In April 2010, ESPN released the 12th film of its 30 for 30 documentary film series in its infancy after launching six months earlier. The film, Run Ricky Run, chronicled Ricky Williams’ 2004 departure from the NFL amid another positive marijuana test. While the film was fantastic, one of the best in 30 for 30’s Volume I, it could’ve been better, we learned on Friday.
If you don’t know Chris Jones from his many years at Esquire, ESPN, and other publications, you may remember him from his George Clooney Twitter thread in May 2020.