The drug-addicted running back resorts to stealing pain pills from a terminally ill kid in a hospital. Another player tries to conceal he is gay by decking his partner in a bar. The amoral quarterback ...

The first thing you need to know about “Playmakers,” ESPN’s latest foray into “original programming,” is that it is better than the first foray, “A Season on the Brink” -- or, as it came to be ...

In 2003, Playmakers was a revelatory drama about the lives of pro football players. Good luck watching it in 2022 In 2003, Playmakers was a revelatory drama about the lives of pro football players.

We are gathered here today to celebrate the life of Playmakers, a show that was gone too soon. Playmakers entered the world on August 26, 2003, and received a warm reception from millions of fans.

Domestic violence, homophobia, performance enhancing drugs, narcotics, abortion, sex romps and a murder investigation all rolled into one spicy TV series leaves ESPN’s “Playmakers” little to be ...

The series is a gritty ensemble drama about the off-field lives of a group of players on a pro football team and how they deal with the pressure of being on the professional level.