Reading those Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN has gotten me interested in the SportsCentury series that ESPN produced during the 2000's. I have started to record and watch the episodes.
SportsCentury: Top 50 Athletes of the 20th Century (Original series)
1. Michael Jordan
2. Babe Ruth
3. Muhammad Ali
4. Jim Brown
5. Wayne Gretzky
6. Jesse Owens
7. Jim Thorpe
8. Willie Mays
9. Jack Nicklaus
10. Babe Zaharias
11. Joe Louis
12. Carl Lewis
13. Wilt Chamberlain
14. Hank Aaron
15. Jackie Robinson
16. Ted Williams
17. Magic Johnson
18. Bill Russell
19. Martina Navratilova
20. Ty Cobb
21. Gordie Howe
22. Joe DiMaggio
23. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
24. Sugar Ray Robinson
25. Joe Montana
26. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
27. Jerry Rice
28. Red Grange
29. Arnold Palmer
30. Larry Bird
31. Bobby Orr
32. Johnny Unitas
33. Mark Spitz
34. Lou Gehrig
35. Secretariat
36. Oscar Robertson
37. Mickey Mantle
38. Ben Hogan
39. Walter Payton
40. Lawrence Taylor
41. Wilma Rudolph
42. Sandy Koufax
43. Julius Erving
44. Bobby Jones
45. Bill Tilden
46. Eric Heiden
47. Edwin Moses
48. Pete Sampras
49. O. J. Simpson
50. Chris Evert
SportsCentury: 51-100
51. Rocky Marciano
52. Jack Dempsey
53. Rafer Johnson
54. Greg Louganis
55. Mario Lemieux
56. Pete Rose
57. Bill Shoemaker
58. Elgin Baylor
59. Billie Jean King
60. Walter Johnson
61. Stan Musial
62. Jerry West
63. Satchel Paige
64. Sammy Baugh
65. Althea Gibson
66. Eddie Arcaro
67. Bob Gibson
68. Al Oerter
69. Bonnie Blair
70. Dick Butkus
71. Roberto Clemente
72. Bo Jackson
73. Josh Gibson
74. Deion Sanders
75. Dan Marino
76. Barry Sanders
77. Cy Young
78. Bob Mathias
79. Gale Sayers
80. A. J. Foyt
81. Jimmy Connors
82. Bobby Hull
83. Honus Wagner
84. Man o' War
85. Maurice Richard
86. Otto Graham
87. Henry Armstrong
88. Joe Namath
89. Rogers Hornsby
90. Richard Petty
91. Bob Beamon
92. Mario Andretti
93. Don Hutson
94. Bob Cousy
95. George Blanda
96. Michael Johnson
97. Citation
98. Don Budge
99. Sam Snead
100. Jack Johnson
By Sport: Baseball (23) Football (20) Track/Field (12) Basketball (11) Tennis (8) Boxing (7) Hockey (6) Golf (6) Horse Racing (5: 2 jockeys, 3 horses) Auto Racing (3) Swimming/Diving (2) Speed Skating (2) Gymnastics(1)
By Gender:
89 Men
8 Women
((3 Horses))
SportsCentury: Greatest Coaches of the 20th Century
1. Vince Lombardi
2. John Wooden
3. Red Auerbach
4. Dean Smith
5. Bear Bryant
6. John McGraw
7. George Halas
8. Don Shula
9. Paul Brown
10. Knute Rockne
Other SportsCentury figures
1. Bill Veeck
2. Carlton Fisk
3. Carl Yastrzemski
4. Frank Gifford
5. Ruebin Carter
6. John McEnroe
7. Moe Berg
8. Lee Trevino
9. Frank Robinson
10. Connie Hawkins
11. Ernie Davis
12. Maurice Stokes
13. Nile Kinnick
14. Curt Flood
15. Billy Martin
16. Gene Mauch
17. Mark Fidrych
18. Jimmy Piersall
19. Charlie Finley
20. Cal Ripken, Jr
21. Jim Plunkett
22. Paul Hornung
23. Chuck Bednarik
24. Casey Stengel
25. Bud Wilkinson
26. Johnny Bench
27. Sparky Anderson
28. Don Larsen
29. Reggie Jackson
30. Bill Mazeroski
31. Jacques Plante
32. Roger Maris
33. Denny McLain
34. Bevo Francis
35. Tim Flock
36. Bill Walton
37. Jim McMahon
38. John Elway
39. Arthur Ashe
40. Jerry Lucas
41. Pete Maravich
42. Bob Feller
43. Hank Greenberg
44. Dan Gable
45. Seattle Slew
46. Rick Mears
50. Bill Vukovich
51. Charles Barkley
52. Andre Agassi
53. Pete Rozelle
54. Isiah Thomas
56. Bruce Jenner
57. Sugar Ray Leonard
58. Sonny Liston
59. Jennifer Capriati
60. Nancy Lopez
61. Joe Frazier
62. Roy Campanella
63. Barry Bonds
64. Brian Piccolo
65. Dale Earnhardt
66. Oscar De La Hoya
67. Don King
68. Eric Lindros
69. Woody Hayes
SportsCentury: Greatest Games of the 20th Century
1. NFL Championship: Baltimore Colts vs. New York Giants (1958)
2. Bobby Thomson home run (1951)
3. Super Bowl III: New York Jets defeat Baltimore Colts (1969)
4. Winter Olympics at Lake Placid: USA beats USSR in hockey (1980)
5. Ali vs. Frazier "Thrilla in Manila" (1975)
6. Packers defeat Cowboys in "Ice Bowl" (1967)
7. Red Sox win Game 6 of World Series on Carlton Fisk's homer (1975)
8. Tiger Woods wins the Masters (1997)
9. Willis Reed and Knicks beat Lakers in Game 7 (1970)
10. Borg-McEnroe Wimbledon thriller (1980)
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