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- The late Dale Earnhardt is profiled. The auto racing legend won 76 races and seven Winston Cup championships in his 26-year NASCAR career before dying in a crash at the 2001 Daytona 500.
- Feature on the legendary football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.. His humble beginnings as a player to coach and his infamous first preseason training camp in Junction, Texas.
- In 1977 the world was focused on the British Open held that year in Turnberry, Scotland, and the dazzling performance of two golfing legends, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson.
- A review of the major sporting events of 1982.
- A review of the major sporting events of 1984.
- A review of the major sporting events of 1986.
- A re-telling of the epic tournament that took place at the 1999 Ryder Cup between the USA Team and the European Team.
- The story of a small-town basketball prodigy from the Ohio Valley who scored 113 points in a single high school basketball game.
- An examination of the career of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob "Rapid Robert" Feller.
- Examining the career of New York Yankee shortstop and legend Derek Jeter.
- Vince Lombardi was one of the most successful coaches in the history of the NFL. He was the driving force of the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1968, helping the team capture five NFL championships during his 10-year tenure. Following a one-year retirement, he returned to coach the Washington Redskins during the 1969 season. His 9-1 record in the playoffs ranks at the top, percentage-wise, in NFL history.
- A profile of Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain. The Philadelphia native led the NBA in scoring seven times, in rebounding 11 times, and scored 100 points against the New York Knicks in a 1962 game in Hershey, Pa. Chamberlain died of heart failure in March, 2000 at age 63.
- Football coaching legend Woody Hayes is profiled. Hayes won 238 games in 33 years as a head coach, including 205 at Ohio State, where his teams won two national titles. The Ohio native passed away in 1987 at the age of 74.
- Former tennis star Zina Garrison is profiled.
- Pat Tillman, motivated by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, joined the military and walked away from a $3.6 million contract with the National Football Leagues Arizona Cardinals. But Tillman gave up much more than that. On April 22, 2004, he was killed during an ambush attack in Afghanistan while serving as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, an elite special-operations force of the United States Army. The Army, one month after his death, said he was probably killed by "friendly fire," or gunfire from his own unit.
- An examination by ESPN and ABC of the ten most influential figures in sports during the twentieth century. The top ten: 1) Branch Rickey, 2) Pete Rozelle, 3) Roone Arledge, 4) Marvin Miller, 5) Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 6) David Stern, 7) Avery Brundage, 8) Walter O'Malley, 9) George Halas, and 10) Mark McCormack.
- An examination of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal focusing on the Black Sox themselves (most prominently Shoeless Joe Jackson and Buck Weaver), gamblers Arnold Rothstein and Abe Attell, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey, and Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
- An examination of the twentieth century's greatest sports dynasties as presented by ABC in conjunction with ESPN. Teams examined include the New York Yankees, the Boston Celtics, John Wooden's UCLA Bruins, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Atlanta Braves, and the Montreal Canadiens.
- Former NFL player Mark Gastineau is profiled. The sack-happy defensive end played for the Jets from 1979-88.
- NBA star Allen Iverson is profiled. Included: Iverson's star-crossed high-school career; his years at Georgetown; and his success in the NBA, where he earned MVP honors in 2001 after leading the 76ers to the Finals.
- Basketball coach Dean Smith is profiled. After winning an NCAA title as a player for Kansas, Smith coached North Carolina to two titles ('82, '93) and 879 wins. Smith also led the 1976 U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal in Montreal.
- A profile of Dale Earnhardt Jr. The third-generation NASCAR star captured consecutive Busch Series crowns in 1998-99 before joining his father on the Cup circuit, where he won in just his 12th start. Earnhardt excelled immediately in restrictor-plate racing at Daytona and Talladega.
- Evander Holyfield is profiled. The "Real Deal" won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 and held heavyweight titles throughout the '90s, but is criticized for fighting past his prime in a string of lackluster bouts.
- Auto-racing legend Mario Andretti is profiled.
- A profile of Terrell Owens. The talented-but-troublesome "T.O." set numerous pass-catching marks in eight seasons with the 49ers before a rollercoaster two-year ride with the Eagles. Owens signed with the Cowboys in 2006.
- A profile of Willie Jeffries, who in 1979 became the first black college-football coach at a Division I program (Wichita State).