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USA Today
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
How to watch We Beat the Dream Team: Release date, where to stream basketball documentary
How to watch We Beat the Dream Team: Release date, where to stream basketball documentary We Beat the Dream Team Watch the brand new documentary We Beat the Dream Team with Sling + Max. Sign up now. Sign up for Sling + Max now Every sports fan knows about the Dream Team. In 1992 professionals were allowed to play Olympic basketball for the first time, and the U.S. assembled the greatest roster ever seen. Talents like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing and so many more shared the court, and eventually steamrolled their way Olympic gold. The Dream Team played 14 games between the Tournament of the Americas and the Barcelona Olympics, winning all 14 contests and every single game by more than 30 points. To this day, it remains the best team that ever was it? TNT Sports and HBO Original sports bring you a behind the scenes look at the untold story of the team that actually beat the Dream Team. A team of college players and rising stars was handpicked to practice against the Dream Team in the lead up to the Olympics. Featuring future stars like Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, Chris Webber, Jamal Mashburn, Bobby Hurley and more, the practice team did the unthinkable and upset the dream team. This is their story. Watch We Beat the Dream Team with Sling + MAX We Beat the Dream Team release date The brand new documentary will be available to watch at 9 p.m. ET on Monday, Feb. 17. How to watch We Beat the Dream Team Michael Tolajian's We Beat the Dream Team is available to watch exclusively on HBO and Max. Stream We Beat the Dream Team with Sling + MAX Where to stream We Beat the Dream Team Basketball fans can stream the new documentary with the Sling + Max bundle, currently offering a 40% discount on its first month. We Beat the Dream Team trailer How much does Sling with Max cost? Sling TV has several add-on packages that allow you to customize your at-home streaming experience with more sports, movies and entertainment. Get your first month of Sling for 50% off right now and get $5 off per month after that when you sign up for the Sling Blue and Max bundle. Your first month of Sling Blue and Max add-on will start at $37.49 (normally $62.98) and includes access to the Max app, HBO Channels and On Demand. Prices will vary depending on other add-ons and offers you select. Below, we break down the differences between Sling Orange and Sling Blue. What is the difference between Sling Orange and Sling Blue? Sling Orange: The Sling Orange package has over 30 channels, including popular networks like ESPN, Disney Channel, CNN and HGTV. This is a popular pick for families and sports fans who want access to live game coverage and kid-friendly content. Sling Orange allows streaming on one device. Save 50% on your first month and pay just $23. Sling Blue: With more than 45 channels, Sling Blue caters to a wider audience with major networks like FOX, NBC, Bravo and National Geographic. This package is perfect for those who enjoy a nice mix of news, reality television and lifestyle programming. Sling Blue allows streaming on up to three devices. Save 50% on your first month and pay just $25.50. What else can you watch on Max with Sling? You can watch hundreds of movies, television series and HBO Originals on Max with Sling. Along with "The White Lotus," you can watch "Game of Thrones" for all the fantasy of Westeros, catch Kieran Culkin in "Succession" and follow the Roy family's media empire and all the internal drama, or throw it back to "Friends" for the most iconic and hilarious moments of my six favorite friends in New York City. Control your TV future with Sling Every recommendation is independently chosen by our editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. Prices were accurate at the time this article was published but may change over time.
CNN
15-02-2025
- Sport
- CNN
‘I was just in awe': Grant Hill on beating the 1992 Dream Team and having to keep it a secret
What would you do if you had just pulled off the biggest win of your career so far, one of the biggest upsets in basketball history, but you couldn't tell anyone about it? That is the question Grant Hill – before he was seven-time NBA All-Star Grant Hill – had to wrestle with 33 years ago. He and seven other college players had just beaten the Dream Team, the 1992 US men's Olympic basketball team made up of the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, in a scrimmage during the buildup to the Barcelona Games. Described as the greatest team ever assembled in any sport, they'd been brought together to restore some American pride after Team USA has been beaten in five consecutive international tournaments. Coach Chuck Daly, apparently wary of what the press would make of them losing to a bunch of college kids, made it clear that news of the result would be going nowhere. 'It was kind of like this sort of urban legend, a myth, like did it really happen?' Hill, who was managing director of the USA men's national team at Paris 2024, told CNN Sport. 'We talked about it amongst ourselves and just how amazing that was and how much fun it was,' he said. 'We just kind of talked about it like 'Man, we gotta do a documentary one day.' You know, not thinking it would ever happen.' Nowadays, the secret is out. 'We Beat the Dream Team,' a new documentary which debuts on HBO and Max – which, like CNN, are part of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery – on February 17, is the first time all seven surviving members of the Select Team of college players have had the opportunity to tell the story. 'They couldn't have been happier to sit down and talk to me and tell the story from their point of view,' said the documentary's director, Michael Tolajian, in an interview with CNN Sport. 'When we reached out to Grant Hill, Chris Webber, these guys, they said to me, 'Mike, I've been waiting 32 years for someone to call me and say they wanted to interview me about that game. I've been waiting all this time to tell our side of the story.'' For Hill, that story began in the weight room at Duke University, shortly after he and his teammates had wrapped up their second straight NCAA title under legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski. 'Coach K told me that I had been selected to be on the Select Team, that would practice and help prepare the Dream Team out in San Diego,' remembered Hill. 'I was in disbelief. These were my heroes, these were icons. These were guys that, you know, I grew up and they inspired me to play. 'I tried to pattern my game and mold my game after a lot of them, and then at 19 to have an opportunity to go out and compete against them,' he continued, 'I was just in awe of the moment.' Even then, Hill was still not entirely sure what his role would be. 'We were the Select Team,' Hill joked in the documentary. 'Selected to get our a**es kicked!' 'I thought we would sort of be brought in as, like, practice dummies,' he explained to CNN. 'I didn't know what to expect. Would they incorporate us in the practice and drills, you know? Would we be there to get them water and towels?' It would soon become clear that he and his teammates were not expected to be mere assistants. 'I remember prior to us going out there, Roy Williams – who coached us and at the time was the head coach at Kansas – he was going over who was going to start and who was guarding who,' recalled Hill. 'And he said, 'Grant, you got Jordan.' And I'm like, 'Oh my.' 'It was one of those moments where time stood still. You just try to digest the fact that 'Here I am, about to compete against Michael Jordan.'' But, Hill explained, when the time came around, he and his teammates played with no fear. 'I think there was the nervous anticipation before the game and even up until we started. But once we started having success, and once we started seeing each other have success, I think we collectively gained confidence. 'Playing against the Dream Team, you're forced to bond quickly or it's going to be a disaster. And we did, and we had our moment which was so incredible.' Only one camera was recording the action and only one tape exists of that game. As Daly called time on the scrimmage, the scoreboard confirmed the shocking result – Dream Team 54-62 Select Team. But it did not stay that way for long. With the press about to make their entrance into the facility, the score was quickly removed from the board. 'I think once the media came in, if they knew that we had won that would have been a huge story, so it was smart to take down the score,' accepted Hill. 'You had these guys that were the greatest players who had been playing against each other all these years in the NBA. Now, they were coming together. It was like a Marvel superhero movie, all the greatest superheroes coming together,' explained Tolajian. 'There was all this attention like 'They're gonna destroy everybody. They're going to crush everybody by 60 points. We can't wait to see them all together.' And so, the very first game that these superheroes play, to have a college team beat them, it would have been everywhere. 'It would have been like 'Oh my God, what's going on? How could these guys have lost?' It would have been international news, I think, and caused maybe a lot of headaches for Chuck Daly and Olympic USA Basketball.' The Dream Team played the Select Team again the next day and took their revenge in a 102 – 55 bloodbath, going on to crush the competition at Barcelona 1992 and winning gold at a canter. But maybe that would not have been the case had Jordan and Co. not learned that they could be beaten by anybody, even a bunch of teenagers. There has even been speculation from some – including Coach K in the 2012 documentary 'The Dream Team' – that Daly intentionally threw the game by benching Jordan for much of the contest and letting the loss play out, in order to keep his players humble, to remind them that they were not invincible. Hill is, perhaps unsurprisingly, unconvinced by the theory, and a portion of 'We Beat the Dream Team' centers on his friendly disagreements with Krzyzewski. Tolajian, on the other hand, preferred not to be drawn on what he thought of the controversy. 'I want to withhold that so people will watch the film and make up their own mind,' he smiled. 'I have my own theories, but I try to tell it down the middle. I will say that I think both sides have very valid arguments. 'I'll let the fans and viewers watch it, and I encourage more debate about it, because the only guy that knows is Chuck Daly, and he's no longer with us.' One fact, though, is not up for debate. Hill and his teammates really did beat the Dream Team. And now they can tell the world all about it.
CNN
14-02-2025
- Sport
- CNN
‘I was just in awe': Grant Hill on beating the 1992 Dream Team and having to keep it a secret
What would you do if you had just pulled off the biggest win of your career so far, one of the biggest upsets in basketball history, but you couldn't tell anyone about it? That is the question Grant Hill – before he was seven-time NBA All-Star Grant Hill – had to wrestle with 33 years ago. He and seven other college players had just beaten the Dream Team, the 1992 US men's Olympic basketball team made up of the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, in a scrimmage during the buildup to the Barcelona Games. Described as the greatest team ever assembled in any sport, they'd been brought together to restore some American pride after Team USA has been beaten in five consecutive international tournaments. Coach Chuck Daly, apparently wary of what the press would make of them losing to a bunch of college kids, made it clear that news of the result would be going nowhere. 'It was kind of like this sort of urban legend, a myth, like did it really happen?' Hill, who was managing director of the USA men's national team at Paris 2024, told CNN Sport. 'We talked about it amongst ourselves and just how amazing that was and how much fun it was,' he said. 'We just kind of talked about it like 'Man, we gotta do a documentary one day.' You know, not thinking it would ever happen.' Nowadays, the secret is out. 'We Beat the Dream Team,' a new documentary which debuts on HBO and Max – which, like CNN, are part of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery – on February 17, is the first time all seven surviving members of the Select Team of college players have had the opportunity to tell the story. 'They couldn't have been happier to sit down and talk to me and tell the story from their point of view,' said the documentary's director, Michael Tolajian, in an interview with CNN Sport. 'When we reached out to Grant Hill, Chris Webber, these guys, they said to me, 'Mike, I've been waiting 32 years for someone to call me and say they wanted to interview me about that game. I've been waiting all this time to tell our side of the story.'' For Hill, that story began in the weight room at Duke University, shortly after he and his teammates had wrapped up their second straight NCAA title under legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski. 'Coach K told me that I had been selected to be on the Select Team, that would practice and help prepare the Dream Team out in San Diego,' remembered Hill. 'I was in disbelief. These were my heroes, these were icons. These were guys that, you know, I grew up and they inspired me to play. 'I tried to pattern my game and mold my game after a lot of them, and then at 19 to have an opportunity to go out and compete against them,' he continued, 'I was just in awe of the moment.' Even then, Hill was still not entirely sure what his role would be. 'We were the Select Team,' Hill joked in the documentary. 'Selected to get our a**es kicked!' 'I thought we would sort of be brought in as, like, practice dummies,' he explained to CNN. 'I didn't know what to expect. Would they incorporate us in the practice and drills, you know? Would we be there to get them water and towels?' It would soon become clear that he and his teammates were not expected to be mere assistants. 'I remember prior to us going out there, Roy Williams – who coached us and at the time was the head coach at Kansas – he was going over who was going to start and who was guarding who,' recalled Hill. 'And he said, 'Grant, you got Jordan.' And I'm like, 'Oh my.' 'It was one of those moments where time stood still. You just try to digest the fact that 'Here I am, about to compete against Michael Jordan.'' But, Hill explained, when the time came around, he and his teammates played with no fear. 'I think there was the nervous anticipation before the game and even up until we started. But once we started having success, and once we started seeing each other have success, I think we collectively gained confidence. 'Playing against the Dream Team, you're forced to bond quickly or it's going to be a disaster. And we did, and we had our moment which was so incredible.' Only one camera was recording the action and only one tape exists of that game. As Daly called time on the scrimmage, the scoreboard confirmed the shocking result – Dream Team 54-62 Select Team. But it did not stay that way for long. With the press about to make their entrance into the facility, the score was quickly removed from the board. 'I think once the media came in, if they knew that we had won that would have been a huge story, so it was smart to take down the score,' accepted Hill. 'You had these guys that were the greatest players who had been playing against each other all these years in the NBA. Now, they were coming together. It was like a Marvel superhero movie, all the greatest superheroes coming together,' explained Tolajian. 'There was all this attention like 'They're gonna destroy everybody. They're going to crush everybody by 60 points. We can't wait to see them all together.' And so, the very first game that these superheroes play, to have a college team beat them, it would have been everywhere. 'It would have been like 'Oh my God, what's going on? How could these guys have lost?' It would have been international news, I think, and caused maybe a lot of headaches for Chuck Daly and Olympic USA Basketball.' The Dream Team played the Select Team again the next day and took their revenge in a 102 – 55 bloodbath, going on to crush the competition at Barcelona 1992 and winning gold at a canter. But maybe that would not have been the case had Jordan and Co. not learned that they could be beaten by anybody, even a bunch of teenagers. There has even been speculation from some – including Coach K in the 2012 documentary 'The Dream Team' – that Daly intentionally threw the game by benching Jordan for much of the contest and letting the loss play out, in order to keep his players humble, to remind them that they were not invincible. Hill is, perhaps unsurprisingly, unconvinced by the theory, and a portion of 'We Beat the Dream Team' centers on his friendly disagreements with Krzyzewski. Tolajian, on the other hand, preferred not to be drawn on what he thought of the controversy. 'I want to withhold that so people will watch the film and make up their own mind,' he smiled. 'I have my own theories, but I try to tell it down the middle. I will say that I think both sides have very valid arguments. 'I'll let the fans and viewers watch it, and I encourage more debate about it, because the only guy that knows is Chuck Daly, and he's no longer with us.' One fact, though, is not up for debate. Hill and his teammates really did beat the Dream Team. And now they can tell the world all about it.
