Omar narrating really put it over the top. Would love if they had spent some more time on his antics in the pros, but still very solid.
That was great, thanks.ConigliarosPotential said:My wife and I both really enjoyed the latest 30 for 30 short on Reggie Ho, the 5'5"/130-pound walk-on placekicker who won the national championship with Notre Dame in 1988:
http://grantland.com/features/30-for-30-shorts-studentathlete/
The Four Peters said:I don't know if anyone watched "Of Miracles and Men" on the Russian Red Army hockey team but it might be my favorite of all of them. Incredibly well done.
It was excellent. Top 3 for me.The Four Peters said:I don't know if anyone watched "Of Miracles and Men" on the Russian Red Army hockey team but it might be my favorite of all of them. Incredibly well done.
I thought it was terrific. Really gives you some insight as to how that powerhouse program developed. And I can't believe they actually housed athletes in a low-security penitentiary at Lake Placid!The Four Peters said:I don't know if anyone watched "Of Miracles and Men" on the Russian Red Army hockey team but it might be my favorite of all of them. Incredibly well done.
Delayed reply, but...Humphrey said:I liked the Russian broadcast of the game. The second the game ended the guy said something like "your announcer tonight was xxx xxxxx" and signed off. Nothing else. That was it.
You can find pretty much all of them on YouTube as well.HriniakPosterChild said:Delayed reply, but...
Yeah, we are so conditioned to the Al Michaels soundtrack that it's very intriguing to hear the SAP version. And that episode was streaming on Netflix a couple of weeks ago.
Bear in mind that Lake Placid picked up the pieces of I believe Denver's pull out of the Olympics. They had to pull it together on a real short timeline and had to be creative. The ski jumps, bobsled run and the now medium security Raybrook Federal Prison are the permanent structures left from the Games. If you have ever been there you have to just shake your head to think they actually held a modern Olympics in a place that tiny and remote. You'll never see an Olympics in Lake Placid or similar locale again as the Winter Games are now being hosted by places like Salt Lake City, Vancouver and other similar sized cities around the world. IMHO, If Boston/New England really wanted to host an Olympics and not break the bank, they should have pursued a winter Olympics. Everything except the alpine events could have taken place in the greater Boston/Providence/Manchester areas and those events could arguably have been held in Vermont. The alpine events in Vancouver were 80 miles away. Stowe is 200 miles away from Boston but if they made it a New England Olympics and spread events around the region, it could have worked. Just an opinion.DegenerateSoxFan said:I thought it was terrific. Really gives you some insight as to how that powerhouse program developed. And I can't believe they actually housed athletes in a low-security penitentiary at Lake Placid!
Not surprisingly, some of those Russian guys still can't believe they lost.
They wouldn't even have to go to Stowe. Killington is only a 2.5-3 hour drive from Boston. They are holding a World Cup event there next year.berniecarbo1 said:Bear in mind that Lake Placid picked up the pieces of I believe Denver's pull out of the Olympics. They had to pull it together on a real short timeline and had to be creative. The ski jumps, bobsled run and the now medium security Raybrook Federal Prison are the permanent structures left from the Games. If you have ever been there you have to just shake your head to think they actually held a modern Olympics in a place that tiny and remote. You'll never see an Olympics in Lake Placid or similar locale again as the Winter Games are now being hosted by places like Salt Lake City, Vancouver and other similar sized cities around the world. IMHO, If Boston/New England really wanted to host an Olympics and not break the bank, they should have pursued a winter Olympics. Everything except the alpine events could have taken place in the greater Boston/Providence/Manchester areas and those events could arguably have been held in Vermont. The alpine events in Vancouver were 80 miles away. Stowe is 200 miles away from Boston but if they made it a New England Olympics and spread events around the region, it could have worked. Just an opinion.
Innsbruck was the Denver step in, Lake Placid won at a time when people really weren't interested in hosting the Olympics (kinda like now). Nobody else bid!berniecarbo1 said:Bear in mind that Lake Placid picked up the pieces of I believe Denver's pull out of the Olympics. They had to pull it together on a real short timeline and had to be creative. The ski jumps, bobsled run and the now medium security Raybrook Federal Prison are the permanent structures left from the Games. If you have ever been there you have to just shake your head to think they actually held a modern Olympics in a place that tiny and remote. You'll never see an Olympics in Lake Placid or similar locale again as the Winter Games are now being hosted by places like Salt Lake City, Vancouver and other similar sized cities around the world. IMHO, If Boston/New England really wanted to host an Olympics and not break the bank, they should have pursued a winter Olympics. Everything except the alpine events could have taken place in the greater Boston/Providence/Manchester areas and those events could arguably have been held in Vermont. The alpine events in Vancouver were 80 miles away. Stowe is 200 miles away from Boston but if they made it a New England Olympics and spread events around the region, it could have worked. Just an opinion.
Yeah I think 6/17/94 was pretty amazing and that came to mind first other than 4 Days In October.Dollar said:The Marcus Dupree and Two Escobars docs are firmly in my top three, but the clear number one for me is June 17th, 1994. The way it jumps around from six or seven different captivating sports events happening simultaneously was excellent.
I loved this too and have a new found respect for Laettner. He was an asshole but damn if he wasn't one of the 10 greatest college players of all-time and a bad mother fucker on the court. One question though: Why the hell was Rob Lowe narrating thats special?Vandalman said:
I just watched "I Hate Christian Laettner" and it was excellent. Great insight from former coaches, teammates and opponents on why he (and Duke) were and continue to be reviled.
Great work.
Bleedred said:I loved this too and have a new found respect for Laettner. He was an asshole but damn if he wasn't one of the 10 greatest college players of all-time and a bad mother fucker on the court. One question though: Why the hell was Rob Lowe narrating thats special?
The moment that Christian Laettner made the shot that is generally considered the greatest moment in NCAA tournament history, Rob Lowe remembers exactly where he was: At a friend’s house, watching with his friend and his friend’s mom who he believes was likely sipping a Corona with lime.
The friend would later introduce Lowe to his future wife. But in that moment, when Laettner hit the shot, the actor found a different kind of love: Duke basketball and its most famous player.
“I think that probably sealed the deal for me in terms of my appreciation of Duke,” he told For The Win, “and frankly my appreciation of March Madness.”
More than two decades later, Lowe is the executive producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary ‘I hate Christian Laettner,’ which looks back on Laettner’s college career at Duke and the broader question of why fans hate teams so deeply for no reason other than their success. It will air Sunday night.
Completely slipped my mind. So many that are good but that one is also excellent.JohnnyTheBone said:I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned "No Mas". The dynamic between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran has always been fascinating, and the documentary effectively brought that tension back to life. Seeing the denouement of the two warriors standing in a ring together in Panama and testifying to their own history was especially compelling to anyone who remembered what these two men represented in their time. The idea for a documentary was a worthwhile pursuit, and I think it was executed quite well.
valentinscycle said:Not sure of my whole list, but the Hillsborough one would be in my top 5.