NaN/100 votesLoading...#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/100 votesLoading...#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.
Director: N/A
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#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: Suemay Oram
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - The New York Sack Exchange
Season 4 Episode 42 - Aired 12/13/2024
A nostalgic look back at the sensational defensive line of the 1980s New York Jets. This group of larger-than-life personalities not only terrorized quarterbacks but also captivated an entire city with their flamboyant style and relentless drive.
Director: Ken Rodgers
Writer: N/A
5.3/10708 votesLoading...#8 - 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
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5.9/10632 votesLoading...#9 - 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
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5.9/10127 votesLoading...#10 - 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.
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6.1/10635 votesLoading...#11 - 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
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6.1/10436 votesLoading...#12 - 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
6.1/10369 votesLoading...#13 - 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
6.1/10179 votesLoading...#14 - 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
6.3/10801 votesLoading...#15 - 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
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6.4/10835 votesLoading...#16 - 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
6.4/10630 votesLoading...#17 - 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
6.4/10613 votesLoading...#18 - 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
6.4/10373 votesLoading...#19 - 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
- 6.4/1079 votesLoading...
#20 - 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
- 6.4/1075 votesLoading...
#21 - 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
6.5/10944 votesLoading...#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
6.5/10604 votesLoading...#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
- 6.5/1076 votesLoading...
#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
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,...
Genre:Documentary
Network:ESPN
Worst Episodes Summary
"I'm Just Here for the Riot" is the worst rated episode of "30 for 30". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/4/2024. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "False Positive".
