The legend of Wilt Chamberlain is widely known amongst any level of sports fans. From the diehard to your grandmama, there is at  least some small bit of knowledge that one will have about the man affectionately known as “Wilt The Stilt.” However, sometimes the internet has a way of digging...

Remember when you were about 10 years old, hitting the nearby playground basketball courts for the first time? You saw a few of your friends trying their crossovers but getting the ball caught in their shorts because no one was very tall. You boldly called next on the main court, but your brother and...

“The Sandlot” is one of the greatest baseball movies of all time, and if you don’t agree, you can just stop reading this right now. I’m not even joking. Go away. If you’ve never seen “The Sandlot,” first off, shame on you. Secondly, where the hell have you been the past 20 years? Third,...

With the much anticipated release of ’42: The Jackie Robinson Story’ and Major League Baseball’s annual celebration of Jackie Robinson next Monday, you have likely noticed the deluge of media that has shined a deserved spotlight on the iconic man and Hall of Famer once again. For those of us born...

Go ahead and scan ahead on your DVR’s and hit the record button, it’s that time of year again where ESPN Films brings the people another series of documentary films for us to enjoy again and again and again. Following the spirit of ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, ESPN Films and espnW have partnered together...

By Alex Wong / @steven_lebron Sports and politics are two topics that tend to bleed into each other more often than we think, more often than we like. You only need to select any handful of storylines in sports to recognize the blending of the two, or if you’re like me and read David Zirin on...

At some nondescript hour of the night, I caught the last 45 minutes of The Mighty Ducks on television. Usually when some nondescript movie comes on while I’m about to fade to black, I just pass out for the evening. Yet, this was The Mighty Ducks, and there was absolutely no chance I was going...

When Ben Wilson was shot and killed in Nov. 1984, I was just eight years old. Far too young to grasp what his death meant, but old enough to know that it meant something. When you see the bigger kids on your block all huddled up and crying over it, when you see his picture on every news channel and...

By Dillon Friday / @noclassfriday Twenty-four years ago, Ben Johnson lost his Gold medal in the most damning way possible. He tested positive for steroids. (Probably going to have to go to California Drug Rehab) To call Johnson a sacrificial lamb would be hyperbolic. To call him a scapegoat would be...

It’s official. Don’t call/text/tweet/facebook/smoke signal/carrier pigeon me on Tuesday nights beginning in October. I’m serious bro. ESPN announced on Friday that it will bring back the highly celebrated 30 for 30 series this fall as Volume II will provide sports fans with six new...

Last month here on The Sports Fan Journal you might remember us featuring a trailer for a new documentary film by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau called “Doin’ It In The Park.” The film, set to capture the essence of pickup basketball in New York City, has been screened from coast...

It seems like eons ago, but the Kevin Durant World Tour that the DC native went on in the Summer of 2011 is something worth remembering. As we embark on the journey towards Game Five of the Western Conference Finals, its worth remembering the fact that this season wasn’t promised to us. Miami...