ESPN 30 for 30 films
 

So, I'm the proud owner of Volume 1, which is the first fifteen movies. Just got done watching the third one. Some things I've learned...

1. Wayne Gretzky really was hockey.
2. The Baltimore Colts Band won me over. I may adopt the Ravens as my second team (but never when they play the Chiefs).
3. Donald Trump killed the USFL the day he bought a team. I never even knew about it. I think it would have had staying power.

Anyone watched all of them?

I watched the Benji Wilson story last night... holy shit, that was touching. I'd never even heard of the dude.

Benji is the best 30 for 30 I've seen.

I watched the start of it. The Sam Bowie (sp?) one right before that was really good, too.

Also, regarding the one about the USFL...Donald Trump has always been ugly and talked funny, huh?

Best thing ESPN has ever done.

Clearly the best 30 for 30 is bringing the original rules of basketball back to the university of Kansas.

The one on Miami was wonderful. They trolled the hell out of college football.

Man they've fallen hard.

I remember watching part of that one when it was on TV. That's part of this volume, so I'm looking forward to getting to it.

Two Escobars is my favorite.

I like Vlade so I liked Once Brothers.

The Sam Bowie one was SEC storied, but still good.

My favorite ones from the first volume were the Ricky Williams and SMU specials.

The one on the Raiders is interesting.

My favorite was the SMU one. The Miami one would be second.

^This, all of the 30 on 30s are great but those are the best, I stream them on netflix. Awesome.

My favorite is the Reggie Miller/Knicks one. I don't even care about basketball that much, it's just really well put together. That they got pretty much everyone involved in the story to contribute helps too.

This x 10

Some really great stories that most people never heard of or behind the scenes stuff that enhances my love of sports.

Oh man. Good for you for watching. But just so you know, the ones you watched we're some of the worst, though the usfl one was fairly interesting.

I'm sitting here crying at the Len Bias one.

Favorites in rank order... Tale of two escobars, unguarded (chris herron), June 17th 1994, the best that never was (jermaine Dupree), catching hell (bartman). Jordan rides the bus, The fab five, and no crossover (iverson) are hella good too.

Worst ones... Gretzky, chris evert and Navratilova, Marion jones, Four days in October.

everyone gives Bill Simmons shit on this site...

but this was his idea/his project

luv thread

Magic Johnson is the only one of these I didn't love, and I hated that one. What a circle-jerk. Miller-time is probably my favorite. Or Chris Herron.

Was there a thread here about the Bo one? I enjoyed it but thought it could be a lot better. Why do I care what Chuck Klosterman thinks about Bo Jackson? I felt like I was watching I Love the 90s or something.

Because Chuck Klosterman is awesome.

was the thugs in the fab 5 talking trash on Duke and stuff a 30/30

if so that was my favorite. Cant remember if it was a 30 for 30 or one of those E60 small stories jobbers

Miller Time was awesome.

Reggie Miller vs Spike Lee and the Knicks got me into the NBA for a while.

Plus, I'd crush my buddy on NBA Live 95.... I'd let him stay close, oh so close. Always ended with Reggie for 3. I knew my spot.

So is Louis CK - but I don't give a shit what he thinks about Bo running up a wall. The show would have been better with more actual Bo stories and less randoms oohing and ahhing.

Best team on NBA live 95 was the Magic. Their 3 point shooting was so good, that, you can just rain 3's all day and win, no other team could keep up. People used to get pissed at me for using them, but when cash is involved. Its all about top tier teams!

Reggie was a special mother ****er. Loved that guy.

ooh yeah, Bill Simmons also did a 30 for 30 podcast with the directors of the tv episode. I higly recommend looking for the podcasts of the 30 for 30 on espn. It goes into even more detail about stuff. The 2 escobars were fun because the director talked about how people to this day are still scared to talk to people. Its awesome.

Also loved the Tyson and 2PAC one.
FOund it...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/...ive?id=4531638

One Night in Vegas was Awesome. I liked The Best That Never Was also.

From ESPN Films Presents I really liked The Marinovich Project and The Fab Five.

I didn't really care for The Legend of Jimmy the Greek.

Great stuff. My fave was the Linn Eliottt one.

What is ESPN?

Short, but probably the best thing ESPN has done IMO:

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Also a huge fan of Catching Hell.

Was there one of these about the integration of Ole Miss? Saw that somewhere recently, not sure if it was even ESPN but it was riveting as hell.

Only others I've seen are the SMU and Bartman ones, both were very good.

Yup, that was this season. One of the few good ones this year. This year has been pretty blah.

Watching The U right now. I like Jimmy Johnson. To bad he had to be a Cowboys coach.
Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks is next.

30 for 30 gives me 30 boners

More updates please.

all 30 of my boners exploded at once

Hey man, I'm simply enjoying a Christmas gift. I love sports, and there's a lot that I'm learning from these films. I thought it might actually make a good conversation other than my usual random shit. If you don't like it, don't let the door hit you in the ass.

My favorites:
1) June 14, 1994
2) Pony Excess
3) Who Killed the USFL?
4) Benji
5) The Two Escobars

Dont worry about people hating on Xmas. Just do your thing

Once Brothers was my favorite one.

I can't a good torrent for these anywhere.

netflix.com/dontbeacheapbastard

Is 30 for 30 on netflix? ****in A! I'll sign back up for it today if it is.

Yessir. Almost make Netflix worth it by themselves.

My two favorites were on tonight on ESPNU.

I only saw about 3 episodes available when I scanned tonight.

I ended up watching The Marinovich Project. Extremely well done.

Anybody watch the one on the Bills four Super Bowls? Any good? Wondering if its worth my time.

Also, I've seen most of the listed ones above, but any other must sees?

I think my two favorites so far have been Slaying the Badger and The Best that Never Was.

Have they done these yet?

Lawrence Phillips: a life wasted

Ryan Leaf vs Peyton Manning.


Would watch!

Yes, it's really good. Actually better than I expected.

It's kind of sad to see how cowed Norwood remains. Maybe it's his innate personality, but he seems to be perpetually on the verge of uncontrollable tears. I half suspect someone has a kitten ready to punt with all their might just off camera.

Best ep ever was The Legend of Young Larry Bird.

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Aaah, mah ba-ackkkk!!

I like the Birth of Big Air one about Mat Hoffman. The Bo Jackson one and the I hate Christian Laettner one were pretty good too.

What's really crazy to me is that it wasn't close to a chip shot. Was a pretty long field goal attempt for a kicker who didn't have much range.

I'm gonna have to check it out, then.

The entire collection is available for around $120 on Amazon.

I didn't realize there were over 100 episodes. I may get it. I'm gonna see exactly how many are available on Netflix tonight. It seems like a nice collection to have either way. Lots of good history for the youngster to look in to, when he hits the sports age.

A ton available on Netflix that you don't need to buy the set. What's not available, dvr it.

When you need a fix, go to 30 for 30 shorts online. Also terrific. My favorite is the story of Mackey Sasser, the catcher who had the yips throwing balls back to the pitcher.

Yeah, I remember searching 30 for 30 on netflix, and about 25 episodes came up. There's over 100 full length episodes in the collection, though. I guess I'm just trying to justify buying to myself, because I think it's something cool to have.

Love the two escobars and the one about the Knicks. I think it's called Winning time

The Bad Boys episode on the Pistons is great, too. 90s Pistons I went from pure hate to grudging respect. Well chronicled.

And it's free in full

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That reminds me, it's not a 30 for 30, but perhaps the best Sports Doc ever

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird - A Courtship of Rivals. - free in full

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Broke.

How can so many people be so stupid. Wait.....

It's fantastic. I've watched over 10 times.

I watched it last night after work. It was pretty good. You kinda forget just how much talent that team had on it. Crazy they couldn't muster a single win in those four visits.

I just watched Trojan War the other day. Hard to believe just how ridiculously good those USC teams were.

Same here. I used to watch a lot more NBA and those NY/Indian series were mega-entertaining.

The one about the druggie kid that went to UNLV was good. Steve?

I'd say about half of these really grab me. Which is doing really good.

It's the ones that get you interested when you have no interest in that particular sport. Those are the good ones.

My mistake I was thinking of when the Garden was Eden

Hillsborough was really good as well. Not so much about soccer as how corrupt and CYA the British Police from top were.

That was pretty terrific. Glad you shared.

I just watched who killed the USFL. Donald Trump is a menace.

One of my favorites was the one about the U. "They showed us a video of things that were no longer allowed. It was basically our highlight video." (Loosely paraphrased quote, I'm sure.)