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The man who transformed how people schuss down the slopes in the subject of a new documentary from HBO Sports. Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story, about snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton, hails from Red Bull Media House and will premiere November 9 on HBO. Narrated by Woody Harrelson — a close friend of the late Burton…

EXCLUSIVE: Baseball's oldest living Hall of Famer has had a record-breaking career, made that fabled Catch and picked up a Presidential Medal of Freedom, among other honors, over his life. Now the legendary Willie Mays is going to be the subject of a HBO documentary. "Some say that throughout my life I have inspired…

Surfing legend Garrett McNamara has broken many bones riding some of the world's biggest waves. "Broke my feet many times, broke my ribs many times," he notes. “I’ve broke my back, broke my shoulder." Those injuries have not deterred him from going back into the ocean and seeking to do what might seem impossible, or…

Tiger Woods’ life has come full circle. That seems to be one of the themes of Tiger, a two-part documentary from HBO Sports and Jigsaw Productions that is billed as a chronicle of the golf legend’s “rise, fall, and epic comeback.” That arc was hard ignore as Woods and his 11-year-old son, Charlie, played together at…

HBO Sports and Major League Baseball are teaming up on documentary Under The Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story, about the life and career of the former New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians pitcher. The feature doc, which will debut on December 22 on HBO and will then stream on HBO Max, will…

HBO Sports has boarded Imagine Documentaries and Fuqua Films feature documentary The Day Sports Stood Still about the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed. Emmy-winner Fuqua will direct the film chronicling the abrupt stoppage, athletes' prominent role in the…

HBO has set a new talk show special fronted by Megan Rapinoe in which the Team USA soccer star engages guests in today’s cultural conversations. Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe kicks off at 10 p.m. ET/7 PT this Saturday, August 1. The special features firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), comedian and…

HBO Sports has picked up SXSW doc Any One Of Us, produced by Red Bull Films, which chronicles pro mountain biker Paul Basagoitia's journey to recovery after a devastating spinal cord injury. The feature marks the first partnership between HBO Sports and Red Bull Films. Directed by Fernando Villena, it also features a…

Strike up the band: HBO Sports’ acclaimed reality franchise is going to school for the first time with 24/7 College Football, a four-part docuseries narrated by Ray Donovan‘s Liev Schreiber that kicks off October 2 on HBO. The inaugural episode will follow the Florida Gators, followed by visits with the Penn State…

As football season ramps up this week, HBO Sports and NFL Films announced their teaming on a feature-length film about the long-standing relationship between generational football coaches Bill Belichick and Nick Saban. Belichick & Saban: The Art of Coaching will air in December on the premium cabler. Check out the…

HBO said today that it will end its live boxing programming at the end of 2018, a final bell at the pay-cable network that made the sport famous with the advent pay-per-view and  by showcasing superstars from Mike Tyson,  Oscar de La Hoya and Sugar Ray Leonard to Floyd Mayweather and Roy Jones Jr. HBO Sports’ first…

Just as there’s no such thing as a sure thing in sports, there’s an exception to every rule. Witness the University of Connecticut women’s basketball program: The team has won four consecutive NCAA champions and 10 since 2000. Now HBO will follow the Huskies on their Drive for Five. HBO Sports said today that it will…