30 for 30
(2009)
Originaltitel: 30 for 30
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Release: 2009-09-13
TV-bolag: ESPN
Längd per avsnitt: 60 min min
Status: AVSLUTAD
Inspired by ESPNs anniversary, ESPN Films is launching 30 FOR 30, an unprecedented documentary series featuring 30 of todays finest storytellers telling thirty remarkable stories from the ESPN era. On their own, each of the films will be an intimate look at a specific story, relevant to larger themes from the modern era. Collectively, these films will be a diverse mosaic of what sports has meant to American and World culture in the last thirty years. Each storyteller will bring their... (TheTVDB)
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Kings Ransom
2009-10-06
Kings Ransom
2009-10-06
On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles...
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The Band That Wouldnt Die
2009-10-13
The Band That...
2009-10-13
In late March of 1984, a moving company secretly packed up the Baltimore Colts belongings and its fleet of vans snuck off in the darkness of the early morning. Leaving a city of deeply devoted fans in shock and disbelief. What caused owner Robert Irsay to turn his back on a town that was as closely...
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Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
2009-10-20
Small Potatoes: Who...
2009-10-20
In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and...
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Muhammad and Larry
2009-10-27
Muhammad and Larry
2009-10-27
In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous; most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes...
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Without Bias
2009-11-03
Without Bias
2009-11-03
More than two decades after his tragic cocaine overdose, the late Len Bias still leaves more questions than answers. When Bias dropped dead two days after the 1986 NBA Draft, he forever altered our perception of casual drug use and became the tipping point of Americas drug crisis in the mid-80s....
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The Legend of Jimmy the Greek
2009-11-10
The Legend of Jimmy...
2009-11-10
“The NFL Today” on CBS was one of the preeminent sports programs on television in the early 1980s. It was a perfect combination of reporting, analysis, predictions, humor and talent. But there was no personality on the show more popular than Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder. Born in Steubenville,...
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The U
2009-12-12
The U
2009-12-12
Throughout the 1980s, Miami, Florida, was at the center of a racial and cultural shift taking place throughout the country. Overwhelmed by riots and tensions, Miami was a city in flux, and the University of Miami football team served as a microcosm for this evolution. The image of the predominantly...
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Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New...
2010-03-14
Winning Time:...
2010-03-14
Reggie Miller single-handedly crushed the hearts of Knick fans multiple times. But it was the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals that solidified Miller as Public Enemy #1 in New York City. With moments to go in Game 1, and facing a seemingly insurmountable deficit of 105-99, Miller scored eight...
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Guru of Go
2010-04-03
Guru of Go
2010-04-03
By the mid-1980s Paul Westhead had worn out his welcome in the NBA. The best offer he could find came from an obscure small college with little history of basketball. In the same city where he had won an NBA championship with Magic and Kareem, Westhead was determined to perfect his non-stop...
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No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
2010-04-13
No Crossover: The...
2010-04-13
On Valentine’s Day 1993, 17-year-old Bethel High School basketball star Allen Iverson was bowling in Hampton, Va., with five high school friends. It was supposed to be an ordinary evening, but it became a night that defined Iverson’s young life. A quarrel soon erupted into a brawl pitting...
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Silly Little Game
2010-04-20
Silly Little Game
2010-04-20
Fantasy Sports is estimated to be a $4 billion dollar industry that boasts over 30 million participants and a league for almost every sport imaginable. But for all this success, the story of the game’s inception is little known. The modern fantasy leagues can be traced back to a group of writers...
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Run Ricky Run
2010-04-27
Run Ricky Run
2010-04-27
Ricky Williams does not conform to America’s definition of the modern athlete. In 2004, with rumors of another positive marijuana test looming, the Miami Dolphins running back traded adulation and a mansion in South Florida for anonymity and a $7 a night tent in Australia. His decision created a...
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The 16th Man
2010-05-04
The 16th Man
2010-05-04
Rugby has long been viewed in South Africa as a game for the white population, and the country’s success in the sport has been a true source of Afrikaner pride. When the 50-year-old policies and entrenched injustices of apartheid were finally overthrown in 1994, Nelson Mandela’s new government...
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Straight Outta L.A.
2010-05-11
Straight Outta L.A.
2010-05-11
In 1982, Raiders owner Al Davis beat the NFL in court and moved his team from Oakland to Los Angeles. With a squad as colorful as its owner, the Raiders captivated a large number of black and Hispanic fans in L.A. at a time when gang warfare, immigration and the real estate boom were rapidly...
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June 17, 1994
2010-06-16
June 17, 1994
2010-06-16
Do you remember where you were on June 17, 1994? Thanks to a wide array of unrelated, coast-to-coast occurrences, this Friday has come to be known for its firsts, lasts, triumphs and tragedy. Arnold Palmer played his last round at a U.S. Open, in Oakmont, Pa., the FIFA World Cup kicked off in...
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The Two Escobars
2010-06-22
The Two Escobars
2010-06-22
While rival drug cartels warred in the streets and the country’s murder rate climbed to highest in the world, the Colombian national soccer team set out to blaze a new image for their country. What followed was a mysteriously rapid rise to glory, as the team catapulted out of decades of obscurity...
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The Birth of Big Air
2010-07-29
The Birth of Big Air
2010-07-29
In 1985, at the tender age of 13, Mat Hoffman entered into the BMX circuit as an amateur, and by 16 he had risen to the professional level. Throughout his storied career, Hoffman has ignored conventional limitations, instead, focusing his efforts on the purity of the sport and the pursuit of...
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Jordan Rides the Bus
2010-08-24
Jordan Rides the Bus
2010-08-24
In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sports world, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball. After leading the Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and taking the Bulls to their third consecutive NBA championship the following year, Jordan was jolted by the murder...
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Little Big Men
2010-08-31
Little Big Men
2010-08-31
On August 28, 1982, Cody Webster and a small group of schoolyard friends from Kirkland, Washington, sat anxiously in a dugout waiting to take the field for the championship game of the Little League World Series. Their focus was just about what you’d expect from any 12-year-old: hit the ball,...
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One Night in Vegas
2010-09-07
One Night in Vegas
2010-09-07
On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At this point in his career, Tyson’s fights had become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, where the ever present hype of the professional boxing...
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Unmatched
2010-09-14
Unmatched
2010-09-14
The first time Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova stepped onto a tennis court together, the world scarcely noticed. Only a few hundred spectators saw the pert 18-year-old beat the scrappy 16-year-old Czech in 1973. “I remember that she was fat,” Evert recalled. “She was very emotional on the...
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The House of Steinbrenner
2010-09-21
The House of...
2010-09-21
Love them or hate them, the Yankees remain the most glorified team in American sports history. Led by the Babe, the Iron Horse, the Yankee Clipper and the Mick, they dominated baseball for more than four decades before the legendary franchise sagged under the ownership of CBS. Then in 1973, a...
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Into the Wind
2010-09-28
Into the Wind
2010-09-28
In 1980, Terry Fox continued to fight bone cancer and deep despair in pursuit of a singular, motivating vision—to run across Canada. Three years after having his right leg amputated six inches above the knee, Fox set out to cover more than a marathon’s distance each day until he reached the...
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Four Days In October
2010-10-05
Four Days In October
2010-10-05
When the night of October 16, 2004 came to a merciful end, the Curse of the Bambino was alive and well. The vaunted Yankee lineup, led by A-Rod, Jeter, and Sheffield, had just extended their ALCS lead to three games to none, pounding out 19 runs against their hated rivals. The next night, in Game...
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Once Brothers
2010-10-12
Once Brothers
2010-10-12
Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac were two friends who grew up together sharing the common bond of basketball. Together, they lifted the Yugoslavian National team to unimaginable heights. After conquering Europe, they both went to America where they became the first two foreign players to attain NBA...
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Tim Richmond: To the Limit
2010-10-19
Tim Richmond: To...
2010-10-19
Natural. Rock star. Outsider. In the 1980s, race car driver Tim Richmond lived his life the way he raced cars – wide open. Born into a wealthy family, Richmond was the antithesis of the Southern, blue-collar, dirt-track racers who dominated NASCAR. He also was a flamboyant showman who basked in...
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Fernando Nation
2010-10-26
Fernando Nation
2010-10-26
“The Natural is supposed to be a blue-eyed boy who teethed on a 36-ounce Louisville Slugger. He should run like the wind and throw boysenberries through brick. He should come from California. – Steve Wulf, Sports Illustrated, 1981.
So how was it that a pudgy 19-year-old Mexican left-handed...
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Marion Jones: Press Pause
2010-11-02
Marion Jones: Press...
2010-11-02
Few athletes in Olympic history have reached such heights and depths as Marion Jones. After starring at the University of North Carolina and winning gold at the 1997 and 99 World Track and Field Championships, her rise to the top culminated at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. There she...
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The Best that Never Was
2010-11-09
The Best that Never...
2010-11-09
In 1981, college athletic recruiting changed forever as a dozen big-time football programs sat waiting for the decision by a physically powerful and lightning-quick high school running back named Marcus Dupree. Having already graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, Dupree attracted recruiters from...
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Pony Excess
2010-12-11
Pony Excess
2010-12-11
From 1981-1984, a small private school in Dallas owned the best record in college football. The Mustangs of Southern Methodist University (SMU) were riding high on the backs of the vaunted Pony Express backfield. But as the middle of the decade approached, the program was coming apart at the seams....
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