About this season
E:60 is a weekly investigative journalism newsmagazine show. It premiered on ESPN on October 16, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. ET, 4:00 p.m. PT. The show is one hour long. E:60 covers stories that relate to both American and international sports. Reporters from the network interview those surrounding the stories, and they also discuss what was involved in covering the stories. Many of the stories' subjects are of a serious nature, such as a story featured on the premiere show about Jason Ray, the student who portrayed the North Carolina Tar Heels' mascot Ramses, being killed after he was struck by a car. Reporters and contributors on the show include ESPN personalities Jeremy Schaap, Rachel Nichols, Lisa Salters, Jeffri Chadiha, Michael Smith, and Chris Connelly.
Episodes (10)
1. Whitney's Anthem
Aired 11 February 2022 • 33 min
Whitney Houston's stunning rendition of the national anthem before Super Bowl XXV in 1991, set against the back drop of the Gulf War, helped unify the country and remains an iconic moment in Super Bowl history.
2. The Paterno Legacy
Aired 18 April 2022 • 48 min
Penn State football icon Joe Paterno went from revered patriarch to reviled pariah. Now, ten years after the Penn State sex abuse scandal, E60 looks at The Paterno Legacy.
3. Unrivaled: Red Wings v. Avalanche
Aired 26 June 2022 • 120 min
It started out as two teams decorated with highly-skilled future hall of famers relentlessly pursuing the holy grail of their sport. It became a ferocious clash, fueled by an incomparable hatred not often seen in major sports. This was more than a mere rivalry; it was a blood feud. Its white-hot intensity would lead to games and moments both thrilling and chilling, to indelible victories and premeditated acts of vengeance. The story of the rivalry is one of lifelong bonds, life-changing moments, a remarkable brotherhood and a never-before-seen public reckoning of revenge and retribution. Two and a half decades later, those who were part of it are still coming to terms with how the brutal rivalry went as far as it did.
4. The Great Imposter and Me
Aired 12 July 2022 • 10 min
A new episode of ESPN E60 will bring new information to light about a cult figure from the late 1970’s known as “The Great Imposter.” Barry Bremen, who pulled off pranks that included crashing baseball’s All-Star Game dressed as a New York Yankee, playing nine holes at the U.S. Open and impersonating a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, left a secret legacy that was only recently discovered.
5. The Survivor
Aired 20 September 2022 • 50 min
As a child, he survived WWII and the Holocaust. Then, competing for Israel at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, he would again confront the unthinkable.
6. Truth Be Told: The Fight for Women's Professional Soccer
Aired 4 October 2022 • 80 min
The fight for power in women’s professional soccer.
7. Qatar's World Cup
Aired 6 November 2022 • 48 min
Investigating the human cost of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where watchdog groups estimate 4,000 immigrant workers building stadiums and infrastructure will die from working and living conditions.
8. The Band Is On The Field
Aired 13 November 2022 • 48 min
ESPN E60 will relive what has been described as “the most amazing, sensational, dramatic finish in the history of college football” – the play that came at the end of the 1982 Big Game, the annual showdown between the University of California – Berkeley Golden Bears and the Stanford University Cardinal.
9. Remember the Blue & Yellow
Aired 11 December 2022 • 58 min
The inspiring story of the Ukrainian national soccer team trying to play while their nation is at war.
