Favorite sports documentaries
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EddyP
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I saw the Marcus Dupree one. That dude was a freak. Showed up overweight and out of shape for the Fiesta Bowl and still had 245 yards and 2 touchdowns. And he played about half the game. Switzer basically blamed him for the loss in the press and it was a downhill spiral after that. Kid would have easily won a couple Heismans if he had the right attitude and didn't listen to bad advice.
Calculator
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Bull Durham could be a documentary. Catching hell was my favorite.
HerkyHancock
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Unguarded and Winning Time were my favorite but if you haven't seen Through the Fire then you need too.
thejumper5
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I love sports documentaries. I could list just about all of the 30 for 30's, so I'll skip that. Here are my favorites among other docs:
Ken Burns' "Baseball" is awesome.
"Hoop Dreams" is fantastic, but it's so much bigger than just a sports documentary. It's really a commentary on urban plight that uses basketball to draw the audience's attention; that what makes it so great.
"Endless Summer" (surfing) and "Dogtown and Z-Boys" (skateboarding) are really cool stories about a pair of extreme sports when they were in their infancy.
"Michael Jordan to the Max" is incredible, especially if you see it in its intended IMAX state.
A couple that I would like to see are "Nine Innings from Ground Zero: The 2001 World Series" and "Bobby Fischer Against the World" (insomuch as chess is a sport).
Ken Burns' "Baseball" is awesome.
"Hoop Dreams" is fantastic, but it's so much bigger than just a sports documentary. It's really a commentary on urban plight that uses basketball to draw the audience's attention; that what makes it so great.
"Endless Summer" (surfing) and "Dogtown and Z-Boys" (skateboarding) are really cool stories about a pair of extreme sports when they were in their infancy.
"Michael Jordan to the Max" is incredible, especially if you see it in its intended IMAX state.
A couple that I would like to see are "Nine Innings from Ground Zero: The 2001 World Series" and "Bobby Fischer Against the World" (insomuch as chess is a sport).
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thejumper5
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The Two Escobars
DunderMifflinHk
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One that hasn't been mentioned yet was 30 for 30's "Once Brothers." Very good one about Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac. If you haven't seen it, it is very good!
