It is a nifty trick to turn what it is essentially a sports business story into a compelling piece of filmmaking. That was the case for Apple TV’s recently released four-part docuseries, “Super League: The War for Football,” which is the best sports documentary I’ve watched in 2023. The film focused on the creation and ultimate failure of a proposed “Super League” competition among Europe’s most popular teams. The tempo, plot and pace felt like a scripted drama.
I was thinking about sports films this week because of the success of “Air,” the Ben Affleck-directed film.
My own basketball coaching career ended many years ago, when my 13-and-under Billy Mitchell Boys Club squad lost to the Guy Thunderbirds in a one-sided blowout. My guys had laughed
Commentary - Now that Oats, a brilliant coach and a certifiable moral idiot, has quit denying he d ever noticed the stunt, we have his promise that it won t happen anymore.