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06-22-2010 , 09:45 PM

#776

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This is great. The part where they would fly players to his ranch and bet one or two million dollars on a pickup game is so ***** baller.

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06-22-2010 , 09:46 PM

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This is the best 30 for 30 I have seen so far

Simply Excellent

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06-22-2010 , 09:47 PM

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Pablo Escobar and other drug lords bought a bunch of teams in Colombia and pumped a ton of money into them, which provided them with a legalized source of income and increased the level of soccer in Colombia.

thanks

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06-22-2010 , 09:49 PM

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Also gave a brief synopsis of Andres Escobar's rising soccer career before playing for the Columbian National team.

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06-22-2010 , 09:53 PM

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Getting beat 5-0 at home with a World Cup bid on the line has to be one the biggest chokes ever

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06-22-2010 , 10:02 PM

#781

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Sister is a total milf btw

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06-22-2010 , 10:12 PM

#782

tarheeljks

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****'s crazy

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06-22-2010 , 10:23 PM

#783

Pudge714

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Just saw the OJ one and I can't believe it took this long for someone to say this.

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Furthermore the June 17 doc was obv a culture piece on the American media shown thru American sports as opposed to a sports doc

For a forum that is so critical of everything the media does, I can't believe people didn't see that this was an incredible takedown piece of the 24 hours news cycle.

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06-22-2010 , 10:34 PM

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i forgot how atrocious the '94 US Nat'l Team's unis were

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06-22-2010 , 10:35 PM

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Columbia just full of heaps of WIL during the 94' world cup.

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06-22-2010 , 10:38 PM

#786

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lol @ "it was the only own goal of his career"

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06-22-2010 , 10:40 PM

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2 things:

1) What was the time in the game of his own goal? How much time did Columbia have left to neutralize?

2) Andres didn't get got before the WC ended, did he?

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06-22-2010 , 10:41 PM

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2) Andres didn't get got before the WC ended, did he?

he did.

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06-22-2010 , 10:48 PM

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Getting beat 5-0 at home with a World Cup bid on the line has to be one the biggest chokes ever

I'm a bit confused though since Argentina qualified for the 94 WC.

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06-22-2010 , 10:50 PM

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Playoff?

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06-22-2010 , 10:54 PM

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seems like the bigger story of why Colombia performed so poorly in the 94 WC was due to their goalie being in jail.

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06-22-2010 , 10:58 PM

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that was a pretty epic story

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06-22-2010 , 10:59 PM

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I think that has to be #1 on everyones best doc list so far. Hardly think it's close right now.

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06-22-2010 , 11:00 PM

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Easily the best I've seen from the 30 for 30 series. Well directed

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06-22-2010 , 11:01 PM

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seems like the bigger story of why Colombia performed so poorly in the 94 WC was due to their goalie being in jail.

matters obv but i think the death threats and all that jazz mattered more

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06-22-2010 , 11:01 PM

#796

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in response to tonight's ep:

i'd have to say, easily best yet. great story, pure and simple.

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06-22-2010 , 11:04 PM

#797

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I will find at least one time in my life to use the gonorrhea analogy.

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06-22-2010 , 11:05 PM

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that was a pretty epic story

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I think that has to be #1 on everyones best doc list so far. Hardly think it's close right now.

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Originally Posted by gmcarroll33

Easily the best I've seen from the 30 for 30 series. Well directed

+1 to all of this. In documentaries its all about the finding the right story and then just telling it in a way that does it justice. This episode did it perfectly.

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matters obv but i think the death threats and all that jazz mattered more

yeah agreed, just thought they underplayed the effect losing their phenom goalie would have on the team.

1994 was a pretty epic year for sports stories overall.

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06-22-2010 , 11:11 PM

#799

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I have enjoyed all of these. I think I've seen all of them except for the Raiders one, and I can honestly say I dont regret seeing any of them.

ESPN hit a grand slam with this series.