[This story contains spoilers from the season finale of American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez.] For Stu Zicherman, the biggest challenge when setting out to make American...
You know, this first season of American Sports Story has been a pleasant surprise for me. Will this end up on my year-end rankings for best...
[This story contains spoilers from the ninth episode of American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, “What’s Left Behind.”] “What’s Left Behind” is an apt title for the...
Last week, I pointed out that Aaron Hernandez was starting to shift its focus: While those first seven episodes were told almost entirely from Aaron Hernandez’s...
[This story contains spoilers from the eighth episode of American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, “Odin.”] Filming Odin Lloyd’s murder in episode eight of the FX series...
In a way, this is the climax the whole show has been leading up to: the murder that resulted in Aaron Hernandez’s arrest and life sentence....
Illustration: Eric Liebowitz/FX At 38 minutes, “Dirty Pain” is the shortest episode of Aaron Hernandez yet, and I’d be surprised if the recap I’m about to...
Photo: Michael Parmelee/FX When Aaron finally started playing for the pros last week, he quickly learned the same lesson as many a young person thrust into...
Photo: Michael Parmelee/FX “Be yourself.” It’s the generic advice every kid hears growing up, a broad aphorism that can apply to almost anything. But you know...
Every February at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, scouts, managers, and coaches spend a whole week putting college football players through rigorous testing, assessing their physical...
In 2013, at the height of his NFL power, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez shot and killed Odin Lloyd. In 2015, a jury found...
According to American Sports Story, Aaron Hernandez dealt with two life-threatening vices over the course of his young life — two addictions that put his college...