"30 for 30," 5 p.m. ESPN: The sports cable channel has been showing some very interesting films as part of the concept to present 30 films by 30 filmmakers on 30 different topics from the last 30 years in sports. Tonight's offering, "The Legend of Jimmy the Greek," looks at rise and fall of sports handicapper Jimmy Snyder.

Keith Clinkscales, senior vice president, ESPN content development and enterprises, says, "At ESPN, for the films, we wanted to find ways to tell stories that reach our fans. Our fans enjoy movies. They enjoy the form. We wanted to find different ways to make sure we had more ways to tell stories, and that's what this whole project is about, and this is what ESPN Films is about."

"The Legend of Jimmy the Greek" was directed by Fritz Mitchell. Other films in the series will be directed by Morgan Freeman, Ice Cube, Alex Gibney, Frank Marshall, John Singleton, Al Szymanski, Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville.