Sports documentaries are usually super hit or miss. Some just fill the air with simple storytelling and a type of play-by-play chronicling that comes across as uninspired as a bottom ticker update. Other sports documentaries just really get to you, man. Like goose bumps, I-can’t-believe-that-really-happened-style get to you. SENNA definitely falls in the latter category. The film is a study of the life of famous F1 racer Ayrton Senna. It’s already won awards at Sundance and the LA Film Festival. SENNA is setting box office records in the UK and it’s generating some real energy here in the States. Here’s the trailer:

The film hasn’t reached its full release yet. It’s already playing in New York, LA, DC, San Francisco, Berkeley, Irvine, San Rafael, Cambridge, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, Miami and Philly.  Here are the remaining release dates:

  • August 26th Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Palm Springs, Palo Alto, Portland, San Diego, Scottsdale, Seattle
  • September 2nd Charlotte, Knoxville, and St. Louis
  • September 16th Kansas City, Milwaukee, Las Vegas

To celebrate the theatrical release of SENNA, ESPN Films has provided us with three Blu-ray sets of their 30 for 30 Series to give away to three lucky readers. Each set is valued at $74.99. Here’s a full list of all the titles:

  • Muhammad and Larry (1980)
  • Kings Ransom (2009)
  • Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? (2009)
  • Without Bias (2009)
  • The Band That Wouldn’t Die (2009)
  • The Legend of Jimmy the Greek (2009)
  • Jordan Rides the Bus (2009)
  • The U (2009)
  • The Birth of Big Air (2010)
  • One Night in Vegas (2010)
  • Straight Outta L.A. (2010)
  • No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (2010)
  • The 16th Man (2010)
  • Silly Little Game (2010)
  • Run, Ricky, Run (2010)
  • Guru of Go (2010)
  • The Two Escobars (2010)
  • The House of Steinbrenner (2010)
  • Fernando Nation (2010)
  • Pony Excess (2010)
  • The Best That Never Was (2010)
  • Four Days in October (2010)
  • Marion Jones: Press Pause (2010)
  • Tim Richmond: To the Limit (2010)
  • Unmatched (2010)
  • Little Big Men (2010)
  • Into the Wind (2010)
  • June 17th, 1994 (2010)
  • Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks (2010)
  • The Two Escobars (2010)
  • Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks (2010)

I totally love this series, and I try to catch them whenever they’re on. The U and Pony Excess are two that are worth watching again with all the scandalous Miami football headlines making the rounds. If you prefer gut-wrenching stories that’ll make any dude’s eyes water, check out Without Bias or The Two Escobars. If you enjoy playing fantasy sports, Silly Little Game is a must-see.

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