably only spends about six minutes watching horse racing in a given year — the combined running time of the three Triple Crown races. A...
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Episode 4: Election Day Special – Tipping Points
As you’re sitting around this Election Day, waiting for results to come in, sports might be the furthest thing from your mind. Just as when you watched your favorite...
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Episode 3: Last Licks
It was a baseball game that originally was not supposed to be played. By the time it was over, it was a game that 16 seniors from Rhodes College...
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Episode 2: Catch An Eye
The NFL likes to tell college prospects that the size of their school or the level of competition they play doesn’t matter, that if a player has talent, they’ll...
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Episode 1: Safe At Home
Opening Day is about many things: The return of baseball season. The end of winter. Most of all, it is a day of hope and possibility. The caliber of...
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Episode 8: What’s the Catch?
Words matter. Donald Hall, the old Poet Laureate of the United States, knew that as well as anyone. “To appreciate the word,” he once wrote, “writers and readers must...
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