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Sport And Cinema

The Tribeca Film Festival’s Sporting Element

Now in play and running through May 1st, Tribeca, with partner ESPN, present a compelling and diverse slate of sports documentary films in its 10th annual gathering throughout New York City. [...]

ESPN Films 30 for 30 Gift Set Collection, Volume 2

ESPN is now offering on DVD the remaining 15 of the 30 films from its original slate in the highly acclaimed “30 for 30″ series. [...]

New College Hoops Movie from ESPN Films

Coinciding with the annual tip off into March Madness, ESPN will air a new film next weekend about one of college basketball’s more memorable teams. [...]

Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won

Authors Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim present an intriguing guide to a wide array of both complex and heretofore seemingly mundane topics that go far beyond the scoreboard to help fans get at the truths of sports [...]

ESPN’s 30 for 30 DVD Gift Set Vol. I

The curtain has fallen on a new and compelling “television film festival”. ESPN has just concluded its opening run of thirty engaging and provocative movies, premiering 14 months ago. Meticulous and sharply observed, this “30 for 30” project has been as ambitious an undertaking as anything the network has done. [...]

Los Angeles Lakers 2010 Finals: Collector’s Edition

The game’s most storied rivalry in a highly anticipated rematch, two years in the making, now comes complete on DVD. The two most successful franchises in NBA history pick up where they left off in 2008. It is the Boston Celtics against the Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA crown. [...]

NBA 2010-2011 – A Fast Break Prediction of Who Will Make the Playoffs

The world’s best players have just tipped off another season of the National Basketball Association and it is a long way from October to June. But here’s a quick look of who should be at the next level when the games go up in intensity come playoff time. [...]

ESPN Films – Jordan Rides the Bus

In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sports world, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball. After leading the Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and taking the Chicago Bulls to their third consecutive NBA championship the following year, Jordan was jolted by the murder of his father [...]

2010 NBA Finals – Lakers vs. Celtics

In a renewal of one of sports history’s greatest rivalries, Boston and Los Angeles meet yet again for the NBA crown. Beginning this week at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, a new chapter begins as the Lakers and Celtics meet for the second time in three years, and the 12th time overall. [...]

The NBA’s Best Players Since the Turn of the Century

PG Steve Nash, Mavericks-Suns SG Kobe Bryant, Lakers PF Tim Duncan, Spurs SF LeBron James, Cavaliers C Shaquille O’Neal, Lakers-Heat-Suns-Cavaliers [...]