SportsCentury – Season 1
Episodes
Casey Stengel
1900-49
The SportsCentury begins with this two-hour reflection of the major sports events that endeared themselves to the American conscience in the first half of the 20th Century. Dave Anderson, Dick Schaap, and Curt Gowdy sit around newspaper offices as the ""hosts"" in this newsreel-type retrospective.
No. 50 -- Chris Evert
No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson
No. 48 -- Pete Sampras
No. 47 -- Edwin Moses
No. 46 -- Eric Heiden
No. 45 -- Bill Tilden
SportsCenter of the Decade: 1950s
No. 44 -- Bobby Jones
No. 43 -- Julius Erving
No. 42 -- Sandy Koufax
No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph
No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor
No. 39 -- Walter Payton
No. 38 -- Ben Hogan
No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle
SportsCenter of the Decade: 1960s
No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson
The Greatest Coaches of the Century
No. 35 -- Secretariat
Most Influential People in Sports
Counts down the ten non-athletes who left the greatest impact on the sports world in the 20th Century. Profiles include: Walter O'Malley, Branch Rickey, Pette Rozelle, David Stern, Roone Arledge, and Marvin Miller.
Greatest Dynasties
The teams that dominated their sport–the New York Yankees, Boston Celtics, Montréal Canadiens, UCLA Bruins, Notre Dame Fighting Irish–are profiled. So are the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Bulls, and San Francisco 49ers.
No. 34 -- Lou Gehrig
No. 33 -- Mark Spitz
Greatest Games
No. 32 -- Johnny Unitas
No. 31 -- Bobby Orr
No. 30 -- Larry Bird
SportsCenter of the Decade: 1970s
No. 29 -- Arnold Palmer
No. 28 -- Red Grange
No. 27 -- Jerry Rice
No. 26 -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
No. 25 -- Joe Montana
No. 24 -- Sugar Ray Robinson
No. 23 -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
No. 22 -- Joe DiMaggio
SportsCenter of the Decade: 1980s
No. 21 -- Gordie Howe
No. 20 -- Ty Cobb
No. 19 -- Martina Navratilova
No. 18 -- Bill Russell
No. 17 -- Magic Johnson
No. 16 -- Ted Williams
No. 15 -- Jackie Robinson
No. 14 -- Hank Aaron
No. 13 -- Wilt Chamberlain
No. 12 -- Carl Lewis
No. 11 -- Joe Louis
No. 10 -- Babe Didrikson
No. 9 -- Jack Nicklaus
No. 8 -- Willie Mays
No. 7 -- Jim Thorpe
No. 6 -- Jesse Owens
No. 5 -- Wayne Gretzky
No. 4 -- Jim Brown
No. 3 -- Muhammad Ali
No. 2 -- Babe Ruth
No. 1 -- Michael Jordan
SportsCenter of the Decade: 1990s
Yogi Berra
Derek Jeter
Brian Piccolo
A profile of the late Brian Piccolo, the 1964 ACC Player of the Year at Wake Forest and later a member of the Chicago Bears, where he formed a friendship with Gale Sayers that was depicted in the 1971 film “Brian's Song.” Piccolo died of cancer in 1970.