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“The Almighty” Bobby Lashley has a list of credentials few can boast as a former MMA fighter, 3-time wrestling National Champion, 4-time wrestling All-American, 2-time Armed Forces Champion, Silver Medalist in the 2002 CISM World Championships, and multi-time WWE and Intercontinental Champion. He’s as comfortable striking down his opponents with the full force of his 6’3 frame as he is striking an...

With every throw, tackle, and kick, numbers are being calculated on the football field. National Geographic Kids and ESPN teamed up to create It’s a Numbers Game! Football to teach kids the way that digits and math factor into football, from the countless statistics used to measure an individual player’s performance to the numbers used in defensive formations. NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes wrote t...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 508 With NFL Great And Author R.K. Russell A groundbreaking memoir from professional NFL player, writer, and advocate R.K. Russell, who made history by becoming the first out active NFL player to identify as bisexual. In 2019, R.K. Russell broke the mold when he came out as bisexual in an essay for ESPN tha...

A memoir of hard lessons learned in the racially segregated and sometimes outright racist NBA of the early '60s by celebrated NBA player and first Black Coach of the Year, Ray Scott. Ray Scott was part of the early wave of Black NBA players like Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain who literally changed how the game of professional basketball is played, leading to the tremendously popular financial b...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 497 With Jason Reid Creator Of The Rise Of The Black Quarterback It Means for America by NFL journalist Jason Reid, chronicles the history of the treatment of Black Players in the NFL, and the breakout careers of a thrilling new generation of Black quarterbacks. Reid delves deeply into the culture war ignit...

The gritty blight of New York City in the '80s revealed a cultural resilience, one that ultimately birthed East Coast hip-hop and inspired a style of play on the basketball court that endures today. The elegance of the city's elite point guards, molded by the packed streetball courts, unwritten rules of bruising pickup games, and the perseverance required to survive everyday life, has come to defi...

RICKEY: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant-acclaimed sports journalist and three-time nominee for the National Magazine Award. Bryant is also the author of nine previous books, including The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron, The Heritage: Black Athletes, A Divided America and the Politics of Patriotism, and Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Maj...

On April 15, 1947, a young Jackie Robinson started at first base with the Brooklyn Dodgers, marking the first time a Black man was allowed to play in the modern Major Leagues. Robinson’s incredible accomplishments on the field are even more remarkable when combined with the enormous obstacles he was faced with while achieving them – fighting against segregation, racial discrimination and standing...

Merl Code, the former college basketball player and Nike and Adidas shoe rep who infamously became the fall guy in the 2017-2018 college basketball corruption scandal. In his explosive new book BLACK MARKET: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball (3/1/22; Hanover Square), Code will tell his side of the story and expose the seedy underbelly of college hoops, and a sys...

Matt Kunitz launched his career as producer and showrunner for MTV’s landmark reality show The Real World. He was also the driving force behind all seven seasons of Fear Factor, which broke decade-old network ratings records for NBC. In addition to Wipeout, Matt is the executive producer of Kicking & Screaming on FOX, Candy Crush on CBS and Kevin Hart: What the Fit, airing on E!, Peacock and YouTu...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 408 is with baseball’s biggest and greatest fan Zack Hample. Zack Hample has snagged more baseballs in the stands at major league stadiums than anyone, including Mike Trout's 1st career home run and Alex Rodriguez's 3,000th hit. He's been to 61 different Major League stadiums Hample is a full-time YouTuber...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 392 with pro wrestler Drew McIntyre. In this thrilling, no-holds-barred memoir that shows why he is "an inspiration to millions of WWE fans around the world" (Triple H), WWE Champion Drew McIntyre tells the incredible roller-coaster story of his life, from a small village in Ayrshire, Scotland, to the brig...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 388 with Tony Khan from AEW All Elite Wrestling. Under Khan’s leadership, AEW has defied expectations with its meteoric rise, record high ratings, world-class roster, pop culture infiltration, and a highly entertaining product that’s taken the world by storm. A thought leader in the world of sports analyti...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 362 with Dr. Britt Baker from All Elite Wrestling. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. is the reigning AEW Women’s World Champion, and is the only fully licensed and practicing dentist in the professional wrestling industry. She made her professional in-ring debut in 2015 while enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh...

FOX Sports shares the gift of John Madden for all who love football, with its original documentary ALL MADDEN. The tribute, premiering Saturday, Dec. 25 at 2:00 PM ET on FOX, leads into the network’s marquee matchup from Lambeau Field where the Green Bay Packers will host the Cleveland Browns (4:30 PM ET on FOX). ALL MADDEN is a look into one of the enduring icons of football: John Madden. Centere...

New ring. New rules. No holding back. The future of combat sports has arrived with a revolutionary new team sport known as Triad Combat which incorporates boxing and MMA rules in an aggressive, action-packed and fast-paced format. In Triad Combat, professional boxers compete against professional mixed martial arts fighters in a specially designed triangular ring over two-minute rounds. Designed to...

“Rhodes to the Top” will go inside the lives of Cody and Brandi Rhodes as they navigate their growing family while helping to build AEW’s global wrestling empire. Each episode will take viewers behind-the-scenes as the powerhouse couple manage their ever-busier lives inside and outside the ring, all the while surrounded by a colorful and often hilarious motley crew of wrestlers, family and friends...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 304 with Cody and Brandi Rhodes From Rhodes To The Top on TNT. “Rhodes to the Top” will go inside the lives of Cody and Brandi Rhodes as they navigate their growing family while helping to build AEW’s global wrestling empire. Each episode will take viewers behind-the-scenes as the powerhouse couple manage...

With the flagship series, AEW: Dynamite, dominating Wednesday nights, ALL Elite Wrestling is expanding to Fridays with AEW: Rampage. The electrifying, new featured the hottest stars of today and tomorrow showcasing their athleticism, charisma, and creativity on the fastest rising stage in all of professional wrestling. The gripping one-hour show brings new content, matchups, and personalities to f...

Ater timing out on the Stage Four rope climb, 15-year-old Kaden Lebsack is the American Ninja Warrior season 13 Last Ninja Standing. During the finale episode, Kaden performed sheer art on Stage Three. He gracefully and stoically swooped through all seven of the seemingly impossible obstacles. Kaden was the only of the final four competitors to reach the buzzer. Austin Gray was the season's runner...

There are two New Orleans: the glamorous party city that tourists see and the day-to-day reality of the heavily segregated Black neighborhoods outside the French Quarter. That more real New Orleans is defined by economic inequality, street violence, drugs, and institutional racism. For the young people born and raised there, it is the land of no opportunity—indeed, many struggle just to survive to...

Nick Newell will have his life story told in a new film due out on Aug. 6 with former "Teen Wolf" star Cody Christian playing the Bellator veteran and former World Series of Fighting title contender. "Notorious Nick" stars Christian alongside Barry Livingston, Kevin Pollack and Elisabeth Rohm in a film that will document Newell's rise up from the wrestling room until eventually becoming a mixed ma...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 287 with professional wrestler Paul Wight from All Elite Wrestling.