"First thing I saw was a great talent. Maybe the best talent I've ever been associated with." 1091 Media has debuted a new official trailer for a sports documentary titled The Legend of Swee' Pea, ...

This biographical documentary leaves viewers wondering to what degree Lloyd Daniels has come to terms with his past. By Ben Kenigsberg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Break out the spinach: After 71 years of serving as a surrogate father, Popeye is finally going to make it official by adopting baby Swee’pea. The lad has been living with the famed cartoon sailor ...

Here’s your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the ...

Benjamin May's debut, 'The Legend of Swee' Pea,' spends time with a basketball player, Lloyd Daniels, who once looked destined for greatness. By John DeFore “He knows what he does, but he ain’t got no ...

Q In the Popeye cartoons, Popeye and Olive have this baby, Swee'Pea. But they don't seem to be his birth parents. What's the deal with Swee'Pea? A Mel, when people ponder important issues like this, ...

“The con man had conned himself,” writes longtime New York Newsday reporter Valenti (with an assist from Naclerio, Lloyd Daniels’ mentor and friend) of NYC basketball prodigy Lloyd “Swee’pea” Daniels, ...

The sports classic, “Swee’ Pea: The story of Lloyd Daniels and Other Playground Legends,” by John Valenti and Ron Naclerio, is being reissued 25 years after going out of print. The book tells the ...

Lloyd Daniels was supposed to be next. Then he became a what-if. A myth. A whisper. Growing up in Brooklyn, a teen-age Daniels was anointed the next in a line of New York City kings. His perspiration ...

The Swee’Pea Baby Crawling Contest is returning this month to the Lenexa Spinach Festival after its pandemic hiatus. Crawling babies who are not walking yet are allowed to participate. Entry is free.