ESPN 30 for 30 Discussion Thread

[TripleCrown9]

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Looking forward to those. I'm curious about the Duke one, as to how they present it.

Also curious about the OJ thing.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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The one about the Magic seems random. Would've rather they did one on those early 2000s Kings teams instead.

[jasontoddwhitt]

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Those Magic teams with Penny and Shaq were great. At least they made the Finals, something those 2000 Kings teams never did (though I was rooting for them).

[Jeffx]

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I watched Requiem for the Big East yesterday morning and it was awesome. I wasn't around to see any of that really unfold so it was awesome to really understand why the Big East was the Big East. I'm actually not really a college basketball fan at all, but it still made me sad at the end when they showed Syracuse was leaving. Seemed like those guys really were close at the beginning. John Thompson in the sweater had me dead.

To me, the Big East heyday was the best era for college basketball. Too bad you younger fans missed that, because the rivalries were intense, led by the Hoyas. IMO, they put the Big East on the map, going to three Final Fours. The Garden was REALLY jumping back then.

...and look at the talent on the court for that classic 1982 championship game between Georgetown and North Carolina. Amazing.

[JayBee74]

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The ’85 Bears,” directed by Emmy Award winner Jason Hehir (“The Fab Five”) and executive produced by Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley, will look at perhaps the most famous football team of all-time – the Super Bowl XX champion Chicago Bears – on the 30th anniversary of their epic triumph.

An entertaining group and arguably the greatest team in NFL history. I was in between teams in '85, with the Colts leaving Baltimore, and not yet a Saints fan, and from early in the season I was pulling for them to win it all. That defense was so dominating and so fun to watch.

The SuperBowl Shuffle was the ultimate in team arrogance and confidence, having been released three months prior to their SB win. Dan Hampton refused to participate.."He thought it may have been too arrogant."

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[DJ]

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Four Falls of Buffalo was really good. I grew up not too far from Buffalo and a lot of my friends are Bills fans (I'm a Giants fan). I vividly remember those teams and how passionate the fan base was at the time. Really something special to look back at.

[Bmore Irish]

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Fantastic Lies was excellent. I consider myself a pretty big advocate of the game of lacrosse, and have enjoyed playing and being a part of it for the better part of my life. This case was a big deal, and especially so in the lacrosse community, and it was fascinating watching this now, a decade later.

Definitely recommended viewing.

[Cusefan]

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Fantastic Lies was excellent. I consider myself a pretty big advocate of the game of lacrosse, and have enjoyed playing and being a part of it for the better part of my life. This case was a big deal, and especially so in the lacrosse community, and it was fascinating watching this now, a decade later.

Definitely recommended viewing.

It was very well done, I remember it very well and remember hearing about how it all ended for all parties involved but to see it put together like this was very satisfying. If you like a documentary that that has a good ending for the heroes and showcases the demise of the villians, this is a good one.

[areobee401]

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What's truly scary is the media today would be no less than 10x worse jumping to conclusions painting a picture to create headlines to sell papers and increase tv ratings than what they did back then. And in today's social media age. Jesus.

[CC]

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That was the best one I've seen in awhile.

[dickey1331]

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What's truly scary is the media today would be no less than 10x worse jumping to conclusions painting a picture to create headlines to sell papers and increase tv ratings than what they did back then. And in today's social media age. Jesus.

Totally agreed. This documentary is still very relevant in today's world.

[cjonesfan921]

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Excellent documentary.

It was incredibly fascinating to see the lengths that some would go through for self gain. I googled the prosecutor and learned that he had similar dealings in other cases.

[pietasterp]

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Excellent documentary.

It was incredibly fascinating to see the lengths that some would go through for self gain. I googled the prosecutor and learned that he had similar dealings in other cases.

Yeah, it really gives you a lot of faith in the good ol' American justice system, doesn't it? Heaven help you if you don't have significant resources to defend yourself like the Duke kids did....

[mb625]

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The U and The U Part 2 are still fantastic no matter how many times I've seen them.

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[redsox4evur]

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The U and The U Part 2 are still fantastic no matter how many times I've seen them.

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I think they are only two I have watched fully so far. And they were brilliant. Watched them for a class in college (sport society and ethics). I still have a couple I wanna watch including Broke, Of Miracles and Men, and the new Duke Lax one.