30 for 30 Shorts

Season 1 Episode 46: Slick, Nancy, and the Telethon

Dec 01, 2015NR15m6.5

The Telethon is the story of how the Indiana Pacers avoided financial ruin by holding a "Save The Pacers" telethon in the summer of 1977. Needing season ticket sales and investment, Pacers ownership let it be known they were strongly...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Here Now

1. Here Now

Aired: May 15, 2012

Everyday Pete Rose wakes up, and goes to work. He's surrounded by bats, balls...

Episode 2 Arnold's Blueprint

2. Arnold's Blueprint

Aired: Sep 26, 2012

Arnold's Blueprint focuses on Arnold Schwarzenegger's teenage years in the Au...

Episode 3 Jake

3. Jake

Aired: Oct 25, 2012

For a generation of young sports fans who found their inspiration on the shel...

Episode 4 The Arnold Palmer

4. The Arnold Palmer

Aired: Nov 28, 2012

92 tournament wins, seven major championships, a Congressional Gold Medal, an...

Episode 5 Ali: The Mission

5. Ali: The Mission

Aired: Jan 13, 2013

The feats of Muhammad Ali's remarkable life. In 1990, the boxing legend trave...

Episode 6 Disdain the Mundane

6. Disdain the Mundane

Aired: Feb 13, 2013

Walt 'Clyde' Frazier, perhaps the greatest player in the history of the New Y...

Episode 8 Silver Reunion

8. Silver Reunion

Aired: Mar 27, 2013

During the summer of 2012, a secret meeting took place. But this was no ordin...

Episode 9 The Irrelevant Giant

9. The Irrelevant Giant

Aired: Apr 17, 2013

John Tuggle, the 1983 NFL draft's Mr. Irrelevant, was anything but irrelevant...

Episode 10 Cutthroat

10. Cutthroat

Aired: May 29, 2013

Clint Malarchuk was the "Cowboy Goalie." He grew up riding horses with a seve...

Episode 11 Tommy and Frank

11. Tommy and Frank

Aired: Jul 24, 2013

An intimate, funny and compelling take on the unique relationship and shared ...

Episode 13 Arthur and Johnnie

13. Arthur and Johnnie

Aired: Aug 28, 2013

In this exclusive first person account, Johnnie Ashe will relay this previous...

Episode 15 The Schedule Makers

15. The Schedule Makers

Aired: Nov 6, 2013

The season's schedule for major league baseball affects the lives and moods o...

Episode 16 The Great Imposter

16. The Great Imposter

Aired: Nov 20, 2013

From 1979 to 1986, Barry Bremen, a Detroit-area novelty goods salesman, becam...

Episode 17 Judging Jewell

17. Judging Jewell

Aired: Jan 31, 2014

In the early hours of Saturday July 27, 1996, a terrorist's bomb exploded int...

Episode 18 The Deal

18. The Deal

Aired: Feb 12, 2014

In the winter of 2003 two cities went after the same man. On one side, New Yo...

Episode 19 Untucked

19. Untucked

Aired: Mar 12, 2014

This documentary explores the iconic "untucked" jersey worn in 1977 when Marq...

Episode 21 Posterized

21. Posterized

Aired: May 21, 2014

Director Andrew Jenks will sit former NBA center Shawn Bradley down for a can...

Episode 23 The High Five

23. The High Five

Aired: Jul 23, 2014

This short will explore the origins and nuances of the high five, bringing to...

Episode 24 Kid Danny

24. Kid Danny

Aired: Aug 13, 2014

In the summer of 2001, a controversy unlike any other led to the disqualifica...

Episode 25 Fields of Fear

25. Fields of Fear

Aired: Sep 16, 2014

The film will tell the story of Mackey Sasser, a talented catcher for the New...

Episode 27 Our Tough Guy

27. Our Tough Guy

Aired: Nov 12, 2014

John Wensink's most infamous moment came on December 1, 1977. After finishing...

Episode 28 Robbed

28. Robbed

Aired: Oct 3, 2014

In 1976 Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton met inside the ring at Yankee Stadium. Th...

Episode 29 Student/Athlete

29. Student/Athlete

Aired: Jan 7, 2015

Reggie Ho never dreamed of playing football in college. Growing up in Hawaii ...

Episode 30 Student/Athlete

30. Student/Athlete

Aired: Jan 21, 2015

Reggie Ho never dreamed of playing football in college. Growing up in Hawaii ...

Episode 31 The Sweat Solution

31. The Sweat Solution

Aired: Jan 28, 2015

The film will explore the inception of the original formula set against the 1...

Episode 32 An Immortal Man

32. An Immortal Man

Aired: Feb 27, 2015

Ted Williams was already one of baseball's immortals when two of his three ch...

Episode 35 The Anti-Mascot

35. The Anti-Mascot

Aired: May 20, 2015

1984 was a grim year for the San Francisco Giants. The team finished dead las...

Episode 37 Brave in the Attempt

37. Brave in the Attempt

Aired: Jul 8, 2015

The Special Olympics Athlete Oath: "Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me b...

Episode 38 Spyball

38. Spyball

Aired: Jul 28, 2015

Casey Stengel said he was the "strangest man to ever play the game of basebal...

Episode 39 Delaney

39. Delaney

Aired: Aug 19, 2015

This film explores the defining moment of Kansas City Chiefs running back Joe...

Episode 41 #BringBackSungWooo

41. #BringBackSungWooo

Aired: Sep 28, 2015

With the nation gripped by Kansas City Royals' fever, filmmaker Josh Swade fl...

Episode 42 Every Day

42. Every Day

Aired: Oct 7, 2015

On November 3, 2013, 86-year-old Joy Johnson ran her 25th consecutive New Yor...

Episode 43 Tose: The Movie

43. Tose: The Movie

Aired: Oct 28, 2015

A program about the best, most-liked owner that most people have never heard ...

Episode 44 Thicker Than Water

44. Thicker Than Water

Aired: Nov 9, 2015

Six and a half months before the 1988 Summer Olympics, Greg Louganis learned ...

Episode 45 Friedman's Shoes

45. Friedman's Shoes

Aired: Nov 11, 2015

In the '80s and '90's, Friedman's Shoes was the preferred shoe store, and de ...

Episode 47 Friedman's Shoes

47. Friedman's Shoes

Aired: Feb 9, 2016

In the '80s and '90's, Friedman's Shoes was the preferred shoe store, and de ...

Episode 48 Bad Boy of Bowling

48. Bad Boy of Bowling

Aired: Feb 17, 2016

Explores the meaning of that schizophrenic shout, uttered for a national tele...

Episode 49 I Am Yup'ik

49. I Am Yup'ik

Aired: Feb 24, 2016

Every year they gather from tiny subsistence villages on Alaska's Bering Sea ...

Episode 50 No Kin to Me

50. No Kin to Me

Aired: Mar 2, 2016

Hours after President Reagan was shot, LSU and Virginia played in the now-def...

Episode 51 Tiger Hood

51. Tiger Hood

Aired: Mar 9, 2016

You have never seen Patrick Q.F. Barr at Augusta or Pebble Beach. That's beca...

Episode 53 Gonzo @ the Derby

53. Gonzo @ the Derby

Aired: Apr 19, 2016

The lasting legacy of the 1970 Kentucky Derby has nothing to do with the winn...

Episode 56 We Are

56. We Are

Aired: May 17, 2016

Penn State's path from the 2011 scandal to the design of their new campus sta...

Episode 57 Eternal Princess

57. Eternal Princess

Aired: May 24, 2016

It's a long way from Bucharest, Romania to Norman, Oklahoma, and it's been a ...

Episode 61 The Throwback

61. The Throwback

Aired: Dec 3, 2016

A look back at the college career of Gordie Lockbaum, who became a two-time H...

Episode 62 Strike Team

62. Strike Team

Aired: May 17, 2017

The U.S. Marshal Service set up sting operation to lure area criminals to the...

Episode 63 24 Strong

63. 24 Strong

Aired: Sep 12, 2017

The latest '30 for 30' film for ESPN will center around Zaevion Dobson, a 15-...

Episode 64 Locked In

64. Locked In

Aired: Sep 28, 2017

After falling victim to a pair of illnesses at age 11, Victoria Arlen lived w...

Episode 66 Subject to Review

66. Subject to Review

Aired: Aug 3, 2018

In tennis, measurement - specifically, judging whether a ball is in or out - ...

Episode 67 Sonic Break

67. Sonic Break

Aired: Sep 23, 2018

An exploration of the sports psychology and mental training that aided Felix ...

Episode 68 Mack Wrestles

68. Mack Wrestles

Aired: Mar 9, 2019

Mack Wrestles tells the story of Mack Beggs' love of wrestling and his strugg...

Episode 69 Subject to Review

69. Subject to Review

Aired: Dec 22, 2019

In tennis, measurement - specifically, judging whether a ball is in or out - ...


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