{"id":39245,"date":"2012-08-16T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=39245"},"modified":"2019-03-06T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T21:07:49","slug":"netflix-espn-30-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/netflix-espn-30-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Alert: ESPN’s ’30 for 30′"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have no idea how many sports fans or even documentary fans we have here at The Bonus View<\/em>. If you’re out there, you should know that Netflix is currently streaming all of ESPN’s award-winning ’30 for 30′ series in HD.
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As both as sports fan and a consumer of ESPN programming, I was really excited when the network announced and premiered this series back in 2009 and 2010. Unfortunately, since I’m unwilling to schedule my life around TV premieres and rebroadcasts, I missed almost every film. Even though the documentaries were released on Blu-ray this past fall, due to their unique production, I’ve been hesitant to blind-buy. The documentaries all have different directors with varied subjects, so any particular one may not be as equally enticing as another. <\/p>\n

After the initial thirty, ESPN continued to produce new films using the same set-up. (The concept is attributed to Bill Simmons.) Some of these are available on Netflix as well, though I have yet to find the excellent ‘The Fab Five’ on Netflix streaming.<\/p>\n

Personally, I’ve found some of these documentaries to be so fascinating that they’re hard to turn off. Some involve sporting phenomenons that I followed at the time, while others either predate me or follow events that occurred outside of my purview.<\/p>\n

Highlights include:<\/p>\n