Season 1 Episodes
1. 1900-49
January 21st, 199930 min
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
January 22nd, 199930 min
3. No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson
January 29th, 199930 min
4. No. 48 -- Pete Sampras
February 5th, 199930 min
5. No. 47 -- Edwin Moses
February 12th, 199930 min
6. No. 46 -- Eric Heiden
February 19th, 199930 min
7. No. 45 -- Bill Tilden
February 26th, 199930 min
8. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1950s
March 9th, 199930 min
9. No. 44 -- Bobby Jones
March 12th, 199930 min
10. No. 43 -- Julius Erving
March 19th, 199930 min
11. No. 42 -- Sandy Koufax
April 2nd, 199930 min
12. No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph
April 9th, 199930 min
13. No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor
April 16th, 199930 min
14. No. 39 -- Walter Payton
April 23rd, 199930 min
15. No. 38 -- Ben Hogan
April 30th, 199930 min
16. No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle
May 7th, 199930 min
17. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1960s
May 21st, 199930 min
18. No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson
May 14th, 199930 min
19. The Greatest Coaches of the Century
May 22nd, 199930 min
20. No. 35 -- Secretariat
May 21st, 199930 min
21. Most Influential People in Sports
May 23rd, 199930 min
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
May 30th, 199930 min
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
May 28th, 199930 min
24. No. 33 -- Mark Spitz
June 4th, 199930 min
25. Greatest Games
June 5th, 199930 min
26. No. 32 -- Johnny Unitas
June 11th, 199930 min
27. No. 31 -- Bobby Orr
June 18th, 199930 min
28. No. 30 -- Larry Bird
June 25th, 199930 min
29. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1970s
July 9th, 199930 min
30. No. 29 -- Arnold Palmer
July 2nd, 199930 min
31. No. 28 -- Red Grange
July 9th, 199930 min
32. No. 27 -- Jerry Rice
July 16th, 199930 min
33. No. 26 -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
July 23rd, 199930 min
34. No. 25 -- Joe Montana
July 30th, 199930 min
35. No. 24 -- Sugar Ray Robinson
July 30th, 199930 min
36. No. 23 -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
August 6th, 199930 min
37. No. 22 -- Joe DiMaggio
August 20th, 199930 min
38. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1980s
September 17th, 199930 min
39. No. 21 -- Gordie Howe
September 3rd, 199930 min
40. No. 20 -- Ty Cobb
September 17th, 199930 min
41. No. 19 -- Martina Navratilova
September 24th, 199930 min
42. No. 18 -- Bill Russell
October 1st, 199930 min
43. No. 17 -- Magic Johnson
October 8th, 199930 min
44. No. 16 -- Ted Williams
October 8th, 199930 min
45. No. 15 -- Jackie Robinson
October 15th, 199930 min
46. No. 14 -- Hank Aaron
October 29th, 199930 min
47. No. 13 -- Wilt Chamberlain
October 29th, 199930 min
48. No. 12 -- Carl Lewis
November 5th, 199930 min
49. No. 11 -- Joe Louis
November 19th, 199930 min
50. No. 10 -- Babe Didrikson
December 3rd, 199930 min
51. No. 9 -- Jack Nicklaus
December 3rd, 199930 min
52. No. 8 -- Willie Mays
December 10th, 199930 min
53. No. 7 -- Jim Thorpe
December 10th, 199930 min
54. No. 6 -- Jesse Owens
December 17th, 199930 min
55. No. 5 -- Wayne Gretzky
December 17th, 199930 min
56. No. 4 -- Jim Brown
December 24th, 199930 min
57. No. 3 -- Muhammad Ali
December 24th, 199930 min
58. No. 2 -- Babe Ruth
December 26th, 199930 min
59. No. 1 -- Michael Jordan
December 26th, 199930 min
60. SportsCenter of the Decade: 1990s
March 26th, 200030 min
61. Yogi Berra
October 13th, 200330 min
62. Derek Jeter
October 17th, 200330 min
63. Brian Piccolo
November 2nd, 200130 min
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
November 2nd, 200130 min
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