Olympic Endeavors | July 2024

U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Allyson Felix knows a thing or two about competition at the highest levels. However, her athletic career is the beginning of creating something out of nothing. Over the flavors of her favorite childhood restaurant, Harold and Belle's, in LA, Allyson shares her tale of turning a setback into a setup for an entirely different kind of success.
Amid the strained and turbulent atmosphere of a racially divided 1930s America
torn between boycotting Hitler's Olympics or participating in the Third Reich's grandest affair, this film follows 16 men and two women through their heroic turn at the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936. These 18 athletes carried the weight of a race on their shoulders and stood tall in the middle of a political firestorm. They made the team, traveled to Berlin, and did the unexpected with grace and dignity. Their presence on the world stage is a seminal precursor to the Civil Rights Movement.
In the summer of 1936, nine working-class young men from the University of Washington took the rowing world and the nation by storm when they captured the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Berlin. These sons of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers overcame tremendous hardships — psychological, physical and economic — to beat not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast but Adolf Hitler's elite German rowers.
The story of the triumph of the U.S. Men's rowing team at the 1936 Olympics. Premieres 8/2
Revisit how the tennis golden age changed the game forever in this three-part fascinating series.
A series exploring the rebels, rockstars and revolutionaries of the tennis world. On court, they were legends. Off the court, they challenged the world — Ashe, McEnroe, Borg, King, Navratilova, Evert — the golden age of tennis.
Episode #1 - Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe
Episode #2 - Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe
Episode #3 - Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert
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