Check out Blake Griffin, Mark Cuban and more sports stars in upcoming go90 series 'The 5th Quarter'
LOS ANGELES -- A sports mockumentary series is headed to Verizon's go90.
The Fifth Quarter, which is like a spoof of ESPN's 30 for 30, aims to tell the "greatest untold and untrue stories throughout the history of sports."
Mashable got an exclusive look at the trailer, above.
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The first episode "But I'm Just a Little Boy," features Los Angeles Clippers superstar Blake Griffin as Clif Cliff, a 7-year old basketball phenom. Donnell Rawlings of Chappelle’s Show plays Clif Cliff’s manipulating uncle Brian Adele, 2015-16 NBA Rookie of the Year Karl Anthony Towns cameos as a former opponent of Clif Cliff, Gary Harris of the Denver Nuggets plays a former teammate, DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings gives commentary as does billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Shark Tank co-host Mark Cuban.
Sports journalist Kenny Mayne plays himself and guides viewers through the story.
The series is produced by Michael D. Ratner’s OBB Pictures with 3 Arts Entertainment and in association with Kids at Play. Michael D. Ratner is showrunner and executive producer alongside OBB’s Scott Ratner, Eric D. Cohen, and Matthew Hirschhorn; 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg and Jonathan Berry and Kids at Play’s Amy Laslett and Jason Berger.
The show debuts on go90 on Wednesday.
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