Tuesday 28 April features 'Once Brothers', the chronicle of the relationship between Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic, two basketball players whose bond was broken by the Yugoslavian civil war and 'No Mas', which dives deeper into the unforgettable boxing rematch between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran in November 1980. Simpson), 'Of Miracles and Men' (the story of the 'Miracle on Ice' when American college athletes stunned the Soviet national team at the 1980 Winter Olympics) and 'Into the Wind' (which chronicles the story of Terry Fox, an amputee with cancer, attempting to run across Canada for cancer awareness). The day's 30 for 30 menu also includes 'Bad Boys' (a look at the Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early 1990s, a team everyone loved to hate), 'June 17 th 1994' (noteworthy sporting events which ouccred during the police chase of O.J. Were Hill and Sweeney in on this point-shaving thing together? Could big-time mobsters be involved too? It seemed incomprehensible," said director Joe Lavine.
"I practically fell off my chair when I learned that the 'Goodfella' Henry Hill was the same guy I had read about in Sports Illustrated and that he was behind the BC point-shaving scandal. Monday 27 April brings a sequence of 30 for 30 documentaries for viewers on SuperSport Maximo 2 to 'binge' watch, starting with 'Playing for the Mob', a film which tells the story of how mobster Henry Hill – played by Ray Liotta in the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic 'Goodfellas' – helped orchestrate the fixing of Boston College basketball games in the 1978-79 season. Sunday 26 April brings 'Deion's Double Play', the story of how Deion Sanders played an NFL game for the Atlanta Falcons in between two MLB games for the Atlanta Braves in a twenty-four hour window. This film explores the rivalry between the Indiana Pacers and New York as seen through the eyes and actions of Reggie Miller, star player of the Indiana Pacers. The first 30 for 30 film to look out for is ' Winning Time: Reggie Miller v The New York Knicks' on Wednesday 22 April. These superbly-produced sporting documentaries cover a wide range of topics and bring SuperSport viewers the human story behind some of the most intriguing sporting achievements, particularly in American culture. SuperSport viewers on DStv, in the absence of live sport, will be able to get their fill of sportinhg drama and intrigue as their 'Channel of Champions' features the highly regarded ESPN 30 for 30 series.
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