Jim Tressel

Steeped in a rich tradition dating back to their inaugural meeting in 1897, this rivalry extends beyond the pursuit of a Big Ten title, and is renewed each year through the pageantry and colliding cultures that distinguish the two schools.

"Youngstown Boys" explore la dynamique des classes et du pouvoir dans les sports universitaires à travers les parcours parallèles et reliés de l'ancien running back dynamique Maurice Clarett et de l'ancien entraîneur en chef d'élite Jim Tressel. Clarett et Tressel ont percé sur les côtés opposés des pistes à Youngstown, dans l'Ohio, puis se sont alliés pour une saison magique à l'Université d'Ohio State en 2002, qui a permis à l'école de remporter leur premier championnat national en plus de 30 ans. Peu de temps après, cependant, Clarett a été suspendu du football universitaire et a connue une spirale descendante qui s'est terminée par une peine de prison. Tressel a continué à Ohio State pendant encore huit ans avant que sa carrière ne se termine également par un scandale.

Jim Traficant was a legendary quarterback turned mob busting Walking Tall Sheriff who rose to power on a platform of “honesty in politics”. He quickly ascended to the hallowed halls of Congress, becoming its most outspoken member. "Jimbo" as his die-hard supporters called him, was known for his polyester thrift store suits, shock top wigs, vulgar humor and profanity laced rhetoric against the FBI, IRS, and every president since Reagan. His one minute speeches made C-SPAN must see programming, as he signed off with his patented “Beam Me Up!” In his post-industrial hometown of Youngstown, Ohio -- dubbed Crimetown, USA for being the most mobbed up city in America -- "Jimbo" was a living legend, once garnering more than 90% of the vote. However, the eccentric maverick also had a dark side, becoming only the second Member of Congress expelled since the Civil War, eventually spending over seven years in federal prison on bribery and tax evasion charges.

The untold story of the fastest man in the world, Butch Reynolds, whose legendary career was derailed by a faulty drug test in one of the greatest injustices in American sports history.