Much-maligned New York Jets wide receiver Plaxico Burress sat down with HBO’s ‘Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel’ recently to discuss the 2008 gun incident that led to his incarceration, the first time he’s spoken in depth publicly about the events of that night.
“I knew it had went off. I saw the fire, like, come through my jeans,” Burress said. The interview will air on Tuesday night.
As Derek Jeter returns from a recent calf injury chases his 3,000th hit, Major League Baseball Productions is following the New York Yankees captain for 'Derek Jeter 3K,' a one-hour special which will air on HBO within a few weeks after the slugger reaches the historic milestone.
He will be only the the 28th major leaguer -- and the very first Yankee -- to do so.
Professor Temple Grandin, whose life story was recently profiled in an award-winning HBO movie, will give two presentations at the University of Wyoming in February.