“The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” a documentary by siblings Chapman and Maclain Way, manages to be many things at once: an affectionate ode to their grandfather, a distinctive snapshot of a noble ...

PARK CITY, Utah – With spring training right around the corner, there’s nothing like a heartwarming story about a man’s pursuit of the American Dream through America's pastime: baseball. "The Battered ...

Bing Russell had several claims to fame. He played Deputy Clem on NBC’s blockbuster western series “Bonanza.” He’s the father of movie star Kurt Russell. And he owned a baseball team. Not the Dodgers, ...

The Sundance sports documentary, “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” follows the story of the Portland Mavericks, an independent, underdog baseball team founded by actor Bing Russell in the ’70s.

Neil Oliver "Bing" Russell (May 5, 1926 – April 8, 2003) was an American actor and Class A minor-league baseball club owner. He was the father of Hollywood actor Kurt Russell. Although best known as ...

Kurt Russell avoided telling his father's story for years. Bing Russell, famous for portraying Deputy Clem Foste on the hit TV show “Bonanza,” founded his own baseball team in the 1970s, the Portland ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. One of the more talked-about documentaries from ...

Kurt Russell toplines the sports doc from co-directors Chapman Way and Maclain Way. By Duane Byrge PARK CITY – The Battered Bastards of Baseball is not just about baseball. It transcends the game and ...

Got reacquainted Friday night with someone who feels like an old friend: the late Bing Russell. Among many roles as an actor, Bing played Sheriff Clem on “Bonanza.” He was one of two regular Virginia ...

The Portland Mavericks, an independent minor league baseball team that played for five seasons in the 1970s, didn’t run with the pack. Owner Bing Russell, a Hollywood B-actor and lifelong baseball ...

They say you can’t fight City Hall, but surely going mano-a-mano with Major League Baseball is none the wiser. Yet that’s exactly what a charismatic entrepreneur named Bing Russell did in the 1970s, ...