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The Best Episodes of SportsCentury

SportsCentury is an ESPN biography program that reviews the people and athletic events that defined sports in North America throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. In...

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  1. 9.6/10(11 votes)

    #1 - No. 18 -- Bill Russell

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  2. 9.4/10(13 votes)

    #2 - No. 30 -- Larry Bird

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  3. 9.3/10(15 votes)

    #3 - No. 17 -- Magic Johnson

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  4. 9.0/10(18 votes)

    #4 - The Greatest Coaches of the Century

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  5. 8.4/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Greatest Dynasties

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    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.

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  6. 7.3/10(16 votes)

    #6 - No. 14 -- Hank Aaron

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  7. 2.8/10(8 votes)

    #7 - No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson

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    #8 - Casey Stengel

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    #9 - 1900-49

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    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.

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    #10 - No. 50 -- Chris Evert

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    #11 - No. 48 -- Pete Sampras

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    #12 - No. 47 -- Edwin Moses

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    #13 - No. 46 -- Eric Heiden

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    #14 - No. 45 -- Bill Tilden

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    #15 - SportsCenter of the Decade: 1950s

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    #16 - No. 44 -- Bobby Jones

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    #17 - No. 43 -- Julius Erving

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    #18 - No. 42 -- Sandy Koufax

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    #19 - No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph

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    #20 - No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor

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    #21 - No. 39 -- Walter Payton

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    #22 - No. 38 -- Ben Hogan

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    #23 - No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle

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    #24 - SportsCenter of the Decade: 1960s

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    #25 - No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson

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Best Episodes Summary

"No. 18 -- Bill Russell" is the best rated episode of "SportsCentury". It scored 9.6/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1999. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "No. 30 -- Larry Bird".