Fantastic Lies takes viewers back to the night of March 13, 2006, when Duke University lacrosse players threw a team party that ended up changing lives, ruining careers, tarnishing a university’s reputation and even jeopardizing the future of the sport at the school. The film, from Emmy Award-winning® director Marina Zenovich (Roman Polanski: Wanted and […]
George Bodenheimer is an ESPN and cable industry pioneer and was the company’s longest-tenured president, a position he held from 1998 to 2011, overseeing all multimedia sports assets of The Walt Disney Company from 2003 to 2011 and serving as co-chairman, Disney Media Networks, from 2004 to 2011. He served as executive chairman of ESPN, […]
George Bodenheimer was hired at ESPN in 1981 into the mailroom and ended up leading the company as president through some of its most dynamic years of growth and expansion from 1998-2011. His new memoir “EVERY TOWN IS A SPORTS TOWN: Business Leadership at ESPN, from the Mailroom to the Boardroom”, with Donald T. Phillips […]
Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Or brilliant sports marketing visionary? ESPN’s Newest 30 for 30 documentary tells the story of Sonny Vaccaro, Who put basketball and sneakers on the map, and created a multi-billion dollar industry. His supporters call him a visionary and praise his loyalty. His enemies accuse him of corrupting a sport and profiting off amateur […]
The most hated player in college basketball history is the focus of ESPN’s newest 30 for 30 documentary…I Hate Christian Laettner He made perhaps the most dramatic shot in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament. He’s the only player to start in four consecutive Final Fours, and was instrumental in Duke winning two national […]
