30 for 30 Shorts - Season 5 / Year 2016

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Episodes

Friedman's Shoes

Year 2016Episode 160 min

Friedman's Shoes

The story of Friedman's, an Atlanta shoe store that specialized in really big (think size 22), really expensive shoes for the six-foot-something athlete.

Slick, Nancy, and the Telethon

Year 2016Episode 230 min

Slick, Nancy, and the Telethon

The story of how the Indiana Pacers avoided financial ruin by holding a telethon in the summer of 1977.

févr. 16, 2016

The Bad Boy of Bowling

Year 2016Episode 330 min

The Bad Boy of Bowling

A look at the life of Pete Weber, the self-declared "bad boy of bowling" and the sport's first rock star.

févr. 23, 2016

Year 2016Episode 430 min

I Am Yup'ik

A 16-year-old Yup'ik Eskimo leaves his tiny village and travels across the frozen tundra to compete in an all-Yup'ik basketball tournament and bring pride to his village.

Year 2016Episode 530 min

No Kin to Me

The last consolation game in the NCAA Tournament, held in 1981 between LSU and Virginia, was overshadowed by the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan earlier that day, and also by a postgame comment about Reagan by LSU star Rudy Macklin that haunted him for years.

Year 2016Episode 630 min

Tiger Hood

When Patrick Q. F. Barr found a discarded golf club in the trash, he decided to save it and play street golf in New York City using paper milk cartons stuffed with newspaper, earning him the nickname, "Tiger Hood".

When The King Held Court

Year 2016Episode 730 min

When The King Held Court

How Elvis Presley became a racquetball enthusiast in the final years of his life, going so far as to build a court at his mansion and proposing a chain of racquetball centers.

Gonzo @ The Derby

Year 2016Episode 830 min

Gonzo @ The Derby

The lasting legacy of the 1970 Kentucky Derby has nothing to do with the winner, Dust Commander. Its true impact came from the assignment that Scanlan's Monthly gave to a 32-year-old writer from Louisville named Hunter S. Thompson.

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

Year 2016Episode 930 min

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

While A. C. Green is well-known for his basketball talents (winning 3 NBA titles with the "Showtime"-era Lakers and playing in a league-record 1,192 consecutive games), he is also known for abiding by his Christian beliefs and remaining celibate throughout his entire NBA career

The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere

Year 2016Episode 1030 min

The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere

How Japanese thoroughbred Haru Urara, who never won a race in her career, became a symbol of hope to her country and saved the racetrack where she was based.

Year 2016Episode 1130 min

We Are

A look back at the aftermath of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, focusing specifically on the removal of Joe Paterno's statue from the campus and the design of its replacement.

Eternal Princess

Year 2016Episode 1230 min

Eternal Princess

It's a long way from Bucharest, Romania to Norman, Oklahoma, and it's been a long time since the 1976 Olympics, where Nadia Comăneci scored seven perfect 10s on her way to three gold medals.

The Guerrilla Fighter

Year 2016Episode 1330 min

The Guerrilla Fighter

The story of Alexis Argüello, legendary in Nicaragua as both one of the greatest boxers of the 20th century and a political figure.

What the Hell Happened to Jai Alai

Year 2016Episode 1430 min

What the Hell Happened to Jai Alai

How jai alai went from drawing crowds of thousands in Miami in the 1970s and 1980s to being fortunate to draw 100 a match today.

Year 2016Episode 1530 min

The Throwback

A look back at the college career of Gordie Lockbaum, who became a two-time Heisman Trophy finalist in the 1980s at Division I-AA Holy Cross as a figurative throwback to an earlier era of football, sometimes participating in more than 80% of his team's plays (offense and defense) in a given game.

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