Rivalries take sports to levels that make for outstanding theater. Such was the case with the Avalanche-Red Wings rivalry of the late 1990s and early 2000s, which ESPN examined in “Unrivaled” as part of its “E60” documentary series.
The two-hour show, which premiered Sunday and is available on ESPN+, focused on the spark that lit the rivalry — Claude Lemieux’s dirty hit of Kris Draper — and its aftereffects. It also covered the tentacles of the rivalry (octopus pun intended), from the personal to the public.
