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Best Sports Documentaries

Posted on 5/2/11 at 6:05 pm
Posted by Stewie Griffin
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 5/2/11 at 6:05 pm
Just starting Ken Burns' Baseball, which has been great thus far.

Any other recs?

I'm thinking about writing a nonfiction book on some historical aspect of sports and could use some inspiration. I have the first volume of 30 for 30 and I'll probably order volume 2 here soon.

Posted by ellunchboxo
Gtown
Member since Feb 2009
18845 posts
Posted on 5/2/11 at 6:08 pm to
Check out some HBO docs.

The Bird/Magic and Lombardi ones were outstanding.
Posted by Superior Pariah
Member since Jun 2009
8457 posts
Posted on 5/2/11 at 6:09 pm to
Hoop Dreams

Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
Member since Jan 2011
68377 posts
Posted on 5/2/11 at 6:39 pm to
Unforgivable blackness:Rise & Fall of Jack Johnson
Pony Excess
The Best that never was
Posted by Afreaux
Conway Bayou
Member since Aug 2007
47019 posts
Posted on 5/2/11 at 6:52 pm to
Bigger Stronger Faster (Anabolic steroids and the American Dream)

Soul in the Hole (Greatest streetball player you've never known)

The Heart of the Game (Girls B-Ball team defies the odds)

When We Were Kings (Ali vs. Foreman in Zaire)
Posted by Vicks Kennel Club
29-24 #BlewDat
Member since Dec 2010
31085 posts
Posted on 5/2/11 at 7:54 pm to
My favorite 30 for 30 was Into the Wind, which was directed by Steve Nash. Maybe it meant a little more to me because I am runner though, but either way it was really good.
Posted by OBUDan
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
40723 posts
Posted on 5/2/11 at 8:02 pm to
Watching Ken Burns myself.

Inning By Inning about Augie Garrido is supposedly highly entertaining.

Tyson is supposedly really good.

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 is pretty good and includes commentary from Tommy Lee Jones.
Posted by PortCityTiger24
Member since Dec 2006
87455 posts
Posted on 5/3/11 at 6:28 am to
The Best that Never Was is probably the best sports doc that I've seen. It's almost perfect.
Posted by Escobar600
Member since Jan 2011
4777 posts
Posted on 5/3/11 at 8:08 am to
Year of the Bull

30 for 30 - The Two Escobars
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