30 for 30 (2009) - Video Detective

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30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history. This includes three "volumes" of 30 episodes each, a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011–2012, and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website. The series has also expanded to include Soccer Stories, which aired in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and audio podcasts.

Original Release

10/06/2009

Links

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Cast

Name	Character

Howard Cosell	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Jordan	Himself (archive footage)
Dan Patrick	Himself (archive footage)
Pete Rozelle	Himself (archive footage)
Tom Landry	Himself (archive footage)
Brent Musburger	Himself (archive footage)
Ray Van Ness III	Narrator (voice)
James 'Buster' Douglas
J.D. McCauley
Bill Douglas

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	The Dominican Dream	Tuesday, 30 April 2019
2	Qualified	Tuesday, 28 May 2019
3	The Good, The Bad, The Hungry	Tuesday, 02 July 2019
4	Rodman: For Better or Worse	Tuesday, 10 September 2019
5	Chuck & Tito	Tuesday, 15 October 2019
6	Down in the Valley	Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Directors

Jonathan Hock, Ken Rodgers, Jason Hehir, Ben Houser, Jeremy Schaap, Rory Karpf, Billy Corben, Jim Podhoretz, Charlie Ebersol, Michael Bonfiglio, Daniel H. Forer, Fritz Mitchell, Michael Zimbalist, Patrick Creadon, Nanette Burstein, Jeff Tremaine, Jeff Zimbalist, Erin Leyden, Thaddeus D. Matula, Gabe Spitzer, Gentry Kirby, Marquis Daisy, Gary Waksman, Chike, Coodie, Chip Rives, Todd Kapostasy, Joe Lavine, John Dower, David Fine, Steve James, Mario Diaz, Robert Abbott, Chike Ozah, Micah Brown, Mario Diaz, Andrew Billman, Alfred Spellman, John Dorsey, Cruz Angeles, Ezra Edelman, Myles Kane, Nicole Lucas Haimes, Steven Cantor, Daniel Gordon, Bradley Kaplan, Ryan Fleck, Jesse Vile, Brett Morgen, Sean Pamphilon, Michael Tollin, Ron Shelton, Barbara Kopple, David Levien, Brian Koppelman, David Fine, Jenna Ricker, Dan Klores, John Dower, Steve Nash, Bill Couturie, Marina Zenovich, Lisa Lax, John Singleton, Kevin Connolly, Ice Cube, Judd Apatow, Michael Rapaport, Peter Berg, Barry Levinson, Albert Maysles, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Adam Hootnick, Maura Mandt, Josh Koury, Eric Drath, Jon Weinbach, Sam George, Nancy Stern, Ezra Holland, Al Szymanski, Michael Tolajian, Royce Toni, Adam Kurland, Lucas Jansen, Kirk Fraser, Dan Marks, Zak Levitt, Josh Swade, Cayman Grant, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, Cliff Bestall

Writers

Andy Tennant, Ryan M. Lee, Aaron Cohen, Jacqueline Vleck, Nick Packer, Chip Rives, Nick Sprague, Richard Moore, Thaddeus D. Matula, Wright Thompson, Rory Karpf, Jeff Zimbalist, Ezra Edelman, Michael Tollin, Daniel Gordon, Sean Pamphilon, Jonathan Hock, Richard Moore, Jon Weinbach, Michael Zimbalist, Al Szymanski, Michael Tolajian, Adam Kurland, Lucas Jansen, Fritz Mitchell, Kirk Fraser, Zak Levitt, Jason Sklaver, Gary Paul Gates

Cast

Name	Character

Howard Cosell	Himself (archive footage)
Michael Jordan	Himself (archive footage)
Dan Patrick	Himself (archive footage)
Pete Rozelle	Himself (archive footage)
Tom Landry	Himself (archive footage)
Brent Musburger	Himself (archive footage)
Ray Van Ness III	Narrator (voice)
James 'Buster' Douglas
J.D. McCauley
Bill Douglas
Brent Musburger	Himself
Keith Olbermann	Himself (archive footage)
Magic Johnson	Himself (archive footage)
Larry King	Himself (archive footage)
Don King	Himself (archive footage)
Mike Tyson	Himself
Mike Tyson
Evander Holyfield
Snoop Dogg	Himself
Tom Brokaw	Himself (archive footage)

Producers

Name	Role

Connor Schell	Executive Producer
John Dahl	Executive Producer
Bill Simmons	Executive Producer
Libby Geist	Executive Producer
Joan Lynch	Executive Producer
Keith Clinkscales	Executive Producer
John Skipper	Executive Producer
John Walsh	Executive Producer
Jonathan Koch	Executive Producer
Steven Michaels	Executive Producer
Jamie Patricof	Executive Producer
Ross Ketover	Executive Producer
Gary Cohen	Executive Producer
John Dorsey	Executive Producer
Mark Ciardi	Executive Producer
Deirdre Fenton	Executive Producer
Daniel Silver	Executive Producer
Mitch Wright	Executive Producer
Lynette Howell Taylor	Executive Producer
Jonathan Hock	Executive Producer
Michael Tollin	Executive Producer
Justin Wilkes	Executive Producer
Jon Kamen	Executive Producer
Andrew Stephan	Executive Producer
Dave O'Connor	Executive Producer
Dion Cocoros	Executive Producer
Danny Meiseles	Executive Producer
Robert Abbott	Executive Producer
David Gavant	Executive Producer
Howard Katz	Executive Producer
Arunima Dhar	Executive Producer
David Check	Executive Producer
Pat Kelleher	Executive Producer
Bob McKnight	Executive Producer
Marvin Demoff	Executive Producer
Derek Whittenburg	Executive Producer
Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway	Executive Producer
Jason Hehir	Executive Producer
Jay Abraham	Executive Producer
Jim Jorden	Executive Producer
Gideon Boulting	Executive Producer
Chip Rives	Executive Producer
Bill Simons	Executive Producer
Sandra Shuttleworth	Executive Producer
Piers Vellacott	Executive Producer
Jon Housman	Executive Producer
David Karabinas	Executive Producer
Charles Kreisa	Executive Producer
Ted Shaker	Executive Producer
Lauren Karpf	Executive Producer
Jamie Schutz	Executive Producer
Melanie Fall	Executive Producer
Viviana Galvis	Executive Producer
Colin Smeeton	Executive Producer
Steve Michaud	Executive Producer
Parker Douglass	Executive Producer
Wallis Marsh	Executive Producer
Gordon Gray	Executive Producer
Victoria Vaughn	Executive Producer
Adam Goldberg	Executive Producer
Michael Hughes	Executive Producer
Susan Cooper	Executive Producer
Gary Cohen	Executive Producer
Kristina Piseeva	Executive Producer
Susannah Price	Executive Producer
Perry Crowell	Executive Producer
Roy S. Johnson	Executive Producer
Mary Ann Turcke	Executive Producer
David George	Executive Producer
Brent Montgomery	Executive Producer
Erin Leyden	Executive Producer
Bomani Jones	Executive Producer
Mitch Geller	Executive Producer
Chris Connelly	Executive Producer
John Battsek	Executive Producer
Rory Karpf	Executive Producer
Bernard King	Executive Producer
Ted Haimes	Executive Producer
Jeff Zimbalist	Executive Producer
Nicole Lucas Haimes	Executive Producer
Matt Alvarez	Executive Producer
Ryan Coogler	Executive Producer
Rob Lowe	Executive Producer
Shaquille O'Neal	Executive Producer
Judd Apatow	Executive Producer
Vince Vaughn	Executive Producer
Doug Ellin	Executive Producer
Peter Berg	Executive Producer
Michael Strahan	Executive Producer
Anna Boden	Executive Producer
Peter Billingsley	Executive Producer
Josh Brolin	Executive Producer
Baron Davis	Executive Producer
Maura Mandt	Executive Producer
Louise Norman	Executive Producer
Shawn Witt	Executive Producer
Simon Chinn	Executive Producer
Jim Lefkowitz	Executive Producer
Constance Schwartz	Executive Producer
Jon Weinbach	Executive Producer
Peter Rawlinson	Executive Producer
Mike Parris	Executive Producer
Kirk Fraser	Executive Producer
Cash Warren	Executive Producer
Penny Hardaway	Executive Producer
Michael Bonfiglio	Executive Producer
Mike Lanigan	Executive Producer
Charlie Ebersol	Executive Producer
Jonathan Chinn	Executive Producer
Jordan Levin	Executive Producer
Ryann Lauckner	Executive Producer
Jason Sklaver	Executive Producer
Alex Piper	Executive Producer
Keyshawn Johnson	Executive Producer
Darren J. Paletz	Executive Producer
Fairouz El-Baz	Executive Producer
Perry Rogers	Executive Producer
Rob Paglia	Executive Producer
Brian D'Ostilio	Executive Producer
Willie McDaniel	Executive Producer
Derek Hastings	Executive Producer
Kristin McDowell	Executive Producer
Connor Schell	Producer
John Dahl	Producer
Bill Simmons	Producer
Erin Leyden	Producer
Deirdre Fenton	Producer
Brian D'Ostilio	Producer
Jenna Anthony	Producer
Marquis Daisy	Producer
Gentry Kirby	Producer
Andrew Billman	Producer
Libby Geist	Producer
Adam Neuhaus	Producer
Kenan Holley	Producer
Michael Tollin	Producer
Joan Lynch	Producer
Keith Clinkscales	Producer
Shaun Alperin	Producer
Daniel Silver	Producer
John Skipper	Producer
Vin D'Anton	Producer
Chris Connelly	Producer
John Walsh	Producer
Alex Evans	Producer
Philip A. Aromando	Producer
Kristin McDowell	Producer
Mitch Wright	Producer
Mark Durand	Producer
Jason Heilig	Producer
Arunima Dhar	Producer
Matthew Fisher	Producer
Matthew McDonald	Producer
Katie McNeill	Producer
Jonathan Koch	Producer
Steven Michaels	Producer
Alex Evans	Producer
Ted Schillinger	Producer
Gary Cohen	Producer
Paul Williard	Producer
Alex Evans	Producer
Benjamin Fertig	Producer
Alfonso Pozzo	Producer
Niki Usbay McDonald	Producer
Tiffany Reis	Producer
Mario Diaz	Producer
Jerry Barca	Producer
Megan Anderson	Producer
Ben Houser	Producer
Michael Sciallis	Producer
Mario Diaz	Producer
Alfred Spellman	Producer
Jamie Patricof	Producer
Billy Corben	Producer
Aaron Cohen	Producer
Alex Piper	Producer
Lee Finkel	Producer
Rob Paglia	Producer
Mike Lanigan	Producer
Tiffany Reis	Producer
Fairouz El-Baz	Producer
Charlie Ebersol	Producer
Matt Liston	Producer
Christine O'Malley	Producer
Daniel H. Forer	Producer
Lynette Howell Taylor	Producer
Michael Zimbalist	Producer
Jon Weinbach	Producer
Wendy Yamano	Producer
Adam Goldberg	Producer
Joel Cohen	Producer
Mario Diaz	Producer
Jeff Zimbalist	Producer
Rob Harvell	Producer
Sean Kelly	Producer
Justin Wilkes	Producer
Jon Kamen	Producer
David Cypkin	Producer
Evan Rosenfeld	Producer
Dave O'Connor	Producer
Domenic Caruso	Producer
John Kessler	Producer
Adam L. Lawrence	Producer
Patrick Newman	Producer
Danny Barton	Producer
Dion Cocoros	Producer
Perry Crowell	Producer
Danny Meiseles	Producer
Steven Weintraub	Producer
Patrick Rockecharlie	Producer
Robert Abbott	Producer
Sean Kelly	Producer
Danny Barton	Producer
Vincent D'Anton	Producer
Patrick Newman	Producer
Christopher Isenberg	Producer
David Karabinas	Producer
David Check	Producer
Eric M. Johnson	Producer
Shelley Storm	Producer
Kelsey Field	Producer
Mark Noad	Producer
Erin McPherson	Producer
Bob McKnight	Producer
Cecy Rangel	Producer
Paul Taublieb	Producer
Stacy Transou	Producer
Stan Flint	Producer
Marvin Demoff	Producer
Howard Katz	Producer
Pat Kelleher	Producer
Derek Whittenburg	Producer
Nate Ortiz	Producer
Harvey Araton	Producer
Malik Aziz	Producer
Brett O'Bourke	Producer
Jennifer Helm	Producer
Erik Himmelsbach-Weinstein	Producer
Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway	Producer
Matt Schlef	Producer
Jeremiah Joyce	Producer
Peter Ebanks	Producer
Jason Hehir	Producer
Amanda Postel	Producer
Kelly Brennan	Producer
Maureen Dougherty	Producer
Nicole Renna	Producer
Ashraf Rijal	Producer
Erika Ayres	Producer
Chantre Camack	Producer
Jay Abraham	Producer
Jim Jorden	Producer
James Lawler	Producer
Virgil Price	Producer
John Hopgood	Producer
Jacqueline Vleck	Producer
Alexa Conway	Producer
Damon Bingham	Producer
Solange Morales	Producer
Michael Gualtieri	Producer
Gideon Boulting	Producer
Klea Markovic	Producer
Jeff Spaulding	Producer
Kellie Davis	Producer
Denise Graap	Producer
Amani Martin	Producer
Chip Rives	Producer
Bill Simons	Producer
Ben Rosenblum	Producer
Andrew Morreale	Producer
Jamie Bovshow	Producer
Meghan Geier	Producer
Angie Thomas	Producer
Gail D'Agostino	Producer
Eric Krugley	Producer
Melanie Angelina Maras	Producer
Donnie Jones	Producer
Jeremy Alverio	Producer
Jon Housman	Producer
Gaspar González	Producer
Charles Kreisa	Producer
Gina Grosso	Producer
Grant Stuppel	Producer
Jim McCrory	Producer
Jeff Soldinger	Producer
Caroline Waterlow	Producer
Paul Gardener	Producer
Brie Mangano	Producer
Annetta Marion	Producer
John Fontanelli	Producer
Connie Honeycutt	Producer
Ross Ketover	Producer
Adam Marinelli	Producer
Colby Gottert	Producer
Mandi Hart	Producer
Kyle Casey	Producer
Lauren Karpf	Producer
David Chamberlin	Producer
Jamie Schutz	Producer
Hazel Popplewell	Producer
Melanie Fall	Producer
William D. Cohan	Producer
Viviana Galvis	Producer
Matt Staley	Producer
Priya Swaminathan	Producer
Laura Tremaine	Producer
Joe Reis	Producer
Colin Smeeton	Producer
Don Cheney	Producer
Steve Michaud	Producer
Kori Davis Porter	Producer
Annette Ricciuti	Producer
Joe Lavine	Producer
Anthony Buzzetti	Producer
Terry City	Producer
Paula Gregg	Producer
John Shallat	Producer
Eric Begley	Producer
Parker Douglass	Producer
Wallis Marsh	Producer
Greg Stewart	Producer
Brooke Taylor	Producer
John Dahl	Producer
Scott Henry	Producer
David Cassidy	Producer
Gary Cohen	Producer
Sammy Steward	Producer
Bruce Feldman	Producer
Louise Story	Producer
Gordon Gray	Producer
Paul Monusky	Producer
Maddie Shapiro	Producer
Adam Singer	Producer
Jennifer Johnson	Producer
Adam Goldberg	Producer
Ryan Kelly	Producer
John Fontanelli	Producer
Jason Helig	Producer
Melissa Kirkendall	Producer
Chris Weber	Producer
John Dower	Producer
Paul Gardener	Producer
Richard Moore	Producer
Victor Delgado	Producer
Donnie Jones	Producer
Vaughn Lee-Thorp	Producer
Stuart Schwartz	Producer
Joel Cohen	Producer
Joe Carmody	Producer
Oscar Hernandez	Producer
Melissa Johnson	Producer
Brent Kidwell	Producer
Lacee Johnson	Producer
Emily Leitner	Producer
Jeff Walker	Producer
Ben Altenberg	Producer
David Gavant	Producer
Jared Goodman	Producer
Ian Grutman	Producer
Kristina Piseeva	Producer
Poppy Dixon	Producer
Beatrice Read	Producer
Julia Loomis	Producer
Nick Eisenberg	Producer
Morgan Robertson	Producer
Allan Duso	Producer
Susannah Price	Producer
Grace Willen	Producer
Jennifer Thorpe	Producer
Scott Raab	Producer
Ben C. Webber	Producer
Zac Nealy	Producer
Michael Richard Martin	Producer
Terrilynn Thrush	Producer
Adam Weinrib	Producer
Dean Karoliszyn	Producer
Brett Okamoto	Producer
Philip Levie	Producer
Meech Golden	Producer
Ethan Lewis	Producer
Kristen Lappas	Producer
John Snelson	Producer
Roy S. Johnson	Producer
Melinda Morris Zanoni	Producer
Micah Brown	Producer
Nuno Godolphin	Producer
Eric Davis	Producer
Field Humphrey	Producer
Kenny Holmes	Producer
Micaela Pender	Producer
Michael Loftus	Producer
Bruce Feldman	Producer
Anne Sandkuhler	Producer
Óscar Hernández	Producer
Cindy Lee	Producer
Jennifer Johnson	Producer
George Veras	Producer
Andrew Stephan	Producer
Bomani Jones	Producer
John Dorsey	Producer
Mitch Geller	Producer
Reggie Miller	Producer
John Battsek	Producer
Rory Karpf	Producer
Bernard King	Producer
Ryan Kelly	Producer
Hannah Storm	Producer
Meredith Paige	Producer
David Cassidy	Producer
Ezra Edelman	Producer
Stuart Schwartz	Producer
Matt Alvarez	Producer
Steven Cantor	Producer
Brett Rapkin	Producer
Daniel Gordon	Producer
Bradley Kaplan	Producer
Mark Ciardi	Producer
Gordon Gray	Producer
Jesse Vile	Producer
Brett Morgen	Producer
Sean Pamphilon	Producer
Ryan Coogler	Producer
Richard Moore	Producer
Barbara Kopple	Producer
Greg Stuhr	Producer
Jenna Ricker	Producer
Dan Klores	Producer
John Dower	Producer
Bill Couturie	Producer
Marina Zenovich	Producer
Lisa Lax	Producer
Jamie Foxx	Producer
Rob Lowe	Producer
Shaquille O'Neal	Producer
Judd Apatow	Producer
Michael Rapaport	Producer
Doug Ellin	Producer
Peter Berg	Producer
Anna Boden	Producer
Melissa Johnson	Producer
Agi Orsi	Producer
Stacy Peralta	Producer
Paul Hall	Producer
Don Kempf	Producer
Lee Bonner	Producer
Morgan Freeman	Producer
Josh Brolin	Producer
Baron Davis	Producer
Keith Malone	Producer
Adam Hootnick	Producer
Maura Mandt	Producer
Lori McCreary	Producer
Tracy Mercer	Producer
Charles C. Stuart	Producer
Simon Chinn	Producer
Susan Cooper	Producer
Eric Drath	Producer
Jim Lefkowitz	Producer
Dan Marks	Producer
Joe Peracchio	Producer
Jeff Werner	Producer
Peter Rawlinson	Producer
David Zieff	Producer
Nancy Stern	Producer
Mike Parris	Producer
Al Szymanski	Producer
Royce Toni	Producer
Kirk Fraser	Producer
Johnson McKelvy	Producer
Nina Krstic	Producer
Lisa Carville	Producer
Greg Stewart	Producer
Jim Podhoretz	Producer
P.G. Morgan	Producer
George Chignell	Producer
Cash Warren	Producer
Ken Rodgers	Producer
Michael Bonfiglio	Producer
Maria Topete	Producer
Paolo Coppola	Producer
Zak Levitt	Producer
Jason Sosnoff	Producer
Juan Carlos Saizarbitoria	Producer
Michael Hughes	Producer
Jason B. Bergh	Producer
Lisa Melodia	Producer
Jonathan Chinn	Producer
Castor Fernandez	Producer
Ryann Lauckner	Producer
Keyshawn Johnson	Producer
Chris Weber	Producer
Darren J. Paletz	Producer
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas	Producer
Carly Duncan	Producer
Caitlin Colford	Producer
Scott Henry	Producer
Shawn Cuddy	Producer
Joe Tessitore	Producer
Perry Rogers	Producer
Cole Angenendt	Producer
Emily Isacson	Producer
Scott Rettberg	Producer
Sam Bardley	Producer
Peter Genesi	Producer
Dave Schechtman	Producer
Gretha Viana	Producer
Jenna Moshell Rosenfeld	Producer
Willie McDaniel	Producer
Kali McIver	Producer
Sammy Steward	Producer
Gary Paul Gates	Producer
Steve Delsohn	Producer
Alexis Ercoli	Producer
Dan Le Batard	Producer
Renie Colwell	Producer
Derek Hastings	Producer
Anne Priebe	Producer
Louise Story	Producer
Laura Coxson	Producer

Editors

Jim Podhoretz, Paul Carruthers, Pete Panagoulias, David Cypkin, Dan Marks, Sam Citron, Brian Giberson, Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Reynolds, Michael Sciallis, Sean Seamus, Jason Schmidt, Steven Pilgrim, Jeff Reilly, Dave Marcus, Todd Crites, Nick Packer, Andrew Morreale, Jonah Moran, Charlie Askew, Alfonso Pozzo, Josh Oshinsky, Corey Brosius, Sean Kelly, Susan E. Morse, Matt O'Connor, Aaron Yanes, Anne Barliant, Mark Brewer, Edward R. Abroms, Michael E. Berndt Jr., Christos Pathiakis, Dave Rehm, Nick Andert, George O'Donnell, Tim Bruckmann, Anthony Kuzviwanza, Thanasis Petrakis, Luis Alvarez y Alvarez, Daniel Goddard, Gideon Gold, Sol Horner, Joshua Altman, Greg Parsons, Bret Granato, Karl Woitach, Jenna Amber, Ryan Dever, Dennis Valk, Alan Hoang, Alex Myrvold, John Balcom, Jefrerey Arias, George P. Panagoulias, Steven Pilgrim, Tom Putnam, Steven Browning, Alistair Shurman, Blake Gingerich, Kirk St. Patrick, Luis Dechtiar, Micah Brown, Seth Casriel, Erik McMichael, Christie Strong, Ashley Smith, Brad Buckwalter, Field Humphrey, Cindy Lee, Rory Karpf, Meredith Paige, Hank Braxtan, Billy Corben, Madeleine Sackler, Greg O'Toole, Jeff Werner, David Zieff, Tal Ben-David, Michael Tolajian, Royce Toni, Greg Finton, Bob Eisenhardt, Steven Sander, Thomas Haneke, Ian Markiewicz, Joseph Krings, Adam Condal, Andy Grieve, Zak Levitt, Joshua L. Pearson, Rob Paglia

Year	Type	Category	Won

2019	Emmy	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series	Nominated
2017	Emmy	Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series	Nominated
2011	Emmy	Outstanding Nonfiction Series	Nominated