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ESPN to announce new round of "30 for 30" films

Posted on 5/15/12 at 7:55 am
Posted by CFBFAN1121
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 7:55 am
Per the article, they will be called "30 for 30" since everybody referred to them that way anyway



Films I think are noteworthy are Pete Rose gambling and Ben Johnson's steroid scandal.

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Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 7:57 am to
No Dream Team?

bullshite
Posted by Elleshoe
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 7:59 am to
the Lee-Jefferson saga should be a nice one.
Posted by GeauxAggie972
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:03 am to
Interested in the Bo Jackson one since I idolized him as a kid
Posted by TH03
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Posted by Prominentwon
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:06 am to
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Bo Jackson, the athletic marvel who played baseball and football and starred in the “Bo Knows” series of Nike ads.


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Posted by classictiger
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:13 am to
I think "broke" (about athletes who lose their fortunes) is way overdue. That one should be really interesting.
Posted by RedHawk
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:14 am to
These documentaries are the best thing ESPN has ever did.
Posted by Sophandros
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:15 am to
FACT: 30 for 30 and actual games are the only reasons to watch ESPN these days.
Posted by 12
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:21 am to
Are they all going to include the black guy playing the piano?

:inb4thatwasnot30for30:
Posted by audodger
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:22 am to
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Bo Jackson, the athletic marvel who played baseball and football and starred in the “Bo Knows” series of Nike ads.


Posted by gabe311
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:35 am to
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Interested in the Bo Jackson one since I idolized him as a kid


I had this poster on my wall growing up:

Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:36 am to
They need to do one of the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry of the early to mid 90s
Posted by Rohan2Reed
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:41 am to
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Films I think are noteworthy are Pete Rose gambling


It says that's just going to be a short film. I heard a 40-minute interview with Pete Rose on XM a few months back that was fricking phenomenal. Wish they would post it online somewhere.
Posted by lsutigers1992
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:41 am to
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They need to do one of the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry of the early to mid 90s


I'm pretty sure they can't do anything directly NFL related because the NFL and NFL Films won't let them.

They had some indirectly related like Marcus DuPree and Todd Marinovich, but that's about it.
Posted by LSU fan 246
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 8:47 am to
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Mr. Schell said that “30 for 30” — which attracted an average of 1.2 million viewers for the initial showings of the documentaries — became a brand that was worth extending.


This leads me to believe that a lot of them will suck. I hope they dont but its espn and they are going to milk the shite out of this.

The going broke doc could be good but i have a feeling it will be something like The U documentary. I mean what is there to tell? They get 20-30 million or more over the course of a few years and they blow it on cars,houses,pussy, and an entourage. Not exactly something eye opening or surprising.
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Posted by RollTide1987
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 9:11 am to
That probably explains the tweet from one of the Alabama players that ESPN was going to do a 30 for 30 documentary on the program. I believe that tweet was made a week or two ago.

He deleted it pretty quickly, too.
This post was edited on 5/15/12 at 9:12 am
Posted by lsuhunt555
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Posted on 5/15/12 at 9:13 am to
quote:

FACT: 30 for 30 and actual games are the only reasons to watch ESPN these days.


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