Stan Savran

Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the National Football League’s decades-long concealment of the link between football related head injuries and brain disorders.

In 2005, 18-year-old rookie Sidney Crosby was the NHL's number-one draft pick. This scrapbook of his first two seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins prove he's lived up to the honor. Cameras follow Crosby on and off the ice for his third year. He discusses his routines and strategy, but it's the footage of Crosby in action at the Winter Classic and Stanley Cup playoffs that reveals how he became the youngest captain in NHL history at age 20.

The story of the Pittsburgh Penguins; from their beginnings as a team epitomizing bad luck in the NHL to their rebirth and multifaceted redemption by Mario Lemieux, and their now current success by way of Sidney Crosby. This is the story of Pittsburgh's most unlikely addition to the city of champions.