ESPN turned 30 in 2009 and to celebrate they launched 30 for 30 a series of sports documentaries that take viewers behind the headlines of some of sports’ greatest stories. The series debuted on ESPN in October 2009 with Kings Ransom an in-depth look at the trade that ended Wayne Gretzky’s time with the Edmonton Oilers, making him an L.A. King. August 9, 1988 is a day that will live on in infamy for every Oilers fan. Kings Ransom portrays in stunning fashion just what that day meant to the Gretzky family, the cities of Edmonton and Los Angeles, and the hockey world as a whole