1 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,480 I bet Princeton isn't doing all this for their homecoming. 2 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,600 -Princeton who? -Exactly. 3 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,400 If they too want to accept you, forget them. 4 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,680 I thought the whole point of this trip was to cheer me up 5 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,760 and take my mind off that school. 6 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,000 And to scope out the HBCU experience. 7 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:50,800 You're the only one with HBCUs on your list. 8 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,080 At least she has a list. I got nada. 9 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,240 Stop the college talk. This weekend is about visiting your aunt 10 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,240 and having some GAF, grown ass fun. Come on, guys! 11 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,080 Hold up! is that really Cordae on the stage? 12 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,440 Y'all, welcome to Bringston University! 13 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,600 It's time to turn up. 14 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,880 It's just like in any other space. 15 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,760 As black journalists you will be held to a higher standard. 16 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,520 But there's a larger, unrealistic, burden on black journalists. 17 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,280 And if you take someone like me who lies in the intersection of journalism 18 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,120 and activism, that burden is even greater. 19 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,080 Is that your aunt? 20 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,960 So how can you maintain journalistic objectivity? 21 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,480 -The same way white reporters do. -Except do they? 22 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,080 Just because the views of whiteness are normalized as the objective neutral 23 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,320 doesn't mean they actually are. 24 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,200 Forget journalistic objectivity, Keisha. 25 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,880 I instead believe in being ethical, fair and telling the truth. 26 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,920 There's a difference. And as for ethics, 27 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,960 my philosophy is if it doesn't cross your line in the sand 28 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,840 there's no shame in walking away. 29 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,640 But if it does, you pursue it until you have it right, 30 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,200 then you bring it all to the light. 31 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,280 Okay. Yes, poetry. 32 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:23,120 Alright, see you all Tuesday. Keisha, you're a minx. 33 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,680 -Hi, auntie! -My baby girl! 34 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,280 I can't believe you're really here. 35 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,440 Olivia. Which makes you Spencer. 36 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,040 -And you must be nephew-in-law. -Something like that. 37 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,120 Thank you for letting us stay this weekend, Ms. Patterson. 38 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,360 Dear God, call me Amara. I'm not that old. 39 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,360 -So what are you working on? -What do you mean? Teaching. 40 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,320 You're never just teaching. 41 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,040 I know there's some amazing article brewing. 42 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,720 I'm still putting the pieces together. In the meantime, it's homecoming. 43 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,600 Y'all seem to take that real serious here. 44 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,680 Honey, you have no idea. 45 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,080 Keisha offered to be your unofficial ambassador for the weekend. 46 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,360 Leave your bags with me and have some fun. I'll catch you later. 47 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,880 -Are you sure? -Girl, don't ask twice. 48 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,280 Y'all made it just in time for the best part of homecoming. 49 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,560 -What's that? -Tonight's fashion show, 50 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:26,160 choreographed by moi. 51 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,440 So you're a journalism major slash choreographer? 52 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,160 Pre-med actually 53 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:35,800 and proud captain of the undefeated Bringston dance squad. 54 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,280 What are you applying here for? 55 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,840 I'm not applying here. I'm just visiting family. 56 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,360 -More like hiding from family. -Simone's mom is... a lot. 57 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,360 So where are you applying? 58 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:47,080 Honestly, I don't know. 59 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,240 Girl, tick tock, you're kinda running out of time. 60 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,080 -What's your thing? -Tennis. 61 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,280 Tennis? Okay. You any good? 62 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,360 Yeah, I am. 63 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,680 Is everybody in Atlanta here this weekend? This is bananas. 64 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,640 Girl, HBCUs are hot right now. 65 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,040 Especially with three of our grads saving the country from itself. 66 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:09,840 Thank you Madam VP. 67 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,480 And Ms. Stacey Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Abrams. 68 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,160 I like the way you say that. 69 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:18,760 Wait, who's the third? 70 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,800 Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. 71 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:28,120 So what's the real on the two sexys behind us? 72 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:30,000 Well, one of them is my husband. 73 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,480 Husband? Okay, that's a story that I need to hear. 74 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,080 But please tell me it's not the dark chocolate one. 75 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:38,600 No, Spencer is all Liv's. 76 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,680 No, Spencer and I aren't together. We are just friends. 77 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:46,000 Well, then, yay me. 78 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,040 So, who's hungry? 79 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:07,840 Who's wobbling with me? 80 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,560 I'm good. Not really in a group dance kinda mood. 81 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,480 Whatever drama you got back home, forget about it. Just for the weekend. 82 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:22,720 Give in to the fun of a beautifully melanated HBCU experience. 83 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:24,640 I'm gonna be real mad if we don't get out there on my song. 84 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:29,120 -I'll come. -Next song. I promise. 85 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:46,920 Giving in to the fun. 86 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:58,880 Can you not? 87 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,880 -Are you crazy? -I'm not doing the photo thing 88 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,720 this weekend. I just want some privacy. 89 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:06,720 I don't know who you are or do I care. 90 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,920 I was taking a video of my friends dancing behind you. 91 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,920 -My bad. -Your bad? Seriously? 92 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,560 If you ever touch me or my property again, I'll... 93 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,440 Why are you amused right now? 94 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,240 -I'm sorry. Please continue. -So you think you're cute? 95 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,680 Let's see how funny you think this is when you go viral 96 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,800 for getting your ass handed to you by a woman. 97 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,680 -Everything good, babe? -Yeah. 98 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:35,360 You sure? 99 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:38,280 Yeah, man. Just a little misunderstanding. 100 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:43,200 Forget him. 101 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,800 If you really don't want folks to know you here this weekend, 102 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:58,480 -this the last place you should be. -I just wanted to see the field 103 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,040 where Hank Dawson broke the record for stolen bases. 104 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,600 Greatest to ever do it in the Negro League. 105 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,400 -Yeah. -You all right? 106 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,680 Yeah, I'm cool. Wish I could've met him. 107 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:17,280 So, what's it like to play for the great Leonard Shaw? 108 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,440 Crazy intimidating. He keeps me on the bench most of the time though. 109 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,560 Your time will come. All right? 110 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,280 Do you see yourself coming to school in the south? 111 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,800 C'mon, the dream's to play in Cali. 112 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:30,280 What if Simone doesn't want to stay in Cali? 113 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:36,360 She does now that Princeton's off the table. Everything's A-okay. 114 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,840 I knew that cat looked familiar. 115 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,360 Who is he? 116 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,280 Damon Sims. One of the top recruits in the country. 117 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,640 He's a sure thing to go first round to the MLB 118 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,760 straight outta high school this year. 119 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,840 Then why's he here checking out Bringston's baseball program, 120 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,120 trying to be all incognito? 121 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,560 Yo, is that Damon Sims? 122 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,320 -Guys, Damon Sims is here! -I told you. 123 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,200 Who knew there was a whole mini Wimbledon back here. 124 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,240 Thea's parents insist on only the best for their baby girl. 125 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,200 They're major donors. 126 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:21,240 Damn! She's ridiculous. 127 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,520 Do you see how aggressive she is on the baseline? 128 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,520 -Calm down. She's not Beyonce. -Came up on the junior circuit, 129 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,080 and the 2020 HBCU National Women's Champion. 130 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:34,760 She's kinda our Queen Bey. Just not as nice. 131 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,240 Are you guys done? 132 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,040 Like is there anywhere else you can hang and be disruptive? 133 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:40,720 Or it has to be here? 134 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,960 Sorry. We didn't mean to distract you. 135 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,240 And yet here you are even closer. 136 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,840 I was trying to give you a compliment, but I guess I'll mind my business. 137 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,760 -You play? -Excuse me? 138 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,760 Yeah, came up on the junior circuit like you. 139 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,200 Like me? Let's see what you got. You can help me warm up. 140 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,960 -Becca! -Wait, like right now? 141 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,600 Yeah. Okay, cool. 142 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,840 -Good luck this season! -How about it? 143 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:20,960 Thanks, but I'm good. I don't want to interrupt. 144 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,040 Interrupt? Dude, we're all dying to see that velocity. 145 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:25,760 What'd you clock at that All-Star futures game? 101? 146 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:27,280 102.1 actually. 147 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,440 We got time before coach gets here. Just toss a few. 148 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,320 -Really, I'm good. -Y'all really gonna make him say it? 149 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,320 Million dollar baby over here can't waste his arm on lil old us. 150 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:40,040 -Don't put words in my boy's mouth. -My bad. 151 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,680 Am I wrong, though? Correct me, please. 152 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,640 All right. Who's got a pitcher's glove? 153 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:04,640 Get ready! 154 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,480 -I thought this was a friendly match. -Those don't exist for Thea. 155 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,800 That's what I'm talking about! 156 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:35,320 Let's go, boys! 157 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,840 -Don't take it easy on me, man. -Wouldn't know how. 158 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:34,640 You always "warm up" that intensely? 159 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,760 Sorry. Thought you could hang. 160 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:46,000 What the hell are y'all doing? 161 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,840 -So y'all just got time to waste? -I'm sorry. This was my fault. 162 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,440 Laps around the field, now. You stop when I tell you to stop. 163 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,400 Let's go! Move it! Play how you practice! Go! 164 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,400 Damon Sims, sir. 165 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:06,880 You must be proud of this team. 166 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,120 They're tight. A well-oiled machine. 167 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,600 I know. I oiled them. 168 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,920 And next time you want to show off, do it elsewhere, son. 169 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,920 -I apologized. -And I heard you. 170 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,760 Nothing personal, kid, I just don't like my practices interrupted. 171 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,880 Funny 'cause it feels personal, coach. 172 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,560 I don't take to players that are all about themselves and not the team. 173 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,320 -You don't even know me. -You're not the star pitcher 174 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,400 who's currently sitting out his high school games 175 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:37,800 when his team needs him the most 'cause he's saving his arm for the pros? 176 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,800 See I've watched a lot of tape on you, son, and here's what I don't get. 177 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,520 Why do you play the game in the first place? 178 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:45,640 'Cause it's clear you don't enjoy it. 179 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,040 You lecturing our surprise guest, Marcus? 180 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,360 Just having an honest conversation, coach. 181 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:54,240 Coach Turner is known for his honest conversations. 182 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:56,600 Leonard Shaw, Head Coach. 183 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,960 -Marcus Turner, Assistant Head. -Nice to meet you, sir. 184 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,000 I had my eye on you since first year varsity. 185 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,600 Your mom came down on me pretty hard. 186 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,840 Coach Turner, them boys look plenty warm. 187 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,920 Go ahead and get things started. 188 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,680 She's probably calling to make sure I haven't corrupted you yet. 189 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,160 She does know you're here, right? 190 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:24,920 -Dad knows. -Simone! 191 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,800 I need to figure out what my college future looks like, 192 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,880 figure out what's best for me. 193 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,920 What's best for us. 194 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,840 I can't do that at home. It's either Tina Hicks' way or no way. 195 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,080 I won't blow up your spot, under one condition. 196 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:43,120 You give Bringston some careful thought this weekend. 197 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,560 I know you didn't come to scout the school, but just consider it. 198 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:48,880 It could be a good fit. 199 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,440 For both of you. For all of you actually. 200 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Alright, I'll bite. What makes HBCUs so special? 201 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,720 It's a connection to our history, our culture. 202 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:01,520 -Black excellence. -Exactly. 203 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:04,680 And the tennis program is really good. 204 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,400 Yeah, just maybe don't put all your eggs in the athletic basket. 205 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,720 Keisha? Shouldn't you be getting ready for the... 206 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,600 Damn. Okay, I'm on my way. 207 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,480 Big fashion show emergency. Come on! 208 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,120 It's a fashion show. How big an emergency can it be? 209 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,960 Listen, I am a miracle worker with cover-up and a contour brush, 210 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,920 but even I can't fix this craziness. 211 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:38,840 We are not putting her on the stage like that. Not my fashion show. 212 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,640 Dr. Patterson, you're our advisor, you know the routine... 213 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:47,280 No, no, no. But Simone used to dance. 214 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:50,320 Olivia still dances. 215 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,760 -No one asked me. -You know what? 216 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,880 You're both doing it. Symmetry. 217 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,160 You'll be fine. You have an hour until curtain. 218 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,200 -That's like a year in dancer time. -I didn't say yes. 219 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,720 You did. You said next song. Promise. 220 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,840 Well, the next song is here, sweetie. Let's go. 221 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,880 -Come on! -You'll be fine. 222 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,560 What's the deal with Coach Turner anyway? 223 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,440 I thought Coach Shaw would be the one with the stick up his ass. 224 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,000 Coach Turner is the real deal. Good dude. Just mad stressed lately. 225 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,240 Why? Y'all are a championship team. 226 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,840 I don't know. 227 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,480 Are you bitches ready for a fashion show? 228 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:24,160 -She's stunning. -Yeah. She is. 229 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,880 So they just breed y'all different out in Beverly Hills, huh? 230 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,800 I can't believe I did that. We just did that. 231 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,000 -That was so... -Sexy. 232 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,560 The word you're looking for is sexy. 233 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,120 Now, c'mon, with your fine self, 234 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:50,520 let's get ya'll outta these hella expensive dresses so I can return them. 235 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:04,520 That was fire. 236 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,640 I'm good. Thanks. 237 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,600 Listen, about earlier... 238 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:14,560 There's just been a lot more attention lately 239 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,440 and I'm still getting used to the whole loss of privacy thing. 240 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,080 That's it? That's your apology? 241 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,280 No. Of course not. What I meant was I'm sorry that I was... 242 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,000 Obnoxious? Over the top? Opinionated? 243 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:32,280 Want me to pick one? 244 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,880 Yes, all of the above. 245 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:39,000 Can I get a do over? For real this time. I'm Damon Sims. 246 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,000 Simone Hicks. 247 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:46,720 Okay, Simone Hicks. 248 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,440 So, what are the chances I can talk you into showing me around campus? 249 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,520 She said she's not interested. 250 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,480 -Jordan, I got it. -I don't care how famous you are. 251 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,560 You keep bothering my girl, we're gonna have a problem. 252 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,480 I just came back here to compliment her on the show. 253 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:11,360 -I know you, right? -I don't think so. 254 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,080 Justice for Tamika, right? 255 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,640 You're the football cat that set off that chain of forfeits. 256 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,400 Made national news. I'm Damon Sims. 257 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,400 Spencer James. 258 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,360 No disrespect, man. 259 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,480 Bruh, I've been calling you. Check your damn phone. 260 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,440 You're the top story on every sports news feed. 261 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:56,880 Mom, I swear, I didn't know it was gonna go viral. 262 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,800 -I can explain. -I bet you can. 263 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,160 Funny, this doesn't look like camping with Chase. 264 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:03,920 -I just wanted a weekend to... -To what? 265 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,520 To just be normal. 266 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:11,040 We've worked so hard to get here, to have the MLB at our fingertips, 267 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,800 and you want to risk injury this weekend for what? 268 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,600 A chance to chug fruit punch out of a trash can 269 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,720 and swag surf with mediocrity? 270 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:22,680 -Ms. Sims, it's kinda my fault. -Mom, you remember JR, right? 271 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,600 We were on the 15U National Team together. 272 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,280 There's a way for all this to actually work in our favor. 273 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,440 We don't have to spin this one. 274 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,000 It worked for Kumar. 275 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,200 He chose a top D1 school in place of a lower draft 276 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:44,520 and he's expected to be the number one pick out of college this year. 277 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,200 You want the MLB to think I'm considering enrolling here? 278 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:49,840 It'll create more hype around you. 279 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,840 Go shower. Put something nice on. You're doing interviews. 280 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,240 -No. -Excuse me? 281 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,320 I said no, mom. 282 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,000 You keep saying we, but I'm the one on that field out there, mom. Me. 283 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,240 I'm the one that plays hurt or healthy. 284 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,600 I'm the one that has to deal with disappointed teammates 285 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,880 because you insist I save my arm for the pros. 286 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,360 I'm the one missing class 287 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,640 to show up and show out at yet another unnecessary showcase. Me! 288 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,400 Really? Who gave up everything 289 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,640 so you could be on those fields showing up and showing out? 290 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:26,640 Your career doesn't happen without me. 291 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,200 And yours doesn't happen without me. 292 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:33,560 Boy, everything I do is for you. 293 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,200 And one day you'll thank me. 294 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:40,480 Now get dressed. 295 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,840 -Damon... -Yes, ma'am. 296 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,680 Excuse me. Sorry. I'm looking for Liv and Simone. 297 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,840 -They said they were meeting you here. -Change of plans. 298 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,600 They said they'd meet you and Jordan at the tailgate. 299 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,760 That the story you're working on? College athletic scandals? 300 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,840 Is something going on here at Bringston? 301 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,120 Last night you were mad cagey about the whole athletics thing here. 302 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,240 Nothing gets past you, huh? 303 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,320 -Is that for me? -Yeah. 304 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,320 It was taped to the door outside. See you later. 305 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,640 This is Dr. Patterson. I need to pull some transcripts. 306 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,800 Did you know that Marian Wright Edelman was the first woman 307 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,920 in Mississippi to pass the bar exam? 308 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,000 She was a lawyer for the NAACP. Spelman Grad. 309 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,080 She got the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000. 310 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,760 -She was a badass. -Clearly. 311 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,800 So why isn't she in our history books? 312 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,480 Why isn't Toni Morrison on our English lit required reading? 313 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:11,760 This place is growing on you, isn't it? 314 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:18,680 I guess I just wasn't expecting to come here and feel so full. 315 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,520 It's Keisha. She's with Spencer and Jordan already. 316 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,760 She says "you better haul ass". 317 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,440 Stop. Keisha is cool. 318 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:33,000 I'm not surprised she's already with Spencer. 319 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,160 If you're not gonna go for what you want, 320 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:36,920 you can't get mad when someone else does. 321 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,440 Looks like someone needs to take their own advice. 322 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,240 Kids like Damon Sims don't walk away from a chance at playing pro ball. 323 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,360 I'm sorry. I just need a minute, Dr. Allen. It's urgent. 324 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,080 -I'm in the middle of a meeting. -It's alright. We're all done here. 325 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,000 That's your head baseball coach and your anthropology department chair. 326 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,800 And these are the academic transcripts I pulled 327 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,000 for every baseball player enrolled in 328 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,600 and acing Anthropology 404 and 406 over the last two years. 329 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,120 Get to the point, Amara. 330 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,800 Anthropology 406 isn't a real class. It's a paper class. 331 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,600 No real professorial oversight, no actual class time, 332 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,960 it's a sham to keep these baseball players eligible. 333 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:41,080 You're telling me Leonard Shaw cheated to win baseball games? 334 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,680 He's cheating these boys out of a real education. 335 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,280 Are these paper classes open to all students? 336 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,520 I mean, yes, but that doesn't change anything. 337 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,200 For the NCAA it will. Means it's not solely an athletic privilege. 338 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:00,920 So because they won't care, what? 339 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,240 You're going to sweep the cheating under the rug? 340 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,040 Look, I get that this story is a big break.... 341 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,720 You think this is about a damn story? Screw the story. 342 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,880 This is about doing right by an institution I love. 343 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,960 A school that shaped who I was as a student, 344 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:19,840 and who I am today. A place of excellence. 345 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,040 You need to get ahead of this, Zeke. 346 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,240 Show everybody that selfish bastard does not define Bringston. 347 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:27,960 That we are still above reproach 348 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,000 because when this kind of flagrant crap happens, 349 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,880 we clean out our own damn closets. 350 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,120 Remember when she asks you about rumors that playing at college 351 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,320 is back on the table for you, keep it vague, but humble. 352 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:51,840 I know, mom. I'm prepared. 353 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,320 And if she brings up... 354 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,560 Wait. What the hell? 355 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,120 In the statement just released by President Allen, 356 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,400 an internal investigation has been launched, 357 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,600 looking into alleged academic fraud by some prominent members 358 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,240 of the baseball team. 359 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,600 Coach Leonard Shaw is resigning effective immediately. More to come. 360 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,400 Damn. We just lost our leverage. 361 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,760 Leverage? That's what you're focused on right now? 362 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,520 What else should I be focused on? 363 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,120 A team just got decimated. People's livelihoods destroyed. 364 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,640 What is with you and this school? 365 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:29,360 Why are you so obsessed with a team you've spent all of two seconds with? 366 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,920 Forget it. It's nothing. 367 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,920 I'll walk back to campus. All right, mom? 368 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,960 How could you do it? 369 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,880 It was two seasons of a couple ghost classes. Spare me the lecture. 370 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,280 In fact I dare you to find me a college coach that isn't gaming the system. 371 00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,920 And if you do, it's only because they haven't been caught. 372 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,200 Me. I don't coach like that. 373 00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:04,280 And that's why you couldn't even last in the minors. 374 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,360 You're not prepared to do what it takes to gain the competitive edge. 375 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:09,640 What about your responsibility to these boys? 376 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,800 My job is to get them ready for the pros. 377 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,760 And that's what I've been doing. 378 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:17,760 I won't apologize for that. 379 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,560 I guess that's where you and I fundamentally differ. 380 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,520 You'll learn. 381 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,200 -Now we're talking! -I know, babe. 382 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:44,800 You've been waiting a party all weekend. 383 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,040 I've been wanting to grind on my wife all weekend. 384 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,880 Hey! Y'all here. Let's go! 385 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,560 Nate, KEK punch for everybody. 386 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,200 Actually, no punch for me. I'm sober. 387 00:27:57,360 --> 00:27:58,960 Good for you, girl. 388 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,640 Dear God, tell me that's not a trash can. 389 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,800 It's the cleanest thing here. Trust. 390 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,960 Cheers, bitches! 391 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,160 Simone Hicks. 392 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,000 Why do you keep saying my name like that? 393 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,600 -'Cause it's dope. -Okay. 394 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:59,080 So athlete... That's the vibe. 395 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,720 Or are you just a big Naomi Osaka fan? 396 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:06,680 Both. I'm trying to get back to athlete. 397 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,320 -Find my mojo again. -How's that going? 398 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,280 Let's just say the competition is a little stiff. 399 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,320 So use it. Don't let it shake you. Competition is just motivation. 400 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,360 Is that how you kick ass in baseball? 401 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,920 I heard about the scandal. That doesn't affect you, right? 402 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,040 No. Not at all. 403 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,160 You seen JR? He's been MIA since that baseball nonsense hit. 404 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,000 I thought he was in there. 405 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,520 You gotta dance with me before Keisha comes back. 406 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,840 You can just say no. 407 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,960 Is now a good time to tell him that Keisha ain't really into him? 408 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,880 -Yeah, she is. -Nope. 409 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,000 She just needed someone to help make her ex, Terrell, jealous. 410 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,720 Works every time. 411 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,680 -What'd I miss? -Just... gross. 412 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,800 She's going after what she wants. 413 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,760 -My bad. I'm looking for JR. -Haven't seen him. 414 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,400 I was saying goodbye to the field. 415 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,560 They're brooming out the whole coaching staff. 416 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,960 I'm sorry. I'll give you some privacy. 417 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,840 Sims. When you're out there playing in the pros, 418 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,880 I want you to always remember one thing. 419 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:23,440 Integrity. 420 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:27,440 That's the most important thing an athlete, a teammate, a man has. 421 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,480 Without it, nothing else matters. 422 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,960 -Guess Coach Shaw saw it differently. -This team is finally rid of him. 423 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,640 Now, next season those boys get to show the world 424 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,600 what they can really do, under an honest program. 425 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,200 It was you, wasn't it? You tipped someone off. 426 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:48,840 It cost you your job. 427 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,800 These boys needed a chance to rebuild something pure and great. 428 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,360 I did what I had to do. 429 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,440 Sometimes you gotta take one for the team. 430 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,360 I'll leave you to your goodbyes, coach. 431 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,200 I underestimated you. 432 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,440 But none of that skill matters if you can't perform like that 433 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,240 when eyes are watching and the pressure's on. 434 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,440 -I was hoping for some privacy. -On my courts? You're the visitor. 435 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,960 Fine, girl. You got it. 436 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,080 Tennis is a game of both mental and physical fitness. 437 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,400 You'll never make it if you keep being so easily psyched out. 438 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,720 What is your problem? You don't know me. 439 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:43,200 -You have no idea. I'm not a quitter. -Whatever. 440 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,120 Watch your back right foot on your forehand volley. 441 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,040 Try stepping forward with your left instead. 442 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,480 It'll give you better forward momentum and power. 443 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,320 -Why are you helping me? -I'm not. 444 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,120 I'm helping the sport I love. 445 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,440 Don't let Serena and Naomi's success fool you. 446 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,480 Every time we step on that court as black women, 447 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,280 we're judged on everything. 448 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,920 You have one job when you play. 449 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:12,840 Bring excellence or don't play at all. 450 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,440 You were right. 451 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:28,640 This trip, this place, it was everything I wasn't expecting. 452 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:34,520 It's amazing to be somewhere that's for us by us, 453 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,480 where excellence is expected. 454 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,520 Even by your frenemies. 455 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,080 It's not too late to apply. 456 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,720 Baby Shay is in LA. 457 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,840 I have a great relationship with his adopted family. 458 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,280 I can't just move clear across the country. 459 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,680 And what were you going to do if you got into Princeton? 460 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,160 Exactly. 461 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,840 You'd have figured it out because it's just the East Coast, not Mars. 462 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,960 C'mon, Auntie. You know my mom will never let me come here. 463 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:06,720 Don't get me started on your mother. 464 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:11,240 It's way past time you stand up to her for what you want. 465 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,400 You don't have to make a decision today. 466 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,240 But as you're thinking about it, 467 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:20,800 just remember that in order to be your best self for Jordan and Shay, 468 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:25,800 and everyone else you love, you may need to choose yourself first. 469 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,760 And I thought I'd be the only teen at college up at the crack of dawn. 470 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,560 Look, I know we don't really know each other like that. 471 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:44,680 But I know what it looks like when someone's carrying too much weight. 472 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,000 Were you scared when you forfeited that game in protest 473 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,440 that football and everything could go away? 474 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,000 Of course. 475 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,600 Didn't change the fact that it was the right thing to do. 476 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,720 This weekend didn't go at all like I planned it. 477 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,600 You weren't planning on a championship winning baseball program 478 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,920 getting demolished while you were visiting for the weekend? 479 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,400 I know, right? Go figure. 480 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:26,080 In a few months I'll be drafted... and my life will never be the same. 481 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:32,440 I guess I just wanted a weekend to connect to who I was before it changed. 482 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:39,000 For someone who's about to get his dream, you don't seem too happy. 483 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,320 I'm starting to realize the MLB is more my mom's dream. 484 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,320 She's done so much for me. I don't want to let her down. 485 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,400 She's not gonna be the one out on that field though. 486 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,720 You don't get it. 487 00:35:57,960 --> 00:35:59,760 She saved my life. 488 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,920 Yeah. Adopted me out of the system. 489 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:08,200 Raised me. Loves me. She's trying to do her best by me. 490 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,240 My birth parents are actually from here in Atlanta. 491 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:18,800 All I know is that eighteen years ago they went to school here, at Bringston. 492 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,880 Is that why you're here? You trying to find them? 493 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,200 I really don't know. 494 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:29,440 This school is the only connection I have to them. 495 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,360 I guess I just wanted to feel it. 496 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,960 I don't know why I just told you all that. 497 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:36,760 Clearly you needed to tell somebody. 498 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,680 Look, man, I know you feel like you owe your moms, 499 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:43,760 but it sounds like she loves you. 500 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,280 That don't come with a fee. 501 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:51,360 Whatever you decide to do, it's gotta be the right thing for you. 502 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,400 Thanks for agreeing to see me, sir. 503 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,160 Where is my son? 504 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,480 Thank you all for coming. 505 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,480 It is never easy to discover something has gone wrong in your house, 506 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,600 under your leadership. 507 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,160 But my hope is that we will not be judged by the poor choices of a few, 508 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,640 but by how we responded to rectify it. 509 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:58,280 My hope is that integrity will be our legacy. 510 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:03,040 I'd like to give Damon Sims the opportunity to say a few words. 511 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,320 Thank you, Dr. Allen. 512 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,240 There's been a lot of discussion about what my future will hold 513 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,760 in the next few months. 514 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,960 Dr. Allen talked about legacy, 515 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,720 and I want my legacy in this sport to be that I made a difference. 516 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:30,240 And that's why I won't be participating in the 2021 MLB draft. 517 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:36,520 Instead I'm committing to playing baseball here, at Bringston, 518 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,880 with Coach Marcus Turner as our head coach. 519 00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,920 We will rebuild baseball together out on that field. 520 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,040 We'll bring championship baseball back to BU, 521 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:55,520 back to us, the right way, the honorable way... with integrity. 522 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:01,000 Thank you for your time. 523 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,920 When I invited you down, I didn't know it would end with you committing here. 524 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:22,440 I know, right? 525 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,520 -Feels like home. -Home. Yeah. 526 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,680 I guess Bringston Baseball found his star. 527 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,360 No stars, man. Just ballplayers. 528 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,000 All of us. We'll do this together. All right? 529 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,840 Rebuild Hank's legacy here. Make him proud. 530 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,400 I gotta get going. My frat brothers are waiting for me. 531 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,240 For sure. 532 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,680 Guess I'll see you in the fall, brother. 533 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:01,960 Congratulations! 534 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,960 Guess that baseball thing did affect you. 535 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,120 Yeah, something like that. 536 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:14,480 Well, you seem at peace. Good for you. 537 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,600 I should get going. My husband's waiting for me outside. 538 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,240 Husband? 539 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:27,840 Okay. 540 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,880 What about you? 541 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:34,760 You find your mojo? 542 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,520 Yeah, something like that. 543 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:43,840 Good. 544 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,160 Take care of yourself, Simone Hicks. 545 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:15,320 -What? -Nothing. 546 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,960 You seem happy.