In 1969, a group of kids at Palms Park in West Los Angeles turned a neighborhood park into a homemade dirt track and helped launch the sport of BMX.This incredible true story is a reminder that the greatest sports stories don’t always happen beneath bright lights and in front of roaring crowds. Sometimes they begin in your own backyard with a handful of kids and a summer they’ll never forget.

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Picture the 1911 Yankees... except they're all prison inmates. This is the unbelievable true story of the Wyoming State Penitentiary All-Stars and their biggest star, Joseph Seng, a convict running out of time who unexpectedly becomes a young batboy's mentor. But this isn't really a story about balls and strikes. It's about a kid who learns that heroes aren't perfect... they're human. And why baseball, a game built on failure more than success, has always been a game of second chances.

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The biggest star of the 2010 World Cup wasn’t Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. It was an octopus named Paul, an ordinary sea creature with an extraordinary knack for predicting soccer matches. Was Paul an oracle? A publicity stunt? Just a lucky octopus riding a hot streak? Dive into this story about how the World Cup connects us and the power of belief.

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