Getty Deion Sanders documentary "Deion's Double Play" will air on Thursday.
Deion Sanders documentary Deion’s Double Play is set to premiere Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN as part of the network’s “30 for 30” series.
If you don’t have cable or a TV, here’s how you can watch the newest documentary online:
If you’re looking for a live stream of ESPN, which will broadcast Deion’s Double Play at 9 p.m. ET, “Hulu with Live TV” offers a bundle of 50-plus live TV channels, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN News.
You can sign up for “Hulu with Live TV” right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the documentary as it airs on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, “Hulu with Live TV” also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials), allowing you to record the film whenever it airs.
Another option if you’re looking to watch the documentary live as it airs is Sling TV, which includes ESPN and ESPN2 in its “Sling Orange” bundle.
You can start a free 7-day trial right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the documentary as it airs on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the Sling TV app.
If you can’t watch live, you can get 50 hours of cloud DVR storage as an additional add-on.
Every previous “30 for 30” documentary can be watched on ESPN+, while Deion’s Double Play will be added to the library on February 21. The new digital streaming service also includes tons of other original programming, as well as live football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, tennis, rugby, cricket, college sports and other events.
You can start your free 7-day trial of ESPN+ right here, and you can then watch included content on your computer via ESPN.com, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the ESPN app.
Additionally, you can find all of the previous “30 for 30” docs on your computer here, and if you’re on the app, you can just search for whatever one you want to watch.
‘Deion’s Double Play’ Preview
On October 11, 1992, Deion Sanders attempted to become the first to play in two major professional leagues in different sports in the same day.
Years before his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Sanders returned two punts and a kick and made a catch for nine yards as his Atlanta Falcons fell to the Miami Dolphins 21-17 on the road. Immediately after the game, he jumped on a plane to Pittsburgh, where his Atlanta Braves would play the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.
He didn’t see any action, however, as the Braves lost 7-1. He appeared in the next two games of the series, as Atlanta dropped Game 6 before advancing to the World Series with a 3-2 victory in Game 7.
Sanders appeared in four World Series games, hitting .538 with a pair of doubles and four runs, but his side fell to the Toronto Blue Jays in six.
That year, he led the NFL with 1,067 kick return yards and two kick return touchdowns and he led the major leagues with 14 triples despite appearing in just 97 games for the Braves.
The Falcons made the playoffs just once in Sanders’ five-year tenure, advancing to the divisional round in 1991.
“The personality of Atlanta back when I played the game was really the fabric that bound the city together,” Sanders said in 2017, according to the News & Record. “We were outward. We were somewhat flamboyant. We had a little flash, but we had a confidence that was like our natural odor.
“That’s just who we were. That’s what the city was. That’s what the city represented. And you could see that from all the entertainers from the music industry and all the actors that derived from Atlanta, they all had that commonality that we shared.”
In a recent piece for The Players’ Tribune, titled “Letter to My Younger Self,” Sanders touched on his attempt to play two professional sports in the same day:
There will even come a day when you’ll have the opportunity to play both sports in the same day. Certain people won’t like that, and they’ll publicly speak out against you.
Instead of considering the fact that maybe you want to be there for your teammates — the guys in both locker rooms who go to battle with you every day — they’ll say it’s all about Prime. That it’s just a publicity stunt.
Sanders won Super Bowls in 1994 and 1995 with the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys, respectively. He’s still the only person to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series.