Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, Kyrie Irving, Jason Williams, Elton Brand ... Zion Williamson could be better than all these guys, because a Duke great says Zw could be the best Duke player Ever. TMZ Sports spoke to Dahntay Jones, a former Duke All-American, and he says Zion's dominating season-opening performance against Kentucky last night was evidence of greatness to come. Before we get to Dahntay's words ... Did You See Zion Last Night?! Dude was Beasting, scoring...
- 11/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Grant Hill, who starred on the college and professional basketball court before becoming an executive film producer, has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Hill, a former Los Angeles Clipper, joins former Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash and 11 other inductees in the 2018 class. They will be formally honored in September. The Hall of Fame made the announcement Saturday before the Ncaa Final Four semifinals.
Hill is a producer and actor best-known for Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story and the documentaries The Miracle of North Jackson, and The Jayson Williams Story. Before his film production career, he played professionally for the Detroit Pistons (94-95 to 99-00), Orlando Magic (00-01 to 06-07), Phoenix Suns (07-08 to 11-12), and Los Angeles Clippers (12-13) in the National Basketball Association.
Hill attended Duke University, playing four years with the Blue Devils and winning two national titles in...
Hill, a former Los Angeles Clipper, joins former Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash and 11 other inductees in the 2018 class. They will be formally honored in September. The Hall of Fame made the announcement Saturday before the Ncaa Final Four semifinals.
Hill is a producer and actor best-known for Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story and the documentaries The Miracle of North Jackson, and The Jayson Williams Story. Before his film production career, he played professionally for the Detroit Pistons (94-95 to 99-00), Orlando Magic (00-01 to 06-07), Phoenix Suns (07-08 to 11-12), and Los Angeles Clippers (12-13) in the National Basketball Association.
Hill attended Duke University, playing four years with the Blue Devils and winning two national titles in...
- 3/31/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Years ago, in the pages of Men’s Journal, I confessed to a psychotic obsession with the NFL draft. I dreamed of leaving journalism and being allowed to turn around a wayward team like the Jacksonville Jaguars using ideas like, “Always pick the guy who falls in the draft after a positive weed test.”
But Jaguars owner Shahid Khan never returned my calls. Moreover, I’m beginning to think the NFL won’t exist 20 years from now, because of that minor problem of the sport being physically lethal to its employees.
But Jaguars owner Shahid Khan never returned my calls. Moreover, I’m beginning to think the NFL won’t exist 20 years from now, because of that minor problem of the sport being physically lethal to its employees.
- 6/22/2017
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
HBO has garnered acclaim for their prestige TV offerings, but one of their most underrated contributions to the television landscape is 2015’s “7 Days in Hell,” a mockumentary of the infamous John Isner/Nicolas Mahut Wimbledon showdown that shattered the record for longest tennis match in history. On the strengths of stars Andy Samberg and Kit Harrington, “7 Days in Hell” also took aim at a few of the legendary tennis rivalries of the 70s, 80s and 90s that brought the sport into the mainstream.
It’s a goofy, perfectly timed spoof that plays with the familiar tropes of sports docs, namely the ones in Espn’s “30 for 30” series. Apparently, it worked so well that HBO wanted more. Samberg and “7 Days in Hell” writer Murray Miller have reteamed for another trip through niche sports history with “Tour de Pharmacy,” a fictional look at a doping scandal in the world of 80s cycling.
It’s a goofy, perfectly timed spoof that plays with the familiar tropes of sports docs, namely the ones in Espn’s “30 for 30” series. Apparently, it worked so well that HBO wanted more. Samberg and “7 Days in Hell” writer Murray Miller have reteamed for another trip through niche sports history with “Tour de Pharmacy,” a fictional look at a doping scandal in the world of 80s cycling.
- 5/19/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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Chicago – “The Hollywood Show” is an exciting gathering of celebrities and memorabilia for movies, TV and pop culture fans. The latest edition will be this weekend – September 9th-11th, 2016 – at the Hilton/O’Hare Airport Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. (details below). Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com will be there to photograph the stars, and offers a Slideshow featuring the celebrities who attended the 2015 event.
Scheduled to appear at the 2016 Hollywood Show are Joyce DeWitt (“Three’s Company), Loretta Swit (“M*A*S*H”), Oscar nominated actress Mariel Hemingway, Morgan Fairchild (“Falcon Crest”) and Jan Michael Vincent (“Airwolf”), among many other favorites from “Three’s Company,” “My Three Sons,” and “The Waltons.” There is a fee for autographs and pictures, and the show offers a huge memorabilia market.
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Chicago – “The Hollywood Show” is an exciting gathering of celebrities and memorabilia for movies, TV and pop culture fans. The latest edition will be this weekend – September 9th-11th, 2016 – at the Hilton/O’Hare Airport Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. (details below). Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com will be there to photograph the stars, and offers a Slideshow featuring the celebrities who attended the 2015 event.
Scheduled to appear at the 2016 Hollywood Show are Joyce DeWitt (“Three’s Company), Loretta Swit (“M*A*S*H”), Oscar nominated actress Mariel Hemingway, Morgan Fairchild (“Falcon Crest”) and Jan Michael Vincent (“Airwolf”), among many other favorites from “Three’s Company,” “My Three Sons,” and “The Waltons.” There is a fee for autographs and pictures, and the show offers a huge memorabilia market.
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- 9/10/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Scottie Pippen and his wife are Furious at Christian Laettner -- claiming he still hasn't paid them back the hundreds of thousands of dollars he owes them ... and they want to collect, Now. Around 2007, Pippen invested a ton of money with Laettner and his partners to buy a stake in the Memphis Grizzlies ... but when the deal fizzled, he never got his money back. Pippen sued Laettner and his partners and was awarded a $2.5 million...
- 8/10/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Christian Laettner was such a legendary college basketball player that people automatically assume his professional career, which actually spanned 13 NBA seasons, was a complete bust. History is also not particularly kind to Laettner when you consider that the former Duke Blue Devil was one of the most disliked athletes in the Ncaa archives — and that national hatred is exactly what Espn’s “30 for 30” focused on. “I Hate Christian Laettner,” which debuts on Sunday at 9 p.m. Et on Espn and is narrated by Rob Lowe, explores the former Dream Team member’s storybook college career, which included four Final Four appearances and winning.
- 3/13/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
TMZ Photog: "How can we make people love you?"Christian Laettner: "I don't know if that's possible." Kinda sad, right? Well, it's not all pessimistic ... because when we ran into the former Duke star on the streets of NYC this morning we were trying to figure out why so many people hate the guy. In fact, the disdain for Laettner is the topic of an upcoming Espn 30 for 30 titled, "I Hate Christian Laettner." So,...
- 3/10/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
CBS pays tribute to announcer Verne Lundquist with a one-hour documentary special In Your Life, airing Saturday, Nov. 29, at 1:30pm Et. This documentary special celebrates Verne Lundquist’s 50 years in broadcasting. Since joining CBS Sports in 1982, Lundquist has called some of the most memorable moments in sports, including Jack Nicklaus’ famous birdie putt at the 1986 Masters, Christian Laettner’s buzzer-beater in the 1992 Ncaa Tournament and Auburn’s stunning defeat of Alabama in last year’s college football Iron Bowl. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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- 11/26/2014
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
Buzz Bissinger received a torrent of abuse for saying the NBA's popularity is declining without white superstars. Now comes Jimmer Fredette, who's dominating March Madness chatter not because he's the best-but because he's white.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column about the specter of race in the National Basketball Association. I said the league's popularity was being affected because some white fans were turned off to a game in which there was not a single white American superstar.
Related story on The Daily Beast: January 10: 7 Best Moments from Sunday Talk
It was not pretty. Most of the cuts have healed except for the one on my elbow.
I fervently believe what I wrote. There was supporting evidence I should have put in but did not because a column is an opinion and space isn't unlimited at The Daily Beast. I have since discovered more compelling evidence.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column about the specter of race in the National Basketball Association. I said the league's popularity was being affected because some white fans were turned off to a game in which there was not a single white American superstar.
Related story on The Daily Beast: January 10: 7 Best Moments from Sunday Talk
It was not pretty. Most of the cuts have healed except for the one on my elbow.
I fervently believe what I wrote. There was supporting evidence I should have put in but did not because a column is an opinion and space isn't unlimited at The Daily Beast. I have since discovered more compelling evidence.
- 3/23/2011
- by Buzz Bissinger
- The Daily Beast
Buffalo Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman chalked up a Huge victory against ex-nba star Christian Laettner -- after the original USA "Dream Team" member failed to pay back $3 million he borrowed from the NFL star. Laettner and his former Duke basketball teammate Brian Davis borrowed the cash back in 2007 to fund a series of real estate ventures -- but according to Merriman, they refused to pay him back. But a federal judge ruled that Laettner and...
- 1/4/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Pondering topics for a column, I indulged in a thought exercise of wish fulfillment: if I had the chance to time-travel to the greatest moments in sports, when and where would I go? Inevitably, thoughts of time travel take my mind to Doctor Who, and with the imminent return of the Doctor in only ten days, I imagined sports-related destinations for the Doctor. He would not necessarily guide the Tardis to my preferred events, but without a doubt he would visit those athletic events that had some measure of intergalactic peril in the mix. Thus, I give you the untold sporting adventures of Doctor Who.
June 22, 1986
His experience in "The Lodger" gave The Doctor (Matt Smith) a taste for football (just this once I'll spare the European sporting fans my insistence in using the "S" word), so he decides to treat Craig and Sophie to a honeymoon in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup,...
June 22, 1986
His experience in "The Lodger" gave The Doctor (Matt Smith) a taste for football (just this once I'll spare the European sporting fans my insistence in using the "S" word), so he decides to treat Craig and Sophie to a honeymoon in Mexico at the 1986 World Cup,...
- 12/15/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Disney mastered the art of the sports underdog movie long ago, but now they’re just showing off. After crafting hits like Remember the Titans, The Rookie, and Miracle, in which real-life longshots overcome incredible obstacles and long odds to achieve athletic glory, Disney figured they really don’t even need the underdog. I give you Secretariat, which opens tomorrow on about 2,500 screens. It’s generally acknowledged that the strapping red colt was the most dominant Triple Crown winner ever, galloping into history with a Pegasus-like performance at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. At the Belmont, Secretariat was a 1-10 favorite to win the race.
- 10/7/2010
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
For any sports fan, there are a handful of images or sequences that are permanently etched in his or her memory. There's Willie Mays' incredible over-the-shoulder catch, Bill Buckner's World Series faux pas in 1986, the amazing Christian Laettner buzzer-beater in the 1992 Ncaa basketball tournament — these are all incredible moments that live on courtesy of countless highlight reels and compilations. One of the most notorious of these is the play that became known as the "Immaculate Reception," which occurred on this day in 1972 in a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders.
In the closing seconds of a playoff game and trailing 7-6, Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw threw a desperation pass that was intended for halfback Frenchy Fuqua. As Fuqua went to catch the ball, he collided with Oakland defender Jack Tatum. The impact caused the ball to ricochet backwards in a long arc. Rookie running back Franco Harris...
In the closing seconds of a playoff game and trailing 7-6, Pittsburgh quarterback Terry Bradshaw threw a desperation pass that was intended for halfback Frenchy Fuqua. As Fuqua went to catch the ball, he collided with Oakland defender Jack Tatum. The impact caused the ball to ricochet backwards in a long arc. Rookie running back Franco Harris...
- 12/23/2009
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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