Sports on Fire

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Sports on Fire
GenreSports documentary
Created by Pete McCormack
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersPete McCormack
Andrew Barnsley
Jeff Aghassi
Kimberly Arnott
Kevin Foley
Production companiesProject 10 Productions
Two 4 The Money Media
Original release
Network HBO Canada
ReleaseJanuary 9 (2015-01-09) 
February 13, 2015 (2015-02-13)

Sports on Fire is a Canadian television documentary series, which aired on HBO Canada in 2015. [1] Created and produced by Pete McCormack, [2] the six-episode series explored the historical, political and social context of several important moments in sports history. [2]

Contents

The series garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Sports Program or Series at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016. [3]

Episodes

#TitleDirected byOriginal air date
1"A Cold War"Pete McCormack9 January 2015 (2015-01-09)
1972 Summit Series
2"Born on the Bottle"Pete McCormack16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
How running moonshine led to NASCAR
3"Terrorlympics"Pete McCormack23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
1972 Munich Massacre
4"She Runs Like a Man"Pete McCormack30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)
Caster Semenya and gender testing of female athletes
5"The Race for Race"Pete McCormack6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)
Jesse Owens at the 1936 Summer Olympics
6"All the Rage"Pete McCormack13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)
Steroids in elite sport.

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References

  1. "Vancouver's Pete McCormack combines sports, history in new series Sports on Fire". Metro , January 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Sports on Fire from Peter McCormack coming to TMN". Toronto Star , December 20, 2013.
  3. "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada , January 19, 2016.