ESPN's 30 for 30 and Other Sports Documentaries

Fagan_ODowd · September 30, 2011, 7:28pm

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Catching hell on now on ESPN America.
All about scapegoats in baseball, but focused on Steve Bartman and the Cubs in 2003.
Very good watch.
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Jimmy_Mc_Nulty · September 30, 2011, 7:41pm

Missed the first half hour of this…Did they interview Bartman himself?

Piles_Hussain · September 30, 2011, 7:44pm

Nothing so far. Fuckin hell he got some abuse.

The first half hour was mostly about Bill Buckner and the 1986 Redsox.

Do you like Howard Sterns buttcheeks?
We’ve been had.

Jimmy_Mc_Nulty · September 30, 2011, 7:46pm

Took some heat alright, the poor bastard!

Bandage · October 1, 2011, 4:09pm

Catching Hell has just started on ESPN if you missed it over the last day or two.

cluaindiuic · October 1, 2011, 5:59pm

Fucking hell. Some show.

Bandage · October 1, 2011, 6:52pm

I really enjoyed it too.

Poor Bartman.

Phil_Leotardo · December 1, 2011, 10:52pm

Just finished “The U”

Great watch.

Gman · December 2, 2011, 11:07am

with regards to the U, a massive NFL record ended there a couple of weeks back. a Hurricanes player had scored a touchdown in the NFL for 149 consecutive games. Uni of Pitt is now leading the charge at 13 to get a shot at beating the record.

http://eye-on-football.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/33453272
http://www.lostlettermen.com/us-nfl-td-streak-comes-to-end-at-149/

count_of_monte_crist · December 2, 2011, 11:18am

downlaoding these bad boys a t present, going watch them over the xmas.

Re the record gman, it was some serious going, especially when the next highest is 13…

Special_Olympiakos · December 2, 2011, 2:23pm

The U is my favourite of all these

myboyblue · December 20, 2011, 9:58am

For anyone interested, the entire set in a pretty lil box is available from Amazon for €60

http://c2.dmlimg.com/abeafefb1775bcdec36d9c59ed8951227f15d2112426e7ba75a5d5b404e8fed4.jpg

Michael_Long · January 31, 2012, 7:42pm

Watching Novak Djokovic win the Aussie Open final there on Sunday, I couldn’t help but notice Vlade Divac as part of his entourage. Payback for Goran’s tribute perhaps.

myboyblue · January 31, 2012, 8:14pm

I mentioned it on the Aust Open thread. Vlade is head of the Serbian Olympic Committee and “just happened” to be in Melbourne on business. Well done Vlade

Tim_Riggins · January 31, 2012, 9:03pm

I watched Without Bias there yesterday. Was a bit meh to be honest.

There are some top notch 30 for 30s and some mediocre ones. Give me the uniform excellence of America’s Game any day.

Rudi · January 31, 2012, 9:05pm

I am downloading ‘Once Brothers’ and 'Straight out of L.A." at the minute. I’m looking forward to watching them.

Tim_Riggins · January 31, 2012, 9:07pm

Once Brothers is fantastic. I really enjoyed that one. I didn’t really get into Straight out of LA, Ice Cube isn’t my cup of tae

Rudi · January 31, 2012, 9:08pm

Welcome to the forum Tim.

Watch_The_Break · January 31, 2012, 9:33pm

Some of these are great, but some of them are terrible. The terrible ones seem to be aimed at people with next to no attention span. I think ‘Pony Excess’ is the worst of the lot. Rarely does 5 seconds go by before they have to cut to a different talking head, or change the soundtrack. Awful documentary making.

Rudi · January 31, 2012, 9:36pm

Which ones would you recommend? I’ve only seen the Escobar and Ali ones.