Bishop Sycamore scandal is coming to HBO. Here's what we know about 'BS High'
The Bishop Sycamore high school football scandal will be on full display Aug. 23 on HBO.
"BS High," a documentary that will chronicle the Bishop Sycamore football team, which advertised itself as an Ohio state high school football powerhouse with multiple high-level college prospects, but instead shed light on a program that was not a high school at all, will air Aug. 23 on HBO.
The film will be directed by Travon Free and Desmond Roe, who directed "Two Distant Strangers," which won the "Best Live Action Short Film Award" at the 93rd Academy Awards. "BS High" is also executive produced by Adam McKay, who produced the HBO series "Succession," among many other film and TV shows.
"BS High" includes interviews with Bishop Sycamore head coach Roy Johnson and athletic director Andre Peterson, along with former players and their families.
Bishop Sycamore scandal: What happened?
After the team's 58-0 loss to IMG Academy on ESPN, national attention turned to Bishop Sycamore, with its given address going to Resolute Athletic Complex, an indoor sports facility near Easton Town Center where the team practiced once a month and did not hold classes, and its lack of football success.
Prior to the team's loss to IMG Academy, Bishop Sycamore lost 19-7 to Sto-Rox in its second game in three days.
Johnson, who had a bench warrant out in Delaware County associated with an assault charge that was reduced to criminal mischief, was fired after Bishop Sycamore's loss by Peterson.
Peterson later called Bishop Sycamore "a post-grad football academy" and not a school.
During the 2021-22 school year, the Ohio Department of Education did not have Bishop Sycamore listed as a charter school, but did have it listed as a "non-chartered, non-tax supported school" the year before, a type of school that "because of truly held religious beliefs, choose to not be chartered by the State Board of Education."
How to watch 'BS High'
"BS High" will air Aug. 23 from 9 p.m. to 10:40 p.m. on HBO and will be available to stream on MAX.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: 'BS High' is coming to HBO. How to watch Bishop Sycamore documentary
