Hoops star Dwyane Wade remembers Kobe Bryant as a "big brother" figure to members of the U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball squad that competed for gold at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. The story of how that special group of players attempted to avenge a devastating loss at the 2004 Games in Athens is told in the new…
Netflix has partnered with the International Olympic Committee for The Redeem Team—a new documentary looking at the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team’s iconic victory of 2008, which will be released globally on the streamer on October 7th.
Using unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem…
Skydance Media is branching into sports, and has tapped veteran producer Jon Weinbach to lead the effort.
Weinbach, a former EVP at Mandalay Sports Media and Tollin Productions whose credits include The Last Dance and Kareem: Minority of One, will be president of Skydance Sports. He will report to Skydance president…
EXCLUSIVE: The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement, but it was the subsequent viral footage of Jacob Blake shot in the back seven times by a police officer with his children in the back seat in Kenosha, Wisconsin that was the pivot point for the National Basketball…