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The WNBA finally gets the sports documentary it deservesIn the early days of the WNBA, it wasn’t a given that the league was going to make it. A new film set for theatrical release this weekend, Unfinished Business, goes back to the first year through the lens of the New York Liberty, to lay out the stakes those young players experienced....

How To Go To A Film Festival<em></em>Movies are great. They make you laugh, make you cry, and make you feel every feeling in between. They can teach you about people you don’t know, people you do know, and even help you better understand yourself. They are created by some of the most brilliant artistic minds, and often star the most be...

An Incomplete Treasury Of Great Phife Dawg LyricsMalik “Phife Dawg” Taylor of A Tribe Called Quest died yesterday at the age of 45. And as someone who went to college in the 1990s, I am obligated by law to tell you that A Tribe Called Quest was by far my favorite hip hop group, and that their shit still holds up to this day. But there’s nothing I ...

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SI's Tribeca Film Festival Awards

The good people over at SI's Extra Mustard Blog have put together awards for the best sports movies that screened at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. They've handed out a number of awards, from Ragtag Success Story to Best Fanboy Director. Above, the trailer for Next Goal Wins, a documentary follo...

"We Could Be King," a documentary on newly merged and severely underfunded Philly public school MLK High's football season got a standing ovation at the Tribeca Film Festival last night. The film will show on ESPN2 this Saturday. In the meantime, you can watch the trailer here. [NewsWorks]...

Three Kings: Tyson, Holyfield, And Hopkins Make Nice For <em>Champs</em>

Mike Tyson just couldn't let it go. "I beat him," he blurted out Saturday night at a Tribeca Film Festival panel, upon the mere mention of Buster Douglas, the underdog who knocked him out in Tokyo back in 1990. "They robbed me on the count. There's no doubt about it." ...

It Was 20 Years Ago...

It's been a celebratory year for the aging B-Boy set as we honor 1993's memorable releases....