[port-ton]

After the Scott Hall one was posted on the wrestling thread i've become somewhat obsessed with the ESPN E:60 documentaries. Does anyone else watch them??

For those that don't know what they are, they are online documentaries from ESPN, ranging from about 5 minutes to 15 minutes with many different, mostly inspirational and some times tragic stories involving sports from all walks of life from the top level to grass roots, with people overcoming adversity and hardship to either better their lives through sport, or to try and get their lives back to normal through it.

I've watched many of them, some about sports that i have no interest in and been amazed how much it touched me.

I've lost hours of days just going through watching lots of 10-15 minute documentaries, and it passes the time excellently.

Here's the link to the videos for anyone that's interested in this sort of thing

http://search.espn.g...m/e:60/videos/6


Just watched this one about an inspirational high school football coach who died, was an excellent watch.

http://search.espn.g...ims=6&start=144

This post has been edited by port-ton: 25 December 2011 - 23:53

[centralTon]

port-ton, on 25 December 2011 - 23:51, said:

After the Scott Hall one was posted on the wrestling thread i've become somewhat obsessed with the ESPN E:60 documentaries. Does anyone else watch them??

For those that don't know what they are, they are online documentaries from ESPN, ranging from about 5 minutes to 15 minutes with many different, mostly inspirational and some times tragic stories involving sports from all walks of life from the top level to grass roots, with people overcoming adversity and hardship to either better their lives through sport, or to try and get their lives back to normal through it.

I've watched many of them, some about sports that i have no interest in and been amazed how much it touched me.

I've lost hours of days just going through watching lots of 10-15 minute documentaries, and it passes the time excellently.

Here's the link to the videos for anyone that's interested in this sort of thing

http://search.espn.g...m/e:60/videos/6


Just watched this one about an inspirational high school football coach who died, was an excellent watch.

http://search.espn.g...ims=6&start=144

Jamie, ffs away and get yer hole.

You are one of the cleverest and funniest posters on here (along with vT, GiGi and Dunning), basically, the 'Ton mafia on here, but this is Iceland quality. You know what I mean.

[port-ton]

centralTon, on 26 December 2011 - 00:33, said:

Jamie, ffs away and get yer hole.

You are one of the cleverest and funniest posters on here (along with vT, GiGi and Dunning), basically, the 'Ton mafia on here, but this is Iceland quality. You know what I mean.

http://welcomehomeblog.com/

I suppose i can't interest you in a website dedicated to videos of soldiers returning home from duty to surprise their families?

Man, this has been a depressingly lonely xmas.

[lichtie23]

There superb.

They did one on Brock Lesner that was decent and one on a young blind American Football player.

[Hipster Dufus]

port-ton, on 25 December 2011 - 23:51, said:

After the Scott Hall one was posted on the wrestling thread i've become somewhat obsessed with the ESPN E:60 documentaries. Does anyone else watch them??

For those that don't know what they are, they are online documentaries from ESPN, ranging from about 5 minutes to 15 minutes with many different, mostly inspirational and some times tragic stories involving sports from all walks of life from the top level to grass roots, with people overcoming adversity and hardship to either better their lives through sport, or to try and get their lives back to normal through it.

I've watched many of them, some about sports that i have no interest in and been amazed how much it touched me.

I've lost hours of days just going through watching lots of 10-15 minute documentaries, and it passes the time excellently.

Here's the link to the videos for anyone that's interested in this sort of thing

http://search.espn.g...m/e:60/videos/6


Just watched this one about an inspirational high school football coach who died, was an excellent watch.

http://search.espn.g...ims=6&start=144

Have you seen any of the "30 for 30" series?

http://30for30.espn.com/

I've only seen 2 but they were fantastic (Jimmy The Greek - 1st guy to bring sports betting to the mainstream media & Marcus Dupree - running back who pretty much changed college recruiting).

[Latino Lover]

Watching catching hell the other day and four days in October a few weeks ago, both about Baseball a sport I know nothing about but excellent films.

[TheGreenMonster]

Hipster Dufus, on 29 December 2011 - 12:54, said:

Have you seen any of the "30 for 30" series?

http://30for30.espn.com/

I've only seen 2 but they were fantastic (Jimmy The Greek - 1st guy to bring sports betting to the mainstream media & Marcus Dupree - running back who pretty much changed college recruiting).

Watched "Without Bias" the one on Len Bias, kid drafted out of college by the Boson Celtics when they were a great team, was an absolutely incredible talent but died two days after the draft from a cocaine overdose.

[port-ton]

Hipster Dufus, on 29 December 2011 - 12:54, said:

Have you seen any of the "30 for 30" series?

http://30for30.espn.com/

I've only seen 2 but they were fantastic (Jimmy The Greek - 1st guy to bring sports betting to the mainstream media & Marcus Dupree - running back who pretty much changed college recruiting).

Yeah i've seen most of them apart from a couple of the second series that i couldn't find online anywhere. Absolutely amazing television, even the ones that generally i would have no interest in. Thats what got me liking the E:60 ones, as they are like mini 30 for 30 documentaries.

[lichtie23]

The 30 for 30 films are on ESPN all the time.

My favourite is the one about OJ Simpson

[FC_1919]

Watched the 30 for 30 documentary "Once Brothers" about Vlad Divac and Drazan Petrovic the basketball players who well out during the Croatia v Yugoslavia civil war last night, was a really good watch. Petrovic died abotu 17 years ago and Divac comes across as being gutted they never reconciled.

[Clarko_son]

found "Four days in October" the story of the 2004 Red Sox on vimeo if anyone's interested

30 for 30

[BigRubberFist]

I only just got around to watching the 30 for 30 on Tim Richmond (Nascar driver who succumbed to AIDS back in the 1980s.)


A very good film, but it was a real eye-opener to see the levels of ignorance and prejudice displayed by some of the sport's main players.