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The Best Episodes of SportsCentury

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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 1999, ESPN counted down the Top 50 Athletes of the

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    SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 1 - 1900-49
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    #1 - 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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  2. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 2 - No. 50 -- Chris Evert
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    #2 - No. 50 -- Chris Evert

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  3. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 3 - No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson
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    #3 - No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson

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  4. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 4 - No. 48 -- Pete Sampras
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    #4 - No. 48 -- Pete Sampras

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  5. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 5 - No. 47 -- Edwin Moses
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    #5 - No. 47 -- Edwin Moses

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  6. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 6 - No. 46 -- Eric Heiden
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  7. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 7 - No. 45 -- Bill Tilden
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    #7 - No. 45 -- Bill Tilden

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  8. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 8 - SportsCenter of the Decade: 1950s
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    #8 - SportsCenter of the Decade: 1950s

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  9. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 9 - No. 44 -- Bobby Jones
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  10. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 10 - No. 43 -- Julius Erving
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  11. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 11 - No. 42 -- Sandy Koufax
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  12. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 12 - No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph
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    #12 - No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph

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  13. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 13 - No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor
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    #13 - No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor

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  14. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 14 - No. 39 -- Walter Payton
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    #14 - No. 39 -- Walter Payton

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  15. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 15 - No. 38 -- Ben Hogan
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    #15 - No. 38 -- Ben Hogan

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  16. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 16 - No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle
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    #16 - No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle

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  17. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 17 - SportsCenter of the Decade: 1960s
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  18. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 18 - No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson
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    #18 - No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson

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  19. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 19 - The Greatest Coaches of the Century
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    #19 - The Greatest Coaches of the Century

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  20. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 20 - No. 35 -- Secretariat
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    #20 - No. 35 -- Secretariat

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  21. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 21 - Most Influential People in Sports
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    #21 - Most Influential People in Sports

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    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.

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  22. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 22 - 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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  23. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 23 - No. 34 -- Lou Gehrig
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    #23 - No. 34 -- Lou Gehrig

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  24. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 24 - No. 33 -- Mark Spitz
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    #24 - No. 33 -- Mark Spitz

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  25. SportsCentury Season 1 Episode 25 - Greatest Games
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    #25 - Greatest Games

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Best Episodes Summary

"1900-49" is the best rated episode of "SportsCentury". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/21/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "No. 50 -- Chris Evert".