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Category: Sports

Documentary Recommendation: The Last Rider (2022)

12/07/2025

Documentary Recommendations, Sports

The Last Rider is a sports documentary about Greg LeMond. He’s the only American to win the Tour de France in 1986, 1989, and 1990 after the disgrace of Lance Armstrong from late 1990s to mid-2000s. The best part of this documentary covers his comeback after a shooting accident and then winning the Tour de
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Documentary Recommendation: Blindsided (2023)

12/09/2023

Documentary Recommendations, Hollywood, Sports

Many of us watched the movie adaptation of the book about Michael Oher and the Tuohy family called The Blind Side. We watched Sandra Bullock earn an Oscar for her role as the “adoptive mother” of Michael Oher. While movies take creative liberties to make them better for screen adaptation, this movie took great liberties
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Netflix Documentary Recommendation: Bad Sport (2021-)

10/16/2021

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations, Sports

The background of past sporting incidents, accidents, and cover ups is all the rage right now on Netflix. This documentary about some of the scandals that rocked the athletic world is no different. Bad Sport is basically a look inside of what happened to the people involved and who was at fault by the end
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More You Know: Single Player Wimbledon Title Winners

09/19/2021

FYI, More You Know, Sports

Australian, French, and US Open started in 1905, 1891, and 1881 respectively. The longest running competition is Wimbledon that started in 1877 for men only and 1884 for men and women. The top three countries with the most titles for male players is UK with 37, USA with 33, and Australia with 21. The top
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TV Show Recommendation: 30 for 30 (2009-)

11/25/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Sports, TV Recommendations

Creators: Bill Simmons and Conner Schell Main Producers: Bill Simmons, Connor Schell, and John Dahl Number of Seasons so far: Currently in 3rd season Running Time of Each Episode: Varies ******* According to IMDb, 30 for 30 has four seasons, but on Wikipedia it says it has three seasons plus ESPN Films Presents, Shorts, and
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2018 Olympic Highlights According to Pisaries Creator

04/14/2018

Sports

Goodbye PyeongChang As April is basically here and most signs of winter is gone, the Summer Olympics in Tokyo from July 24 to August 9, 2020 will be here before you know it. Until that time arrives, here is my long awaited great moments, surprising moments, first time moments, and events to go down in
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2018 Olympic Results

02/24/2018

Random Posts, Sports

2018 Olympic Results

As the 2018 Winter Olympics come to an end, it started to unfold where the results were good for some and not so good for others. Because I live in the United States, it’s obvious I would cheer on the athletes representing the Stars and Stripes over the others, but still wishing everyone would compete
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