Sports movies
FILE The U.S. Olympic basketball team celebrates after beating Spain 118-107 in the men's gold medal basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, on Aug. 24, 2008. A documentary on the 2008 U.S. men’s basketball team known as the “Redeem Team,” with executive producers including Lebron James and Dwayne Wade, will premiere on Netflix in October. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)
LeBron James, Wade produce doc on 2008 Olympic 'Redeem Team'

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2022 12:13 PM EDT

In this photo provided by Curling Jamaica, Jamaica's Ben Kong looks out at the sheet during a practice game against Hong Kong on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Unionville Curling Club in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The Jamaican curlers are sliding into the footsteps of the bobsledders that brought the tropical island nation to the Winter Olympics and became an international sensation. (Sandy Ewart/Curling Jamaica photo via AP)
Slide over, bobsleds. Curling is coming to tropical Jamaica

By Jimmy Golen Aug. 03, 2022 01:03 PM EDT

Naomi Kawase, who directed the official documentary of the Tokyo Olympics, speaks to The Associated Press in Tokyo Friday, June 17, 2022. Kawase said her work was a challenge because public opinion was painfully divided, costs kept mounting, a scandal emerged over the logo design, disgruntled opening ceremony artists resigned and the Games were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
Olympic filmmaker needed 2 movies to cover Tokyo turmoil

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 17, 2022 09:50 AM EDT

FILE - Japanese film director Naomi Kawase speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2018. The documentary film produced by Kawase about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics premiered on Monday, May 23, 2022, shown to reporters and other invited guests in the Japanese capital. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Tokyo Olympic film debuts in Japan; headed next to Cannes

By Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama May. 22, 2022 10:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Chinese director Zhang Yimou holds his award for Best Director at the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan. Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is promising a simpler opening ceremony for the Beijing Winter Games with a bold and unprecedented way of lighting the Olympic flame. (AP Photo/Billy Dai, File)
Filmmaker Zhang Yimou returns for Olympics opening ceremony

Jan. 07, 2022 10:52 PM EST

Tareg Hamedi of Saudi Arabia reacts after losing following an injury to Sajad Ganjzadeh of Iran in their men's kumite +75kg gold medal bout for karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Olympic karate finishes with cinematic kick, downer ending

By Greg Beacham Aug. 07, 2021 11:05 AM EDT

Adam Ondra, of the Czech Republic, looses his grip and falls as he nears the top during the lead qualification portion of the men's sport climbing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, POOL)
EXPLAINER: How sport climbing reached the Olympics

By John Marshall Aug. 04, 2021 09:44 PM EDT

A child sits in the Olympic rings on display outside the Olympic Stadium where the athletic events are underway at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
This isn't Cobra Kai: Karate finally makes Olympic debut

By Greg Beacham Aug. 04, 2021 03:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2012, file photo, Australia's Ellie Cole swims in the women's 100m Backstroke S9 category at the 2012 Paralympics, in London. Cole is among several Paralympic athletes who are profiled in the Nexflix documentary “Rising Phoenix” that will be released in 190 countries on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Paralympic documentary: 'None of the bodies look the same'

By Stephen Wade Aug. 24, 2020 04:27 AM EDT

FILE - This July 15, 1924 file photo shows the opening of the 1924 Olympics at Colombes Stadium, Paris, as competing athletes lined up on the field and the flags of all the competing nations formed a semi-circle around the veteran French athlete, G. Andre, taking the Olympic oath. (AP Photo/Filr)
Paris Olympics in 1924 set stage for Hollywood endings

By Chris Lehourites Jul. 28, 2020 01:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 1936, file photo, German Nazi soldiers line up at attention during the opening ceremonies of the XI Summer Olympic Games at the Lustgarten in Berlin, Germany. The lighted Olympic torch is in the foreground. The torch relay was not always a fixture of the modern Olympics, which began in 1896. The relay tradition began with Adolph Hitler's 1936 Olympics in Berlin, the Games of the XI Olympiad, and was the brainchild of Dr. Carl Diem who was the head of the organizing committee. (AP Photo/File)
IOC apologizes, deletes tweet about 1936 Berlin Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Jul. 24, 2020 12:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2014, file photo, Rulon Gardner's medals are shown at an auctioneer's warehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. An Olympic Channel documentary debuting Wednesday, July 22, 2020, chronicles the highs and lows of Rulon Gardner in the 20 years since his stunning gold-medal victory in the 2000 Olympics. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Film tracks Rulon Gardner's highs, lows in years since gold

By Eric Olson Jul. 18, 2020 02:22 AM EDT