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30 for 30 volume no. 16
Language
Español
Description
While rival drug cartels warred in the streets, the Columbian national soccer team took a rapid rise to glory, with Andres Escobar its inspirational captain. Meanwhile the infamous drug baron, Pablo Escobar, pioneered "Narco-soccer". After a mistake by Andres led to a loss at the 1994 World Cup, less than ten days later he was gunned down outside a bar, a tragedy documented in this thriller about the intersection of crime and sport.
Series
30 for 30 volume season 2, no. 20
Language
English
Description
Set in the seemingly golden world of college basketball, this intriguing film tells the true story behind the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic, Goodfellas, and how mobster Henry Hill helped orchestrate fixing of Boston College basketball games during the 1978-79 season.
Series
30 for 30 volume season 3, no. 7
Language
English
Description
On March 13, 2006, a group of Duke University lacrosse players threw a team party that ended up changing lives, ruining careers, tarnishing a university's reputation and even jeopardizing the future of the sport at the school. Acclaimed director Marina Zenovich ('Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired') delves into the party that ignited a national firestorm and resulted in a highly-charged legal investigation with its underlying themes of sex, race,...
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Language
English
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Playing for the mob: "Set in the seemingly golden world of college basketball, this intriguing film tells the true story behind the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic, Goodfellas, and how mobster Henry Hill helped orchestrate fixing of Boston College basketball games during the 1978-79 season"--Container.
The day the series stopped: "On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PT, soon after Al Michaels and Tim McCarver started the ABC telecast for Game three of...
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Language
English
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The U part 2: "'The U part 2 picks up where the original film left off, with the program trying to recover from the devastation left by NCAA sanctions and scandals that had some calling for the school to drop football"--Container.
Of miracles and men: "Explore the scope of the 'Miracle on ice' through the Soviet lens. With an intense focus on the game itself, the film gives renewed suspense and a fresh perspective to the journey of a stunned Soviet...
Series
30 for 30 volume no. 16-17
Language
English
Description
The two Escobars: "[A movie about] the intersection of crime, sports and nationalism in 1990's Columbia. At a time when drug money fueled the sport known in the underworld as 'Narco-soccer', the fates of Andrés Escobar, the inspirational captain of Nacional and Pablo Escobar, the notorious leader of the Medellin cartel, were permanently linked. When Andrés was murdered 10 days after scoring an 'own goal' against the US in the first round of the...