Ten years after the debut of the groundbreaking HBO Sports and NFL Films collaboration on the first-ever sports reality program, one of sports television's most enduring partnerships teams up for an all-new special when HARD KNOCKS:  A DECADE OF NFL TRAINING CAMPS debuts.           

One of the fastest-turnaround reality programs on television, the cinema-verité series debuted Aug. 1, 2001 when NFL Films and HBO Sports began chronicling rookies and free agents trying to make an NFL roster as determined veterans fought to keep their jobs at the camp of the reigning Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.  An instant sensation, the show captured the heat, the hurt, the camaraderie and the humor of an NFL training camp.

In addition to revisiting memorable moments of the teams - Baltimore, Dallas (twice), Kansas City, Cincinnati and New York Jets - that have been featured on the seven-time Emmy®-winning series, the special includes new interviews with HARD KNOCKS veterans, never-before-seen outtakes and a "Where Are They Now?" segment with updates on players from past episodes.  Liev Schreiber narrates.

"We know football fans are hungry for compelling NFL programming and we think they'll love this HARD KNOCKS special, which will have a host of new wrinkles," says Rick Bernstein, executive producer, HBO Sports.

Steve Sabol, president of NFL Films, says, "The first ten years of HARD KNOCKS have been the ultimate fly-on-the-wall NFL training camp experience.  We look forward to taking a look back at those shows and reintroducing the fans to those characters who made the decade of HARD KNOCKS so memorable."