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Bobby Hurley was born and raised in Jersey City, at a time when the city was devastated by crime, drugs and AIDS. But for Bobby, whose father Bob was a probation officer, nowhere was off limits. All of Jersey City was his playground—and he developed his skills, and his defining trait—toughness—playing all over town, taking on the toughest competition Jersey City could offer. At St. Anthony High School, he would lead the Friars to the national championship—playing for the most demanding of taskmasters, a Hall of Fame coach, his father, Bob Hurley.
Once considered by many as the greatest point guard in the annals of college basketball Hurley was on the verge of achieving his dream of being an NBA star. But just as his NBA career was beginning, it all came crashing down. Over the next two decades Hurley had to fight back from physical, emotional and financial ruin. And in the process he realized that Bobby Hurley is about much more than just basketball.
E:60’s Jeremy Schaap speaks with all the major figures from Hurley’s life – Coach Mike Krzyzewski, former teammates Christian Laettner, Grant Hill, Jalen Rose, Jay Bilas, Kenny Anderson, Mitch Richmond, PJ Carlesimo, Terry Dehere and of course Bobby’s family – to tell the complete story of one of the greatest basketball figures of modern times.
People laughed at 6 seconds of Scott Park's life. But that's just where his story begins. Here's 'The Rest of the Story' one of our E60 stories of the year
Reporter Buster Olney went with the American League Rookie of the Year to Puerto Rico, where Correa was born, raised and fell in love with the game of baseball.
He was compared to Magic Johnson, a versatile young superstar who took the NBA by storm. At the height of his career, Penny Hardaway was first team all-NBA and a pop-culture icon. But injuries plagued him, and by 2008 he was out of the league and out of the public spotlight. In recent years, Hardaway helped childhood friend Desmond Merriweather coach his middle school basketball team following a cancer diagnosis. Side by side, the two lead their team to 3 straight middle school championships. In February 2015, Merriweather lost his battle with cancer. This season, committed to carrying on his friend’s legacy, Hardaway accepted the coaching job at Memphis East High School – Merriweather’s alma mater – with one goal in mind: to lead the boys to a state championship in honor of their coach.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver speaks for the first time about his improbable journey to the NFL and the brutal murder of his father at the hands of his uncle.
Here is a fun look back at how a seventh-grader from Massachusetts says his science project proves Tom Brady's DeflateGate innocence
E:60 takes a behind-the-beard look at one of the biggest names in the NBA - Houston Rockets James Harden. (2016)
Some of the world's fastest thoroughbreds get to the winner's circle only with a little help from a friend.
Minnesota's annual high school hockey tournament has turned into a full on follicle pageant. In fact, these glorious flows have spawned a series of viral youtube videos; The All Hockey Hair Team. E:60's Senior Hair Correspondent Barry Melrose travelled to Minnesota to meet the man behind the videos and to see these luscious locks for himself.
The Olympic gold-medalist will head to Rio this summer with the hopes of becoming the first American boxer, male or female, to win back-to-back gold medals. Shields reveals to E:60 reporter Jeremy Schaap her tumultuous childhood, bouncing from home to home, surviving sexual assault, and now living among the 40,000 people below the poverty line in a city dominating headlines for a toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
The powerful story of Paula Blanco, a running back with the Orlando Anarchy women's football team, who was with teammates at Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016, when 49 people were killed during the worst act of terrorism on American soil since 9/11.
ESPN’s award-winning news magazine, E:60, returns tonight at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN to tell the best stories in sports. Recently honored with Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports News Anthology and Long Feature as well as the Edward R. Murrow Award for Journalism, the series will continue to deliver impactful, timely, original pieces that transcend sports. The special summer run of shows premieres tonight with former Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson, who sits down for the first time to talk in-depth about his retirement from the NFL (Trailer: http://es.pn/29nOEmF). The show will also feature the unique story of the man who drove 19 miles with Muhammad Ali in the back of the hearse, through the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, to ‘The Champ’s’ final resting place (Trailer: http://es.pn/29CcHPP). Finally, the powerful story of Paula Blanco, a running back with the Orlando Anarchy women’s football team, who was with teammates at Pulse nightclub on June 12th, when 49 people were killed in the worst act of terrorism on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001, and the deadliest attack on a gay target in the nation’s history (Trailer: http://es.pn/29i7BTL).
The world watched as Muhammad Ali had his last ride - 20 miles of Nashville streets lined with tens of thousands of fans waving goodbye - as "The Champ" made his way to his final resting place. E:60 shares the story of that day, told through the memories of the man who drove Ali's hearse.
Simone Biles has been called the "Michael Jordan of Gymnastics." As the 19 year-old prepared for her first Olympic Games, Biles gave E:60 an all-access look at her life and opened up about the twist of fate that helped her become a champion.
The story of Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first American to compete in hijab, one of our stories of the year.
ESPN follows a year in the life of transgender high school track & field sprinter Matt Dawkins in a powerful 20-minute documentary.
This is a story about a boy and his dog. Together, Owen and Haatchi, with their improbable winning streak and their remarkable bond, are like nothing you have ever seen.
In a new feature for ESPN’s E:60 program (titled the “Brofile“), Martellus Bennett and his fellow NFL-playing brother, Michael, opened up on a number of topics. Martellus Bennett offers a departure from the traditional Patriots formula for speaking to the media. Instead of sticking to specific, neutral talking points, Bennett speaks his mind. Included in the segment was the Patriots tight end discussing his former team, the Chicago Bears.
E:60's Tom Rinaldi tells the powerful story of 10-year-old Logan Schoenhardt and why Tom Brady's No. 12 meant so much to him. Logan died in February 2017.
Reporter Buster Olney went with the American League Rookie of the Year to Puerto Rico, where Correa was born, raised and fell in love with the game of baseball.
