About this season
Get on the field and into the ring through a series of compelling stories at the fringe of culture and politics, across a range of places and people through the one lens that connects them all: sport.
Episodes (9)
1. Boys of Bukom
Aired 27 April 2016 • 23 min
The real Mecca of boxing isn't Vegas. It's a slum village on the coast of Ghana.
2. The Eternal Derby
Aired 4 May 2016 • 23 min
In Serbia, one violent game has endured communism and civil war. The Eternal Derby.
3. Bayou Classic
Aired 11 May 2016 • 23 min
At the Louisiana rivalry known as "The Black Superbowl", gametime is at the half.
4. Las Grandes Ligas
Aired 18 May 2016 • 23 min
As Cuba and America embark on a seismic shift, Cuban ballplayers are caught in the middle: forced to wait on diplomacy or risk their lives for their chance at the Majors.
5. The Luzira Upper Prison
Aired 25 May 2016 • 23 min
Overcrowded and underfunded, Luzira is home to Uganda's only maximum-security prison--but also an elaborate soccer league.
6. The Perfect Sheet
Aired 1 June 2016 • 23 min
Hockey's "Gibson Cup" is as old as the sport itself, and in a quiet Michigan town where the game was first born, two teams have been battling for it for over 100 years.
7. Jake & Zane
Aired 8 June 2016 • 23 min
The tiny village of Iten, Kenya is home to the fastest runners in the world, more record-holders than anywhere else…and a pair of testy twins from New Zealand.
8. The Line
Aired 15 June 2016 • 23 min
Amidst scandals, legislative battles and the new frontier of daily fantasy, the biggest debate in the world of sports today is gambling. Is it legal? And how do you define it?
9. Seven Generations
Aired 22 June 2016 • 23 min
Across a history of oppression, through years of federal neglect and in the midst of a cultural awakening, one sport has endured on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: basketball.