All Episodes of 30 for 30 - ESPN Films
Browse all episodes of 30 for 30 - ESPN Films
Season 1
8.0/101,287 votesLoading...The Fab Five
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/13/2011
The story of the 1991 Michigan men's basketball recruiting class, called the Fab Five, one of whom (Chris Webber) was later involved in a notorious pay-for-play scandal.
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8.0/1056 votesLoading...Catching Hell
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2011
The relationship between Chicago Cubs fans and Steve Bartman following Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series.
Director: Alex Gibney
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6.4/1026 votesLoading...Renee
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2011
The film tells the story of Renee Richard's battle to enter the 1977 U.S. Open as the first transgender tennis player. Simultaneously, it follows her today as she struggles to cope with a life of contradictions and personal conflict.
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6.6/1015 votesLoading...The Dotted Line
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2011
Sports agents Peter Greenberg and Eugene Lee are profiled with their clients Johan Santana, Jacquian Williams and Robert Hughes.
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Charismatic
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2011
In June of 1999 an unlikely colt named Charismatic, with down and out jockey Chris Antley aboard, headed down the stretch at the Belmont Stakes, just seconds away from becoming the first Triple Crown winner in nearly 21 years.
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- 7.4/1037 votesLoading...
The Real Rocky
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2011
A profile of Chuck Wepner, the original inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa character, and how the glory of Rocky eluded Wepner as he took several strange turns in an effort to stay in the spotlight.
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8.0/1043 votesLoading...Unguarded
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2011
The story of Chris Herren, a high school basketball star and NBA player; his career-long struggles with drug abuse; and his ultimate discovery of redemption and personal fulfillment through the game.
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- 7.2/1029 votesLoading...
Roll Tide/War Eagle
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2011
The continuing rivalry between Auburn University and the University of Alabama, focusing on the history between the two programs, the bad blood between their fans, and how this intense rivalry came to a pinnacle, just when they ended up needing each other most.
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- 7.4/10321 votesLoading...
The Marinovich Project
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2011
From birth, Todd Marinovich was raised with a defined purpose of creating the perfect athlete. Trained by his father Marv, a former pro football player, the young Marinovich was meticulously engineered and nurtured into a star quarterback. But three short years later he was out of the NFL.
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Goose
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/26/2012
The life of Reece "Goose" Tatum who played in Negro League baseball and was an original member of the legendary Harlem Globetrotters.
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- 7.7/1065 votesLoading...
Magic Johnson: The Announcement
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/11/2012
On Thursday, Nov. 7, 1991, Earvin "Magic" Johnson made people stop and watch at the Forum in Inglewood, California. The 32-year-old ground-breaking point guard was holding a press conference to make the stunning announcement that he was HIV-positive.
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26 Years: The Dewey Bozella Story
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/2012
Life of Dewey Bozella and his 26 years behind bars, where he found strength and purpose through boxing, and his goal to be proven innocent and box professionally once he was released.
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- 7.2/1030 votesLoading...
Right to Play
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2012
The story of Norwegian speed-skating gold medalist Johann Olav Koss, who founded the non-profit organization, Right to Play, which brings sports children in third-world and war-torn countries.
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