Vice TV has picked up a new unscripted basketball docuseries produced with Uninterrupted, the athlete storytelling brand founded by LeBron James’ and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company, and My Entertainment.
The eight-episode series, titled “Uninterrupted: The Real Stories of Basketball,” explores iconic moments, players and stories from inside basketball. Vice TV is set to premiere the series on June 4.
“As a lifelong student of the game and all of its iconic history and culture, I’m excited about this series that relives some of basketball’s biggest moments and the stories behind them for a whole new generation to experience,” James said in a statement.
The docuseries will highlight stories through firsthand accounts from pro basketball hall of famers, NBA champions and all-stars including Jason Kidd, Bill Laimbeer, Gary Payton, Bill Walton, Shawn Kemp, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, Detlef Schrempf and Spud Webb.
“Uninterrupted: The Real Stories of Basketball,” is narrated by Matt Barnes,...
The eight-episode series, titled “Uninterrupted: The Real Stories of Basketball,” explores iconic moments, players and stories from inside basketball. Vice TV is set to premiere the series on June 4.
“As a lifelong student of the game and all of its iconic history and culture, I’m excited about this series that relives some of basketball’s biggest moments and the stories behind them for a whole new generation to experience,” James said in a statement.
The docuseries will highlight stories through firsthand accounts from pro basketball hall of famers, NBA champions and all-stars including Jason Kidd, Bill Laimbeer, Gary Payton, Bill Walton, Shawn Kemp, Richard Jefferson, Kenyon Martin, Detlef Schrempf and Spud Webb.
“Uninterrupted: The Real Stories of Basketball,” is narrated by Matt Barnes,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
Brooklyn-based sports startup Overtime has raised $80 million in Series C funding from investors including Bezos Expeditions (the personal investment company of Jeff Bezos), Drake and more than 25 current and former NBA stars including Trae Young, Devin Booker, Klay Thompson and Pau Gasol.
In total, Overtime, which was founded in 2016, has now raised more than $140 million in funding.
It also has 50 million social media followers and crosses verticals from content to e-commerce, its sports app, and live events. It said the fresh funds will go in part to develop new basketball league Ote (Overtime Elite), guaranteeing salaries for athletes and hiring a staff 80 league employees to launch an inaugural season in September.
The funding round was led by return investors Sapphire Sport and Black Capital along with Micromanagement Ventures (the family of the late David Stern), Alexis Ohanian, Jeff Kearl (via Pelion Capital), Morgan Stanley Counterpoint Global and Blackstone Strategic Partners.
In total, Overtime, which was founded in 2016, has now raised more than $140 million in funding.
It also has 50 million social media followers and crosses verticals from content to e-commerce, its sports app, and live events. It said the fresh funds will go in part to develop new basketball league Ote (Overtime Elite), guaranteeing salaries for athletes and hiring a staff 80 league employees to launch an inaugural season in September.
The funding round was led by return investors Sapphire Sport and Black Capital along with Micromanagement Ventures (the family of the late David Stern), Alexis Ohanian, Jeff Kearl (via Pelion Capital), Morgan Stanley Counterpoint Global and Blackstone Strategic Partners.
- 4/22/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Entertainment companies have plenty to worry about these days. But one concern that's been looming for years may have been alleviated on Thursday thanks to a New York federal judge's summary judgment opinion. That being, getting into copyright trouble for depicting someone's tattoo.
Solid Oak Sketches, which claimed to own copyrights to tattoo designs featured on the bodies of NBA stars LeBron James, Kenyon Martin and Eric Bledsoe, filed its lawsuit back in early 2016. The plaintiff targeted video game publisher Take-Two Interactive over allegedly unauthorized reproductions of those tattoo designs in the NBA 2K franchise. Solid Oak was ...
Solid Oak Sketches, which claimed to own copyrights to tattoo designs featured on the bodies of NBA stars LeBron James, Kenyon Martin and Eric Bledsoe, filed its lawsuit back in early 2016. The plaintiff targeted video game publisher Take-Two Interactive over allegedly unauthorized reproductions of those tattoo designs in the NBA 2K franchise. Solid Oak was ...
- 3/26/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Rasheed Wallace is in for a world of annoyance at his new job as a high school hoops coach ... this according to his fellow ex-NBAer, Kenyon Martin ... who says kids don't listen to a damn thing nowadays. Sheed was officially announced as the next head coach at Jordan Hs in Durham, Nc on Friday ... and when we got K-Mart at Lax, he had some slightly bad news for Wallace. "It's gonna be tough, but I wish him all the best,...
- 3/9/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
There's a rule for the rookies on the Cleveland Cavs -- you don't bring Tristan Thompson his donuts, He Destroys Your Lexus!!!! Just ask Collin Sexton -- who learned the hard way that Tristan is deadly serious when it comes to breakfast pastries and rookie hazing. Here's the deal ... Sexton only grabbed 12 treats instead of 24 which pissed Tristan off ... and for this, his $50,000 ride paid the price. "There are 12 popcorn bags in your vehicle which...
- 12/17/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Remember how Stoked Trae Young was to get his brand-new, $138,000 Audi back in July?? Well ... it took his new Atlanta Hawks teammates only a few months to kill his chill -- 'cause they Just Stuffed It With A Boatload Of Popcorn!!! Jeremy Lin documented it all on social media ... showing the Atlanta rookie's new custom Audi R8 packed to the brim with the buttery stuff. Trae wasn't the only victim Friday ... fellow rookie Omari Spellman...
- 11/9/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Another good sign for Lakers fans -- LeBron James' 13-year-old superstar son is very "likely" to enroll at Sierra Canyon School in L.A. ... but our sources say "it's not a done deal." Sierra Canyon's basketball team is loaded with the DNA of NBA legends -- with the spawn of Scottie Pippen and Kenyon Martin playing side by side with Derek Fisher's nephew. Earlier this month, ex-nba star Gary Payton told Bso...
- 6/27/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The three-on-three hoops action of Big3 — the basketball league co-founded by Ice Cube that features former NBA stars in fast-paced, half-court games — will be coming to Facebook later this month.
Fox Sports signed a deal with the social-media platform to stream one Big3 game per week live during the 2018 season exclusively on Facebook, free to anyone in the world to watch. The games on Facebook will lead in to three additional games, which will air exclusively on Fox or FS1 (and simulcast live in the Fox Sports app) during the regular season and playoffs.
The pact tips off with the Big3 season opener in Houston on June 22, available on the Big3 on Fox page (facebook.com/big3onfox) for the first nine weeks of the season. In addition to getting exclusive live access to nine games this summer, Facebook will host highlight packages and game recaps for all 37 games, including...
Fox Sports signed a deal with the social-media platform to stream one Big3 game per week live during the 2018 season exclusively on Facebook, free to anyone in the world to watch. The games on Facebook will lead in to three additional games, which will air exclusively on Fox or FS1 (and simulcast live in the Fox Sports app) during the regular season and playoffs.
The pact tips off with the Big3 season opener in Houston on June 22, available on the Big3 on Fox page (facebook.com/big3onfox) for the first nine weeks of the season. In addition to getting exclusive live access to nine games this summer, Facebook will host highlight packages and game recaps for all 37 games, including...
- 6/12/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Kenyon Martin says "there's no such thing as simple flirting" anymore ... and it's all because men have crossed the line too many times when it comes to picking up women. The ex-NBA star says he's well aware of the problems many women face in the workplace and other areas in their lives when men come on way too strong ... and it's not right. "Over the years, men have abused their power," Martin tells TMZ Sports.
- 6/3/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_ay8j3fy1"]] If Kenyon Martin thinks the Based God curse is a load of crap, rapper Lil B says he'll have to prove it on the court ... 'cause he's getting challenged to a 1-on-1 showdown ... and the stakes are high!! Icymi ... K-Mart straight-up dissed Lil B's Based God curse earlier this week, calling him "a nobody" and claiming his opinion "don't mean sh*t" when we asked him about being hexed. [[tmz:video id="0_3tezy6vz"]] TMZ Sports spoke with Lil B...
- 1/3/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_3tezy6vz"]] Kenyon Martin wants the world to know he's living a Great life despite being slapped with a curse from Lil B the Based God ... telling TMZ Sports the rapper's opinion "don't mean sh*t." Fyi -- NBA players like James Harden and Kevin Durant have been "cursed" by Lil B in the past for disrespecting Lil B's cooking dance and music respectively ... preventing both guys from winning NBA titles. We spoke with K-Mart -- who...
- 1/3/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_7asql8xm"]] Donald Trump's absolutely doing the right thing by trying to bail out LiAngelo Ball and his UCLA teammates after their shoplifting arrest in China -- so says Kenyon Martin. "That's his obligation. That's his responsibility," K-Mart told TMZ Sports ... when we asked him about Potus hitting up Chinese President Xi Jinping to resolve the situation. The ex-nba star says LiAngelo and his bros are only guilty of being young and dumb ... and "shouldn't be punished" for that.
- 11/14/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_cqy2zb2e"]] Kenyon Martin says he's sorry for saying Jeremy Lin was biting black people's swag with his new dreadlocks ... but is sticking by his belief that Lin's hair is freakin' weird. Martin got destroyed on social media for comments he made about Lin's new 'do, specifically his belief that Jeremy chose the hairstyle because he "wants to be black." We spoke to K-Mart, and he says he's far from the racist he's being depicted as, and...
- 10/7/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_4clk1bdw"]] Scottie Pippen is back with his wife Larsa -- and they just moved to L.A. as a family to "figure things out" ... TMZ Sports has learned. In fact, the two are already having couples outings in Beverly Hills -- where they got his and her manicures on Monday. Doesn't get more "together" than that. Here's the deal ... it's been almost a year since Scottie filed divorce docs after 19 years of marriage. Since then, the two have been on-again,...
- 9/12/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_02s7hfzg"]] Ice Cube is one step closer to adding "Agent 0" to his BIG3 league -- with Gilbert Arenas telling TMZ Sports he's seriously considering joining up. 35-year-old Arenas was promoting his Life Water company at 7/11 in L.A. this week when he told us he's been in talks with Cube's 3-on-3 league about signing on for next season. In fact, Arenas says he's hoping the two sides can work out a sponsorship deal where his beverage...
- 8/14/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
[[tmz:video id="0_ili2ix9y"]] Allen Iverson's got a huge game coming up ... and here we are talkin' 'bout practice!!! 'The Answer' hit the courts at Chelsea Piers in NYC Friday to shoot around with other former NBA stars -- like Kenyon Martin -- and get ready for the tip-off of Ice Cube's BIG3 league Sunday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. He even took some time to cross over actor Michael Rapaport just for fun ... like he once did to Mj.
- 6/24/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
If a film, television show or video game incidentally shows a copyrighted tattoo, is that infringement? The question has provoked several law journal articles and quite a bit of media coverage over the years without any firm judicial opinion. However, some guidance may be forthcoming thanks to a decision on Tuesday from a New York federal judge.
Take-Two Interactive Software, the videogame publisher of NBA 2K, has been in court for more than a year with Solid Oak Sketches, which claims to own copyrights to several tattoo designs featured on the bodies of NBA stars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kenyon Martin,...
Take-Two Interactive Software, the videogame publisher of NBA 2K, has been in court for more than a year with Solid Oak Sketches, which claims to own copyrights to several tattoo designs featured on the bodies of NBA stars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kenyon Martin,...
- 5/16/2017
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[[tmz:video id="0_asm26wzt"]] If this is true ... watch out. Kenyon Martin Jr. -- a high school sophomore -- says he's confident he can beat his ex-nba superstar father in 1-on-1 ... and his dad isn't really disputing it! Kenyon Jr. is 6'6", 185 lbs and is already being recruited by some big college programs. The fact he's already got highlights that have gone viral doesn't hurt. So, when Jr. and Sr. were out earlier Thursday, we had to ask, who's the better player right now?...
- 5/11/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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