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There's nothing that compares to watching a live sporting event in real-time, an experience that can be full of action, emotion, and unpredictability for the viewer. A sports documentary may not be the same as watching live, but can actually offer even more, capturing that excitement while also adding perspective and nuance that can deepen any fan's appreciation of pretty much any sport.

But what makes a sports documentary great? That's a question for which there's not a single easy answer, given that different documentaries offer different pleasures depending on their focus, agenda, and, to a certain extent, the way in which they're put together. With that in mind, it shouldn't be surprising that Netflix is a phenomenal source for documentaries and docuseries set in the world of sports, spanning pretty much every sport imaginable. Some of these feature some of the biggest names in sports, while others highlight fascinating...

Rob Zombie is synonymous with horror films, but he’ll be tackling a story about an entirely different kind of slashing with his newest project. The filmmaker behind the Halloween reboot and The Devil’s Rejects will craft a feature film centered on the 1974 Philadelphia Flyers hockey team. The film will be titled Broad Street Bullies – the team’s nickname during an era when they won fights and Stanley Cups in equal measure. Known as “Fred’s Philistines” (in honor of head coach Fred Shero), the “colorful” cast of characters includes enforcers like Dave Schultz to goal scorers like Bobby Clarke. Those “characters” are what drew Zombie to the project, “Each character involved is more outrageous than the next...

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Exclusive: Rob Zombie will write, direct and produce Broad Street Bullies, a film about the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team that evolved from a cellar dwelling expansion team into a team that racked up victories and penalty minutes in equal measure during the 70s. Zombie, known for his head-banging music before transitioning to genre films like House of 1000 Corpses and Halloween, is making a departure with this film, sort of, because the Flyers brutal style of play is genre-worthy and has the makings for a hockey film on the order of the 1977 sports film classic Slap Shot. The physical play of the Flyers was legendary, to the point that when they played the Soviet Union’s supposedly invincible and tough Red Army team, the Flyers roughed them up so badly that the Russian team left the ice in the first period, and only returned when told they would not get paid if they didn’t.