30 for 30 - Season 2

30 for 30 - Season 2

Season 2

Volume II

Network
Episodes30
Datesoct. 2, 2012 - juil. 30, 2015
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Episodes

Broke
Season 2Episode 160 min

Broke

An exploration of the road to fortune in sports and the eventual detours (for various reasons) to financial difficulties and bankruptcy, as experienced by top athletes including Bernie Kosar, Andre Rison, Keith McCants, and Cliff Floyd.

oct. 2, 2012
9.79*
Season 2Episode 260 min

9.79*

A profile of the Men's 100 meter final at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the lives of the 8 men who participated, including Ben Johnson (whose world-record run of 9.79 seconds was scrubbed after he tested positive for anabolic steroids) and Carl Lewis (who was awarded the gold medal after Johnson's disqualification).

oct. 9, 2012
There's No Place Like Home
Season 2Episode 360 min

There's No Place Like Home

The story of one fan's obsessive quest to purchase, at a 2010 auction, James Naismith's original rules of basketball, perhaps the most important historical document in American sports history, and to bring it "home" to Lawrence, Kansas, where Naismith taught and coached at the University of Kansas for 39 years.

oct. 16, 2012
Benji
Season 2Episode 460 min

Benji

The life of Ben Wilson, a well-regarded Chicago high school basketball star, and how his November 1984 murder (one day before the start of his senior season) had a wide-ranging impact.

oct. 23, 2012
Ghosts of Ole Miss
Season 2Episode 560 min

Ghosts of Ole Miss

Mississippi native Wright Thompson explores tumultuous events of 1962, when the University of Mississippi campus both erupted in violence over integration and swelled with pride over its unbeaten football team, and how those incidents continue to shape the state 50 years later.

oct. 30, 2012
You Don't Know Bo
Season 2Episode 660 min

You Don't Know Bo

A profile of Bo Jackson and how his college and professional feats in two sports (baseball and football) captured the public's imagination and made Jackson a cultural (and marketing) icon.

déc. 8, 2012
Survive and Advance
Season 2Episode 760 min

Survive and Advance

A look at the North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball team's successful and improbable championship runs through the 1983 ACC and the 1983 NCAA tournaments.

mars 17, 2013
Elway to Marino
Season 2Episode 860 min

Elway to Marino

A look at the 1983 NFL Draft and the six quarterbacks taken in its first round, specifically John Elway (the first overall pick) and Dan Marino (the last QB picked in Round 1). The film features the recollections of Martin Demoff, the agent for both Elway and Marino, who shares a personal diary he kept to chronicle the indecision the Baltimore Colts had with drafting Elway with the first pick or trading it away, as well as the other teams' interest in his two future-Hall of Fame clients.

avr. 23, 2013
Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
Season 2Episode 960 min

Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau

A chronicling of the life of Eddie Aikau, a big wave surfer and lifeguard whose death served as inspiration to an entire spiritual movement.

oct. 1, 2013
Free Spirits
Season 2Episode 1060 min

Free Spirits

The story of the colorful figures who made up the American Basketball Association's Spirits of St. Louis, and how Spirits owners Ozzie and Daniel Silna, with their team about to be left out in the ABA's merger with the NBA, managed to negotiate a deal that allowed the brothers' involvement in pro basketball to continue in a most unusual fashion.

oct. 8, 2013
No Mas
Season 2Episode 1160 min

No Mas

An inside look at the two boxing matches between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán in the 1980s, with insight from boxing experts, family members and the two fighters themselves.

oct. 15, 2013
Big Shot
Season 2Episode 1260 min

Big Shot

The story of how young businessman John Spano struck a deal to purchase the New York Islanders in 1996, only to be later revealed as a fraud and being near financial insolvency.

oct. 22, 2013
This Is What They Want
Season 2Episode 1360 min

This Is What They Want

The story of a 39-year-old Jimmy Connors and his unexpected and extraordinary underdog run at the 1991 US Open, where he played as a wildcard entrant and reached the semifinals of the men's singles draw.

oct. 29, 2013
Bernie and Ernie
Season 2Episode 1460 min

Bernie and Ernie

A profile of Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld, their decades-long friendship, and their on-court partnership on the University of Tennessee basketball team, better known as the "Ernie and Bernie Show".

nov. 5, 2013
Youngstown Boys
Season 2Episode 1560 min

Youngstown Boys

The stories of two Ohio State football figures connected with Youngstown, Ohio, running back Maurice Clarett (a native of the city) and coach Jim Tressel (former head coach at Youngstown State University), their football exploits at OSU (including a national championship in 2002), and their scandalous exits from the school.

déc. 14, 2013
The Price of Gold
Season 2Episode 1660 min

The Price of Gold

A profile of a January 6, 1994, incident at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, where an unknown attacker strikes entrant Nancy Kerrigan — an assailant that is later revealed to be a hit man hired by the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, as part of a plan to prevent Kerrigan from competing in the 1994 Winter Olympics.

janv. 16, 2014
Requiem for the Big East
Season 2Episode 1760 min

Requiem for the Big East

A recollection of the original Big East Conference, from its simple beginnings and regional rivalries to its national prominence as one of the most successful college basketball leagues, and how it ended up fighting for its survival in the 2010s during conference realignment.

mars 16, 2014
Bad Boys
Season 2Episode 1860 min

Bad Boys

A look back at the Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Narrated by rapper Kid Rock, a native of nearby Romeo.

avr. 17, 2014
Slaying the Badger
Season 2Episode 1990 min

Slaying the Badger

An examination of the competitive nature that teammates Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault exhibited in the1986 Tour de France; a film based on Richard Moore's book of the same name.

juil. 22, 2014
Playing for the Mob
Season 2Episode 2060 min

Playing for the Mob

How Mafia associate Henry Hill orchestrated a point-shaving scheme involving Boston College basketball. Narrated by Ray Liotta, who portrayed Hill in Goodfellas.

oct. 7, 2014
The Day the Series Stopped
Season 2Episode 2160 min

The Day the Series Stopped

A 25-year retrospective of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck just before the scheduled start of Game 3 of the 1989 World Series.

oct. 14, 2014
When the Garden Was Eden
Season 2Episode 2260 min

When the Garden Was Eden

A look back at the New York Knicks' championship teams of the 1970s.

oct. 21, 2014
Brian and the Boz
Season 2Episode 2360 min

Brian and the Boz

The rise, fall, and post-football life of Brian Bosworth.

oct. 28, 2014
Brothers in Exile
Season 2Episode 2460 min

Brothers in Exile

The story of Liván and Orlando Hernández, half-brothers who fled Cuba separately and became successful major-league pitchers.

nov. 4, 2014
Rand University
Season 2Episode 2560 min

Rand University

An exploration of former NFL receiver Randy Moss and his humble (and humbling) origins in Rand, West Virginia.

nov. 11, 2014
The U Part 2
Season 2Episode 2660 min

The U Part 2

A sequel to The U profiles the Miami Hurricanes football program and its rise from scandal (and calls for the school to drop the sport) to a national championship, only to see new controversy after booster Nevin Shapiro is revealed to have given improper benefits to the program.

déc. 13, 2014
Of Miracles and Men
Season 2Episode 2760 min

Of Miracles and Men

An exploration of the Miracle on Ice from the point of view of the defeated Soviet Union team.

févr. 8, 2015
I Hate Christian Laettner
Season 2Episode 2860 min

I Hate Christian Laettner

A look at the life and basketball career of Christian Laettner and the intense dislike some fans still harbor for the former Duke University and NBA star.

mars 15, 2015
Sole Man
Season 2Episode 2960 min

Sole Man

A profile of Sonny Vaccaro, who rose from steel town roots in Pennsylvania to become an influential force in both basketball and the athletic shoe industry.

avr. 16, 2015
Angry Sky: The Legend Of Nick Piantanida
Season 2Episode 3090 min

Angry Sky: The Legend Of Nick Piantanida

The story of Nick Piantanida, a New Jersey pet store owner and truck driver whose love of parachuting and skydiving puts him on a quest to break the record for the highest recorded parachute jump.

juil. 30, 2015

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