One early submission is a dice game made of scrap material by an inmate who also included detailed, handwritten instructions on how to play the game he invented in his cell.

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The idea is to give the production the uptempo feel of a basketball game while covering plenty of material from the pair's first meeting in the 1979 NCAA championship game, to their decade-long rivalry, to Johnson's announcement that he was HIV positive, to Bird's struggles with late-career injuries.

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Petronio uses the format of a TV game show to review material with her students.

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The game will feature some material from and consistency with the HBO show, though how that actually factors into gameplay remains to be seen.

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