Aaron Hernandez” details Hernandez’s troubled childhood with an abusive father who demanded his son play football and project masculinity and toughness to the world.

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Hernandez's story of football glory and his downfall has been told many times, but the FX series dramatizes his life in a way designed to build empathy for him.

Aaron Hernandez' chronicles the rise and fall of former NFL player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez. Here's a look at the cast.

Josh Andrés Rivera plays Aaron Hernandez in the new FX series. Rivera is known for his roles in West Side Story and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. This series, American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, is Rivera's first time starring on a TV show despite having appeared in films like Cat Person and Vegas High.

Mired by dull plotting and clunky dialogue, FX's 'American Sports Story' hits its stride when it puts the perils of sports culture front and center.

The buzzy FX series delves into the N.F.L. star who murdered a friend less than a year after playing in the Super Bowl.

The upcoming FX show from producer Ryan Murphy dramatizes the football stardom and stunning fall of former Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez.

In 2013, at the height of his NFL power, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez shot and killed Odin Lloyd. In 2015, a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. And, in 2017, he was discovered hanging in his prison sell and pronounced dead an hour later.

Aaron Hernandez’s story of football glory and his eventual downfall with a murder conviction has been told many times, but “American Sports Story” dramatizes his life in a way designed to build empathy for him.