3 Sports Documentaries For You To Watch This Week

PJ Browne
By PJ Browne
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Football's Suicide Secret

Broadcast only a few weeks ago on the BBC. Football's Suicide Secret features former Burnley captain, Clarke Carlisle, interviewing former players about suicide in the sport. He also talks to those who have been affected by it such a Gary Speed's wife and friend of German goalkeeper Robert Enke along with discussing his own attempt to take his life.

The Other Dream Team

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Everyone knows 'The Dream Team' from the 1992 that featured Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley amongst many others. The other 'Dream Team' at that Olympics was the Lithuanian basketball team that won bronze. This is the story of their struggles under communist rule and how they became symbols of their country's independence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODbV9C01daA

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The U

The University of Miami aka 'The U' won four national titles between 1983 and 1991 under coach Howard Schnellenberger. This film documents their rise to prominence and how the changes in the football culture at the school mirrored what was also going on in the city of Miami itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83qv5mPN-Lw

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