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30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history. This currently includes four "volumes" of 30

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 4 - Muhammad and Larry
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    #1 - Muhammad and Larry

    S1:E4

    A look at the October 1980 Muhammad Ali–Larry Holmes fight and its impact on both fighters, featuring fresh interviews with participants and previously unseen lead-up footage from both fighters' camps.

    Directors:Bradley Kaplan, Albert Maysles
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 6 - The Legend of Jimmy the Greek
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    #2 - The Legend of Jimmy the Greek

    S1:E6

    The life of Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, from his career as a Las Vegas bookmaker to his tenure on The NFL Today, from which he was fired in 1988.

    Director:Fritz Mitchell
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 8 - Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks
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    #3 - Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks

    S1:E8

    The impact of Indiana Pacer Reggie Miller on the New York Knicks in the 1990s, specifically focusing on the Pacers/Knicks battles in the 1994 and 1995 NBA Playoffs and on Miller's interaction with Knicks fan Spike Lee.

    Director:Dan Klores
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 9 - Guru of Go
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    #4 - Guru of Go

    S1:E9

    A profile of Paul Westhead's coaching tenure at Loyola Marymount University (1985–1990), where his Lions' team was known for its high-scoring run-and-gun offense, use of talented players such as Bo Kimble and Hank Gathers, and a pall cast by Gathers's on-court death in 1990.

    Director:Bill Couturié
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 11 - Silly Little Game
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    #5 - Silly Little Game

    S1:E11

    Meeting at New York City's La Rotisserie Francaise restaurant in 1980, a group of writers and academics develop Rotisserie Fantasy baseball, only to see it take off in popularity and leave them behind.

    Directors:Adam Kurland, Lucas Jansen
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 13 - The 16th Man
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    #6 - The 16th Man

    S1:E13

    How hosting (and winning) the 1995 Rugby World Cup, combined with Nelson Mandela's support of the Springboks national team, affected post-apartheid South Africa.

    Director:Cliff Bestall
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 19 - Little Big Men
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    #7 - Little Big Men

    S1:E19

    A look at the Kirkland National Little League team's success at the 1982 Little League World Series, examining why their title win is considered one of the biggest upsets in the event's history.

    Director:Al Szymanski
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 21 - Unmatched
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    #8 - Unmatched

    S1:E21

    A look at the rivalry and friendship between tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.

    Directors:Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern Winters
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 22 - The House of Steinbrenner
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    #9 - The House of Steinbrenner

    S1:E22

    The legacy of George Steinbrenner's ownership of the New York Yankees.

    Director:Barbara Kopple
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 24 - Four Days In October
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    #10 - Four Days In October

    S1:E24

    The remarkable comeback of the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS.

    Director:Gary Waksman
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 25 - Once Brothers
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    #11 - Once Brothers

    S1:E25

    The story of Croatian Dražen Petrović and Serbian Vlade Divac, NBA players and Yugoslavian national teammates, and how upheaval in their homeland adversely and irretrievably affected their friendship. (90 minutes in length)

    Director:Michael Tolajian
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 27 - Fernando Nation
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    #12 - Fernando Nation

    S1:E27

    The euphoria created by Fernando Valenzuela's 1981 arrival with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

    Director:Cruz Angeles
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 28 - Marion Jones: Press Pause
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    #13 - Marion Jones: Press Pause

    S1:E28

    The successful track and field career of Marion Jones, her 2007 admission of performance-enhancing drug use, and subsequent prison sentence.

    Director:John Singleton
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 29 - The Best that Never Was
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    #14 - The Best that Never Was

    S1:E29

    The 1981 recruiting of high school football player Marcus Dupree by multiple big-time college programs, his resulting injury-prone college and professional career, and how his pursuit by college and USFL teams changed the recruiting process. (2 hours in length)

    Director:Jonathan Hock
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. 30 for 30 Season 1 Episode 30 - Pony Excess
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    #15 - Pony Excess

    S1:E30

    The rise, fall, and rebirth of the SMU Mustangs football program, which received a 1-year "death penalty" for major infractions after former SMU player David Stanley blew the whistle on the long-suspected program. Patrick Duffy, known for starring in TV's Dallas at the time of the scandal, narrates. (2 hours in length)

    Director:Thaddeus D. Matula
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 2 - 9.79*
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    #16 - 9.79*

    S2:E2

    A profile of the Men's 100-meter final at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the lives of the eight men who participated, including Ben Johnson (whose world record of 9.79 seconds was annulled after he tested positive for anabolic steroids) and Carl Lewis (who was awarded the gold medal after Johnson's disqualification).

    Director:Daniel Gordon
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 3 - There's No Place Like Home
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    #17 - There's No Place Like Home

    S2:E3

    The story of one fan's obsessive quest to purchase, at a 2010 auction, James Naismith's original rules of basketball, perhaps the most important historical document in American sports history, and to bring it "home" to Lawrence, Kansas, where Naismith taught and coached at the University of Kansas for 39 years. (70 mins in length)

    Directors:Josh Swade, Maura Mandt
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 5 - Ghosts of Ole Miss
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    #18 - Ghosts of Ole Miss

    S2:E5

    Mississippi native Wright Thompson explores tumultuous events of 1962, when the University of Mississippi campus both erupted in violence over integration and swelled with pride over its unbeaten football team, and how those incidents continue to shape the state 50 years later. (60 mins in length)

    Director:Fritz Mitchell
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 6 - You Don't Know Bo
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    #19 - You Don't Know Bo

    S2:E6

    A profile of Bo Jackson and how his college and professional feats in two sports (baseball and football) captured the public's imagination and made Jackson a cultural (and marketing) icon.

    Director:Michael Bonfiglio
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 7 - Survive and Advance
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    #20 - Survive and Advance

    S2:E7

    A look at the NC State Wolfpack men's basketball team's successful and improbable championship runs through the 1983 ACC and the 1983 NCAA tournaments. (2 hrs in length)

    Director:Jonathan Hock
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 8 - Elway to Marino
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    #21 - Elway to Marino

    S2:E8

    A look at the 1983 NFL Draft and the six quarterbacks taken in its first round, specifically John Elway (the first overall pick) and Dan Marino (the last QB picked in Round 1). The film features the recollections of Martin Demoff, the agent for both Elway and Marino, who shares a personal diary he kept to chronicle teams' interest in his two future-Hall of Fame clients. This includes the indecision the Baltimore Colts had with drafting Elway with the first pick or trading it away, and how Marino's selection status plummeted after recording weaker senior year statistics and rumors of recreational drug use.

    Director:Ken Rodgers
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 10 - Free Spirits
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    #22 - Free Spirits

    S2:E10

    The story of the colorful figures who made up the American Basketball Association's Spirits of St. Louis, and how Spirits owners Ozzie and Daniel Silna, with their team about to be left out in the ABA's merger with the NBA, managed to negotiate a deal that allowed the brothers' involvement in pro basketball to continue in a most unusual fashion. (60 mins in length)

    Director:Daniel H. Forer
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 11 - No Mas
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    #23 - No Mas

    S2:E11

    An inside look at the two boxing matches between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán in the 1980s, with insight from boxing experts, family members and the two fighters themselves.

    Director:Eric Drath
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 13 - This is What They Want
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    #24 - This is What They Want

    S2:E13

    The story of a 39-year-old Jimmy Connors and his unexpected and extraordinary underdog run at the 1991 US Open, where he played as a wildcard entrant and reached the semifinals of the men's singles draw.

    Directors:David Levien, Brian Koppelman
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. 30 for 30 Season 2 Episode 14 - Bernie and Ernie
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    #25 - Bernie and Ernie

    S2:E14

    A profile of Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld, their decades-long friendship, and their on-court partnership on the University of Tennessee basketball team, better known as the "Ernie and Bernie Show".

    Director:Jason Hehir
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Muhammad and Larry" is the worst rated episode of "30 for 30". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Bradley Kaplan, Albert Maysles and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/27/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Legend of Jimmy the Greek".