ESPN 30 on 30: The Two Escobars

[Tron]

Tuesday night @ 9:00 PM Eastern

In the 2010 ESPN broadcast "30 for 30", a series of sports-themed documentaries timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Entertainment and Sports Network. "The Two Escobars" by directors Jeff and Michael Zimbalist looked back at Colombia's World Cup run in 1994 and the relationship of sports and the country's criminal gangs—notably the Medellin narcotics cartel run by Escobar.

The other Escobar in the film title refers to former Colombian National Team defender Andres Escobar, who was shot and killed one month after an own goal cost Colombia in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The film discusses the potential involvement of Pablo Escobar's role in Andres's death.

I have the DVR set.

 

[Fu Manchu]

i thought it was 30 for 30

 

[Cougar Bait]

Daft, La Crema 2007 Pinot Noir

Check it out

 

[Tron]

You may be right Fischy

 

[rito]

Damn, I want to see that. I bet it's not on here.

 

[rito]

The Medellin Cartel allegedly owned or controlled National which is the most famous Medellin team. Though that shit's long over now.

 

[rito]

And Pablo Escobar died in 1993, so not sure what he could have had to with what happened in 1994.

 

[roguejuror]

RIP Guru

 

[senco78]

will be watching:clap2:

throughly enjoyed History channels bio about Pablo Escobar.
you know you've made it when you are sentenced to a prison funded and built by yourself

 

[roguejuror]

Nacional used to go have practice matches in the prison yard to entertain him.

 

[AMBy]

ohhh I want to see this as well.

 

[rito]

Nacional used to go have practice matches in the prison yard to entertain him.

i'd lol for how funny that would be, except that i'm sure it's true. his prison is still here, and the escape road too. it's now $$$$$$ neighborhoods and shit. you can take the road as a back way from the airport, it's called loma de escobrero, i like it, it's a steep one lane road through the mountains. Interrupted every so often by a gated community or an absurdly expensive high school. The escobar legacy I guess.

 

[roguejuror]

He offered to pay Colombia's external debt, around $12 billion at the time, if they did away with the extradition treaty with the US and other developed countries.

 

[rito]

He offered to pay Colombia's external debt, around $12 billion at the time, if they did away with the extradition treaty with the US and other developed countries.

Yea how fucked up was that. Was it really 12billion then? That's absurd.

 

[roguejuror]

not sure

it wasn't just him it was los extraditables

 

[rito]

I just stumbled on this pic. I like Uribe (generally), but how fucked do these assholes look:

 

[roguejuror]

 

[rito]

Well, at least I picked the most pro gringo place in the world to move.