FTA-TV ESPN's 30 for 30 doco's

[Santana]

Another good one. What a waste of talent. Very sad at the end when the director brings up Dupree's brother.

 

[Warsaw]

Gotta look out for the Steve Bartman and the Cubs one. Not in the current series, but one to look out for next year.

 

[flight23]

Just saw "The Best That Never Was" about American Football player Marcus Dupree. Probably the best one i've seen yet.

definitely up there

some of the shit from the 70's and 80's in sport was just crazy, across the board

 

[djrossie16]

Another good one. What a waste of talent. Very sad at the end when the director brings up Dupree's brother.

Yeah agree with this teared up myself. I will say that it was inspirational the way

Spoiler

he fought back to finally play in the NFL

 

[flight23]

when he went back to his moms (or grandmas, can't remember) house and was dusting off all the old trophies was just heart breaking

dude you could have been immortal, just a sad story, really liked him though

 

[pumpter]

Just saw "The Best That Never Was" about American Football player Marcus Dupree. Probably the best one i've seen yet.

Brilliant series. I despise Gridiron, but have now watched 3 Gridiron related 30 for 30 doco's (Dupree, Uni of Miami, and Ricky), and i couldn't drag myself away from any of them, despite having no interest in the game.

The Depree doco was sad. Just a simple country kid, exploited by family/friends with some stupid advice.

 

[Damon_3388]

has the gretzky one been on espn?

I remember watching it on there a couple of months back.

 

[djrossie16]

I teared up a bit at the latest one on espn about Terry Fox. Makes what Shane Crawford did seem tame in comparison now. (no diss on crawf though).

 

[TheStinger]

I teared up a bit at the latest one on espn about Terry Fox.

I knew of the story but had never really seen any of the footage. Was a very hard documentary to watch but very rewarding. Inspirational guy.

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

Here is the genesis of the 30 for 30 series, an essay from Bill Simmons.

I love Bill Simmons, best sports writer going. I constantly check the ESPN site on my phone for any of his NBA articles

 

[samwise]

Does anyone know where I can download these?
I've got the first 10 episodes as well as the 16th man, Straight Outta L.A., The 2 Escobars, Once Brothers and Marion Jones.
Cant find any of the others so I'd really appreciate any because they are all amazing!!

 

[billyboutsis]

The last Yugoslav team was shown again during the world cup

 

[flight23]

Does anyone know where I can download these?
I've got the first 10 episodes as well as the 16th man, Straight Outta L.A., The 2 Escobars, Once Brothers and Marion Jones.
Cant find any of the others so I'd really appreciate any because they are all amazing!!

theres a few more on pirate bay

i watched the iverson one on youtube as well

 

[samwise]

theres a few more on pirate bay

i watched the iverson one on youtube as well

I could only find "Into The Wind" besides the ones I already have. But any find is good so thanks.

 

[Rick18]

Demonoid have every episode if you have an account there.

 

[samwise]

Demonoid have every episode if you have an account there.

Sadly I do not. Invite anyone?

 

[DB10]

they're being released on DVD now.

surprised they haven't been ripped already.

 

[trueblue_91]

most amazing docos!

i have watched into the wind, without bias, straight out of LA and the 16th man. Fantastic docos so inspiring and tragic

Really want to see the following ones

- The two escobars
- once brothers
- the best that never was

but really want to see them all

 

[flight23]

Bill simmons commentated the NBA the other day (and he was bloody good too) and he was speaking about how great it was (not because it was his idea) said his fav was the dupree one, which i think is the "best that never was" one, just for the randomness of it

bills the goddam man

 

[sblack]

Im slowly downloading these. Found a couple of 720p versions too

Most recent was 'King's Random' on The Wayne Gretzky trade between the Oilers and Kings.

I have watched

- No Crossover (Iverson)
- Without Bias
- Winning Time (Reggie Miller)
- Once Brothers
- One Night in Vegas
- Run Ricky Run
- The U

Also watched, The Two Escobars on ESPN a while back. Don't have a copy of that yet.

'The U' is very good if you haven't already watched it. Same with One Night in Vegas. Love Nas in it, doing his spoken word parts.

 

[Faithful Hawk]

most amazing docos!

i have watched into the wind, without bias, straight out of LA and the 16th man. Fantastic docos so inspiring and tragic

Really want to see the following ones

- The two escobars
- once brothers
- the best that never wasbut really want to see them all

I have watched both of those in the last 2 weeks and they are top notch.
Have watched about 7-8 all up so far and have enjoyed them all will definately look for the DVD set when it is released.

 

[NSWCROW]

Got round to watching " THE 16th MAN " yesterday.
Brilliant.

 

[trueblue_91]

just watched once brothers

Amazing and tragic at the same time. Such a sad story

 

[Santana]

Enjoyed "Pony Excess" that was just on. Never knew that much about SMU before this.

 

[flight23]

the pony ecxess was what 30 for 30 is all about, amazing story, too high, too low and then redemption

was one of the longer ones but i was enthralled from start to finish