ESPN: 30 for 30

I enjoyed the Sugar Ray Leonard and Duran one. I wish Duran would have just admitted he was beaten and humiliated and decided to quit instead of still blaming stomach cramps.

 

No mas was a waste of my time. It was all hyped up but no closure.

 

Can't wait for the John Spano one.

 

So....mixed reviews on No Mas.

Definitely watching Spanos tonight.

 

This could potentially be interesting, but reading the description lowered my expectations. The director is a Georgetown fan. It sounds like it will be another basketball focused film driven by basketball coaches interviews. It's hard to look forward to another romanticized account of the Big East that ignores the conferences primary problems were there in its creation.

 

Yeah, but as a child of the ACC who was one of those initially so threatened by the creation of the Big East, and yet came to share that romanticized remembrance of the Big East, it's gonna be nostalgic take. I'm actually looking forward to catching this one. It'll be fun to see Chris Mullin in his mullet...

 

I'm an ACC lifer. I was giddy when Virginia Tech finally made it in (Virginia Tech had been trying since the conference was formed of teams were splitting from the Southern Conference and not just in the 2000s like some Tobacco Road people like to think). Especially as a fan of all sports (especially football) and not just basketball, I didn't always have the rosiest of takes on the Big East and how unequal it was. Coming from the DC area, of course I watched and liked those John Thompson Georgetown teams, but never fell in love with the conference.

 

Love the espn 30 for 30s.

In April espn is coming out with 8 soccer 30 for 30s in the run up to the World Cup.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_for_30#List_of_30_for_30:_Soccer_Stories_films

The first one is about hillsborough.

 

Cannot wait to watch Hillsborough. I have watched all of them (long films), and by far the best is Two Escobars.

As a Manchester United fan, I hope one day there will be a 30 for 30 on the Busby and Munich tragedy.

 

Just finished watching 9.79 great doc IMO. Carl Lewis looked bad to me IMO and I felt a lot of sympathy toward Johnson. The whole point was a pox on all their houses however somebody took the fall and became a devil (Johnson) and somebody skated and became an angel (Lewis).

 

Carl Lewis and all the American athletes. Their is a reason why their positive results were shredded during the 84 LA games.

 

I really liked The Two Escobars myself. Seems like they did one on Munich already, but I could be wrong. I don't expect to see anything on the United plane crash from ESPN- there wouldn't have been any real recognition of either Escobar on these shores if Andres had scored that OG in, say, an Atletico Nacional match instead of at the World Cup.

 

Just saw the ghost of ole miss great film.

 

I have decided to offer a summer course called "30 for 30: Sports Docs and Global Themes." I have no idea if people will enroll or not as it would only count as general credits rather than to a particular requirement, but hey, it's summer and I am ready to see what comes of it.

 

Where do you teach?

 

Shit I would take that class in a heart beat and set the curve.

 

Many fond memories of the Big East. Pretty strong from top to bottom back then. Gtown, SJU, 'Cuse, BC Providence, Pitt, 'Nova, Seton Hall. I remember watching Pat Ewing as a freshman and he was a BEAST. Dude would swat balls into the 10th row like nothing. John Thompson had to remind him that it was a 40 minute game and not to burn up all his energy in the first 10 minutes. Sartorial points for the undershirts which all the youth players of the time copied instantly.



Here are the Best Frosh of all time according to SI. Patrick was a force unlike any other IMO.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mu...011/cbb.best.freshman.all.time/content.1.html

 

JT used to have him block early shots knowing they would be goal tending just to intimidate the other team. I loved that.