Bump for tonight:
http://30for30.espn.com/film/the-ban...uldnt-die.html
Quote:
In late March of 1984, a moving company secretly packed up the Baltimore Colts’ belongings and its fleet of vans snuck off in the darkness of the early morning. Leaving a city of deeply devoted fans in shock and disbelief. What caused owner Robert Irsay to turn his back on a town that was as closely linked to its team as any in the NFL? Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson, himself a long-standing Baltimore Colts fanatic, will probe that question in light of the changing relationship of sports to community. Through the eyes of members of the Colts Marching Band, Levinson will illustrate how a fan base copes with losing the team that it loves.
How good this is probably comes down to how well it's produced because the subject matter seems meh: team leaves, people get pissed - especially under those circumstances.
Finally got through the Gretzky one last night. I thought it was better than most others seemed to. It seemed stretched a bit thin to get to an entire hour - it felt like 75%+ of the program focused on the days around the trade with the rest addressing the before & after. But it was a crazy thing to happen and Gretzky is unapologetic about the Oilers not being able to afford him so the trade had to happen. I don't hate on him for this, he's at least honest about it being about the money, and as much as the parties claimed at the end that they would do it again, I doubt it. Gretzky seemed to really like the city of L.A. and Edmonton got an asston of picks, players, and money. But the Kings weren't good, he never again won a title and after the Oilers won again a couple of years later their run ended. So within a short time both teams basically sucked or were at best mediocre.