SportsCentury S1:E8

Casey Stengel

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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.

No. 50 -- Chris Evert

No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson

No. 48 -- Pete Sampras

No. 47 -- Edwin Moses

No. 46 -- Eric Heiden

No. 45 -- Bill Tilden

No. 44 -- Bobby Jones

No. 43 -- Julius Erving

No. 42 -- Sandy Koufax

No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph

No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor

No. 39 -- Walter Payton

No. 38 -- Ben Hogan

No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle

SportsCenter of the Decade: 1960s

No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson

The Greatest Coaches of the Century

No. 35 -- Secretariat

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.

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.

No. 34 -- Lou Gehrig

No. 33 -- Mark Spitz

Greatest Games

No. 32 -- Johnny Unitas

No. 31 -- Bobby Orr

No. 30 -- Larry Bird

SportsCenter of the Decade: 1970s

No. 29 -- Arnold Palmer

No. 28 -- Red Grange

No. 27 -- Jerry Rice

No. 26 -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

No. 25 -- Joe Montana

No. 24 -- Sugar Ray Robinson

No. 23 -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee

No. 22 -- Joe DiMaggio

SportsCenter of the Decade: 1980s

No. 21 -- Gordie Howe

No. 20 -- Ty Cobb

No. 19 -- Martina Navratilova

No. 18 -- Bill Russell

No. 17 -- Magic Johnson

No. 16 -- Ted Williams

No. 15 -- Jackie Robinson

No. 14 -- Hank Aaron

No. 13 -- Wilt Chamberlain

No. 12 -- Carl Lewis

No. 11 -- Joe Louis

No. 10 -- Babe Didrikson

No. 9 -- Jack Nicklaus

No. 8 -- Willie Mays

No. 7 -- Jim Thorpe

No. 6 -- Jesse Owens

No. 5 -- Wayne Gretzky

No. 4 -- Jim Brown

No. 3 -- Muhammad Ali

No. 2 -- Babe Ruth

No. 1 -- Michael Jordan

SportsCenter of the Decade: 1990s

Yogi Berra

Derek Jeter

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.

Brian Piccolo

No. 50 - Chris Evert

Joe DiMaggio

Willie Mays

Billy Martin

Don Larsen