30 for 30

Episode List: 30 for 30 (2009)

ESPN Films' 30 for 30 is an unprecedented documentary series featuring today's finest storytellers from inside and outside of the sports world. What started as a celebration of ESPN's 30th anniversary has come to life as an eclectic and fascinating collection of passionate films about sports and culture. Individually, each of the films in this series is meant to tell an intimate, compelling story that stands on its own and brings to life the filmmaker's vision. (imdb)

Seasons: 4, Episodes: 79

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Trojan War
Trojan War (2015) - Season 3, Episode 1
The rise and fall of USC Trojans football during Pete Carroll's coaching tenure.
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Prince of Pennsylvania
Prince of Pennsylvania (2015) - Season 3, Episode 2
This documentary explores the story of the Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz and their turbulent relationship to the eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont.
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Gospel According to Mac
Gospel According to Mac (2015) - Season 3, Episode 3
Examines Bill McCartney and his sometimes-controversial mixture of football and evangelicalism as Colorado Buffaloes head coach in the 1990s, including a national championship.
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Chasing Tyson
Chasing Tyson (2015) - Season 3, Episode 4
Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson look back on the The Real Deal's struggles for respect, a fight with Iron Mike, and the meaning of "be careful what you wish for."
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Four Falls of Buffalo
Four Falls of Buffalo (2015) - Season 3, Episode 5
A behind the scenes look at the Buffalo Bills four trips to the Super Bowl during the early 1990's.
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'85 Bears (2016) - Season 3, Episode 6
One of the greatest football teams ever assembled, the 1985 Chicago Bears were a team of big talent, big egos, and big success. This documentary explores that success and the players behind it, as well as the questions surrounding the lack of a repeat performance. The documentary focuses on a legendary cast of characters, including head coach Mike Ditka, QB Jim McMahon and the inimitable William "The Refrigerator" Perry who made Chicago Bears as riveting off the field as they were on it on th
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Believeland
Believeland (2016) - Season 3, Episode 9
There's a special place on the southern shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. Known as Cleveland, it is the site of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the home of the Indians, the Browns and the Cavaliers. But it's also the home of an agonizing losing streak. Of all American cities that have at least three major sports franchises, Cleveland is the only one that has failed to win a championship in the last half-century.
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Doc & Darryl
Doc & Darryl (2016) - Season 3, Episode 10
When former New York Mets superstars Dwight "Doc" Gooden and Darryl Strawberry were good, they were great. They were the biggest stars on a team that captured the imagination of New York City and won the 1986 World Series. But when life spiraled out of control for both men, they broke the hearts of Mets fans. The pitcher and the power hitter look back on the glory days of the mid-80s and the harrowing nights that turned them from sure Hall of Famers into prisoners of their own addictions.
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Phi Slama Jama
Phi Slama Jama (2016) - Season 3, Episode 11
They were the most popular fraternity on the campus of college basketball in the early 1980s. Led by a Nigerian soccer player named Hakeem Olajuwon and a lightly recruited hometown kid named Clyde Drexler, the University of Houston Cougars not only electrified the NCAA Final Four with three straight appearances (1982-84), but they also helped transform the game itself. In this 30 for 30 film, director Chip Rives brings back the high-flying circus act under ringmaster Guy V. Lewis and spins a tal
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Hit It Hard
Hit It Hard (2016) - Season 3, Episode 12
The popular but polarizing former golfer John Daly is the subject of the latest in ESPN's 30 for 30 series.The documentary covers his career and subsequent struggles.
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Catholics Vs. Convicts
Catholics Vs. Convicts (2016) - Season 3, Episode 13
On October 15, 1988, Notre Dame hosted the University of Miami in what would become one of the greatest games in college football history. It was tradition vs. swagger, the No. 4-ranked Fighting Irish versus the No. 1-ranked Hurricanes, one coaching star, Lou Holtz, versus another, Jimmy Johnson. But the name still attached to the contest came from a t-shirt manufactured by a few Notre Dame students: "Catholics vs. Convicts." In this 30 for 30 documentary, director and narrator Patrick Creadon (
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This Was the XFL
This Was the XFL (2017) - Season 3, Episode 14
Ebersol and McMahon brought the XFL to life, then let it go.
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One and Not Done
One and Not Done (2017) - Season 3, Episode 15
The life and career of John Calipari, one of the most polarizing figures in modern college basketball, weaving his story around that of his 2015-16 Kentucky team.
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Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies
This entry in ESPN's 30 for 30 series looks at the origins of the rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s that revived - and saved - the NBA.
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Mike and the Mad Dog
Mike and the Mad Dog (2017) - Season 3, Episode 19
Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, and their "Mike and The Mad Dog" show ruled afternoon sports talk for 19 years. They were distinctly different personalities who often clashed on and off the air, but when all was said and done, they changed sports radio forever. (imdb)
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What Carter Lost
What Carter Lost (2017) - Season 3, Episode 21
With 21 players who were offered college scholarships and several who went on to the NFL, Carter took on the best that Texas had to offer - including the Odessa Permian team that inspired Friday Night Lights - as well as the worst, in a racially charged state-wide dispute over one player's algebra grade and Carter's legitimacy. Somehow, Carter managed to win it all on the field, and somehow, they threw it all away. (ESPN)
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Year of the Scab
Year of the Scab (2017) - Season 3, Episode 22
Two weeks into the 1987 season, the NFL's players went on strike. For the first time in the history of professional sports in the United States, replacement players would take the field. Crossing the picket line to play in the NFL changed their lives, but not in the way they'd expected or hoped. The moment they crossed the picket line, they were no longer athletes; they were scabs. (ESPN)
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Tommy
Tommy (2017) - Season 3, Episode 23
Examines the life and career of Tommy Morrison, a physically gifted but immature and hard-living boxer who was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 27.
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Nature Boy
Nature Boy (2017) - Season 3, Episode 24
Documentary following the life & career of 16 time world champion Ric "The Nature Boy" Flair.
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42 to 1
42 to 1 (2018) - Season 3, Episode 28
The story of James "Buster" Douglas and his long-long-longshot victory over Mike Tyson for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.
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Long Gone Summer
Long Gone Summer (2020) - Season 3, Episode 40
30 for 30 examines the home run record chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, its societal impact and how it ultimately changed the game of baseball.
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