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The Legend of Jimmy the Greek- ESPN 30/30 Sat Nov 10th at 8pm The Legend of Jimmy the Greek- ESPN 30/30 Sat Nov 10th at 8pm DIRECTOR Fritz Mitchell PRODUCER Wendy Yamano CONSULTING PRODUCERS-George Veras and Gary Paul Gates October 27, 2009 In 1976, Jimmy “The Greek” joined the popular The NFL Today, with Brent Musburger, Phyllis George and Irv Cross and became the common man¢s folk hero, bringing the underground pastime of betting on football games out of the back rooms to spotlight of network television. But before “The NFL Today” Jimmy¢s had led five different Runyonesque lives before got his national television gig at 59. He began gambling in Steubenville as a teenager, set the first football odds from Las Vegas, handled public relations for Caesar¢s Palace, was convicted of interstate gambling and then pardoned and had the twin personal tragedies of having his mother murdered by his jealous uncle and losing three children to Cystic Fibrosis and then finally flamed out on Martin Luther King Day 1989, with a blundering attempt to draw an analogy between the breeding of blacks and their predominance in sports. It branded him a racist and he disappeared until his death in 1996. But now Jimmy¢s remarkable life has been brought back to capture the legend---or the myth. Two time Peabody Award–winning filmmaker-director Fritz Mitchell, who began his career at NFL Today, took the project, brought to ESPN by Jimmy's former producer at the NFL Today, 12 Time Emmy Award winner and Consulting Producer for the documentary George Veras, to bring Jimmy¢s controversial career to life.. For ESPN¢s 30 for 30 series, Mitchell deftly captures the spirit of Jimmy by using actors to re create the Greek in appearance and voice, as Jimmy reflects on his life. Interviewed for the first time ever are Jimmy's son, Anthony Snyder, Jimmy's brother and sister, Angela and John, The NFL Today show cast of Brent Musburger, Irv Cross, Phyllis George and Producer George Veras, ESPN¢s Hank Goldberg, CBS Director Bob Fishman, Writers Gary Paul Gates and Frank Deford and Dan Rather Rather-“I see Jimmy the Greek as a tragedy, a great American tragedy. He got all the way of the mountaintop, all the way to the peak and then have it plummet to the bottom and never even to come up for a little bit. That¢s the story” Anthony Snyder “My father made a lot of money in his career, but spent a lot of money..he went through it all, believe me, he enjoyed every cent of it” Irv Cross - "I knew Jimmy well..Jimmy the Greek was not a racist..and made one slip up and it destroyed his life" For further details go to http://30for30.espn.com/film/the-legend-of-jimmy-the-greek.html or contact George Veras at verastv@aol.com. Print Article��Email to a friend   TURKEY'S FRONTLINE FOREIGN POLICY 1 Light at the End of Greece¢s Difficult Tunnel Condemnation of the death of our compatriot Aristotelis Goumas From Albanian terrorists. Statement by the Honorable Chris Spirou, President “International Congregation of Agia Sophia” Press Conference-Hellenic American Union Auditorium, Athens, Greece Today's Zaman reports on 'Bartholomew hopeful Orthodox Church will survive' Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Dogtooth, an allegorical critique of family life, OPENS september 3 on SFFS SCREEN AT sundance kabuki cinemas Foreign Tourism to Düsseldorf Region grows by 9.2% Explaining “How & Why” Cancer Cells Eat Us Alive: They Use Stress to Steal Nutrients from Nearby Cells to Survive, Evolve, and Spread FOUNDERS OF AMERICAN HELLENIC COMMUNITY OF FLORIDA, INC. CNN reports on 'The last Orthodox patriarch in Turkey?' Liturgy at Hagia Sophia on Sept. 17, 2010 INVITATION TO A PRESS CONFERENCE In Memory of Angelo Ravanos CNN's "World's Untold Stories" to examine Greek Orthodox Community in Turkey Greek Restaurant Review: Corfu Grill: One of Forest Hills' Finest Eateries Seminarians Have Life-Changing Experience as Part of an OCMC Mission Team FORMER GOVERNOR PATAKI REITERATES HIS SUPPORT FOR REBUILDING ST. NICHOLAS AT GROUND ZERO Congressman Joe Sestak for Senate Efforts to support the greek-american community Baltimore¢s Greek Sister City Selects Veteran Baltimore Police Commander to Compete in Athens Marathon Man Murdered in Albania for Speaking Greek The National Hellenic Society and American College of Greece Release Heritage Greece Program Research Rep. Bilirakis Statement on Mosque Near Ground Zero St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church stood across Liberty Street from the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, USA. It was completely destroyed in the September 11, 2001, attacks when the South Tower collapsed.