SportsCentury
1999-2005, documentary
30 minutes
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 20th Century, selected from North...
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1999-01-21
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No. 50 -- Chris Evert
1999-01-22
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No. 49 -- O.J. Simpson
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No. 48 -- Pete Sampras
1999-02-05
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1999-02-12
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No. 46 -- Eric Heiden
1999-02-19
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No. 45 -- Bill Tilden
1999-02-26
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SportsCenter of the Decade: 1950s
1999-03-09
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No. 44 -- Bobby Jones
1999-03-12
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No. 43 -- Julius Erving
1999-03-19
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No. 42 -- Sandy Koufax
1999-04-02
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No. 41 -- Wilma Rudolph
1999-04-09
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No. 40 -- Lawrence Taylor
1999-04-16
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No. 39 -- Walter Payton
1999-04-23
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1999-04-30
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No. 37 -- Mickey Mantle
1999-05-07
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SportsCenter of the Decade: 1960s
1999-05-21
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No. 36 -- Oscar Robertson
1999-05-14
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The Greatest Coaches of the Century
1999-05-22
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No. 35 -- Secretariat
1999-05-21
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Most Influential People in Sports
1999-05-23
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Greatest Dynasties
1999-05-30
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No. 34 -- Lou Gehrig
1999-05-28
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No. 33 -- Mark Spitz
1999-06-04
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Greatest Games
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No. 32 -- Johnny Unitas
1999-06-11
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No. 31 -- Bobby Orr
1999-06-18
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No. 30 -- Larry Bird
1999-06-25
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SportsCenter of the Decade: 1970s
1999-07-09
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No. 29 -- Arnold Palmer
1999-07-02
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No. 28 -- Red Grange
1999-07-09
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1999-07-16
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1999-07-23
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1999-07-30
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No. 24 -- Sugar Ray Robinson
1999-07-30
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No. 23 -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1999-08-06
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No. 22 -- Joe DiMaggio
1999-08-20
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SportsCenter of the Decade: 1980s
1999-09-17
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No. 21 -- Gordie Howe
1999-09-03
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1999-09-17
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No. 19 -- Martina Navratilova
1999-09-24
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No. 18 -- Bill Russell
1999-10-01
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1999-10-08
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1999-10-08
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1999-10-29
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1999-10-29
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1999-11-05
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1999-11-19
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1999-12-03
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No. 9 -- Jack Nicklaus
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1999-12-10
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1999-12-10
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1999-12-17
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No. 5 -- Wayne Gretzky
1999-12-17
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No. 4 -- Jim Brown
1999-12-24
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No. 3 -- Muhammad Ali
1999-12-24
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No. 2 -- Babe Ruth
1999-12-26
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No. 1 -- Michael Jordan
1999-12-26
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SportsCenter of the Decade: 1990s
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Yogi Berra
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Derek Jeter
2003-10-17
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Brian Piccolo
2001-11-02
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1999-01-22
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Joe DiMaggio
2000-07-10
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Willie Mays
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Billy Martin
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