30 For 30 - Season 1

A year ago, ESPN’s 30 For 30 series aired “The U,” a fast-paced, fascinating look at the meteoric rise and…

"The Best That Never Was" debuts tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.

What the hell has happened to 30 For 30? What started as an innovative, template-busting experiment in personal,…

When the 2010 baseball season reaches its end next week and sportswriters start to tell the story, it’ll likely be…

I was only a teenager at the time, but I remember vividly the shockwaves that rippled through the culture when Magic…

Last week’s 30 For 30 entry Four Days In October, about the Red Sox’ dramatic comeback against the Yankees into the…

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…

It’s been 30 years since 22-year-old Terry Fox, a Canadian athlete who had one leg amputated below the knee in a…

Like the best episodes of 30 For 30, the Barbara Kopple-directed “The House Of Steinbrenner” doesn’t stray too far…

"Unmatched" debuts tonight on ESPN at 8 p.m. Eastern.

As great as many of the documentaries in ESPN's 30 For 30 series have been, they often haven't succeeded in breaking…

"Little Big Men" debuts tonight on ESPN at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Because ESPN is so terrible at keeping 30 For 30 on at a consistent schedule, we're again running this review in…

Mat Hoffman is alive. Mat Hoffman is alive. Mat Hoffman is alive.

"The Two Escobars" airs tonight on ESPN at 9 p.m. Eastern. If you're unfamiliar with the stories of either Pablo…

As solid as the 30 For 30 series has been thus far, often the documentary filmmaking itself has been either…

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…

Unlike a lot of my critic pals, I actually liked Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, which may have been conventional in its…

During the height of the Tiger Woods scandal, I scratched my head over all the editorializing about whether Woods’…

One of the problems with sports culture is that it takes itself so incredibly seriously.  The way fans treat a…