Frank Deford Movies

Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers,...

"As soon as you hear the title to this new one, you know exactly what it's about and why it's likely to be good, especially if you were a sports fan...

Schooled: The Price of College Sports is a comprehensive look at the business, history and culture of big-time college football and basketball in...

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...

Athletes and fans explore the impact of sports on the lives of Americans.

Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie...

"The Team that Changed the World," investigates the Globetrotters' impact socially and culturally, as well as their lasting effect on the NBA....

Based on true events, 'Alex: The Life of a Child' follows former 'Sports Illustrated' writer Frank Deford and his wife Carole when their happy,...

The Year of the Yao is a documentary film telling the first year of basketball player Yao Ming in the United States.

A father, who has trained his son all his life to play football, pauses when his son turns twelve and is about to play tackle football. Journalist...

A baseball-loving small girl decides to hook up her favorite down-on-his-luck baseball player and her mom, a down-on-her-luck lounge singer. Then her...

Debunking commonly held notions about the rite of passage known as the college experience, this PBS documentary follows 30 students and their...

Documentary about NBA star Bill Russell

A chronicle of the history of baseball in the movies. Includes interviews with the directors and stars of some of the most memorable baseball-themed...