SportsCenturySeason 11999 · 70 episodesEpisodes11900-49The 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.2No. 50 -- Chris Evert3No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson4No. 48 -- Pete Sampras5No. 47 -- Edwin Moses6No. 46 -- Eric Heiden7No. 45 -- Bill Tilden8SportsCenter of the Decade: 1950s9No. 44 -- Bobby Jones10No. 43 -- Julius Erving11No. 42 -- Sandy Koufax12No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph13No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor14No. 39 -- Walter Payton15No. 38 -- Ben Hogan16No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle17SportsCenter of the Decade: 1960s18No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson19The Greatest Coaches of the Century20No. 35 -- Secretariat21Most Influential People in SportsCounts 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.22Greatest DynastiesThe 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.23No. 34 -- Lou Gehrig24No. 33 -- Mark Spitz25Greatest Games26No. 32 -- Johnny Unitas27No. 31 -- Bobby Orr28No. 30 -- Larry Bird29SportsCenter of the Decade: 1970s30No. 29 -- Arnold Palmer31No. 28 -- Red Grange32No. 27 -- Jerry Rice33No. 26 -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar34No. 25 -- Joe Montana35No. 24 -- Sugar Ray Robinson36No. 23 -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee37No. 22 -- Joe DiMaggio38SportsCenter of the Decade: 1980s39No. 21 -- Gordie Howe40No. 20 -- Ty Cobb41No. 19 -- Martina Navratilova42No. 18 -- Bill Russell43No. 17 -- Magic Johnson44No. 16 -- Ted Williams45No. 15 -- Jackie Robinson46No. 14 -- Hank Aaron47No. 13 -- Wilt Chamberlain48No. 12 -- Carl Lewis49No. 11 -- Joe Louis50No. 10 -- Babe Didrikson51No. 9 -- Jack Nicklaus52No. 8 -- Willie Mays53No. 7 -- Jim Thorpe54No. 6 -- Jesse Owens55No. 5 -- Wayne Gretzky56No. 4 -- Jim Brown57No. 3 -- Muhammad Ali58No. 2 -- Babe Ruth59No. 1 -- Michael Jordan60SportsCenter of the Decade: 1990s61Yogi Berra62Derek Jeter63Brian PiccoloA 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 1970.64Brian Piccolo65Casey Stengel102No. 50 - Chris Evert103Joe DiMaggio104Willie Mays105Billy Martin106Don LarsenSeason 2Season 3Season 4Season 5
