How hosting (and winning) the1995 Rugby World Cup and Nelson Mandela's support of the Springboks national team affected post-apartheid South Africa.

Quick-cut archival footage captures the various US sporting events on the day in question and the emotions they generated, including but not limited to the opening of the World Cup soccer tournament, the Knicks/Rockets battle in the NBA Finals, Arnold Palmer's last round in the U.S. Open, and the New York Rangers' Stanley Cup victory celebration. One event overshadows them all: O.J. Simpson's run from the police.