Free Spirits

Oct 8, 2013

0h 51m

★ 6.9

Overview

Free Spirits tells the colorful story of the Spirits of St. Louis – an entertaining and at times controversial team featuring stars like Marvin "Bad News" Barnes and James "Fly" Williams with an upstart sportscaster named Bob Costas calling the play-by-play.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ESPN

ESPN Films

NBA Entertainment

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Cast

Self

Bob Costas

Self

Julius Erving

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