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When Bill Simmons departed ESPN for HBO last year, there was some worry that his lasting legacy at the network — the “30 For 30” mini-doc franchise — would suffer without the sports/pop culture maven steering future projects. Based on the trailer for “Hit it Hard”, that doesn’t to appear to be an issue, because holy shit, this looks like it’s gonna be a doozy.
Apparently it’s not that difficult to find underreported, compelling, semi-bizarre sports stories to tell. Thank god.
Premiering November 1 — two weeks after “Phi Slama Jama” and a month before “Catholics vs.