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List of 30 for 30 films

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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30 for 30 is an ESPN documentary film series on interesting people and events from the history of sports. It consists of 4 "volumes", each 30 episodes long, the ESPN Films Presents series that consisted of 13 episodes from 2011 to 2012, 30 for 30 Shorts, available on the ESPN.com website, Soccer Stories, which aired before the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and 30 for 30 Podcasts, launched June 2017.

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