Winning Time’s Authenticity Came With Hard Work

by Russ_Cohen - September 11, 2023September 11, 20230

The show “Winning Time” is a great sports show about the Los Angeles Lakers. My regular readers know this through my coverage. Well, deep into Season 2, I dug a bit deeper to see why those basketball action scenes look so good. I caught up with basketball producer, Idan Ravin,

Exclusive Clip From Winning Time

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by Sportsologist - August 25, 2023August 25, 20230

In next week’s all-new episode of HBO Original drama series WINNING TIME, titled “The New World,” Magic’s record-setting contract reaches the press, and resentments flare– both in the locker room and on the court. As the Lakers fight for their standing in the league, Buss looks to take his relationship with

Winning Time’s Season Two Story is Just Getting Started

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by Russ_Cohen - August 17, 2023August 17, 20230

The HBO series "Winning Time" is terrific. I love it. I had a chance to talk to some of the actors last year and realized afterward that this is the best sports serial I’ve ever watched. If you love the Lakers, you’ll love both seasons. If you hate the Lakers,

Winning Time: Interview with Michael Chiklis

by Russ_Cohen - May 4, 2022May 4, 20220

While the series is ramping up the drama, and getting close to the first season finale, I do have a great interview with Michael Chiklis to whet your appetites. Side note, Solomon Hughes really nailed the skyhook and all it meant to Kareem and the game. He worked hard on the

Breaking Down the Sports Realism in ‘Winning Time’

by Russ_Cohen - March 9, 2022March 11, 20220

Sports movies and shows must be realistic. If they’re not they can ruin it for me. The actor Solomon Hughes, who portrays Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was the key factor regarding this. If he had a bad skyhook. In my eyes, it was and still is the most unstoppable shot in the

‘Winning Time’ Will Change Small Screen Sports Storytelling

by Russ_Cohen - March 3, 2022March 3, 20220

John C. Reilly has played a ton of great parts in his career. I loved him in Bull Durham. In ‘Winning Time’, he plays businessman, father, and playboy, Dr. Jerry Buss, who owned the Los Angeles Lakers at the time they drafted Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson. Buss had a good side