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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!

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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".

  • I'm Just Here for the Riot
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • False Positive
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • No Scope: The Story of FaZe Clan
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • American Son
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Dude Perfect: A very long shot
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    #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

  • Stolen Gold
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    #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

    Writer: N/A

  • Marion Jones: Press Pause
    5.3/10707 votes
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    #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

  • There's No Place Like Home
    5.9/10629 votes
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    #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

  • The Greatest Mixtape Ever
    5.9/10126 votes
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    #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

  • One Night in Vegas
    6.1/10634 votes
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    #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

  • Mike and the Mad Dog
    6.1/10434 votes
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    #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

  • The Good, The Bad, The Hungry
    6.1/10367 votes
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    #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

  • The Infinite Race
    6.2/10177 votes
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    #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

  • The House of Steinbrenner
    6.3/10800 votes
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    #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

  • Silly Little Game
    6.4/10833 votes
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    #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

  • Little Big Men
    6.4/10629 votes
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    #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

  • Unmatched
    6.4/10612 votes
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    #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

  • The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius Part 1
    6.4/10372 votes
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    #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

  • The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius Part 4
    6.4/1074 votes
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    #19 - 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

  • The Legend of Jimmy the Greek
    6.5/10939 votes
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    #20 - 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

  • Straight Outta L.A.
    6.5/101,115 votes
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    #21 - Straight Outta L.A.

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/11/2010

    The relationship between the Raiders and the minority fan base in Los Angeles during the team's 13 seasons in L.A.

    Director: Ice Cube

    Writer: N/A

  • Tim Richmond: To the Limit
    6.5/10603 votes
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    #22 - 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

  • The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius Part 2
    6.5/1078 votes
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    #23 - 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

  • The Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius Part 3
    6.5/1074 votes
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    #24 - 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

  • Breakaway
    6.5/10113 votes
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    #25 - 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