30 for 30

If you are like me and 75% of America you have seen at least one episode of ESPN’s 30 for 30. It’s a show that does a sports documentaries sometimes on a team, players, or coach. Each show pretty much has the same baseline talking about the Where, When and How. Some of my favorite one’s are “The U,” “Alabama vs. Auburn,” “Reggie Miller,” “The Big East,” “The Best There Never Was,” “Bad Boys,” and “Of Miracles and Men.”

Anyone’s life could be transformed into a 30 for 30. Most of use average America NARP’s would not get a chance to be the subject line for this show. I am just waiting for Meryl Streep to appear in one of theses. 

Would Kid Rock narrate my film? I hope not. 

In 30 for 30’s they talk about the good and the bad. They don’t leave out much. 

Alabama vs. Auburn

Roll Damn Tide, War Damn Eagle. Just watching this you understand the South’s craziness for football. They will go as far as to poison a tree. 

Reggie Miller

A classic one. This is the story of Reggie Miller and how he was an exceptional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers. Just ask his sister, who was also a great basketball player.

Bad Boys

In the 30 for 30 episode of “Bad Boys” about the Detroit Pistons and how they were considered a pretty dirty team in the league at the time, they talk about how Isaiah Thomas’s comment on Boston Celtic’s Larry Bird saying “If Larry Bird were black he could be just another average player.” Shots fired. 

On the 30 for 30 Thomas says he was joking and asks why ESPN was even bringing it up. Awkward. There are always controversial issues brought up on these episodes which makes it interesting. 

Of Miracles and Men

Another 30 for 30 “Of Miracles and Men” is told from the Russian’s point of view in the 1980 Olympic hockey game against the United States, where the US won. It was painful to watch. They all looked so mad, thats like 35 years of being pissed. 

The U

This one is about the University of Miami football team who does some misbehaving on and off the field in the early 90’s. This was a prevalent time during which “Miami Vice” rose to stardom and the drug trafficking trade was taking a hit. 

The Best That Never Was

 Marcus Dupree was a 20 something running back that had a book written about him before he actually did anything. He ran into all sorts of troubles and set backs in his career that would make his dreams, only be dreams.

The Big East

This 30 for 30 shows how the Big East conference came to be and how the coaches and players created a huge athletic business association.