Death of a Sports Star

These are the unforgettable, tragic stories of superstars we loved and lost - told as you’ve never heard them before. Ex... Read more

Where were you, when you heard? In the opening episode of the series, we tell the story of the final act of basketball s... Read more

WARNING: this episode includes reference to suicide.The first million-pound black footballer, a pioneer, an unstoppable ... Read more

When you saw it, you couldn’t forget: a jet plane, flying by itself through an empty sky, a sporting superstar on board ... Read more

Marco Pantani was a bike rider who seemed to have reached the summit of his sport. Fans loved his panache, his style, hi... Read more

She was the skinny kid from the poor part of LA who grew up to be the fastest woman in history, smashing world records w... Read more

He was the smiley, lovable kid from the country whose cricketing talents took him all the way into the Australia team. B... Read more

In the whole history of boxing, there cannot be a story murkier than Sonny Liston’s. And there’s no sport murkier than b... Read more

There’s never been a player like Jonah Lomu - what he could do, the impact he had on the world. What few realised is wha... Read more

He did things no other football manager had ever done. He came from hardship and took a struggling club to the top of th... Read more