30 for 30
30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history. This currently includes four "volumes" of 30 episodes each, a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011–2012, and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website. The series has also expanded to include Soccer Stories, which aired in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and audio podcasts. This entry refers to the main Volumes of the series presented by ESPN
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1.King's Ransom
7.006-10-200951 minThe 1988 trade of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings and the effect it had on Gretzky, the fans in Edmonton, and the popularity of hockey in Southern C...
2.The Band That Wouldn't Die
5.013-10-200953 minA profile of Baltimore's love affair with football and the Colts, focusing on the Colts Marching Band. After the Colts decamped for Indianapolis in 1984, the band stayed behind to...
3.Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
6.020-10-200951 minFresh interviews and archival footage track the life and demise of the United States Football League in the mid-1980s. A highlight is Tollin's interview with Donald Trump, the form...
4.Muhammad and Larry
27-10-200952 minA look at the October 1980 Muhammad Ali–Larry Holmes fight and its impact on both fighters, featuring fresh interviews with participants and previously unseen lead-up footage from...
5.Without Bias
7.003-11-200951 minThe death of Len Bias from a cocaine-induced heart attack, two days after Boston selected him as the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, and its impact on casual drug use, e...
6.The Legend of Jimmy the Greek
10-11-200951 minThe life of Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, from his career as a Las Vegas bookmaker to his tenure on The NFL Today, from which he was fired in 1988.
7.The U
7.012-12-20091h 42mThe racial and cultural evolution of Miami during the 1980s as represented within the University of Miami football team.
8.Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks
14-03-20101h 9mThe impact of Indiana Pacer Reggie Miller on the New York Knicks in the 1990s, specifically focusing on the Pacers/Knicks battles in the 1994 and 1995 NBA Playoffs and on Miller's...
9.Guru of Go
03-04-201052 minA profile of Paul Westhead's coaching tenure at Loyola Marymount University (1985–1990), where his Lions' team was known for its high-scoring run-and-gun offense, use of talented p...
10.No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
10.013-04-20101h 21mThe 1993 trial of Hampton, Virginia, high school athlete Allen Iverson, convicted for his role in a racially tinged melee, and its impact on both the community and on Iverson's lif...
11.Silly Little Game
20-04-201051 minMeeting at New York City's La Rotisserie Francaise restaurant in 1980, a group of writers and academics develop Rotisserie Fantasy baseball, only to see it take off in popularity a...
12.Run Ricky Run
7.027-04-201052 minA profile of Ricky Williams focuses on his brief 2004 departure from the NFL, when he sought self-redemption amidst media criticism and fresh rumors of marijuana use.
13.The 16th Man
04-05-201052 minHow hosting (and winning) the 1995 Rugby World Cup, combined with Nelson Mandela's support of the Springboks national team, affected post-apartheid South Africa.
14.Straight Outta L.A.
5.011-05-201051 minThe relationship between the Raiders and the minority fan base in Los Angeles during the team's 13 seasons in L.A.
15.June 17, 1994
7.616-06-201051 minQuick-cut archival footage captures the various US sporting events on the day in question and the emotions they generated, including the opening of the World Cup soccer tournament,...
16.The Two Escobars
9.022-06-20101h 43mThe lives of soccer player Andrés Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar; the intertwining of crime and soccer in their native Colombia; and the connections between the deaths of both...
17.The Birth of Big Air
6.029-07-201051 minThe life of Mat Hoffman and his 25-year career of advancing, in creative and promotional avenues, BMX riding.
18.Jordan Rides the Bus
7.324-08-201051 minMotivated by the dream his late father had for him, Michael Jordan retires from basketball and has a brief career in minor league baseball.
19.Little Big Men
31-08-201050 minA look at the Kirkland National Little League team's success at the 1982 Little League World Series, examining why their title win is considered one of the biggest upsets in the ev...
20.One Night in Vegas
10.007-09-201053 minThe friendship of boxer Mike Tyson and rapper Tupac Shakur and the night of September 7, 1996, when Shakur was murdered after attending the Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight in Las Vegas.
21.Unmatched
14-09-201052 minA look at the rivalry and friendship between tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.
22.The House of Steinbrenner
21-09-201051 minThe legacy of George Steinbrenner's ownership of the New York Yankees.
23.Into the Wind
8.728-09-201051 minTerry Fox's attempt to run 5,373 kilometres (3,339 mi) across Canada in support of fundraising for cancer research captures the attention of his fellow Canadians and the world.
24.Four Days In October
05-10-201051 minThe remarkable comeback of the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS.
25.Once Brothers
12-10-20101h 20mThe story of Croatian Dražen Petrović and Serbian Vlade Divac, NBA players and Yugoslavian national teammates, and how upheaval in their homeland adversely and irretrievably affect...
26.Tim Richmond: To the Limit
7.319-10-201051 minThe career of NASCAR driver Tim Richmond, his flamboyant lifestyle, and his 1989 death from AIDS.
27.Fernando Nation
26-10-201051 minThe euphoria created by Fernando Valenzuela's 1981 arrival with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
28.Marion Jones: Press Pause
02-11-201051 minThe successful track and field career of Marion Jones, her 2007 admission of performance-enhancing drug use, and subsequent prison sentence.
29.The Best that Never Was
09-11-20101h 41mThe 1981 recruiting of high school football player Marcus Dupree by multiple big-time college programs, his resulting injury-prone college and professional career, and how his purs...
30.Pony Excess
11-12-20101h 42mThe rise, fall, and rebirth of the SMU Mustangs football program, which received a 1-year "death penalty" for major infractions after former SMU player David Stanley blew the whist...
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