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  (Via Apple TV+) In retrospect, “The Last Dance” was both the best and the worst thing to happen to the sports documentary genre. On one hand, the behind-the-scenes account of the 1997-98 champion Chicago Bulls was a revelation, a shot of nostalgia for a long-gone era and an appreciation of one of the greatest teams of all time. On the other, it was a highly curated behemoth that convinced every athlete who’d ever made an All-Star team, every team that broke .500, that they deserved… Source link

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The ordeal of Denise Huskins, whose kidnapping from her boyfriend’s Northern California home was first dismissed as a hoax by law enforcement, is getting renewed attention as the subject of a new Netflix docuseries, “American Nightmare.” Here’s a look at the facts of the case, which captivated the country: THE KIDNAPPING On March 23, 2015, Huskins was kidnapped by a masked intruder who broke into the home in Vallejo, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her… Source link

You may have heard ESPN has a Derek Jeter docuseries on the way called “The Captain.” Some Boston Red Sox fans definitely know that now. ESPN’s marketing team decided to promote the series by erecting a billboard right outside of Fenway Park in Boston, with nothing but some text and Jeter’s enormous face. Will this soon be the most vandalized billboard in Boston? Only time will tell. There is obviously no love lost between Jeter and the Red Sox fanbase. Even though Boston certainly got their’s… Source link

Bloomberg God and Man Collide in Bill Hwang’s Dueling Lives on Wall Street (Bloomberg) — With the sun rising outside their conference room in Midtown Manhattan, the visitors to a secretive investment empire bent their heads in prayerful meditation.It was another Friday morning, 7 o’clock, and a familiar scene was unfolding again inside Archegos Capital Management, an obscure family office that would go on to shake the financial world.In the days before the pandemic, 20 or 30 people would… Source link