LAS VEGAS—Quick story on just how competitive Terence Crawford has always been and always will be. We went to Omaha to see him in early 2019, for a story and a documentary. Fun trip. We spent three days with Crawford and his family, and he was super open to whatever we wanted to film. The settings included: breakfasts and lunches, his home in the suburbs, his boxing gym near downtown, his kids’ wrestling practice, the bridge that connects Nebraska and Iowa, Walmart for dog food shopping, dawn jogs through empty streets, his local barbershop and trick-or-treating with his children in their neighborhood.
Which brings me to The Cornhole Story.
The director/producer for the Sports Illustrated doc was the excellent Sean Dolan. And, as we walked from house to house, the kids collecting candy, Crawford spied a cornhole set in a neighbor’s yard. From what I can recollect, he gestured at it, suggesting that someone step forward to play him. Sean did.
