30 for 30 Shorts - Season 3 / Year 2014
Season 3 / Year 2014
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DatesJan. 31, 2014 - Dez. 3, 2014
Episodes
Year 2014Episode 160 min
Judging Jewell
Security guard Richard Jewell received praise in the aftermath of a bombing during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta when he helped clear the area and found the bag that contained the pipe bomb. Praise turned into loss of honor when Jewell was wrongfully accused of planting the bomb in the ensuing investigation.
Jan. 31, 2014
Year 2014Episode 260 min
The Deal
The battle between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees to trade for Alex Rodriguez during the 2003–2004 baseball offseason.
Feb. 12, 2014
Year 2014Episode 360 min
Untucked
Player Bo Ellis designs a rebellious, nonconformist jersey that would exemplify the Al McGuire-era Marquette men's basketball team.
März 12, 2014
Year 2014Episode 460 min
From Harlem With Love
How the Harlem Globetrotters became unlikely ambassadors during the Cold War when they played a series of games in Moscow in 1959.
Apr. 23, 2014
Year 2014Episode 560 min
Posterized
A profile of Shawn Bradley, a 7-foot-6 center who spent the majority of his NBA career on the wrong end of epic dunks (the kind usually found on posters), and how he went from a bust on the basketball court to a superstar off of it.
Mai 21, 2014
Year 2014Episode 660 min
MECCA: The Floor That Made Milwaukee Famous
The story behind the iconic, multicolored basketball court Robert Indiana designed for the MECCA Arena, home to the Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette Warriors until 1988, and how one Bucks fan used his family's credit card to rescue the floor from the scrap heap.
Juni 11, 2014
Year 2014Episode 760 min
The High Five
When L.A. Dodger Dusty Baker hit his 30th home run of the 1977 season, the first man to greet him at home plate was his friend and teammate, rookie Glenn Burke. Overcome with happiness, Burke did the first thing that came to mind—he put his hand straight in the air and had Baker slap it, thus in fact creating the high five gesture.
Juli 23, 2014
Year 2014Episode 860 min
Kid Danny
A team from The Bronx makes it to the 2001 Little League World Series, only to be disqualified when pitcher Danny Almonte is revealed to be two years too old to play in Little League.
Aug. 13, 2014
Year 2014Episode 960 min
Fields of Fear
A profile of the mental side of sports focuses on Mackey Sasser, a talented catcher who suddenly couldn't perform the routine task of throwing the ball back to the pitcher, and how confronting boyhood traumas helped in his mental recovery.
Sept. 16, 2014
Year 2014Episode 1060 min
The Great Trade Robbery
Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson recalls the team's October 1989 trade of Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings, as well as the roster maneuvers involving the players the Cowboys received in return that laid the foundations for the team's success in the 1990s.
Okt. 7, 2014
Year 2014Episode 1160 min
Our Tough Guy
A look inside the mindset of legendary Boston Bruins enforcer John Wensink, who endeared himself to fans when he infamously challenged the entire Minnesota North Stars bench to a fight, and the journey his life took following his playing career.
Nov. 12, 2014
Year 2014Episode 1260 min
Robbed
A look at the 1976 Muhammad Ali/Ken Norton fight at Yankee Stadium. The fight's controversial decision is only part of the story, as gang activity and theft in the wake of a NYPD strike was happening right outside the stadium's gates.
Dez. 3, 2014
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