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Brian's Song

Episode 1 of 66

Brian's Song (1971) recounts the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan), a Wake Forest University football player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro, told through his friendship with Chicago Bears running back, teammate and Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams). Piccolo's and Sayers's sharply differing temperaments and racial backgrounds made them unlikely to become as close friends as they did, including becoming the first interracial roommates in the history of the National Football League, and the film chronicles the evolution of their friendship

Previously Aired

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Time
Channel
2/24/2018
3 p.m.
10/6/2018
11:30 p.m.
10/7/2018
4:30 a.m.
11/23/2019
9:02 p.m.
11/24/2019
2:02 a.m.
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