Bad Sport

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Bad Sport
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Genre Docu-series
Directed by
  • Miles Blayden-Ryall
  • Georgina Cammalleri
  • James House
  • Lizzie Kempton
  • Alex Kiehl
  • Luke Sewell
ComposerDavid Schweitzer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producers
  • Lia Nicholls
  • Alessandra Bonomolo
  • Georgina Cammalleri
  • Sophie Donovan
  • Arianna Perretta
Running time55-86 minutes
Production companyRaw Entertainment
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseAugust 6, 2021 (2021-08-06)

Bad Sport is a 2021 American six-part docuseries created for Netflix. [1]

Contents

Summary

The series features six different stories about sports and crime, which are told through first-hand interviews. [2] [3]

Release and reception

It was released on October 6, 2021. [4]

The series received a 100% approval rating based on 5 votes on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. [5]

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References

  1. "Bad Sport Trailer Delves Deep Into the Criminal Side of Sports in Netflix Docuseries". Collider. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  2. "Stream It or Skip It: Bad Sport on Netflix, a New Documentary Collection of Sports Scandals". Decider. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  3. Schager, Nick (2021-10-06). "Wildest Sports Scandals Revealed, From Drug Trafficking to Horse Murder". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  4. "Bad Sport release schedule: Release dates for new episodes of docu-series". Radio Times. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  5. "Bad Sport". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 7, 2022.