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The 1986 Mets may have been one of the greatest sports stories ever told, but the roots of their fairy tale lie in a very different time, the late 70s, when they epitomized the hopelessness of New York. Then as the city rose in the early 80s, so too did the team from Queens, thanks to the collection of characters who became the heart of an incredible roster of talent.

The 1986 New York Mets expected to dominate, and over the first half of the season, that’s exactly what they did. A blend of talent and swagger, they stormed through the National League, and became the toast of a city brimming with excess everywhere you turned. They were a team on the edge, just the way New York wanted it.

After storming to the National League East Division title, the Mets and Houston Astros battled in an unforgettable Championship Series, with New York helpless against the pitching of Mike Scott, and calling on every magic trick they could summon to get to the World Series.

As the 1986 World Series went back and forth, the Mets went into Game 6 with their backs to the wall, trailing the Red Sox 3-2. What ensued was a night – and a comeback – never to be forgotten in baseball history, and then another comeback in Game 7 when New York won it. But it was the only championship for one of the most iconic teams in sports history.

The Tuck Rule. An otherwise obscure entry in the NFL rulebook that evokes a controversial play.

Greg Norman played the game of golf only one way: aggressively, and without regret.

In the 1990's, the And1 Mixtape forever transformed basketball's place in the culture.

An ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on the 1996 USA Women's Dream Team and the 14-month odyssey that would forever change the landscape of women's athletics.

An ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on the 1996 USA Women's Dream Team and the 14-month odyssey that would forever change the landscape of women's athletics.

An ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on the 1996 USA Women's Dream Team and the 14-month odyssey that would forever change the landscape of women's athletics.

BULLIES OF BALTIMORE tells the story of the Super Bowl champion 2000 Baltimore Ravens, a loving, unapologetic portrait of an irrepressible cast of characters.

More than three decades after its television debut, American Gladiators remains a cultural phenomenon not quite like anything else that ever aired on screen. The American Gladiators Documentary, a two-part 30 for 30 ESPN film, tells the series' entire epic tale, with director Ben Berman tracking down many of the show's most charismatic figures, and along the way embarking on an odyssey to uncov...

More than three decades after its television debut, American Gladiators remains a cultural phenomenon not quite like anything else that ever aired on screen. The American Gladiators Documentary, a two-part 30 for 30 ESPN film, tells the series' entire epic tale, with director Ben Berman tracking down many of the show's most charismatic figures, and along the way embarking on an odyssey to uncov...

ESPN Films teams up with filmmaker Steve James on a multi-part film that tells the colorful story of a true sports original: iconic basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton. His life is the stuff of legend: a high school basketball phenom and game-changing big man for the UCLA dynasty… an injury-plagued NBA lightning rod defined by championships and setbacks… a Grateful Dead devotee who remained tr...

ESPN Films teams up with filmmaker Steve James on a multi-part film that tells the colorful story of a true sports original: iconic basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton. His life is the stuff of legend: a high school basketball phenom and game-changing big man for the UCLA dynasty… an injury-plagued NBA lightning rod defined by championships and setbacks… a Grateful Dead devotee who remained tr...

ESPN Films teams up with filmmaker Steve James on a multi-part film that tells the colorful story of a true sports original: iconic basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton. His life is the stuff of legend: a high school basketball phenom and game-changing big man for the UCLA dynasty… an injury-plagued NBA lightning rod defined by championships and setbacks… a Grateful Dead devotee who remained tr...

ESPN Films teams up with filmmaker Steve James on a multi-part film that tells the colorful story of a true sports original: iconic basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton. His life is the stuff of legend: a high school basketball phenom and game-changing big man for the UCLA dynasty… an injury-plagued NBA lightning rod defined by championships and setbacks… a Grateful Dead devotee who remained tr...

A wide-ranging, revealing, and often intimate portrait of WNBA player Candace Parker.

An look at the influence that hand games played by Black girls has had on the American landscape.

There may be no award in sports as synonymous with a game as the Heisman Trophy is with college football. And there was likely no year in the history of the award as memorable, as transformative, and as controversial as 1997. The ESPN 30 for 30 Film THE GREAT HEISMAN RACE OF 1997 takes an immersive, time-capsule style approach to telling that story, going back a quarter century to chronicle a s...

THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE chronicles the extraordinary career, complicated life, and profound spiritual journey of NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl champion Reggie White.