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Caitlyn Marie Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an American media personality and former Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.
The Public Schools Athletic League, known by the abbreviation PSAL, is an organization that promotes student athletics in the public schools of New York City. It was founded in 1903 to provide and maintain a sports program for students enrolled in New York City public schools. It is the oldest and largest sports league in the United States. The PSAL serves both boys and girls. The PSAL holds competitions in a wide range of indoor and outdoor sports in fall, winter and spring seasons. In 2007, the league included 185 schools involving nearly 2,400 teams.
Sports in the United States are an important part of the nation's culture. Historically, the most popular sport has been baseball. However, in more recent decades, American football has been the most popular spectator sport based on broadcast viewership audience. Basketball has grown into the mainstream American sports scene since the 1980s, with ice hockey and soccer doing the same around the turn of the 21st century. These sports comprise the "Big Five".
Sean David Grande is an American television and radio sportscaster. He is primarily known as the voice of the Boston Celtics, but has called virtually every sport over a 25-year career.
IMG Academy is a preparatory boarding school and sports training destination in Bradenton, Florida, United States. The organization is set across over 600 acres and features programs consisting of sport camps for young athletes, adult camps, a boarding school, including a post-graduate/gap-year program, events, professional and collegiate training, group hosting, and corporate retreats.
The AND1 Live Tour, formerly known as the AND1 Mixtape Tour, was a traveling basketball competition and exhibition that existed from 1998 to 2008. It was presented by B-Ball and Company and the basketball apparel manufacturer AND1. A group of streetball players, along with Emcee Rell and B-Ball and Company CEO Linda Hill, travelled from town to town and challenge teams composed of local talent. Games tended to be characterized by isolation one-on-one ball handling moves and acrobatic slam dunks and alley-oops.
The Arthur Ashe Courage Award is presented as part of the ESPY Awards. It is named for the American tennis player Arthur Ashe. Although it is a sport-oriented award, it is not limited to sports-related people or actions, as it is presented annually to individuals whose contributions "transcend sports". According to ESPN, the organization responsible for giving out the award, "recipients reflect the spirit of Arthur Ashe, possessing strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs no matter what the cost". The award was presented as part of the ESPY Awards ceremony at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles from 2008 to 2019. The 2020 ESPYs ceremony was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ashe Award being one of the few awards presented, and the 2021 ceremony was held in New York City.
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Untold: Caitlyn Jenner is a 2021 American biographical documentary film made for Netflix and directed by Crystal Moselle. The film was released on August 24, 2021.
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist is a 2022 American sports documentary film directed by Tony Vainuku and Ryan Duffy. The film was released by Netflix on August 16, 2022, as part of the second volume of films in the Untold series.
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1 is a 2022 American Netflix original documentary film directed by Kevin Wilson Jr.
Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul is a 2022 American Netflix original documentary film directed by David Terry Fine. The film was released on August 30, 2022.
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- ↑ "Untold Volume 2 release schedule: When do new episodes arrive on Netflix?". radiotimes.com. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ↑ "'UNTOLD' Is Back, and the Stories Are Wilder than Ever". netflix.com. July 18, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2023.