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2nd volume of ESPN's 30 for 30

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  1. sponge1430 sponge1430 is online now

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    May 15th, 2012 (5/15/2012 7:45pm)

    http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...entary-series/

    The new full-length documentaries will include films about the North Carolina State basketball team that won the N.C.A.A. men’s championship in 1983; the 100-meter final at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul whose winner, Ben Johnson, tested positive for steroids; Bo Jackson, the athletic marvel who played baseball and football and starred in the “Bo Knows” series of Nike ads.

    Two films that made their debut at the Tribeca Film Festival are also on the roster: “Benji,” about a high school basketball star in Chicago who was murdered in 1984, and “Broke,” about athletes who lose their fortunes.

    http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...-our-attention
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    May 15th, 2012 (5/15/2012 7:49pm) in reply to sponge1430

    niceee, looking forward to the NCSU and Bo Jackson eps
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    May 15th, 2012 (5/15/2012 7:57pm) in reply to Glo4m

    loved the 30 for 30 series. favorite episode so far was the one with vlade divac and drazen petrovic

    looking forward to the new episodes
    Edited By: jolvlomma May 15th, 2012 at 07:59 PM
    Reason: petrovic
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    May 15th, 2012 (5/15/2012 7:58pm) in reply to jolvlomma

    one of my faves was marijuanavich, but im a raiders fan so im biased
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    May 15th, 2012 (5/15/2012 8:05pm) in reply to Glo4m

    Unguarded was a great one as well. Interested in seeing how these shorts go. Liked the one on Pete Rose.
     
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    May 15th, 2012 (5/15/2012 10:32pm) in reply to mdshack14

    Several of them have been very good. Really interested to see the Ben Johnson one. doubt they expose that fraud Carl Lewis, but who knows?
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 12:38am) in reply to Milo

    The Canadian media will be all over the Ben Johnson story. It was one of the very dark moments in Canadian Sports History.
    Edited By: TMLMS13 May 16th, 2012 at 12:39 AM
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 12:41am) in reply to TMLMS13

    The U, The Two Escobars (even though i hate soccer), Bartman, and Miller Time were all top-top for me.
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 12:42am) in reply to Glo4m

     
    Originally Posted by Glo4m View Post

    one of my faves was marijuanavich, but im a raiders fan so im biased

    Same here which is also why I can't wait for the Bo Jackson episode. I was at the game he went down. I can only imagine how many records he would have broke if he played a full career.
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 1:33am) in reply to Z-Fresh

    The Two Escobars, Once Brothers (Divac and Petrovic), and Unguarded (Chris Herren's story) are easily my favorites. ESPN 30 for 30 has been a huge success imo, and I can't wait for these new episodes.
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 1:38am) in reply to Superleggera

    The mini vid from Simmons' article yesterday about Pete Rose was fairly sad. I love how Pete says "You can take pictures for free behind the rope" but then the sign in front of the shop in the Forum Shoppes says "no photos/videos" and his little entourage there got in my way and wouldn't let me take pics without paying money when I was there last. Then Pete refused to sign a baseball "Always bet on Red" so I bounced...

    I think he should be in the HOF, but to be honest his display in Cooperstown is more interesting than most already.
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 1:40am) in reply to zander

    wow how the fuck did i forget about The Fab Five as well? the red sox 2004 one was enjoyable for the yankee hater in me, but didn't have enough new material, was mostly just replaying game footage and showing people going ape shit in bars.
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 2:43am) in reply to marc1313

     
    Originally Posted by marc1313 View Post

    The U, The Two Escobars (even though i hate soccer), Bartman, and Miller Time were all top-top for me.


    Miller Time and it's not even close!!!
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 3:20am) in reply to Movetime99

    1. The Star That Never Was: Marcus DuPree story
    1. The Fab Five
    3. Unguarded: Chris Herren
    4. Miller Time
    5. Todd Marinovich
    6. Birth of Big Air
    7. The U
    8. Vlade/Drazen
    9. Fernando Valenzuela
    10. Bartman
    11. Into the Wind: Terry Fox

    The rest were meh-

    Looking forward too all of the new 30 for 30 shows!
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 4:26am) in reply to ImaBustYou

    run ricky run was sweet
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 6:46am) in reply to sirswish6

    Two Escobars, The U, Dupree, Bartman, Petrovic were all amazing. Also incredible was Senna, which wasn't technically part of the collection but is for all intensive porpoises the same thing. Am quite excited to see most of the new ones and I like the idea of shorts even if Pete Rose was meh.
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 6:55am) in reply to zander

    Dupree was one of my favorites as well
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 6:44pm) in reply to curiousgeorge

    Top 5
    1. Two Escobars
    2. The best that never was.
    3. Once brothers
    4. Winning time
    5. Run Rickey run
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 9:14pm) in reply to zander

     
    Originally Posted by zander View Post

    The mini vid from Simmons' article yesterday about Pete Rose was fairly sad. I love how Pete says "You can take pictures for free behind the rope" but then the sign in front of the shop in the Forum Shoppes says "no photos/videos" and his little entourage there got in my way and wouldn't let me take pics without paying money when I was there last. Then Pete refused to sign a baseball "Always bet on Red" so I bounced...

    I think he should be in the HOF, but to be honest his display in Cooperstown is more interesting than most already.

    stumbled into that shop once when i had some time to kill before one of the caesars poker tournies. there was some game on and i started talking about it casually with him, and he was being the biggest prick imaginable. i didn't even realize it was him until i turned to look and was like holy fuck that's pete rose, holy fuck he's a prick. guess he lost a shit ton of money on that game.
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    May 16th, 2012 (5/16/2012 9:20pm) in reply to sirswish6

     
    Originally Posted by sirswish6 View Post

    run ricky run was sweet

    except he had all those crumbs in his beard when he was doing the interview
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