Hasta La Creative!

ESPN's "30 for 30" sports documentary series is as ambitious an undertaking as anything the network has ever attempted. Hell, it might be one of the most ambitious projects in the history of TV. Set to coincide with the network's 30th year on the air, the series tasks 30 filmmakers with 30 documentaries on a range of sports-related topics from the last 30 years, giving them access to the extensive ABC/ESPN library of footage. As a result, the "30 for 30" project comes across less as a look-at-us! celebration of the network's omnipresence than as a quiet triumph of storytelling.