With cable, Netflix, and internet options, finding the best thing to watch during your downtime is difficult. Instead of flipping through menus all weekend and settling on nothing, turn to What to Watch This Weekend, a series in which we give you our pick for the best new show or movie available.
If you’re of a certain age, the steroid era of baseball was your childhood. It was a time of massive home runs and captivating record chases. It was a time before the term “performance enhancing drug” slipped into the mainstream. Icarus, a new documentary that premieres on Netflix today, is a look at the rampant use of steroids in sports. How many people turned a blind eye? How many big names helped foster it? From Lance Armstrong to a plethora of Olympic athletes, Icarus shows you just how prevalent juiced athletes were. Add it to your documentaries to watch list.