The standalone Outside the Lines series has been cancelled by ESPN. The sports news show will end its run on the cable network with this Saturday’s episode. The sports news program has aired for 33 years. However, the Outside the Lines brand will continue on other other shows and platforms, including segments hosted by Jeremy Schaap during Sports Center, per Sports Business Journal.
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- 2/5/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
ESPN will relaunch “Sports Reporters” as a stand-alone YouTube program six years after ending the program’s 29-year run on its flagship linear network.
The former Sunday morning stalwart’s revival will debut in mid-2023, according to the Sports Business Journal, which first reported the development. It will be hosted by ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap, the son of Dick Schaap, the legendary sports journalist who hosted “Sports Reporters” for more than a decade before his death in 2001.
“Sports Reporters” ran from 1988 to 2017 until it was canceled not long after the death of John Saunders, who had replaced Dick Schaap and served as longtime host. The show pioneered the sportswriter roundtable format that would later be used as a model for the long-running daily ESPN show “Around the Horn” and others.
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The former Sunday morning stalwart’s revival will debut in mid-2023, according to the Sports Business Journal, which first reported the development. It will be hosted by ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap, the son of Dick Schaap, the legendary sports journalist who hosted “Sports Reporters” for more than a decade before his death in 2001.
“Sports Reporters” ran from 1988 to 2017 until it was canceled not long after the death of John Saunders, who had replaced Dick Schaap and served as longtime host. The show pioneered the sportswriter roundtable format that would later be used as a model for the long-running daily ESPN show “Around the Horn” and others.
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- 2/3/2023
- by Slav Kandyba
- The Wrap
ESPN has canceled the linear edition of its journalism-driven news program Outside the Lines.
While the weekly TV series is sunsetting, the Saturday morning news program will continue on as a digital series (including on ESPN’s YouTube channel), and with branded segments on ESPN’s flagship studio show SportsCenter seven days per week. Jeremy Schaap, the anchor of Otl since 2020, will continue to lead the segments.
Sports Business Journal‘s John Ourand first reported the news. No jobs are expected to be lost with the change.
Launched in 1990 as a monthly program, Otl eventually shifted to a daily format. In 2020 the program returned to a weekly cadence on Saturday mornings during the NFL offseason. Anchored by Bob Ley from its inception until his retirement in 2019, the program was known for its tough reporting on issues like the NFL’s concussion crisis, and the USA gymnastics sex abuse scandal.
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While the weekly TV series is sunsetting, the Saturday morning news program will continue on as a digital series (including on ESPN’s YouTube channel), and with branded segments on ESPN’s flagship studio show SportsCenter seven days per week. Jeremy Schaap, the anchor of Otl since 2020, will continue to lead the segments.
Sports Business Journal‘s John Ourand first reported the news. No jobs are expected to be lost with the change.
Launched in 1990 as a monthly program, Otl eventually shifted to a daily format. In 2020 the program returned to a weekly cadence on Saturday mornings during the NFL offseason. Anchored by Bob Ley from its inception until his retirement in 2019, the program was known for its tough reporting on issues like the NFL’s concussion crisis, and the USA gymnastics sex abuse scandal.
With...
- 2/3/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ESPN’s “E60” will take a look at baseball great Barry Bonds as he approaches his last year of eligibility on the writers’ ballot for candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame, a sign that allegations around his use of performance-enhancing drugs have tarnished some parts of his legacy.
The ESPN program will present “Bonds” on Nov. 7 at 9:30 p.m. Et, with Jeremy Schaap reporting. Over the course of his 22-season career, Bonds amassed a record 762 career home runs, a record 73 home runs in a single season and eight Gold Gloves. But, he was indicted in 2007 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice during the federal government’s investigation into a steroid manufacturer. The perjury charge was dropped and an obstruction conviction was later overturned. Even so, Bonds has not played baseball for a professional team since 2007.
The one-hour primetime special will include interviews with Jim Leyland, Bonds...
The ESPN program will present “Bonds” on Nov. 7 at 9:30 p.m. Et, with Jeremy Schaap reporting. Over the course of his 22-season career, Bonds amassed a record 762 career home runs, a record 73 home runs in a single season and eight Gold Gloves. But, he was indicted in 2007 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice during the federal government’s investigation into a steroid manufacturer. The perjury charge was dropped and an obstruction conviction was later overturned. Even so, Bonds has not played baseball for a professional team since 2007.
The one-hour primetime special will include interviews with Jim Leyland, Bonds...
- 10/26/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
This year in sports can’t be summed up with Top 10 lists and reels of game clips. So ESPN is going to try some different tactics.
ESPN plans a three-hour primetime event to bid farewell to year in sports that often involved events that took place well off the field. The show, “SportsCenter Presents: 2020 – Heroes, History and Hope,”will air as three one-hour programs and will kick off on Thursday, December 24 at 8 p.m. Jeremy Schaap and Lisa Salters. It will also be available on the ESPN mobile app
“We’ve done all different kinds of year-end specials. Some of them have been anthologies of our best stories commentary. Five or six different panel shows do ten best things, then worst things,” says Schaap, in an interview. “For obvious reasons, that wouldn’t have seemed an appropriate way to look back at a year with so much devastation and heartache...
ESPN plans a three-hour primetime event to bid farewell to year in sports that often involved events that took place well off the field. The show, “SportsCenter Presents: 2020 – Heroes, History and Hope,”will air as three one-hour programs and will kick off on Thursday, December 24 at 8 p.m. Jeremy Schaap and Lisa Salters. It will also be available on the ESPN mobile app
“We’ve done all different kinds of year-end specials. Some of them have been anthologies of our best stories commentary. Five or six different panel shows do ten best things, then worst things,” says Schaap, in an interview. “For obvious reasons, that wouldn’t have seemed an appropriate way to look back at a year with so much devastation and heartache...
- 12/17/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Rinaldi, the ESPN correspondent known for his enterprise features and video essays, has jumped to Fox Sports, a place that has in the past not been known for delivering such things.
He is expected to take up duties for Fox in 2021, “contributing across the network’s world-class portfolio of live events.”
“Tom is one of the all-time great people in this business and a generational storyteller,” said Eric Shanks. Fox Sports’ CEO and executive producer, in a statement. “The biggest events on Fox just got bigger because of Tom, and we are honored to have him as our newest teammate.” Rinaldi’s last ESPN assignment is expected to be the network’s January 1 broadcast of the Rose Bowl game.
While he has served as a sideline reporter for ESPN’s golf coverage and college-football events, Rinaldi is better known for his enterprise features and interview. It is Rinaldi who...
He is expected to take up duties for Fox in 2021, “contributing across the network’s world-class portfolio of live events.”
“Tom is one of the all-time great people in this business and a generational storyteller,” said Eric Shanks. Fox Sports’ CEO and executive producer, in a statement. “The biggest events on Fox just got bigger because of Tom, and we are honored to have him as our newest teammate.” Rinaldi’s last ESPN assignment is expected to be the network’s January 1 broadcast of the Rose Bowl game.
While he has served as a sideline reporter for ESPN’s golf coverage and college-football events, Rinaldi is better known for his enterprise features and interview. It is Rinaldi who...
- 12/17/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ESPN is designing a new configuration for “Outside The Lines.”
The long-running investigative program, which has aired weekdays on various ESPN networks since 2003, is being cancelled in favor of an hour-long edition on Saturday mornings and various “Otl” segments that will pop up during programming staples such as “SportsCenter” and “E:60,” the Disney-backed sports-media giant said Tuesday. “Otl” segments will also appear on ESPN.com.
The weekday program, which typically airs at 1 p.m. eastern, will cease production as of December 20.
“’Outside the Lines’ remains the quintessential journalism brand of ESPN and this approach better positions it for deeper dives into important topics during the Saturday edition; daily, in-the-moment perspective of breaking news; and more seamless inclusion into ‘SportsCenter,’” said Norby Williamson, ESPN’s executive vice president of event and studio production and executive editor, in a statement. “Otl’s team will continue to do what it has always done – create exceptional content,...
The long-running investigative program, which has aired weekdays on various ESPN networks since 2003, is being cancelled in favor of an hour-long edition on Saturday mornings and various “Otl” segments that will pop up during programming staples such as “SportsCenter” and “E:60,” the Disney-backed sports-media giant said Tuesday. “Otl” segments will also appear on ESPN.com.
The weekday program, which typically airs at 1 p.m. eastern, will cease production as of December 20.
“’Outside the Lines’ remains the quintessential journalism brand of ESPN and this approach better positions it for deeper dives into important topics during the Saturday edition; daily, in-the-moment perspective of breaking news; and more seamless inclusion into ‘SportsCenter,’” said Norby Williamson, ESPN’s executive vice president of event and studio production and executive editor, in a statement. “Otl’s team will continue to do what it has always done – create exceptional content,...
- 10/22/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ESPN’s award-winning series “E:60” headed to Paradise, California for a special episode airing Tuesday night.
Titled “Paradise: From the Ashes,” reporter Tom Rinaldi and producer Russell Dinallo witnessed first-hand the devastation reaped by last year’s wildfires that destroyed most of the small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
“E:60” follows the impact of the Camp Fire on the Paradise High School football team, where only three players and two coaches escaped without losing their homes — but their spirit and drive to win survived.
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“We’re displaced all over this nation,” one high school player says in a voiceover for Tuesday’s episode. “I was afraid that things would never be the same again.”
Head coach Rick Prinz explained why after the town had been through such a tragedy that “Paradise is still a football town.
Titled “Paradise: From the Ashes,” reporter Tom Rinaldi and producer Russell Dinallo witnessed first-hand the devastation reaped by last year’s wildfires that destroyed most of the small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
“E:60” follows the impact of the Camp Fire on the Paradise High School football team, where only three players and two coaches escaped without losing their homes — but their spirit and drive to win survived.
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“We’re displaced all over this nation,” one high school player says in a voiceover for Tuesday’s episode. “I was afraid that things would never be the same again.”
Head coach Rick Prinz explained why after the town had been through such a tragedy that “Paradise is still a football town.
- 9/10/2019
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
After a 40-year career at ESPN, Bob Ley has announced his retirement from the network.
Ley, ESPN’s longest-tenured anchor, announced in September 2018 that he would be taking a six-month sabbatical as host of Outside the Lines. In May, he said he was extending his sabbatical indefinitely. Ley said today he will be retiring at the end of this month.
“To be clear, this is entirely my decision,” Ley wrote on Twitter. “I enjoy the best of health, and the many blessings of friends and family, and it is in that context that I’m making this change,” he said.
Ley thanked ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro and the network’s senior leadership team “for their understanding and patience over the past months.”
“Through the decades, and my innumerable experiences at ESPN, I have built many deep and fulfilling friendships. You know who you are. I hope you also know how much you mean to me.
Ley, ESPN’s longest-tenured anchor, announced in September 2018 that he would be taking a six-month sabbatical as host of Outside the Lines. In May, he said he was extending his sabbatical indefinitely. Ley said today he will be retiring at the end of this month.
“To be clear, this is entirely my decision,” Ley wrote on Twitter. “I enjoy the best of health, and the many blessings of friends and family, and it is in that context that I’m making this change,” he said.
Ley thanked ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro and the network’s senior leadership team “for their understanding and patience over the past months.”
“Through the decades, and my innumerable experiences at ESPN, I have built many deep and fulfilling friendships. You know who you are. I hope you also know how much you mean to me.
- 6/26/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Bob Ley is retiring from ESPN at the end of June, he said on Wednesday, following a remarkable 40-year run there.
The sports journalism legend joined what became the “Worldwide Leader in Sports” on its very first weekend in 1979. It was not a “leader” in anything at the time. He signed off from his last show in September.
Ley has done everything imaginable at ESPN, but in recent years focused on being the face of investigative reporting series “Outside the Lines,” and covering international soccer. Reach more about his terrific career and numerous accomplishments here.
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Below is Ley’s full statement, in which he says the call to hang it up was “entirely my decision.”
Across 40 years I have enjoyed a professional journey unimaginable when I joined ESPN on its first weekend of existence...
The sports journalism legend joined what became the “Worldwide Leader in Sports” on its very first weekend in 1979. It was not a “leader” in anything at the time. He signed off from his last show in September.
Ley has done everything imaginable at ESPN, but in recent years focused on being the face of investigative reporting series “Outside the Lines,” and covering international soccer. Reach more about his terrific career and numerous accomplishments here.
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Below is Ley’s full statement, in which he says the call to hang it up was “entirely my decision.”
Across 40 years I have enjoyed a professional journey unimaginable when I joined ESPN on its first weekend of existence...
- 6/26/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Bill Buckner, a longtime baseball star who spoofed his crucial late-career World Series error on Curb Your Enthusiasm, died today. He was 69. Sportswriter Jeremy Schaap tweeted that Buckner’s widow Jody said had been suffering from Lewy body dementia.
Buckner played for five teams during his 22-year career, amassing 2,715 hits, but sadly is best remembered for his error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series that led to the New York Mets coming back to beat the Boston Red Sox in the 10th inning. The Mets went on to win Game 7 and the championship. Decades later, Buckner would make a life-saving play as the hero of a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.
Buckner’s Red Sox were leading 5-3 going into the bottom of the tenth inning at Shea Stadium on October 25, 1986, and were three outs away from the franchise’s first World Series win since 1918. The Sox got the first two...
Buckner played for five teams during his 22-year career, amassing 2,715 hits, but sadly is best remembered for his error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series that led to the New York Mets coming back to beat the Boston Red Sox in the 10th inning. The Mets went on to win Game 7 and the championship. Decades later, Buckner would make a life-saving play as the hero of a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.
Buckner’s Red Sox were leading 5-3 going into the bottom of the tenth inning at Shea Stadium on October 25, 1986, and were three outs away from the franchise’s first World Series win since 1918. The Sox got the first two...
- 5/27/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Longtime ESPN host Bob Ley is indefinitely extending his leave of absence from the network and from Outside the Lines.
ESPN addressed the issue Monday in a statement to USA Today.
“Bob Ley has decided to extend his time away from Outside the Lines. We look forward to Bob’s return when he will add to his unprecedented list of accomplishments built during his nearly 40 years and counting at ESPN. Outside the Lines will continue with hosts Ryan Smith and Jeremy Schaap,” the statement said.
Ley has been with the sports net since 1979, and is its longest-serving on-air personality.
Last year he announced plans to take a six-month sabbatical. ESPN’s announcement about his indefinite extension comes as Ley’s sabbatical is nearing its end.
ESPN addressed the issue Monday in a statement to USA Today.
“Bob Ley has decided to extend his time away from Outside the Lines. We look forward to Bob’s return when he will add to his unprecedented list of accomplishments built during his nearly 40 years and counting at ESPN. Outside the Lines will continue with hosts Ryan Smith and Jeremy Schaap,” the statement said.
Ley has been with the sports net since 1979, and is its longest-serving on-air personality.
Last year he announced plans to take a six-month sabbatical. ESPN’s announcement about his indefinite extension comes as Ley’s sabbatical is nearing its end.
- 5/7/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
A lot has changed for David Ross since the Chicago Cubs made history by breaking their World Series curse last October — and it ain’t slowing down anytime soon. Ross, who retired last year after becoming the oldest player to get a home run in Game 7 of the Series, makes his Espn debut as an analyst for “Wednesday Night Baseball.” That means he hits the broadcast booth for the first time just two days after tangoing into the finals of “Dancing With the Stars” on Monday. Yep, that’s a big week for anyone. Also Read: How Espn's Bob Ley...
- 5/18/2017
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Espn is doubling down on two of its biggest journalism brands, ironically a few weeks after laying off 100 journalists. In a few days, the Disney-owned Worldwide Leader in Sports is re-launching “E:60” and “Outside the Lines,” which means Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap are even busier than usual. It also means the two longterm Espn employees will actually appear on-air together for the first time ever — excluding rare cases of all-hands-on-deck breaking news moments, like when Muhammad Ali slipped into critical condition. The company’s two top reporters were gracious enough to squeeze TheWrap into their busy schedules, when we.
- 5/12/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Two weeks ago, 100 on-air personalities and reporters got pink slips from sports media giant Espn. And while the jobs of Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap, two of the longest-tenured and most respected journalists in the industry, were never in any jeopardy — but that doesn’t mean the “Outside the Lines” and “E:60” hosts didn’t feel the effect. TheWrap spoke with both Ley and Schaap exactly eight business days after the Bristol Bloodbath. Among the other topics covered — a few of which we’ll get to tomorrow — we asked those reporters where they were when the news broke, and how morale.
- 5/11/2017
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Espn said today that it is expanding the roles for on-air veterans Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap as it boosts the profile of their respective long-running shows. The Worldwide Leader also said The Sports Reporters will bow out May 7 with a special episode after nearly 30 years on the air. Lee’s issues-oriented Outside the Lines — which he premiered in May 1990 — will get a year-round home on Espn, airing at 1 Pm Et Monday through Friday. The network’s long-serving…...
- 1/23/2017
- Deadline TV
Longtime Espn personality John Saunders died Wednesday at the age of 61, Espn confirms. Anchor Hannah Storm teared up while making the announcement live on SportsCenter, telling viewers: "Our generous and talented and beloved colleague John Saunders has died." Epsn also released a statement confirming the sad news, although they did not reveal the cause of Saunders' death.John Saunders was the standard for us at Espn. Always helping Jdrf, a pleasure to be around. Devastating. Our Condolences to his family.— Brian Kenny (@MrBrianKenny) August 10, 2016 I will miss my friend John Saunders. Talented. Generous. Kind. Too young.— Jeremy Schaap (@JeremySchaap) August 10, 2016 Espn President John Skipper said,...
- 8/10/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Longtime Espn personality John Saunders died Wednesday at the age of 61, Espn confirms. Anchor Hannah Storm teared up while making the announcement live on SportsCenter, telling viewers: "Our generous and talented and beloved colleague John Saunders has died." Epsn also released a statement confirming the sad news, although they did not reveal the cause of Saunders' death.John Saunders was the standard for us at Espn. Always helping Jdrf, a pleasure to be around. Devastating. Our Condolences to his family.— Brian Kenny (@MrBrianKenny) August 10, 2016 I will miss my friend John Saunders. Talented. Generous. Kind. Too young.— Jeremy Schaap (@JeremySchaap) August 10, 2016 Espn President John Skipper said,...
- 8/10/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- PEOPLE.com
Longtime Espn personality John Saunders died Wednesday at the age of 61, Espn confirms.
Anchor Hannah Storm teared up while making the announcement live on SportsCenter, telling viewers: "Our generous and talented and beloved colleague John Saunders has died."
Epsn also released a statement confirming the sad news, although they did not reveal the cause of Saunders' death.
John Saunders was the standard for us at Espn.
Always helping Jdrf, a pleasure to be around.
Devastating. Our Condolences to his family.
— Brian Kenny (@MrBrianKenny) August 10, 2016
I will miss my friend John Saunders. Talented. Generous. Kind. Too young.
— Jeremy Schaap (@JeremySchaap) August 10, 2016
Espn President John Skipper said,...
Anchor Hannah Storm teared up while making the announcement live on SportsCenter, telling viewers: "Our generous and talented and beloved colleague John Saunders has died."
Epsn also released a statement confirming the sad news, although they did not reveal the cause of Saunders' death.
John Saunders was the standard for us at Espn.
Always helping Jdrf, a pleasure to be around.
Devastating. Our Condolences to his family.
— Brian Kenny (@MrBrianKenny) August 10, 2016
I will miss my friend John Saunders. Talented. Generous. Kind. Too young.
— Jeremy Schaap (@JeremySchaap) August 10, 2016
Espn President John Skipper said,...
- 8/10/2016
- by Stephanie Petit, @stephpetit_
- People.com - TV Watch
Invictus Games creator Prince Harry has already dragged his 90-year-old grandmother Queen Elizabeth into trash-talking the Obamas, and there are sure to be more viral videos to come when Espn airs more than 40 hours of live coverage of the sporting event from May 8-12. After debuting in London in 2014, the latest multi-sport event for wounded, ill and injured servicemen and women is now being held at the Espn Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista near Orlando, Florida. TheWrap caught up with Espn journalist and eight-time Emmy Award winner Jeremy Schaap before he headed to the Sunshine State...
- 5/8/2016
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Jeremy Schaap has been a full-timer at Espn since 1994, and he’s not going anywhere soon. The sports giant said today that it has signed the reporter-commentator to a long-term contract extension. Terms were not announced. Schaap, he of the measured delivery, will continue to work on Espn’s newsmagazine E:60, host Espn Radio's The Sporting Life and contribute to Outside The Lines, SportsCenter, NFL Countdown and College GameDay, among other Espn platforms. He also will…...
- 8/3/2015
- Deadline TV
Investigative journalism has been in decline for the last quarter century, but Espn’s “Outside the Lines” has stubbornly bucked the trend. The award-winning show celebrates its 25th anniversary on Tuesday with a primetime special at 7 p.m. Et hosted by Bob Ley, who has been with the show since Day 1 and with Espn itself since the network’s Day 3. The fact that such a serious approach to sports news has survived for so long is what continues to impress fans. As Jeremy Schaap, a producer since 1993 and occasional host of the show, told TheWrap on Monday, “There are a lot.
- 7/7/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
In 1936, at the height of Adolf Hitler’s reign in Germany, the Olympics were somehow hosted in Berlin. Just in case you aren’t familiar with the situation, Hitler had this belief in a master Aryan Race. He thought fair-skinned, blonde-haired humans were superior in every single way. So it must’ve come as quite a shock to watch that belief be dashed to pieces in his own backyard as a black American, Jesse Owens, completely dominated the blondes and everyone else who was on the track by winning an outstanding four gold medals.
Owens’ performance is regarded as one of the best stories track and field has to offer, and rightfully so. It’s actually quite surprising that there haven’t been more films made about that summer in ’36. Thankfully, that’s all about to change. Disney has a project in the works about Owens (based on Jeremy Schaap...
Owens’ performance is regarded as one of the best stories track and field has to offer, and rightfully so. It’s actually quite surprising that there haven’t been more films made about that summer in ’36. Thankfully, that’s all about to change. Disney has a project in the works about Owens (based on Jeremy Schaap...
- 5/29/2014
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
• Stephan James (The L.A. Complex) is in talks to star as famed Olympian Jesse Owens in Race. He’d be replacing John Boyega in the role, who had to drop out due to his Star Wars: Episode VII commitments. Stephen Hopkins is directing the biopic, which will follow Owens from his humble beginnings to the 1936 Berlin Olympics where he won four gold medals. Not quite yet a household name, James has a number of higher profile projects coming up, including the football pic When the Game Stands Tall and Ava DuVernay’s civil rights drama Selma. [The Wrap]
• Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier...
• Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier...
- 5/29/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: While Anthony Mackie won’t be at the finish line for Dan Pritzker’s Bolden film, the actor has a passion project of his own that he is about to shop to distributors. The Captain America: The Winter Soldier co-star badly wants to play Jesse Owens, the sprinter whose four gold medal performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics infuriated and demoralized Adolf Hitler and put the lie to his theory that the Germans were the superior race. Mackie got together with his We Are Marshall writer Jamie Linden, and together they are producing an Owens film that was scripted by George Olson under their supervision. With longtime manager and producing partner Jason Spire from Inspire Entertainment, they will shortly shop the script in hopes of fast tracking a feature that will focus on the run-up to the 1936 games, and the profound impact that the performance by Owens had on the world.
- 5/28/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
"Champs," which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19th, is much more than a a documentary about boxing. As Zeba Blay writes in her review over at Shadow and Act, "'Champs' is as much about boxing as it is about the triumph, and failure, of the so-called American Dream." Following the screening of Bert Marcus' feature debut, the director participated in a conversation with former boxers Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield and boxing promoter Lou Dibella moderated by Emmy-award winning sports journalist Jeremy Schaap. One of the film's storylines was about how boxing plucks usually minority fighters out of poverty, catapults them into astronomical wealth and provides no education on how to navigate the pitfalls of accelerated upward class mobility. Both Tyson and Holyfield gained and lost millions, and when Schaap made a comment about the fall from the upper class, Tyson quipped,...
- 4/24/2014
- by Luke Slattery
- Indiewire
Despite billions of dollars having been poured into the Olympic Village and infrastructure of Sochi, the conditions for visiting journalists are rustic to the extreme. Story: Sochi Olympics: Espn's Jeremy Schaap Says It Will be 'Guerrilla Journalism' The 2014 Winter Olympics don't even officially begin until Friday, with the opening ceremony airing tape delayed on NBC at 7.30 p.m. Est, but the games are already starting off on a sour note. With light bulbs, WiFi, door handles -- and even the doors themselves -- noticeably absent from many hotels housing the media, members of the press are sharing their horror
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- 2/5/2014
- by Debbie Emery
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The rise of British actor John Boyega continues today as he’s now taken the high-profile lead role in Race – an upcoming biopic of Olympic legend Jesse Owens.
Owens was a Us track and field athlete in the 1930s, specializing in sprinting and long jump events. His fame reached epic proportions when he participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, winning four gold medals and becoming the most successful athlete in the entire competition. Making the triumph even more notable was the fact that Adolf Hitler had originally tried to ban all Jewish and black people from competing in the games, before a threatened boycott from a number of countries forced him to relent.
John Boyega – who burst onto the screen in 2011 with Da Brick and Attack The Block – is considered to be one of the most sought after young actors in the industry today, with a lead role...
Owens was a Us track and field athlete in the 1930s, specializing in sprinting and long jump events. His fame reached epic proportions when he participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, winning four gold medals and becoming the most successful athlete in the entire competition. Making the triumph even more notable was the fact that Adolf Hitler had originally tried to ban all Jewish and black people from competing in the games, before a threatened boycott from a number of countries forced him to relent.
John Boyega – who burst onto the screen in 2011 with Da Brick and Attack The Block – is considered to be one of the most sought after young actors in the industry today, with a lead role...
- 1/25/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
This is an unexpected, and interesting choice. John Boyega has been cast to play Jesse Owens in a biopic titled Race, from Forecast Pictures and ID+. The companys' execs - Jean Charles Levy and Luc Dayan - announced the news today. It's not the Jesse Owens biopic that Anthony Mackie has long been trying to make (he's called it his dream project, although there hasn't been any movement on it in ages, meaning it might be dead); nor is it the Antoine Fuqua/Disney Jesse Owens project, based on Espn anchor Jeremy Schaap's book, Triumph - making it the 3rd Jesse Owens project in development. Which will make it to...
- 1/24/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
After Legendary Pictures’ Jackie Robinson biopic 42 hit it out of the park earlier this year, other studios are moving fast to develop their own movies about iconic sports figures. Disney announced today that it plans to get in on the action with a biopic centered on Jesse Owens, an African-American track star who competed at the infamous 1936 Olympics in Nazi-controlled Germany.
Disney has set Antoine Fuqua (Olympus Has Fallen) to direct the biopic, while The King’s Speech scribe David Seidler will adapt a screenplay from Jeremy Schaap’s bestseller Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics.
At the 1936 Olympics, which German dictator Adolf Hitler manipulated as a propaganda tool to showcase his military might, Owens became an unlikely hero for African-American athletes, winning four gold medals. Hitler had hoped to showcase white supremacy at the Games that year, but Owens upset those plans by winning medals in the 100m sprint,...
Disney has set Antoine Fuqua (Olympus Has Fallen) to direct the biopic, while The King’s Speech scribe David Seidler will adapt a screenplay from Jeremy Schaap’s bestseller Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics.
At the 1936 Olympics, which German dictator Adolf Hitler manipulated as a propaganda tool to showcase his military might, Owens became an unlikely hero for African-American athletes, winning four gold medals. Hitler had hoped to showcase white supremacy at the Games that year, but Owens upset those plans by winning medals in the 100m sprint,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Disney is gearing up to develop a biopic based on the life of American track and field legend Jesse Owens. The studio has lined up Training Day director Antoine Fuqua to take on the the project.
The movie will be based on the book Triumph, which was written by Espn host Jeremy Schaap, and it will be adapted into a screenplay by David Seidler. Seilder won an Oscar for his screenplay for The King's Speech.
The movie has got a couple of talented people involved so far, so I imagine this movie could turn out to be a great film. It will tell the story of how "the son of an Alabama sharecropper shattered Adolf Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy by winning a record four gold medals in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the long jump, and the 400-meter relay. Hitler had insisted Jews and Blacks not be...
The movie will be based on the book Triumph, which was written by Espn host Jeremy Schaap, and it will be adapted into a screenplay by David Seidler. Seilder won an Oscar for his screenplay for The King's Speech.
The movie has got a couple of talented people involved so far, so I imagine this movie could turn out to be a great film. It will tell the story of how "the son of an Alabama sharecropper shattered Adolf Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy by winning a record four gold medals in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, the long jump, and the 400-meter relay. Hitler had insisted Jews and Blacks not be...
- 12/17/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
After Legendary brought the story of Jackie Robinson to theaters in 42 this year, Disney will bring the story of another race barrier-breaking athlete to the big screen. THR has word that the House of Mouse is developing a big screen take on the story of Jesse Owens, the iconic African-American track-and-field star who competed in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany and won four gold medals. Owens was once regarded as the fastest man in the world, but his humble beginnings saw him growing up in 1920s Cleveland, moving there during the Great Migration, when 1.5 million African Americans left the segregated South. Read on! Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer director Antoine Fuqua is attached to direct the film which will be written by The King's Speech scribe David Seidler, adapted the book Triumph by Espn anchor Jeremy Schaap. While we would like it if this film strayed from the usual cheesy,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
In 1936, Jesse Owens represented the United States in a competition against Nazi Germany. The stage for his legendary performance was set at the Olympics in Berlin, where he won four gold medals- destroying Adolf Hitler’s myth of about “Aryan athletic supremacy.” Hitler had tried to prevent blacks and Jews from participating in the games altogether, but eventually gave in after threats of a boycott. Prior to the games, Owens was the son of an Alabama sharecropper, but after winning the gold in 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash, the 400 relay, and the long jump, he cemented his place as an American hero.
Now his story will be told on the big screen, with Disney backing the production. The screenplay is being written by Academy Award-winner David Seidler (The King’s Speech), based off the book “Triumph” by Espn’s Jeremy Schaap. Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen) is attached to direct the film.
Now his story will be told on the big screen, with Disney backing the production. The screenplay is being written by Academy Award-winner David Seidler (The King’s Speech), based off the book “Triumph” by Espn’s Jeremy Schaap. Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen) is attached to direct the film.
- 12/17/2013
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day," "Olympus Has Fallen") is attached to direct a currently untitled biopic about American track and field hero Jesse Owens for Disney Pictures, BermanBraun and Netter Films
The story will be based on Espn host Jeremy Schaap's new book "Triumph," with David Seidler ("The King's Speech") adapting the script.
Set against the backdrop of Berlin's 1936 Olympics, it chronicles how the son of an Alabama sharecropper won a record four gold medals.
Hitler had insisted Jews and Blacks not be allowed to participate, but relented when threatened with a boycott.
Gil Netter, Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun will produce. Fuqua is currently in post-production on "The Equalizer" due out late next year.
Source: Variety...
The story will be based on Espn host Jeremy Schaap's new book "Triumph," with David Seidler ("The King's Speech") adapting the script.
Set against the backdrop of Berlin's 1936 Olympics, it chronicles how the son of an Alabama sharecropper won a record four gold medals.
Hitler had insisted Jews and Blacks not be allowed to participate, but relented when threatened with a boycott.
Gil Netter, Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun will produce. Fuqua is currently in post-production on "The Equalizer" due out late next year.
Source: Variety...
- 12/17/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
African-American athlete Jesse Owens cleared many literal and metaphorical hurdles as a record-setting, barrier-breaking track and field star in the 1930s. Now, the late legend is set to clear another: he's getting a biopic.
Disney is developing the film, which is set to be directed by Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day," "Olympus Has Fallen"). Screenwriter David Seidler, who wrote the Oscar-winning script for "The King's Speech," will pen the untitled project.
The biopic will be based on the biography "Triumph," by Jeremy Schaap, which tells the story of Owens's rise from a poor sharecropper's son to an Olympic star. Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, in the shadow of Adolph Hitler's rise to power.
Hitler had insisted that Jews and blacks not be allowed to participate in the games, but relented when threatened with a boycott. He skipped all non-German medal presentations and refused to shake any non-German victor's hand.
Disney is developing the film, which is set to be directed by Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day," "Olympus Has Fallen"). Screenwriter David Seidler, who wrote the Oscar-winning script for "The King's Speech," will pen the untitled project.
The biopic will be based on the biography "Triumph," by Jeremy Schaap, which tells the story of Owens's rise from a poor sharecropper's son to an Olympic star. Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, in the shadow of Adolph Hitler's rise to power.
Hitler had insisted that Jews and blacks not be allowed to participate in the games, but relented when threatened with a boycott. He skipped all non-German medal presentations and refused to shake any non-German victor's hand.
- 12/17/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Disney is currently developing a Jesse Owens movie based on Jeremy Schaap's Triumph, a biography spanning the track-and-field star's childhood all the way to his success at Nazi Germany's 1936 Olympic Games. David Seidler, the Oscar-winning writer of The King's Speech, is also attached. Is there anyone in the world who would not see a sports movie that involves demolishing racial barriers and humiliating Nazis? We could watch Nazis be humiliated all day long. That is literally the only thing we want to see in any film.
- 12/17/2013
- by Halle Kiefer
- Vulture
It's not the Jesse Owens biopic that Anthony Mackie has long been trying to make (he's called it his dream project, although there hasn't been any movement on it in ages, meaning it might be dead). Disney has announced that it's developing its own Jesse Owens project, based on Espn anchor Jeremy Schaap's book, Triumph, and has brought on Antoine Fuqua to direct, with David Seidler, the Oscar-winning writer of The King’s Speech, penning the screenplay adaptation. Schaap's book follows Jesse Owens at the Berlin games, transporting readers to Germany and tells the dramatic tale of Owens and his fellow athletes at the contest dubbed...
- 12/16/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Antoine Fuqua is a director I've seen eyed for several projects in the last few years but has passed on the majority of them. One that he looks to be a lock for is a biopic on American track and field star Jesse Owens. The project being set up over at Disney is based on the book "Triumph" written by Espn's Jeremy Schaap. Here's the synopsis for the film: Set against the backdrop of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, .Triumph. tells the story of how the son of an Alabama...
- 12/16/2013
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
Disney is tackling the story of Jesse Owens, the black track-and-field star who broke down race barriers when he won four medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Nazi Germany. Antoine Fuqua is attached to direct the project, which also has David Seidler, the Oscar-winning scribe behind The King’s Speech, attached to write the screenplay. Seidler will adapt Triumph, the book by Espn anchor Jeremy Schaap. Producing are BermanBraun’s Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun and Netter Films’ Gil Netter. Photos: Life After the Olympics: How 15 Athletes Made Their Way to Hollywood Triumph recounts Owens’ rise from
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- 12/16/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Manti Te'o, the Notre Dame linebacker at the center of a "catfish" affair, has agreed to speak to Katie Couric in his first on-camera interview, set to air on Thursday on ABC's "Katie." Te'o parents Brian and Ottilia Te'o will join their son in the Couric interview, speaking out for the first time since reports emerged that their son's longtime online girlfriend Lennay Kekua, reportedly dead, never existed. The interview with Couric comes on the heels of an off-camera interview with Espn's Jeremy Schaap on Friday, in which Te'o denied being a...
- 1/21/2013
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
Manti Te'o will finally go on camera to talk about the recent girlfriend hoax controversy ... and Katie Couric is the lucky broadcaster to score the interview.Te'o spoke to Espn's Jeremy Schaap on Friday, but not on camera. During that interview, Te'o admitted he handled the Lennay Kekua situation poorly ... but maintained he was in no way involved with the hoax.The Notre Dame linebacker told Schaap he only realized for sure this past week that he was being duped.
- 1/20/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Given the worldwide attention given to Manti Te'o and his fake girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, it was inevitable the football star would break his silence sooner rather than later. Last night, Te'o sat down for an off-camera interview with Espn's Jeremy Schaap, where he admitted to lyng about actually meeting Kekua because he believed his friends, family and coaches would think he was "crazy" for engaging in an intense relationship with someone he'd never met. But, throughout the interview, Te'o maintains he was not complicit in perpetuating the story for personal gain.
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"I wasn't faking it. I wasn't part of this," Te'o tells Espn's Jeremy Schapp, insisting he was duped by the online hoax, now commonly referred to as "Catifshing," thanks to the documentary and MTV show of the same name.
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"I wasn't faking it. I wasn't part of this," Te'o tells Espn's Jeremy Schapp, insisting he was duped by the online hoax, now commonly referred to as "Catifshing," thanks to the documentary and MTV show of the same name.
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"She friend requested me on Facebook the winter of my freshman year at Notre Dame," Te'o...
- 1/19/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has broken his silence on the topic of the his "dead" girlfriend, telling Espn Friday night that he played no part in the bizarre hoax. "I wasn't faking it," the star athlete, 21, told the sports cable network's Jeremy Schaap during the 2½-hour, off-camera interview. (Te'o's comments, which were all in front of his lawyer, were later released by Espn.) "I wasn't part of this." Te'o did admit, however, that he "tailored" his tales so that others would assume he had "met her before she passed away." He also said one of three people who perpetrated...
- 1/19/2013
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has denied all involvement in creating the hoax that had him mourning the loss of what turned out to be a fictional girlfriend, Lennay Kekua. Te'o addressed the scandal for the first time since Deadspin first reported Kekua never existed. During his 150-minute, off-camera interview with Espn Friday, Jan. 18, Te'o -- with his lawyer present -- said he's confident the public will be on his side. "When they hear the facts, they'll know," he told the network's Jeremy Schaap. "They'll know [...]...
- 1/19/2013
- by Zach Johnson
- Us Weekly
International boxing icon Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, a hero in his native Phillipines, was knocked to the canvas Sunday night during his fight against Juan Manuel Marquez. Seeking answers, his grieving mother, Dionesia, blamed the loss on her son's recent switch from Catholicism to a Protestant sect.
"That’s what he gets for changing his religion,” Dionisia Pacquiao said in an interview in General Santos City, according to Inquirer.net.
Previously, the welterweight had worn his Catholic faith on his sleeve, Abs-CBNnews.com reports. Speaking with the site, boxing analyst Ronnie Nathanielsz said certain "rituals" seemed to bring a special significance to the boxer's bouts.
“In the past, he put the rosary around his neck and prayed solemnly in one corner,” Nathanielsz said.
Dionisia Pacquiao told television program Gma 7 that her son's new "Protestant pastors" had distracted the athlete and caused him to lose sleep by studying the Bible, according to Yahoo!
"That’s what he gets for changing his religion,” Dionisia Pacquiao said in an interview in General Santos City, according to Inquirer.net.
Previously, the welterweight had worn his Catholic faith on his sleeve, Abs-CBNnews.com reports. Speaking with the site, boxing analyst Ronnie Nathanielsz said certain "rituals" seemed to bring a special significance to the boxer's bouts.
“In the past, he put the rosary around his neck and prayed solemnly in one corner,” Nathanielsz said.
Dionisia Pacquiao told television program Gma 7 that her son's new "Protestant pastors" had distracted the athlete and caused him to lose sleep by studying the Bible, according to Yahoo!
- 12/10/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
He was the chess genius who electrified the planet – until his life unravelled spectacularly. Can a new film explain Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer was the blessing and the curse of chess in the 20th century. The American electrified the game when he rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s, and won the world championship in a thrilling match against Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in 1972. But then, increasingly unhinged, he refused to defend his title in 1975, wandered the world for the next 30 years, and in 2008 died in Iceland – the scene of his 1972 triumph and, by the end, more or less the only country that would give him sanctuary. His absence from the chess stage was more interesting than anyone else's presence could possibly be, and his shadow still looms over the game. (A prize if you can name the current world champion.)
That current champion, a very sane and pleasant fellow,...
Bobby Fischer was the blessing and the curse of chess in the 20th century. The American electrified the game when he rose to prominence in the 1950s and 60s, and won the world championship in a thrilling match against Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in 1972. But then, increasingly unhinged, he refused to defend his title in 1975, wandered the world for the next 30 years, and in 2008 died in Iceland – the scene of his 1972 triumph and, by the end, more or less the only country that would give him sanctuary. His absence from the chess stage was more interesting than anyone else's presence could possibly be, and his shadow still looms over the game. (A prize if you can name the current world champion.)
That current champion, a very sane and pleasant fellow,...
- 7/4/2011
- by Stephen Moss
- The Guardian - Film News
By the time I sat down with Lance Armstrong for this month's cover story on Livestrong, his cancer foundation, I had seen him in July surrounded by rock-star size crowds at the Tour de France. I had also observed him far from the limelight, quietly visiting cancer patients at a Philadelphia hospital. That same weekend in Philadelphia, in August, we spoke in a hotel suite before an awards dinner for Livestrong supporters. His casual, fun demeanor was surprising, coming from a guy who often appears stone-faced, his eyes hidden behind wrap-around cycling shades. When I arrived in the room, he was laughing it up while trash tweeting with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco. Two of the most popular athletes on Twitter--Armstrong has 2.6 million followers, Ochocinco 1.4 million--were daring each other to a bike race that also involved Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones, a new ambassador for Livestrong, and Bengals receiver Terrell Owens.
- 11/6/2010
- by Chuck Salter
- Fast Company
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- 11/5/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
"A Family, a Fish and a Threatened Way of Life" will be featured on Espn's Outside the Lines on Sunday, 9 a.m. Et. The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap (Friday, 7 p.m., Espn Radio) There are places along the Gulf Coast where the oil coats birds and beaches, and there are places where the marshes remain untouched. Wright Thompson shares the story of one town in the middle -- Empire, La. -- where fishing still exists, but with the oil closing in, locals hope for the best, yet fear the worst. Following the piece, Wright, from Empire, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Marshall of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, will be among those discussing the topic. From Outside...
- 7/1/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
On May 11 (Tuesday) Espn's E:60 will air "Corrective Rape" at 7 p.m. Et on Espn. The segment will tell the story of the former top female soccer players in South Africa, Eudy Simelane, was raped and murdered. She was a lesbian and her story is part of an epidemic of rapes against openly gay women in the country. Emmy winning journalist Jeremy Schaap traveled to the impoverished, crime-ridden townships of South Africa to report on the disturbing trend of .corrective rape. in the country hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He interviewed three South African women soccer players who say they were beaten and raped because they are gay. Their haunting stories -- and an interview...
- 5/6/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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