Posts Tagged ‘ 30 for 30 ’
Onion Bag: Liverpool are Lamer Than Jim Rome’s Shtick “You aren’t fit to wear the shirt.” The normally restrained Frenchman, Arsene Wenger, resorted to a rousing English cliche, and, despite just one Englishman in the squad, it worked. Arsenal capitalized on fortune andAndiry Arshavin’s right foot, recovering form an insipid first half for a 2-1 win at [ READ MORE ]
I discussed ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentaries on a panel for Sports Business Daily. Check it out if you’re interested. [ READ MORE ]
Mike Tollin named his first company “Halcyon Days Productions.” The title fits, since that’s precisely how he portrayed the USFL in Small Potatoes. The league was a flashy 80s production, rebellious, zany and fun. It attracted big stars. Most importantly, it was football, as evidenced with repeated, sonorous interludes from Keith [ READ MORE ]
ESPN premiered The Band That Wouldn’t Die last night, the second of their 30 for 30 documentaries. Barry Levinson, the director of Rain Man, told the story of the Baltimore Colts leaving for Indianapolis through the Baltimore Colts’ Marching Band, who stayed together during the 12-year interim before the Ravens arrived. The film was compassionate, well-shot and [ READ MORE ]
ESPN debuted its 30 for 30 documentaries project with Peter Berg’s Kings Ransom, the story of the Wayne Gretzky trade. I’m a history nut. I love documentaries. This project excited me. I wasn’t overwhelmed by this first effort, nor was I underwhelmed. I was…whelmed. I found it a bit [ READ MORE ]
