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30 For 30: season 1, episode 6
“The Legend Of Jimmy The Greek”
November 10, 2009 - 09:11p.m.
When I was a kid in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, there were two reasons why I hated going to church on Sundays:
1.) Our church was boring.
2.) In the fall months, going to church meant missing The ...
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30 For 30: season 1, episode 5
"Without Bias"
November 3, 2009 - 08:11p.m.
The second episode of ESPN's documentary series in a row to be crafted from previously existing materal, "Without Bias" -- about the short career and tragic demise of college sensation/would-be Boston Celtics savior Len Bias -- is a reworking by ...
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30 For 30: season 1, episode 4
"Muhammad And Larry"
October 27, 2009 - 08:10p.m.
The hook behind ESPN's 30 For 30 series -- and, to be frank, the main reason we're covering it here -- is that it presents compelling documentaries by name-brand directors that don't necessarily rely on a viewer's knowledge ...
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30 For 30: season 1, episode 3
“Small Potatoes: Who Killed The USFL?”
October 20, 2009 - 09:10p.m.
The first two weeks of 30 For 30 offered well-known fiction filmmakers trying their hand at documentaries, but tonight’s installment comes to us from an honest-to-goodness sports-doc veteran, Mike Tollin, whose directorial credits include the fine film Hank Aaron ...
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30 For 30: season 1, episode 2
"The Band That Wouldn't Die"
October 13, 2009 - 10:10p.m.
Two episodes of 30 for 30 are down now, and both episodes have been about small cities finding themselves distraught when a sporting monolith central to the city’s cultural identity leaves. Where “Kings Ransom” ended with ambivalence and a ...
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30 For 30: season 1, episode 1
"Kings Ransom"
October 6, 2009 - 10:10p.m.
My good friend Luke is from Edmonton, Alberta, one of those cities that pops up out of nowhere when you’re driving across North America’s great northern expanses, tall buildings that would be dwarfed in most other metropolises standing ...
