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Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics) I’m not a coach, so it should come as no surprise that I do not watch film like a coach. I don’t self-scout, trying to identify skill deficiencies or gaps in understanding that need to be addressed in practice. I don’t scout opponents, looking for areas of weakness that we can exploit in an upcoming game. I’m also not a local reporter, which means I don’t watch every single one of a team’s games, charting their storylines throughout the week. As a na...

Norwich — Puzzle pieces are colorful, and when people work together, the pieces can be interlocked to form a beautiful picture. Those were the images and themes Norwich Free Academy students wanted to convey with their Project Outreach program, “We’re All a Piece of Norwich,” a community art project with students and staff in 11 schools and members of more than 30 community organizations participating. People from age 4 to 80 created colorful puzzle pieces cut out from sheets of paper...

Netflix comedy The series stars Ryan O’Connell as a gay man with cerebral palsy. Season 2 will now officially end the series, but, on the bright side, the new batch of eight episodes are expanded from 15 minutes in length to 30 minutes. “It would surprise no one that it wasn’t my decision,” O’Connell said in an interview. “Netflix told me pretty early on that it was going to be the final season and I appreciated that because I was able to craft a season that felt very much like a f...

Although Netflix has taken the decision to cancel the series, fans will at least get to enjoy a longer second season, with the episode length increased from 15 to 30 minutes. The streaming service has released a teaser of the final season, confirming it will premiere on May 20. "Spring is going to be extra SPECIAL this year – the second and final season of the groundbreaking show arrives on Netflix May 20," Netflix wrote alongside the teaser. This content is imported from Twitter. You may b...

Netflix announces second and final season of gay comedy series Special Courtesy of Netflix Ryan O’Connell’s hit Netflix series, Special, is set to return for a second and final season. Special is back and will be bigger than ever! Based on O’Connell’s memoir, I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, the hit Netflix series follows a gay man living with mild cerebral palsy who decides to rewrite his identity and pursue the life he has always wanted. Picking up from last season...

Special to End With Season 2 at Netflix TVLine 10/03/2021 Bittersweet news for fans of Netflix’s Special: The Ryan O’Connell comedy will end with its upcoming second season (premiering Thursday, May 20), which will expand from its original 15-minute format to eight  half-hour episodes. The semi-autobiographical series, which premiered in April 2019, tells the story of Ryan, “a gay man with mild cerebral palsy who decides to rewrite his identity and finally go after the life he wants,...

Special Season 2 to premiere May 20 in Netflix. Special will return for a second and final season in May.

Special to End With Expanded Second Season at Netflix (Exclusive) Netflix Series creator, star and showrunner Ryan OConnell talks with The Hollywood Reporter about ditching its 15-minute format as the Emmy-nominated comedy grows to half-hour episodes in its final season. Special is getting a supersized farewell. The previously announced second season of Netflixs Emmy-nominated shortform comedy will grow from 15-minute to half-hour episodes for what will be its final round of eight episodes when...

By @RadioHouston The groundbreaking Netflix comedy series Special which focused on the life of a gay man with cerebral palsy is coming back for its second and final season. Ryan OConnell, the star and creator of the show, says "After two seasons, Special is sadly coming to an end." "Thank you to the fans and Netflix for allowing me to make exactly the show I wanted to make and for giving me 30-minute episodes to finish the story." Ryan continues, "Creating this show has been the highlight of ...

Look to the Stars March 8, 2021 GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced today that out actress and producer Niecy Nash will host the virtual ceremony for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. GLAAD also announced the awards ceremony will stream on GLAAD’s YouTube on Thursday, April 8 at 8pm ET/5pm PT. The virtual ceremony will also stream on Hulu on April 8 starting at 10pm ET. The awards will be available to st...