The Worst Episodes of 30 for 30
Every episode of 30 for 30 ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of 30 for 30!
30 for 30 is the umbrella title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN and its sister networks and online properties. The series, which highlights people and events in the sports world that have generally received small amounts of attention, has featured two "volumes" of 30 episodes each, a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011-2012, and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "30 for 30" is "I'm Just Here for the Riot", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "I'm Just Here for the Riot" aired on 6/4/2024 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "False Positive".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - I'm Just Here for the Riot
Season 4 Episode 36 - Aired 6/4/2024
On June 15, 2011, the Canucks' Game 7 Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Boston Bruins sparks a massive riot in downtown Vancouver. Police cars are overturned and burned, windows are shattered, stores are looted, and waves of young people are caught up in the mayhem.
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NaN/10 0 votes#2 - False Positive
Season 4 Episode 37 - Aired 6/11/2024
Butch Reynolds was one of the biggest track and field stars in the world, a talent in his prime on top of his sport. But when he took a drug test in Monaco in the summer of 1990, his career was upended, and his life was forever changed.
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NaN/10 0 votes#3 - No Scope: The Story of FaZe Clan
Season 4 Episode 38 - Aired 7/1/2024
A history of Call of Duty clan turned esports organization FaZe Clan and their numerous tumultuous events throughout their decade-plus existence.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#4 - American Son
Season 4 Episode 39 - Aired 7/29/2024
A profile of Michael Chang, a Taiwanese-American tennis professional, and his 1989 French Open title win, including his upset over Ivan Lendl.
Director: N/A
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NaN/10 0 votes#5 - Dude Perfect: A very long shot
Season 4 Episode 40 - Aired 8/3/2024
A look at content creators Dude Perfect, going over their dramatic rise and the sacrifices they went through in the realm of sports-themed entertainment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#6 - Stolen Gold
Season 4 Episode 41 - Aired 9/17/2024
Ramón Torres confronts a deception within the Spanish basketball ID team he captained at the 2000 Summer Paralympics: Many of his teammates were revealed to not actually have intellectual disabilities (and were stripped of their gold-medal win as a result).
Director: N/A
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5.3/10 705 votes#7 - Marion Jones: Press Pause
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 11/2/2010
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: N/A
5.9/10 628 votes#8 - There's No Place Like Home
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2012
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)
Director: Maura Mandt, Josh Swade
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 124 votes#9 - The Greatest Mixtape Ever
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/31/2022
The documentary examines how 1990s streetball and the And1 Mixtape transformed basketball culture at large. In the late 1990s, a burgeoning young New York City DJ, Set Free, had the idea to set some grainy streetball highlights to a soundtrack of emerging rap music. The results culminated in what came to be known as the And1 Mixtape, a series of VHS tapes that forever transformed the game of basketball.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 633 votes#10 - One Night in Vegas
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/7/2010
The friendship of boxer Mike Tyson and rapper Tupac Shakur and the night of September 7, 1996, when Shakur was murdered after attending the Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight in Las Vegas.
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 432 votes#11 - Mike and the Mad Dog
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 7/13/2017
The careers of Mike Francesa and Chris Russo, their stormy 19-year partnership on New York City radio; and the duo's influence on their Big Apple audience and sports talk radio in general.
Director: Daniel H. Forer
Writer: N/A
6.2/10 365 votes#12 - The Good, The Bad, The Hungry
Season 3 Episode 32 - Aired 7/2/2019
A look at one of the biggest rivalries in sports, that of competitive eaters Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut.
Director: Nicole Lucas Haimes
Writer: N/A
6.2/10 176 votes#13 - The Infinite Race
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/2020
The story of the Tarahumara, an indigenous community in Mexico, famed for their legendary running ability, and their preference for running barefoot, who inspired an ultrarunning craze across the world, and what's happened as their homes and communities were ravaged by drug cartels and violence.
Director: Bernardo Ruiz
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 793 votes#14 - The House of Steinbrenner
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/21/2010
The legacy of George Steinbrenner's ownership of the New York Yankees.
Director: Barbara Kopple
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 827 votes#15 - Silly Little Game
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/20/2010
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.
Director: Adam Kurland, Lucas Jansen
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 628 votes#16 - Little Big Men
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/31/2010
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: N/A
6.4/10 611 votes#17 - Unmatched
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/14/2010
A look at the rivalry and friendship between tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.
Director: Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern Winters
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 364 votes#18 - The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius Part 1
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 9/27/2020
Part 1 of 4. The life of South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, from his childhood during the last days of apartheid, to worldwide celebrity as the first double-leg amputee to compete in the able-bodied Olympics, to his conviction for killing his girlfriend.
Director: Daniel Gordon
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10 75 votes
#19 - The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius Part 2
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/28/2020
Part 2 of 4. The life of South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, from his childhood during the last days of apartheid, to worldwide celebrity as the first double-leg amputee to compete in the able-bodied Olympics, to his conviction for killing his girlfriend.
Director: Daniel Gordon
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/10 71 votes
#20 - The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius Part 4
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 9/30/2020
Part 4 of 4. The life of South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, from his childhood during the last days of apartheid, to worldwide celebrity as the first double-leg amputee to compete in the able-bodied Olympics, to his conviction for killing his girlfriend.
Director: Daniel Gordon
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 112 votes#21 - Breakaway
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 7/13/2021
Maya Moore, one of women's basketball's most decorated players, stepped away from her sport to advocate for a man she believed to be wrongly imprisoned—a cause that changed her life in unexpected ways.
Director: Rudy Valdez
Writer: N/A
6.5/10 935 votes#22 - The Legend of Jimmy the Greek
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2009
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: N/A
6.5/10 602 votes#24 - Tim Richmond: To the Limit
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/19/2010
The career of NASCAR driver Tim Richmond, his flamboyant lifestyle, and his 1989 death from AIDS.
Director: Rory Karpf
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/10 71 votes
#25 - The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius Part 3
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 9/29/2020
Part 3 of 4. The life of South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius, from his childhood during the last days of apartheid, to worldwide celebrity as the first double-leg amputee to compete in the able-bodied Olympics, to his conviction for killing his girlfriend.
Director: Daniel Gordon
Writer: N/A
