GREAT SPORTS STORIES

A collection of programs that document great stories in a variety
of sports.

16 x 30 minutes or 8 x 60 minutes or 12 x 30 - 60 minutes

• Baseball
  • Two award-winning baseball documentaries are even more moving in their personal re-telling by Noriyuki "Pat" Morita and James Earl Jones.
  • Diamonds in the Rough: The Legacy of
    Japanese-American Baseball (with Pat Morita) - 30 min.
  • Dreamfield: The Story of
    "The Field of Dreams" (with James Earl Jones) - 60 min.
• Biking

  • The Great Bike Ride Across America
    This classic program documents when 308 Iowans attempted to bicycle 4,000 miles across the United States to celebrate their state's 150 Anniversary.

    1 x 60 minutes

    Produced by Crescenti Moon Productions.

• Boxing
  • Unknown: The Jackie Beard Story
    The story of amateur boxer Jackie Beard, who lost his chance to win an Olympic Gold Medal due to the US decision to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics. Featured are exclusive interviews with Peter Ueberroth, Dwight Stones, and Emanuel Steward.

    1 x 30 minutes / HD

    Produced by William Fain Productions.

• Hot Air Ballooning
  • Hot Air Ballooning Stories
    Two classic, award-winning documentaries capture the thrill and spectacle of hot-air ballooning.
  • Balcony in the Sky - 30 min.
  • Ride the Winds - 30 min.
• Mountain Climbing
  0. Mountain Climbing Stories
     Historic documentaries capture the exhilaration and adventure, along with the risks and dangers, of professional mountain climbing.
  1. An Exclusive Conversation with Sir Edmund Hillary - 30 min.
  2. Free Climb (Narrated by Robert Redford) - 30 min.
  3. No Mean Feat: The Mark Inglis Story - 60 min.
  4. Mt. Aconcagua: The Stone Sentinel - 30 min.
  5. Mt. Elbrus: Mountain with 1,000 Mountains Inside It - 30 min.
  6. Mt. McKinley: Denali - The Great One - 30 min.