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EXCLUSIVE: The Michael Doneger directed documentary Fate of a Sport, which ESPN acquired ahead of the pic’s Tribeca Film Festival world premiere, will drop on ESPN+ on Aug. 29. The docu chronicles the story of lacrosse legend Paul Rabil and his fight to change the trajectory of the sport he loves by launching a new…

The Super Bowl-winning 2000 Baltimore Ravens were among the NFL’s greatest defensive teams ever, and now the team is getting 30 for 30 treatment. ESPN Films has kicked off production on a documentary on the squad led by future Hall of Famers Ray Lewis and Rod Woodson. The doc centers on one of the most notorious…

Robin Roberts and ESPN Films have teamed on a documentary about WNBA star-turned-activist Maya Moore and her years-long fight to free a man from prison for a crime he did not commit. The untitled documentary project, produced in partnership with Roberts’ Rock'n Robin Productions, will explore Moore's unwavering faith…

UPDATED, 2:38 PM: ESPN said today that Vick, the two-part 30 for 30 documentary about former NFL star Michael Vick, will premiere at 9 p.m. Thursday, January 30. The second installment will bow a week later, at 9 p.m. February 6. PREVIOUSLY, October 28: The past decade for ESPN has been an eventful one, to put it…

ESPN Films said today that Enhanced, Oscar-winning documantarian Alex Gibney’s limited docuseries about how athletes are using modern technology and science to achieve greatness, will premiere on its streaming service. All six episodes of the series will go live July 16 on ESPN+, where the Worldwide Leader plans to…

ESPN Films and Netflix are teaming on The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary series about basketball icon Michael Jordan for premiere in 2019. Directed by Jason Hehir (The Fab Five, The '85 Bears, Andre the Giant) and produced by Mike Tollin, the anthology will chronicle the simultaneous rise of Jordan and the Chicago…

Bryan Fogel’s Icarus, the Netflix film about sports doping, will open AFI Docs, the American Film Institute’s annual documentary festival, June 14 at Washington D.C.’s Newseum. Year of the Scab, the ESPN Films doc about the 1987 NFL strike, directed by John Dorsey, will close the fest June 18 at the same…

Those who need a time out from New Year’s Day football can switch over to Viceland for a documentary about one of football’s greatest stars. But O.J.: Made in America, Ezra Edelman’s 7 1/2-hour film about the myriad issues surrounding the O.J. Simpson case, is much more than just a look at one of the gridiron’s…

ESPN Films will premiere 30 for 30 documentary This Was the XFL on February, 2 at PM ET, three days ahead of Super Bowl LI. Directed by Charlie Ebersol, This Was The XFL chronicles the short-lived, ill-fated pro football league and features Ebersol’s dad, longtime NBC sports chief Dick Ebersol, and Vince McMahon. In…