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30 For 30: "Pony Exce$$"
A year ago, ESPN’s 30 For 30 series aired “The U,” a fast-paced, fascinating look at the meteoric rise and embarrassing…
30 For 30 - Season 1
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30 For 30: "The Best That Never Was"
"The Best That Never Was" debuts tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
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30 For 30: "Marion Jones: Press Pause"
What the hell has happened to 30 For 30? What started as an innovative, template-busting experiment in personal,…
B
30 For 30: “Fernando Nation”
When the 2010 baseball season reaches its end next week and sportswriters start to tell the story, it’ll likely be…
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30 For 30: "Tim Richmond: To The Limit"
I was only a teenager at the time, but I remember vividly the shockwaves that rippled through the culture when Magic…
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30 For 30: "Once Brothers"
Last week’s 30 For 30 entry Four Days In October, about the Red Sox’ dramatic comeback against the Yankees into the…
C
30 For 30: "Four Days in October"
Remember all the way back in 2004, when the Red Sox were down 3-0 to the Yankees in the ALCS, and rallied to win the…
B+
30 For 30: "Into The Wind"
It’s been 30 years since 22-year-old Terry Fox, a Canadian athlete who had one leg amputated below the knee in a cancer…
B+
30 For 30: “The House Of Steinbrenner”
Like the best episodes of 30 For 30, the Barbara Kopple-directed “The House Of Steinbrenner” doesn’t stray too far from…
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B
30 For 30: "One Night In Vegas"
As great as many of the documentaries in ESPN's 30 For 30 series have been, they often haven't succeeded in breaking…
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30 For 30: "Jordan Rides the Bus"
Because ESPN is so terrible at keeping 30 For 30 on at a consistent schedule, we're again running this review in…
B+
30 For 30: "The Birth Of Big Air"
Mat Hoffman is alive. Mat Hoffman is alive. Mat Hoffman is alive.
A
30 For 30: "The Two Escobars"
"The Two Escobars" airs tonight on ESPN at 9 p.m. Eastern. If you're unfamiliar with the stories of either Pablo…
A
30 For 30: “June 17, 1994”
As solid as the 30 For 30 series has been thus far, often the documentary filmmaking itself has been either…
B
30 For 30: "Straight Outta L.A."
I'm currently on a road trip around the U.S.; in fact, I just finished watching the latest episode of ESPN's 30 For 30…
B
30 For 30: “The 16th Man”
Unlike a lot of my critic pals, I actually liked Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, which may have been conventional in its…
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30 For 30: “Run Ricky Run”
During the height of the Tiger Woods scandal, I scratched my head over all the editorializing about whether Woods’…
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30 For 30: "Silly Little Game"
One of the problems with sports culture is that it takes itself so incredibly seriously. The way fans treat a series…