1993

S1.E1 ∙ Welcome to the Sewer

Sun, Apr 18, 1993

A report on boxing, featuring Dan Duva, promoter for world champion Evander Holyfield, and ex-journalist Mike Marley who is trying to break into the lucrative fight game with newcomer Shannon Briggs.

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Michael Jordan is a basketball player who earns $3 million a year playing but an extra $25 million for endorsing products. Handsome, gifted and enormously rich, he has become a role model for young American blacks.

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S1.E3 ∙ Fields of Blood

Sun, May 02, 1993

The problems encountered by Jerry Jones, new owner of the Dallas Cowboys American football team, as he sacks the legendary coach Tom Landry and replaces him with Jimmy Johnson.

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S1.E4 ∙ Home of the Brave

Sun, May 09, 1993

Reports on the management of three baseball teams. The Salt Lake City Trappers are one of only two independent minor league teams in America, living on minimal pay and spartan living conditions. Jerry Reinsdorf manages the Chicago Bulls and the White Sox and persuaded the city to build his team a new stadium. Marge Schott manages the Cincinatti Reds but relations between her and the players are strained over allegations of her racist remarks..

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S1.E5 ∙ The Big Pitch

Sun, May 16, 1993

Agent David Levine talks about his hopes for brilliant Miami University football player Darryl Williams. In contrast, past agents Norby Walters and Lloyd Bloom discuss their downfall in the scandal caused by their intimidatory recruitment of top-flight college players.

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S1.E6 ∙ That's Entertainment

Sun, May 23, 1993

A look at David Stern the commissioner of the National Basketball Association who managed to turn the image of the sport around. The present positive image of American basketball is contrasted with that of the National Ice Hockey League, with its disastrous labor relations and excessive violence.

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