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What ever happened to there being one on Cleveland's 50-year title drought?
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I didn't really care for Rand U for the same reasons everyone mentioned. However, I found 'Big Shot' really interesting because I knew nothing about the Islanders and how someone almost pulled buying a franchise with no money.
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I'm very interested in the Russian one. This ain't exactly a hot take, but I feel like the NHL was a poorer place from not being able to have some of the best Russians of the 70's and 80's. I sometimes wonder how many scoring titles Valery Kharlamov could have won, or how many Vezinas Tretiak could have won.
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Kibner posted:Dang, aren't those films all some of the better ones? Pretty hype, in that case. Yea Hock is really loving good.
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soggybagel posted:What's this Russian look at the miracle on ice? I didn't see it on their webpage? There's absolutely nothing out there on it apparently. I just did a Yahoo search for "Of Miracles and Men", with "30 for 30" and/or "ESPN" added on in separate searches.
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There's also supposed to be one about the Von Erich wrestling family that hasn't had any updated news about it for over 6 months.
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Oof, I don't know if I can watch a Von Erich one
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If you have WWE Network there is a great doc on WCCW that covers the Von Erichs extensively. It's actually really good and sad.
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Brothers in Exile is really really good. Very interesting story.
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Awful Announcing posted this on Of Miracles and Men: http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/new-30-30-will-examine-soviet-side-miracle-ice.html
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WHAT THE HELL WHY IS SILLY BEARDFACE DROOPY VOICE CHUCK KLOSTERMAN ROLLED OUT ON MULTIPLE 30 FOR 30S e: I don't have any interest in tennis, but I'm watching the Jimmy Connors one and he is hulking up against McEnroe's Brother and I that is an incredible fist pump game he's got going. R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Because he is sometimes a sports writer and has lived through most of them?
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Henchman of Santa posted:Because he is sometimes a sports writer and has lived through most of them? Plus he has had a relationship with Simmons for a long time.
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that was less a why from a logistical and practical standpoint and more of a why as in why is this happening to me
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Klosterman is the world's biggest goober but he works in the context of something like You Don't Know Bo. He's basically a professional goon.
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Hand Row posted:Plus he has had a relationship with Simmons for a long time.
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I thought The U part 2 was bad. It was an interesting follow-up to The U, but of course like most of these docs, its a bunch of revisionist history. One person even said that the 2001 Miami team would have made the NFL Playoffs. I understand people say this all the time when a college team is really good, but I'm not sure how a team that barely beat an unranked Boston College quarterbacked by one Brian St. Pierre could win enough games in the NFL to make the playoffs. That and how they actually tried to whitewash those Miami teams like they were nothing like the Miami teams of the 80's. Meanwhile one of their players gets straight up murdered and guy being interviewed says if he'd been there it wouldn't have happened because he always had his gun on him. Yeah, bunch of saints compared to the old Miami. Oh don't forget picking a fight with Florida at a strip club in New Orleans! Then they turn the whole Nevin Shapiro thing into an attack on the NCAA. I love an attack on the NCAA as much as the next guy but it doesn't absolve Miami of any of the egregious things that took place either. Then they end the documentary talking about how there's no place like The U and how they don't know another place where everyone is like a family and  Please....it is no more or less special than any other of the hundreds of schools people say that same exact poo poo about.
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The U part 2 was baaaaad. The first one is so perfect
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Not sure how many watched the really awesome Nine for IX called No Limits, about freediver Audrey Mestre but a) watch it because it owns and b) they're making a film about it with Jennifer Lawrence as Mestre. Francis Lawrence (the recent two Hunger Games films) is directing and James Cameron is producing. Cameron spent time with Mestre's husband in the past.
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http://youtu.be/P4DLvI6LehE If you can't wait for the 30 for 30 about the Soviet side of the miracle game, this doc about the Red Army is releasing now, hosted by Slava Fetisov and produced by Werner Herzog. It looks fantastic.
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DJExile posted:http://youtu.be/P4DLvI6LehE I hope there's Herzog narration: I've read hockey is a game of great skill, grace, and courage. But when I look at it what I see is ice murder.
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Of Miracles and Men premiering now on ESPN. It re-airs on ESPN2 at 11:00PM Eastern.
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I totally forgot that the Soviets beat the U.S. 10-3 right before the start of the Olympics. The highlights from that game 
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Show more of Fetisov's daughter. Seriously though, this has been worth the wait so far. Mother Russia really did build themselves a hockey juggernaut.
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"What did you think when the Soviets pulled Tretiak?" "I am a figure skating coach." 
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CBJSprague24 posted:Show more of Fetisov's daughter.
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"Were you in Lake Placid for the Olympics?" "I won the Gold Medal!" Oops. e- I love the tone taken by the Soviet PBP guy. It's what I'd expect of North Korea's radio broadcast: "What a tremendous effort by our glorious team! What heroism! What camaraderie! Such a triumph!" 
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CBJSprague24 posted:"Were you in Lake Placid for the Olympics?"
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The Soviet PBP guy was defeated with 11 minutes to go. "8 minutes, 5 seconds...until we go to the firing squad..."  "And with that, we end our commentary. This is Nikolai Orezov, defecting to the United States." No, Slava. "No goal, third place at best." e- And god drat, the Canadians were some cheap-shotting SOBs in those early Canada/USSR challenges. e2- Dumbasses at ABC showed the outcome of the game before the tape-delayed telecast was on. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Bobby Clarke is a piece of poo poo. Soviets, Americans, Koreans, you name it and he'll slash them.
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"Boris, I think it's time you retire." God drat. Never mind that you changed goalies after the first period, which might've had an impact. Just tell the captain to hang 'em up.
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The Scott Arniel of the USSR.
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Tretiak would retire to defect to England and become a spy with MI6 in the late 1980s.Boomer The Cannon posted:The Scott Arniel of the USSR. "Just keep piling it on..."
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An important thing I just learned: apparently Soviet hockey training involved throwing shoulder checks into trees.
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Guys I'm starting to think that Soviet government officials were dicks.
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Well of course Gary Bettman would try to tell Fetisov that he couldn't take the Stanley Cup to Moscow because "criminals".
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Not bad, not bad at all. I had forgotten that Fetisov didn't defect and had the chance, I had assumed he did like almost everyone else. I'd love to get my hands on an English translation of one of Tasarov's books, but they're insanely priced on Amazon.
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Crazy Ted posted:An important thing I just learned: apparently Soviet hockey training involved throwing shoulder checks into trees. Improvisational dancing on skates, too! Retail Slave posted:Guys I'm starting to think that Soviet government officials were dicks. "Yes, Slava, you can go to America if you ween us the Gold." (Wins Gold) "PSYCHE! Haha, see? Is joke because you belong to Mother Russia!" "Do you want to sign contract with Lou? He is here. OF COURSE YOU DON'T! We bug his room to make sure you stay or else." 
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