ESPN 30 for 30 Documentaries

Anyone been watching these?

There's been some awesome ones, have just finished watching 'The Two Escobars' which was brilliant, anyway here's the full list of what's been aired and what's still to come, they are all available on torrent sites:

King's Ransom
The 1988 trade of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings and the effect it had on both Gretzky and Edmonton.

The Band that Wouldn't Die
A profile of Baltimore's love affair with football and the Colts, focusing on the Colts Marching Band. After the team decamped for Indianapolis in 1984, the band remained in Baltimore and helped promote the eventual return of the NFL to the city.

Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
Fresh interviews and archival footage track the life and demise of the United States Football League in the mid 1980s. One interview, conducted by Tollin, is with Donald Trump, the former New Jersey Generals owner whose post-interview comments on the league give this documentary its title.

Muhammad and Larry
A look at the 1980 fight between Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, where Holmes beat Ali, and its impact features behind-the-scenes footage during the build-up to the fight and new interviews of some of the participants.

Without Bias
The death of Len Bias, from a cocaine overdose, two days after Boston selected him in the 1986 NBA Draft.

The Legend of Jimmy the Greek
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.

The U
The racial and cultural evolution of Miami during the 1980s as represented within the University of Miami football team.

Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks
The impact of Reggie Miller on the New York Knicks in the 1990s, specifically focusing on the 1995 NBA Playoffs and Miller's interaction with Knicks fan Spike Lee.

Guru of Go
Paul Westhead's coaching tenure at Loyola Marymount University (1985-1990) features his high-scoring run-and-gun offense and players such as Bo Kimble and Hank Gathers.

No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
The 1993 trial of Hampton, Virginia, high-school athlete Allen Iverson, convicted for his role in a racially-tinged melee, and its impact on both the community and on Iverson's life.

Silly Little Game
How a group of writers and academics developed Rotisserie Fantasy baseball, at La Rotisserie Francaise in New York City, only to see it take off and ultimately leave them behind.

Run Ricky Run
The period in Ricky Williams' life when he left football, in 2004, and ruined his reputation, before ultimately redeeming himself.

The 16th Man
How hosting (and winning) the 1995 Rugby World Cup and Nelson Mandela's support of the Springboks national team affected post-apartheid South Africa.

Straight Outta L.A.
The relationship between the Raiders and the gangsta rap culture in Los Angeles during the team's 13 seasons in L.A. (1982-1994).

June 17, 1994
Quick-cut archival montages capture the various sporting events on the day in question and the emotions they generated, with O. J. Simpson's run from the police overshadowing all else.

The Two Escobars
The lives of soccer player Andrés Escobar and drug lord Pablo Escobar; the intertwining of crime and soccer in their native Colombia; and the connections between the murders of both men.

The Birth of Big Air
The life of Mat Hoffman and his career spent advancing BMX riding, beginning in 1985.

Yet to air:

Into the Wind
How Terry Fox's attempt to run across Canada in support of fundraising for cancer research captured the attention of his fellow Canadians.

Jordan Rides the Bus
Michael Jordan's October 6, 1993, retirement from basketball and brief career in baseball.

Charismatic
Charismatic's run at the 1999 Triple Crown.

Steve Bartman: Catching Hell
The relationship between Chicago Cubs fans and Steve Bartman following Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series.

Unmatched
The friendship and rivalry of Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.

One Night in Vegas
The night of September 7, 1996, when Tupac Shakur was shot after attending the Mike Tyson - Bruce Seldon fight. Also, the friendship between Shakur and Tyson.

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

The House of Steinbrenner
The tenure of George Steinbrenner as owner of the New York Yankees.

Right To Play
The life of Olympic gold medal-winning speed skater Johann Olav Koss who, following his career, founded Right To Play in 2003.

The Best That Never Was
The 1981 recruiting of high school football player Marcus Dupree by multiple big-time college programs, his resulting career, and how his recruitment changed the recruiting process.

Little Big Men
The Kirkland National Little League team from Kirkland, Washington won the 1982 Little League World Series, pulling off one of the biggest upsets in the event's history.

Tim Richmond: To the Limit
The life of NASCAR driver Tim Richmond, and his 1989 death from AIDS.

Plus One more TBA.

There's also 'I Scored a Goal' which I thought was part of this but is obviously separate since it's not on the list. It's playing on ESPN right now and covers the goals scored in every World Cup final going back to 1950. Quite an interesting format as it's as though every game is being played simultaneously and jumps between the games as the goals are scored as they interview goal scorers and opposition players about what that moment meant for them.

Looks cool... might check

I love those "I scored a goal in a world cup final!"

Esp that uruguayan in 1950 in the maracana

Geoff Hurst was quite funny too, with time up Bobby Moore whacked the ball forward and he had a clear run on goal (this when England were 3-2 up), he said he intended to run it down as close to the goal as he could before smashing it into the stands because by the time they got the ball back the game would be over. He hit it left footed without really aiming and it ended up in the top corner of the goal, thus scoring the only hat trick in the World Cup Final. Quite funny to hear a player admit to that when no one had ever suggested he didn't mean to score.

Also Sir Alf Ramsay's team talk after the Germans had equalised to take it into extra time was fairly legendary according to Martin Peters (the other English goalscorer). He walked over told Bobby Charlton to get up and demaned the players stay on their feet to show the Germans they were strong (the German's were buggared and all lying down) then he said you've just won this match once, go out there and win it again.

So far have watched:
Straight Outta LA
The U
June 17 1994
Trial of Allen Iverson

All really really good. Particually rated Straight Outta LA, it's directed by Ice Cube, and draws paralells between the rising popularity of the Raiders in LA, and the time NWA started the trend of wearing Raiders merch. Esp the bit where merch sales went from something like 300m/yr to 3 BILLION/yr.

Have virtually all of the others waiting there to watch too. Reminded me to grab Two Escobars. (Note Escobars is playing at NZFF)

Escobars was on ESPN on Saturday... was pretty damn good