He enjoyed outstanding success as a player and general manager for the Los Angeles Lakers, was voted one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players and his image has long been the NBA’s logo, but in his new book, West By West My Charmed, Tormented Life (co-authored by Jonathan Coleman), Jerry West presents a lot more of the dark shadows that have haunted him behind the glory of the arena spotlight. [...]
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After gaining some exposure at a few film festivals, “Berlin 36”, a small-budget movie from a major historic event — the Olympic Games held in Nazi-controlled Germany – is now in general release in the U.S. [...] Premiering on ESPN Tuesday night is a new documentary film that chronicles the story of Chuck Wepner, the Man Behind the Legend [...] Coinciding with the 2011 World Series, A&E Home Entertainment and Major League Baseball have assembled an impressive presentation of 10 exceptional and iconic games on DVD – BASEBALL’S GREATEST GAMES that include the clutch performances of players like Carlton Fisk, Bill Mazeroski and Derek Jeter. [...] At the start of this season I had one team from the 2010 World Series returning to the Fall Classic. The Giants. While I missed that, look for the other team, the Rangers, to win their first title in its 50 year history as they take on the St. Louis Cardinals beginning Wednesday in the 107th Fall Classic. [...] Using both traditional portrait angles and innovative looks at the players, Charles Conlon captured the soul of baseball taking over thirty-thousand photographs from 1904 to 1942. Over 200 hundred of his most celebrated appear in his latest book- “The Big Show: Charles Conlan’s Golden Age Baseball Photographs”, a follow up to Baseball’s Golden Age which esteemed author Roger Angell of The New Yorker called “the best book of baseball photographs ever published”. [...] Over four weeks into its theatrical release, “Warrior”, the mixed martial arts movie is still packing a punch. The Lionsgate picture remains in the Top 25 draw ahead of “Cowboys &Aliens” and “Midnight in Paris”. [...] Director Morgan Spurlock, who exposed the fast food industry in his documentary Super Size Me, sets his sights on the ultra-competitive world of professional sports agents in ESPN Films’ new documentary, The Dotted Line, premiering on Tuesday. [...] From humble beginnings in 1961 when they started out in such places as Los Angeles’ Wrigley Field, the Angels franchise celebrates its 50th anniversary with two DVD titles. [...] |
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