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April 21, 2026

You've watched Untold: Jail Blazers. What's next?

the true crime that's worth your time

If you wanted more from Untold's take on the turn-of-the-millennium Portland team, or more crime-adjacent basketball stories period, we're here to help.

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Scottie Pippen looks on as Rasheed Wallace does whatever the opposite of “working” the refs is. (Netflix)

Welcome back to Pairings, a feature in which we suggest reading, viewing, or listening related to a true-crime property. Have a book, show, or podcast you'd like us to pair? Email us at editorial at bestevidence dot fyi, or call or text us at 919-75-CRIME; if you have pairing recommendations for today's main course, we'd love to hear them in the comments.

I'm not mad at the latest chapter of Untold – but, as often happens with Netflix's doc series on big sports stories and scandals, I'm a little disappointed. I said about the franchise's Brett Favre doc that

it’s made well enough, and perfectly watchable … but at just over an hour, it’s too surface a treatment of several distinct stories and cases.

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