Season 1 Episodes
1. 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.
2. No. 50 -- Chris Evert
3. No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson
4. No. 48 -- Pete Sampras
5. No. 47 -- Edwin Moses
6. No. 46 -- Eric Heiden
7. No. 45 -- Bill Tilden
8. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1950s
9. No. 44 -- Bobby Jones
10. No. 43 -- Julius Erving
11. No. 42 -- Sandy Koufax
12. No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph
13. No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor
14. No. 39 -- Walter Payton
15. No. 38 -- Ben Hogan
16. No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle
17. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1960s
18. No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson
19. The Greatest Coaches of the Century
20. No. 35 -- Secretariat
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. No. 34 -- Lou Gehrig
24. No. 33 -- Mark Spitz
25. Greatest Games
26. No. 32 -- Johnny Unitas
27. No. 31 -- Bobby Orr
28. No. 30 -- Larry Bird
29. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1970s
30. No. 29 -- Arnold Palmer
31. No. 28 -- Red Grange
32. No. 27 -- Jerry Rice
33. No. 26 -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
34. No. 25 -- Joe Montana
35. No. 24 -- Sugar Ray Robinson
36. No. 23 -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
37. No. 22 -- Joe DiMaggio
38. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1980s
39. No. 21 -- Gordie Howe
40. No. 20 -- Ty Cobb
41. No. 19 -- Martina Navratilova
42. No. 18 -- Bill Russell
43. No. 17 -- Magic Johnson
44. No. 16 -- Ted Williams
45. No. 15 -- Jackie Robinson
46. No. 14 -- Hank Aaron
47. No. 13 -- Wilt Chamberlain
48. No. 12 -- Carl Lewis
49. No. 11 -- Joe Louis
50. No. 10 -- Babe Didrikson
51. No. 9 -- Jack Nicklaus
52. No. 8 -- Willie Mays
53. No. 7 -- Jim Thorpe
54. No. 6 -- Jesse Owens
55. No. 5 -- Wayne Gretzky
56. No. 4 -- Jim Brown
57. No. 3 -- Muhammad Ali
58. No. 2 -- Babe Ruth
59. No. 1 -- Michael Jordan
60. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1990s
61. Yogi Berra
62. Derek Jeter
63. 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.
64. Brian Piccolo
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