Sports Detectives
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Some of the most coveted and valuable treasures from history's greatest games and players are missing or misidentified. It's up to the Sports Detectives to find the items and get to the truth. Follow private investigator Kevin Barrows and sports reporter Lauren Gardner as they travel the country on the hunt for Ali's missing Olympic gold medal, Jim Craig's Miracle on Ice flag, Dale Earnhardt's first racecar, and other legendary items. (Source: Smithsonian Channel)
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A young Muhammad Ali returned from the Olympic Games a champion in 1960, only to be victimized by bigotry in his segregated home city of Louisville. Disillusioned, he threw his gold medal off the Second Street Bridge and into the Ohio River. This dramatic story appears in Ali's autobiography, but can we prove any of it is actually true? Join hosts Kevin Barrows and Lauren Gardner as they head to Kentucky to get some answers, search for the missing medal, and discover the story of this complex and compelling sports legend.
Prev: 1x06 -- Ali's Missing Gold Medal (Jun/05/2016)
A young Muhammad Ali returned from the Olympic Games a champion in 1960, only to be victimized by bigotry in his segregated home city of Louisville. Disillusioned, he threw his gold medal off the Second Street Bridge and into the Ohio River. This dramatic story appears in Ali's autobiography, but can we prove any of it is actually true? Join hosts Kevin Barrows and Lauren Gardner as they head to Kentucky to get some answers, search for the missing medal, and discover the story of this complex and compelling sports legend.
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Classification: Documentary
Genre: Sports
Status: New Series
Network: Smithsonian CHANNEL (
USA)
Airs: Sundays at 09:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: April 24, 2016
Episode Order: 6
Genre: Sports
Status: New Series
Network: Smithsonian CHANNEL (
USA)Airs: Sundays at 09:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Premiere: April 24, 2016
Episode Order: 6
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