After getting rebuffed by media companies with relationships with MLB, Lionsgate reached an agreement with Starz to develop ...

The project from Lionsgate Television counts ‘Air’ screenwriter Alex Convery and Justin Lin among its executive producers.

The Lionsgate TV project will focus on Ippei Mizuhara's gambling scandal, which led to his firing by the Dodgers.

Ippei Mizuhara is serving a 57-month prison sentence for stealing nearly $17 million to pay off debts while employed by ...

Starz & Lionsgate Series About Shohei Ohtani Translator's Gambling Scandal in works with Justin Lin and Alex Convery ...

A scripted drama about the gambling scandal involving Japanese MLB star Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter Ippei ...

Starz is diving into the world of sports drama with an exciting new project centered around a real-life gambling scandal that ...

I will start with an obvious caveat – as far as we know, Shohei Ohtani was unaware his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was using his funds to gamble on sports. MLB has concluded as such, and we ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have long since moved past the Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal that rocked the organization at the beginning of the 2024 season. Shohei Ohtani found himself connected to an ...

Ippei Mizuhara agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to federal charges of felony bank fraud and submitting a false tax return after authorities found that he stole nearly $17 million from Los Angeles ...

Scandals in two major US professional sports league supercharged debate about the integrity of games in the legal sports ...

Michael Jordan and Nike movie “Air” screenwriter Alex Convery will be the writer and showrunner for the Mizuhara production.