The Making of a Basketball Legend

BYSTANDER PRESENTS: ESPN PRESENTS: 30 FOR 30: WINNER’S MINDSET: THE DAVIS BALL STORY

May 30, 2023

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The 30 for 30 title card is styled like an old ticket stub — *That’s* the slogan they went with?

Voiceover: It is fall, 1978. Davis Ball tries out for the Cal-Poly Christian basketball team as a freshman. Nobody knew just how hard he’d work to make the cut.

Pip (teammate): One thing about Davis Ball, he was short. Like, really short.

Jerome (teammate): I think he was 5 foot 2, but he walked in with this mindset of, he…

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