July 21, 2009

Mania Returns with new series Rip City Stories!

Mania returns to Comcast 37/737 for another screening! It was re-aired the July 16th while a new series called Rip City Stories debuted July the 13th during Trailblazers summer league.

Rip City Stories is a documentary series made up of interviews made during the filming of Mania and relate to individual stories of players and management. Interviews include Bill Schonely, Harry Glickman, Kevin Pritchard, Ron Culp, Damon Stoudamire, Dale Schlueter, Michael Harper, Stu Inman, and many others.

Joining the line up of interviews are brief segments featuring George Rickles and Berlyn Hodges who participated in the upcoming Buckaroos documenatry that expands the original film, Kings of the Road. Kings was released in March for the Buckaroos celebration at Memorial Coliseum.

Rip City Stories will cover the early years and Olympic experiences of players like Terry Dischinger, Darrell Imhoff,(1960 Olympics) and Kenny Carr(1976 Olympics).

Current schedule and replays can be found at: http://northwest.comcastsportsnet.com/

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