Friday Night Lights and 5 sports dramas to watch while sports are off the air
By Mads Lennon
It’s a rough time right now for sports fans due to everything getting put on hold due to the pandemic. Here are 5 sports dramas to watch in the meantime.
Sadly, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the vast majority of sports have been postponed, leaving sports fans in the lurch. Without basketball and other games to look forward to, what is a sports fan to do? Why not check out one of these excellent sports dramas for a change of pace?
There are a lot of great television shows that are about sports or contain them in some way. Check out the following list, you never know, you might find a new favorite series!
5. GLOW
GLOW is Netflix‘s critically-acclaimed comedy-drama that stars Alison Brie in the leading role of Ruth Wilder, an actress struggling to find work in Los Angeles during the 1980s. Just when Ruth thinks all of her career dreams are over, she discovers the magical world of women’s wrestling.
She begins to work alongside several other Hollywood misfits at a start-up wrestling group called Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, aka GLOW. The series also stars Betty Gilpin, Sydelle Noel, Britney Young, Marc Maron, Britt Baron, Kate Nash and more.
It won’t take you long to binge-watch either since it is only three seasons and just got renewed for a fourth and final one.
All three seasons are streaming on Netflix.