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During a conversation that was aired Monday during ESPN’s The Return of Sports special, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told that network’s Mike Greenberg that he was in favor of Colin Kaepernick being signed by a team, and that he encouraged whichever club was interested in doing that to just go ahead and do it. Whether […]
The first-look trailer for ESPN‘s next 30 for 30 documentary Long Gone Summer has arrived. The documentary is set to chronicle the summer of 1998 when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both sought to take the single-season home run record that was previously held by Roger Maris at the time. Front Office Sports’ Michael McCarthy described Long Gone Summer as “McGwire […]
Scottie Pippen might be one of the few people on earth who wasn’t a fan of The Last Dance. According to ESPN 1000’s David Kaplan, Pippen is “beyond livid” at Michael Jordan over his portrayal in the doc. Per CBS Sports, Kaplan said that Pippen is “so angry at Michael and how he was portrayed, called selfish, […]
Due to the success that The Last Dance has had for ESPN during a time in which approximately jack shit else is happening in the world of sports (outside of the NFL Draft, which was cool), the network has decided to bump up the premiere dates for three more planned documentaries. The subjects of these […]
NBA legend Michael Jordan will be donating all of the profits he’ll make from ESPN‘s 10-part docuseries The Last Dance to charity, Forbes reports. According to the publication, Jordan is set to make between $3 million to $4 million from the docuseries, which focuses on the Chicago Bulls‘ 1997–98 season. It’s unclear to which charities Jordan, who’s worth over […]
It took years for ESPN’s documentary The Last Dance to be made. It began in 1997 when a producer for NBA Entertainment wanted to shoot a doc on what was expected to be Michael Jordan’s last season with the Chicago Bulls. However, obtaining such access was a big ask. “I mean, then, as it is […]
Speaking to The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch, director Jason Hehir revealed that Michael Jordan once told him that he was concerned about what people will think of him after they watch his highly-anticipated upcoming ESPN docuseries The Last Dance. “When people see this footage I’m not sure they’re going to be able to understand why I was so intense, why I did the things I did, why I […]
When it comes to the coronavirus screwing over sports, nobody lucked out on the timing better than the NFL. They were able to run out their full season, get their playoffs in, and even wrap up the Super Bowl (complete with that boring Pro Bowl week in between) without compromising. Now the world still has […]
Though its immediate future remains in question, the NBA is doing its best to find ways to keep fans entertained. After kicking off its player-only NBA 2K tournament on Friday, the league will reportedly treat fans to a televised game of H-O-R-S-E featuring “high-profile players,” ESPN reports. Sources shared the news with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday, who reports that the competition would be […]
According to Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes, the NBA has plans to launch a players-only NBA 2K tournament that will (in theory) be made up of the best gamers from each team in the league. You already know the reason but, in the sake of providing context should this article be clicked on in the future, […]
