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ABC's Wide World of Sports was intended to be a fill-in show for a single summer season, until the start of fall sports seasons, but became unexpectedly popular. The goal of the program was to showcase sports from around the globe that were seldom, if ever, broadcast on American television. It originally ran for two hours on Saturday afternoons, but was later reduced to 90 minutes.

Usually, 'Wide World' featured two or three events per show. These included many types not previously seen on American television, such as hurling, rodeo, curling, jai-alai, firefighter's competitions, wrist wrestling, powerlifting, surfing, logger sports, demolition derby, slow pitch softball, barrel jumping, and badminton. NASCARGrand National/Winston Cup racing was a Wide World of Sports staple until the late 1980s, when it became a regularly scheduled sporting event on the network. Traditional Olympic sports such as figure skating, skiing, gymnastics and track and field competitions were also regular features of the show. Another memorable regular feature in the 1960s and 1970s was Mexican cliff diving. The lone national television broadcast of the Continental Football League was a Wide World of Sports broadcast of the 1966 championship game; ABC paid the league $500 for a rights fee, a minuscule sum by professional football standards.

Wide World of Sports was the first U.S. television program to air coverage of – among events – Wimbledon (1961), the Indianapolis 500 (highlights starting in 1961; a longer-form version in 1965), the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (1962), the Daytona 500 (1962), the U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1962), the Monaco Grand Prix (1962), the Little League World Series (1961), The British Open Golf Tournament (1961), the X-Games (1994) and the Grey Cup (1962).

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1960s[edit]

1961[edit]

DayEvent
April 29The first edition of WWOS
Penn Relays from Franklin Field in Philadelphia
Drake Relays from Des Moines, Iowa.
May 6Oklahoma vs Syracuse football game
May 13PBA World Championship from Paramus, NJ
May 20F.A. Cup Soccer Final from London.
May 27Indianapolis 500 Time Trials.
June 3World Championship tennis from Mexico City
June 10Canada Cup Golf Championship
June 17Le Mans Grand Prix
June 24 & July 1National AAU Track & Field Championships.
July 8Firecracker 250 stock car race, Masters Water-Skiing Tournament
July 15National Gymnastics Championships
July 22USA-USSR Track & Field Meet in Moscow.
July 29Japanese All-Star baseball
August 5Frontier Days rodeo from Cheyenne
August 12Women's AAU Swimming and Diving Championships from Philadelphia.
August 19Arnold Palmer vs. Gary Player golf match
August 26Men's AAU Swimming and Diving Championships.
September 2World Water Ski Championships
September 9Special AFL Game featuring Jack Kemp.

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1962[edit]

DayEvent
January 7AFL All-Star Game[3]
January 14World Barrel Jumping Championships
January 21Water-Skiing championships from Acapulco[4]
January 28Oregon Invitational Indoor Track Meet[5]
February 4National Ski Jumping Championships[6]
February 11Los Angeles Invitational from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, Jim Beatty sets indoor mile record of 3:58.9, becoming the first man in history to run a sub-4:00 mile indoors.
February 18Bob-sledding championships from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and men's finals in surfing.[7]
February 25First coverage of the NASCAR 500 Stock Car Championship from Daytona Beach, Florida
March 4 and 11World Skiing Games from Chamonix, France[8][9]
March 25NCAA Basketball Championship: Cincinnati - Ohio State from Louisville.
April 1World Figure Skating Championships for the first time from Prague, Czechoslovakia.
April 14Grand National Steeplechase from Aintree.
June 10Grand Prix of Monaco.
July 1Masters Water Ski Tournament
July 15British Open from Troon, Scotland.
September 15 & 22America's Cup from Newport, R.I.

1963[edit]

DayEvent
January 19Jim Beatty receives the first Wide World of SportsAthlete of the Year Award.
February 2World Bobsled Championships from Innsbruck, Austria.
March 16New England Invitational Dog Sled Race.
March 24Men's Indoor National AAU Swimming & Diving Championships, Yale University, New Haven, Conn
March 30Holmenkollen Ski Jumping Championship from Oslo, Norway.
May 11Pan American Games from São Paulo, Brazil.
May 18Trout Fishing Expedition from Argentina.
June 9Grand Prix of Monaco.
July 6First Wide World of Sports broadcast of Wimbledon.
August 17USA-USSR Track & Field Meet.
August 24The first broadcast of the Little League World Series from Williamsport, Pa.
September 221963 Italian Grand Prix, Jim Clark won the Italian Grand Prix and his first title
December 28Davis Cup final between the United States and Australia from Adelaide, Australia.

1964[edit]

DayEvent
January 4The World Barrel Jumping Championship from Grossinger, New York and the Orange Bowl Regatta from Miami, Florida
January 11The International Ski Jumping Championship from Innsbruck, Austria and the International Surfing Championships from Makaha Beach in Hawaii
January 18Peggy Fleming wins the first of five consecutive national titles at the age of 15 at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland, Ohio.
January 25World Cyclo Ball Championship from Basel, Switzerland.
February 1Championship Tarpon Fishing from Big Pine Key, Florida and National Ice Boat Racing from Green Lake, Wisconsin
February 8The finals of the Fort Worth Rodeo
February 15The New York Athletic Club indoor track meet
April 11Challenger Cassius Clay, soon to adopt the Muslim name of Muhammad Ali, knocks out champion Sonny Liston in the seventh round in Miami Beach, Florida
May 16A group of climbers, three Frenchmen and one Englishman, climb the northwest tower of the Eiffel Tower.
May 30U.S. Olympic Boxing Trials.
June 27Interview with Jim Bunning after his perfect game against the New York Mets.
July 11British Open from St. Andrews.
July 25Vera Čáslavska wins the all-around in a USA-Czechoslovakia dual meet.
August 15U.S. National Swimming Championships in Los Altos, California
August 22All-American Soap Box Derby broadcast from Akron, Ohio.
August 29Little League World Series.
September 61964 Italian Grand Prix, John Surtees won the Italian Grand Prix from Bruce McLaren
September 26Oklahoma Live Rattlesnake Hunt.
November 21National 100 in Sacramento.

1965[edit]

DayEvent
March 13International Toboggan Championship, better known as the Cresta Run, from St. Moritz, Switzerland.
March 20American Internationals features the first appearance by Jean-Claude Killy on WWOS.
April 10In addition to the U.S. National Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, the show featured Robert F. Kennedy's ascent of Mt. Kennedy in Canada, to place the family flag atop the mountain named in honor of his brother, and a segment on the Houston Astrodome with Roger Maris trying to hit the roof of the stadium.
April 17NCAA Wrestling Championships.
May 29The rematch between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston from Lewiston, Maine.
May 30Grand Prix of Monaco.
June 5First coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on Wide World of Sports after covering the time trials the four previous years.
July 24Coverage of the Matterhorn Climb from Zermatt, Switzerland.
August 1USA-USSR Track & Field Meet, live from the Soviet Union.
August 71965 German Grand Prix at NuerburgringJim Clark showed everyone by winning the 1965 German Grand Prix and the drivers championship .
September 11Southern 500 stock car race.

1966[edit]

DayEvent
January 1Horse racing on Ice from St. Moritz becomes the first Wide World of Sports segment in color.
February 26European Cup basketball from Milan, Italy.
April 2Muhammad Ali defeats George Chuvalo in a 15-round decision to retain his World Heavyweight Championship in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
April 9AAU Indoor Swimming & Diving Championships.
May 7Willie Mays hits his 512th home run, breaking the all-time National League record.
May 21Muhammad Ali retains his World Heavyweight Championship title with a sixth-round TKO of Henry Cooper in London.
July 30Jim Ryun sets his first world mile record in Berkeley at the age of 19, breaking the previous mark by 2.3 seconds.
September 10Muhammad Ali defeats Karl Mildenberger in a heavyweight title defense, live from Frankfurt, West Germany with a 12th-round TKO.
October 8International Figure Skating Revue in Berlin.
November 26Muhammad Ali defends his world heavyweight title for the sixth time in 1966 on Wide World of Sports against Cleveland Williams.
December 24World Alpine Ski Championships from Portillo, Chile.
December 31Grand Prix of America.

1967[edit]

DayEvent
January 28Joie Chitwood's Auto Thrill Show from N.Y.
February 11Muhammad Ali defends his World Heavyweight Championship against Ernie Terrell in Houston, Texas.
March 4World Figure Skating Championships in Vienna, Austria.
March 11Interview with Muhammad Ali and Wilt Chamberlain.
March 25Evel Knievel debuts on Wide World of Sports by clearing 15 cars as a filler act during motorcycle races in Gardena, California
April 8AAU Indoor Championships in Dallas.
April 22London to Brighton Antique Car Run.
May 10Grand Prix of MonacoDenny Hulme won a tragic race in which Lorenzo Bandini died.
May 20Mickey Mantle hits his 500th home run.
May 27English Rugby League Cup Final.
June 3British yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester completes his 28,500-mile around the world trip.
June 10 & July 1A. J. Foyt wins the Indianapolis 500 and the Le Mans 24-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance.
June 24National AAU Track & Field Championships in Bakersfield, California. Jim Ryun set a world record in the Mile run, 3:51.1 which lasted for eight years. The mark remained the American record until the Dream Mile in 1981, also on Wide World of Sports.
July 29 & August 5Pan American Games from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1968[edit]

DayEvent
January 27Wide World of Sports' first journey to the village of Kitzbühel for alpine ski racing.
March 2 & 9World Figure Skating Championships from Geneva.
March 9International Cliff Diving Championships from Acapulco.
March 30Jean-Claude Killy is featured in races from Rossland, British Columbia.
June 8Pre-empted by Senator Robert Kennedy's Funeral.
June 15Indianapolis 500.
June 29Old Man of Hoy Rock Climb in Scotland.
September 7U.S. Men's Olympic Swimming Trials.
September 14 & 21U.S. Olympic Men's Track & Field Trials from Echo Summit, California.
November 9Grand Prix of Mexico.

1969[edit]

DayEvent
January 4Hula Bowl in Hawaii
January 11Mexican 1000 Cross Country Road Racing Championships.
February 8U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Seattle.
March 1World Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo.
March 29NCAA Swimming Championships.
May 3Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics.
June 7Indianapolis 500.
June 28World Heavyweight Championship fight between Joe Frazier and Jerry Quarry, won by Frazier in the seventh round, plus Olympic champion George Foreman's first professional fight against Don Waldheim
July 26Vince Lombardi's first day of training camp with the Washington Redskins.
August 23Little League World Series.
October 18Lew Alcindor makes his pro debut with the Milwaukee Bucks.

1970s[edit]

1970[edit]

DayEvent
January 3Howard Cosell interviews Curt Flood about the Major League BaseballReserve Clause.
January 17World Wristwrestling Championships from Petaluma, California
February 21Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis in the fifth round for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship from New York City.
March 14World Figure Skating Championships in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
March 21International Ski Flying Championship from Oberstdorf. On his third jump, Vinko Bogataj tumbled down the jump and became forever more the 'agony of defeat'.
March 28Buddy Baker breaks the world closed-course speed record of over 200 mph.
May 2Dan Gable loses his final match in collegiate competition to Larry Owings of Washington at the NCAA Championships. It was the only loss of his collegiate career.
May 101970 Monaco Grand Prix
June 13World Invitational High Diving Championship in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and the LeMans 24-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance from LeMans, France.
October 31In Atlanta, Muhammad Ali defeats Jerry Quarry in the third round, in his first fight in three years.
November 14World Gymnastics Championships in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
November 21Joe Frazier knocks out Bob Foster in the second round of their World Heavyweight Championship fight in Detroit.
December 26World Cup Soccer final.

1971[edit]

DayEvent
January 23Tyler Palmer records the first-ever World Cup victory in Europe in alpine skiing for the United States in St. Moritz.
February 13USA-USSR gymnastics meet from University Park, Pa.
February 20World Weightlifting Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
February 20Daytona 500.
March 13Analysis of the World Heavyweight Championshipfight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier with Muhammad Ali. Plus a report on Mario Andretti's victory in the Grand Prix of South Africa.
April 17The U.S. Table Tennis Team, following its historic trip inside the People's Republic of China, appears on Wide World of Sports live via satellite from Tokyo with its own 'home movies' of their trip.
June 5Grand Prix of Monaco.
August 28Coverage of the USA-Cuba volleyball match from Havana marks the first time an American television network sports department covers a sports event in Cuba since Premier Fidel Castro came to power in 1959.

1972[edit]

DayEvent
January 22U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
January 29Jim Ryun faces 1968 Olympic Games rival Kip Keino in an indoor mile run in Los Angeles.
February 12International Bikini Sports Competition from Rosarito Beach, Mexico.
February 26President Richard Nixon and PremierChou-en-Lai attend the Chinese Gymnastics Exhibition.
A. J. Foyt becomes the first man to win the Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Daytona 500.
April 1Mark Spitz finishes his collegiate career at Indiana with victories in the 100- and 200-yard butterflies.
April 15USA-People's Republic of China Table Tennis competition from Detroit.
June 3Steve Prefontaine wins the third of four consecutive NCAA titles in the 5000 meters on his home track of Hayward Field in Eugene.
July 8, 15 & 22World Chess Championships between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky from Reykjavík, Iceland.
August 19U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials features Mark Spitz taking a critical step towards the Olympics.
September 5 & 6The Munich massacre killed 11 Israelis, 5 terrorists and 1 police officer.
September 23Muhammad Ali ends the career of former world heavyweight championFloyd Patterson with a seventh-round knockout in New York City.
November 25Muhammad Ali-Bob Foster fight, the World Ski Flying Championships and a report on Olga Korbut.

1973[edit]

DayEvent
January 13The Harlem Globetrotters make their debut on Wide World of Sports.
January 27World Heavyweight Championship fight between Joe Frazier and George Foreman from Kingston, Jamaica.
March 3World Figure Skating Championships in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
March 24Olga Korbut and the USSR Gymnastics Team visit New York City for a performance in Madison Square Garden.
March 31Ken Norton wins a 12-round decision against Muhammad Ali in their heavyweight fight from San Diego, California.
May 26USA-China gymnastics meet in Madison Square Garden.
June 16Grand Prix of Monaco.
August 4 & 11Jackie Stewart wins the Dutch Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Germany to break Jim Clark's all-time record with 27 Grand Prix victories in his career.
September 15Muhammad Ali wins his rematch with Ken Norton rematch in 12 rounds.
November 10Triple Crown winner Secretariat's final race from Toronto, Ontario.
Evel Knievel jumps over 50 smashed cars in the Coliseum in Los Angeles.

1974[edit]

DayEvent
January 6The Harlem Globetrotters in London.
January 26Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier scuffle during the telecast as they watch tape of their first fight in 1971.
February 9U.S. Figure Skating Championships
February 17Evel Knievel jumps 11 Mack trucks in Highland Falls, Texas. The show, which also included the National Finals Rodeo.
March 2Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in their second fight in New York City.
March 16Roberto Durán knocks out Esteban De Jesús in the 11th round to retain his World Lightweight championship from Panama City, Panama.
March 17World Figure Skating Championships from Munich.
March 31George Foreman scores a second-round TKO of Ken Norton in a World Heavyweight Championship fight.
April 7Oxford-Cambridge Regatta.
May 261974 Monaco Grand Prix
August 31Evel Knievel's daredevil motorcycle jump in Toronto and Philippe Petit's high wire walk from New York City.
September 14Evel Knievel attempts to jump the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho in a machine called a skycycle in front of 33,000 fans. The parachute opened prematurely and Evel crashed into the canyon wall and had to be pulled out of the water.
September 21Wide World of Sports returns to Havana, Cuba for the World Boxing Championships, which featured Teófilo Stevenson.
October 61974 United States Grand Prix: Emerson Fittipaldi won the F1 championship and was interviewed by Jackie Stewart but it was a tragic race when Helmut Koinigg died.

1975[edit]

DayEvent
January 5Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round to reclaim the World Heavyweight title from Kinshasa, Zaire.
January 19Philippe Petit high wire walks between the two towers of the cathedral in Laon, France.
March 29Muhammad Ali scores a 15th-round TKO of Chuck Wepner in their World Heavyweight Championship fight.
May 251975 Monaco Grand Prix.
May 31Evel Knievel's attempt to jump 140 feet over 13 double-deck buses in Wembley Stadium in London ends in failure when he's thrown off his bike on the landing ramp and has the motorcycle land on top of him.
June 28 & August 9Nadia Comăneci wins the all-around and three of four individual apparatus finals at the European Women's Gymnastics Championships in Skien, Norway.
July 26Coverage of the North American Continental Boxing Championships.
First Wide World of Sports coverage of the Tour de France.
August 16Coverage of John Walker's world mile record of 3:49.4 in Göteborg, Sweden, making him the first to break the 3:50 barrier.
September 13World Heavyweight Championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Bugner from Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
October 4National Drag Racing Championships
October 25Evel Knievel jumps for the first time since his crash in Wembley Stadium and clears 14 Greyhound buses. The show, from Kings Island in Kings Mills, Ohio, ranks as the highest rated show in the history of Wide World of Sports.

1976[edit]

DayEvent
January 1Olga Korbut and the USSR Gymnasts Team visit Disneyland.
January 11Wide World of Sports telecasts tape of Muhammad Ali defeating Joe Frazier in the 'Thriller in Manilla' heavyweight title fight.
January 25The Harlem Globetrotters play at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York.
February 29USA-Romania gymnastics featuring Nadia Comăneci.
March 7World Figure Skating Championships in Göteborg, Sweden.
March 21Dorothy Hamill parade in Greenwich, Conn.
March 28American Cup Gymnastics Championships.
May 22Dorothy Hamill's last amateur performance.
May 301976 Monaco Grand Prix
June 26U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials from Eugene, Ore.
October 2Exclusive Sports Illustrated still photographs of the Muhammad Ali-Ken Norton heavyweight fight and interviews with Ken Norton, Joe Frazier and George Foreman.
October 30Evel Knievel's final jump on Wide World of Sports is over seven Greyhound buses in the Kingdome in Seattle.

1977[edit]

DayEvent
January 2Interview with Muhammad Ali.
January 22Profile of 16-year-old apprentice jockey Steve Cauthen.
January 23The USA-People's Republic of China gymnastics meet from Peking.
February 5U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Hartford, Conn.
February 12A special gymnastics competition from South Bend, Ind. features Olga Korbut and Nellie Kim and the USSR gymnastics team. That marked Olga's final competitive appearance on Wide World of Sports.
February 19Coverage of the Mr. Universe contest.
March 5World Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
May 7Seattle Slew, who would go on to become the first Triple Crown winner in 29 years, won the Flamingo Stakes (March 26) and the Wood Memorial (April 23) on his way to the Kentucky Derby title.
May 14Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Willie Rodriguez in the second fight of his professional career.
May 221977 Monaco Grand Prix
July 2USA-USSR Track and Field Meet from Sochi, USSR.
July 23Arthur Ashe's report on Apartheid and sports in South Africa.
September 3USA-East Germany Swimming and Diving Meet.
October 1Pelé's farewell game between the club he started his career with, the Santos, and the club he finished his career with, the New York Cosmos.
October 29The ascent of mountain climber George Willig to the top of Eldorado Canyon in Eldorado Springs, Colorado

1978[edit]

DayEvent
January 21Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comăneci performs at Madison Square Garden.
February 4 & 5World Alpine Ski Championships from Garmisch, West Germany.
February 12USA-Cuba Amateur boxing marks the first live telecast from Cuba since Castro came to power in 1959.
February 25Great Pool Shootout: a US$15,000 match between Minnesota Fats and Willie Mosconi at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
March 11World Figure Skating Championships in Ottawa, Ontario.
March 12 & April 2Affirmed's first race as a 3-year-old and Alydar's victory in the Florida Derby.
April 1Olga Korbut's retirement ceremonies in Moscow.
April 22 & 23George Willig's climb of Angel's Landing in Zion National Park almost ends a bit early when he falls on the way up, but he was able to complete the climb.
May 71978 Monaco Grand Prix
July 8USA-USSR Track and Field Meet from Berkeley.
August 26 & September 2World Swimming Championships from West Berlin.
September 16Grand Prix of Italy in MonzaMario Andretti won the Championship sadly his teammate and rival Ronnie Peterson died in the first chicane pileup .
October 28World All-Around Gymnastics Championships.

1979[edit]

DayEvent
January 13World Gymnastics Championships.
January 14The fifth highest rated show in the history of Wide World of Sports, featuring the Harlem Globetrotters.
February 4Alexis Argüello and Alfredo Escalera for the WBC Super Featherweight title. Arguello retained his title with a 13th-round knockout.
February 10Spectacular Bid's first race as a 3-year-old in the Hutcheson Stakes.
March 4American Olympic medal hopeful Phil Mahre breaks his leg during a World Cup giant slalom in Lake Placid.
March 17World Figure Skating Championships in Vienna, Austria.
March 18World Ski Flying Championships from Planica, Yugoslavia.
April 28George Willig's Devils Tower climb in Wyoming: a free climb of Devils Tower's 700-foot face.
May 13World Table Tennis Championships in Pyongyang, North Korea.
May 271979 Monaco Grand Prix
June 9At the World Cup in Tokyo, Nadia Comăneci scores two perfect 10.0s en route to the all-around title.
December 15World All-Around Gymnastics Championships.

1980s[edit]

1980[edit]

DayEvent
January 12Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel.
February 9In the final tune-up for the Americans prior to the Olympic Games, the United States hockey team is crushed 10-3 by the Soviet Union. The show also included Shirley Muldowney's first victory in the Winternationals.
February 17World Gymnastics Championships from Fort Worth, Texas. The same show includes the World Frisbee Championships.
February 24Olympic Games awards ceremony for the United States hockey team following its 4-2 victory over Finland.
March 23The first telecast on Wide World of Sports the Endurance (now called the Ironman) Triathlon World Championship from Oahu.
May 17Preakness Stakes.
May 181980 Monaco Grand Prix
May 24Women's volleyball from Peking between the United States, China and Japan.
May 31George Willig climbs Castlerock Tower in Utah.
July 19Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán fight for the WBCWelterweight Championship.
August 16U.S. National Swimming Championships.
September 27In his second bid for the WBA/WBCMiddleweight championship, Marvelous Marvin Hagler scores a third-round TKO of Alan Minter in a fight marred by a crowd riot.
December 27U.S. Figure Skaters in China: A Special Performance.

1981[edit]

DayEvent
January 17The Harlem Globetrotters Go Hollywood.
February 7 & 8U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
March 7World Figure Skating Championships in Hartford, Conn.
March 8Nadia Comăneci and the Romanian gymnastics team performs at Madison Square Garden.
March 28Report on Phil Mahre winning the overall World Cup title from Borovetz, Bulgaria.
April 5NCAA Championships in Austin close the door on Rowdy Gaines' career with American records in the 100- and 200-yard freestyles before he announces his retirement.
April 18Wood Memorial.
July 11Dream Mile from Oslo.
USA-USSR Track and Field Meet from Leningrad.
August 29Report on week of mile world records: Steve Ovett in West Germany and Sebastian Coe in Belgium. Ovett lowered the mark to 3:48.40, then Coe lowered it to 3:47.33.
September 5Salvador Sánchez retains his WBCFeatherweight Championship with a victory over Wilfredo Gómez.
October 17Sugar Ray Leonard scores a 14th-round TKO of Thomas Hearns in a WBC/WBAWelterweight Championshipfight.

1982[edit]

DayEvent
January 16The Harlem Globetrotters at Walt Disney World.
February 6 & 7World Alpine Ski Championships.
February 6Brian Boitano makes his debut on Wide World of Sports.
February 14Special ice skating performance by Peggy Fleming from Lake Tahoe.
February 21Ironman triathlon race leader Julie Moss collapses just 440 yards from the finish of the marathon run. She struggled to her feet and wobbled to within 100 yards of the finish where she collapsed again. She started to crawl, but was passed by Kathleen McCartney only 10 yards from the finish line. Moss and McCartney appear in the WWOS studios the following week to discuss the finish.
March 14World Figure Skating Championships.
June 26Bislett Games in Oslo.
July 111982 FIFA World Cup Final from Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain marks the first time the match was telecast live on an American television network.
August 21U.S. Platform Diving Championships.
August 27Little League World Series.
November 27Teófilo Stevenson fights Tyrell Biggs from Reno, Nev.
December 11Bazooka Limón loses his WBCSuper Featherweight Championship to Bobby Chacon in a 15-round decision, while Wilfredo Gómez retained his WBC Super Bantamweight title against Lupe Pinto.

1983[edit]

DayEvent
January 22The Harlem Globetrotters return to New York City.
February 27Dave Scott wins his second Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii. During that same show, Shirley Muldowney, wins her second title at the Winternational Drag Racing Championships in Pomona.
March 12Mary Lou Retton makes her first appearance on Wide World of Sports at the American Cup.
April 17 & 23The Great American Bike Race from Santa Monica, California to New York City.
May 151983 Monaco Grand Prix
June 25U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis.
July 2The National Sports Festival, now known as the Olympic Festival, in Colorado Springs
August 6U.S. Swimming Championships.
August 20The International Special Olympics from Baton Rouge, La. It becomes the first sports show to win a Christopher Award.
September 24Report on the America's Cup.
November 5World Gymnastics Championships from Budapest, Hungary.

1984[edit]

DayEvent
January 7The Harlem Globetrotters in Hong Kong.
January 21The men's and ladies' finals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Salt Lake City.
Franz Klammer records his fourth victory on the famed Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel, Austria.
February 18The USA-Cuba amateur boxing matches from Reno.
February 19 & 25Race Across America.
March 17World Gymnastics Championships in Budapest.
March 24Mark Breland attempts to win his fifth New York Golden Gloves title.
March 31Swale wins the Florida Derby.
May 5 & 12The American Cup provides the American gymnasts with their final major international competition prior to the Olympic Games.
May 26Farewell ice skating performances by Scott Hamilton and Torvill and Dean.
June 31984 Monaco Grand Prix.
July 7Firecracker 400 Stock Car Race from Daytona Beach.
July 21Final performance by Nadia Comăneci from Bucharest, Romania.
September 8 & 22The World Cycling Championships from Barcelona, Spain.

1985[edit]

DayEvent
January 5Live coverage of Mark Breland's second professional fight against Marlon Palmer in Atlantic City, N.J..
January 12Hahnenkamm Downhill in Kitzbühel.
January 20Second professional fights of Pernell Whitaker (vs Danny Avery), Evander Holyfield (vs Eric Winbush) and Meldrick Taylor (vs Dwight Pratchett), live, from Atlantic City.
February 3Brian Boitano wins the first of four consecutive national titles at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Kansas City. In the same show, Pirmin Zurbriggen wins the downhill at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Bormio, Italy.
February 10World Alpine Ski Championships in Bormio, Italy.
February 16The Harlem Globetrotters in New Orleans.
April 6Matt Biondi sets his first individual American records in the 100- and 200-yard freestyles at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.
April 20The second professional fight of Olympic gold medalist Tyrell Biggs.
May 18UCLA Invitational Track and Field Meet.
May 191985 Monaco Grand Prix.
June 8Barry McGuigan defeats Eusebio Pedroza to claim the WBAWelterweight title in London.
July 27Wide World of Sports coverage, via satellite, of the Dream Mile from Oslo, Norway.
August 24Microminiature camera in the mask of a home plate umpire was introduced during Wide World of Sports live coverage of the Little League World Series from Williamsport, Pa.
September 28Barry McGuigan defends his WBAWelterweight title against Bernard Taylor in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

1986[edit]

DayEvent
January 11The Harlem Globetrotters visit Kansas City.
January 18World Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Quebec.
February 8U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Uniondale, N.Y.
February 15Barry McGuigan defends his WBAWelterweight title against Danilo Cabreira in Dublin, Ireland.
March 8Daniela Silivaş wins the gold medal in the balance beam at the World Championships in Montreal, Quebec.
March 15Report on the comeback of Shirley Muldowney.
March 15NCAA Wrestling Championships.
March 29In a delayed broadcast, 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler knocks out John 'The Beast' Mugabi in the 11th-round of their World Middleweight Championship.
April 6Santa Anita Derby.
May 24Grand Prix of Monaco.
June 28Irish Derby in Kildare.
July 5Dream Mile.
July 12Evander Holyfield wins his first world title with a 15-round decision against Dwight Qawi for the WBAJunior Heavyweight crown live from Atlanta.
July 26Mike Tyson destroys Marvis Frazier with a first-round knockout in their live heavyweight fight from Glenn Falls, N.Y. In the same show, Barry McGuigan loses his WBAWelterweight crown in a 15-round decision to Steve Cruz in Las Vegas.
August 30Men's World Cup Gymnastics Championships from Beijing, China.

1987[edit]

DayEvent
January 10The last live telecast of the Harlem Globetrotters from Kansas City.
January 17Ironman Triathlon.
January 31World Alpine Ski Championships.
February 1 & 7Report on America's Cup yacht races from Freemantle, Australia.
February 7U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Tacoma, Washington
February 28Women's World Cup individual finals from Beijing.
March 1Race Across America.
March 21Iowa State ends Iowa's nine-year run as team champion at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, while John Smith wins his first NCAA title.
March 22Mountain Man Winter Triathlon from Avon and Beaver Creak, Colo.
March 29The first broadcast on Wide World of Sports of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
April 11Pablo Morales concludes his collegiate swimming career with an NCAA record 11 individual titles and Matt Biondi ends his by setting American and NCAA records in the 50, 100 and 200 yard freestyles at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.
May 16Western States Endurance Race from Squaw Valley to Auburn, California
May 311987 Monaco Grand Prix.
June 27U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships in San Jose, California
August 1Greg Louganis wins the 3-meter and platform at the U.S. Diving Championships in Bartlesville, Okla., while Janet Evans makes her WWOS debut by winning four events at the U.S. Nationals in Clovis, California
August 15International Special Olympics from Notre Dame, Indiana

1988[edit]

DayEvent
January 2The Harlem Globetrotters journey to West Berlin.
January 23Ironman Triathlon.
January 30World Gymnastics Championships from Rotterdam.
March 19Romanian Aurelia Dobre upsets teammate Daniela Silivaş and Soviet Elena Shoushounova to win the all-around title at the World Gymnastics Championships.
March 26The battle for the World Cup overall title between Pirmin Zurbriggen and Alberto Tomba is decided in the final races of the year in Saalbach, Austria, with Zurbriggen winning his second straight overall title.
May 7The Kentucky Derby becomes a fixture on Wide World of Sports.
May 151988 Monaco Grand Prix last f1 race on Wide World of Sports.
May 21Preakness Stakes.
June 11Belmont Stakes.
July 2Dream Mile in Oslo.
July 16In an exclusive interview with Wide World of Sports, owner-trainer Louee Russel announces the retirement of Preakness and Belmont winner Risen Star.
July 16 & 23U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
August 6 & 20U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials.
August 20Weltklasse Meet.

1989[edit]

DayEvent
January 28The Harlem Globetrotters from Sydney, Australia.
February 4World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail, Colo.
February 11U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Baltimore.
March 4Virgil Hill-Bobby Czyz fight for the WBALight Heavyweight Championship in Bismarck, North Dakota.
April 8Santa Anita Derby.
April 1Evander Holyfield-Michael Dokes heavyweight fight and a live studio interview with Holyfield.
April 15'The Hell of the North': Paris-Roubaix.
May 6Kentucky Derby.
May 20Preakness Stakes.
June 10Belmont Stakes.
June 24Dennis Andries-Jeff Harding for the WBCLight Heavyweight titles.
July 1–22Tour de France.
August 26Little League World Series

1990s[edit]

1990[edit]

DayEvent
January 13The Harlem Globetrotters visit Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
January 27The men's and ladies' figure skating competition from the World Challenge of Champions in Moscow.
February 3Bill Shoemaker has one final race at Santa Anita.
February 24Ironman Triathlon World Championship.
March 3Same day coverage of the finish of the Trans-Antarctica Expedition[clarification needed] from Mirny Station.
March 17Susan Butcher wins her fourth Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
March 24Tom Jager shatters the world record for the 50-meter freestyle in a head-to-head battle with Matt Biondi at the U.S. Spring Championships.
World Gymnastics Championships.
March 31Meldrick Taylor fights Julio César Chávez for the WBC/IBFJunior Welterweight/Super Lightweight titles.
April 21Paris-Roubaix.
May 5Kentucky Derby.
May 1212-year-old Chinese star Fu Mingxia wins the U.S. International Diving Championships.
July 21Tour de France.
August 4Kim Zmeskal wins the all-around at the USA-USSR Gymnastics Meet.

1991[edit]

DayEvent
January 19Men's World Cup Downhill from Wengen is canceled after Gernot Reinstadler of Austria falls during a qualifying run and later dies from internal injuries. Meanwhile, the U.S. Ski Team withdraws from the World Cup circuit due to the Gulf War.
January 26World champion Svetlana Boginskaya is upset by teammate Tatiana Lisenko in the all-around at the World Cup Gymnastics Championships. Meanwhile, the World Challenge of Champions feature 1984 Olympic Games gold medalists Torvill and Dean,
February 2The Harlem Globetrotters from Disney MGM Studios in Orlando. Hosted by Jim Valvano, with a special guest appearance by Miss Piggy. Plus, a replay of Whitney Houston singing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXV. And an interview with quarterback Todd Marinovich after he is suspended from USC football team due to drugs and declares himself eligible for the NFL Draft.
February 16U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Minneapolis. Plus, a feature on Nancy Kerrigan and her legally blind mother Brenda.
March 2Riddick Bowe versus Tyrell Biggs.
March 16Rick Swenson wins his record fifth Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
April 13Tonya Harding performs a triple Axel in her exhibition performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Plus, Mark Spitz begins his very public comeback to competitive swimming with a spot on the 1992 Olympic team as his goal.
April 27Mark Spitz meets Matt Biondi in another 50-meter butterfly match race. Biondi wins, but Spitz finishes closer to Biondi than he did to Tom Jager the week before.
April 29Wide World of Sports' 30th anniversary show with hosts Jim McKay and Frank Gifford.
May 4Kentucky Derby.
June 1Mike Tyson scores a TKO of Razor Ruddock in a heavyweight fight, taped on March 18.
June 8Belmont Stakes.
July 13As the International Olympic Committee lifts its ban prohibiting South Africa from competing in the Olympics, WWOS features U.S. javelin thrower Tom Petranoff, who was banned by U.S. track officials from worldwide competition for having competed in South Africa in violation of the international sports boycott. Petranoff talks about his relocation to South Africa and his desire to compete for his new country in the Olympics.
August 10ABC strikes a deal with the U.S. Treasury Department and obtains the exclusive rights to televise the Cuban hosted Pan American Games. The telecast features over 20 hours of comprehensive coverage and a rare look inside Cuba. The highlight of the trip is an ABC WWOS exclusive interview, conducted by Jim McKay with Fidel Castro.

1992[edit]

DayEvent
February 1A special report on Mike Tyson's trial and conviction of rape.
February 29Kim Zmeskal becomes the first American to win the women's all-around title at the World Championships.
March 14The pairs figure skating team of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov earn six perfect 6.0s for artistic impression to win the World Challenge of Champions.
April 4An up close and personal look at Bill Shoemaker, one year after a car accident left him paralyzed. Meanwhile, A.P. Indy wins the Santa Anita Derby and Belmont Stakes (on June 6) on Wide World. Those wins would propel him to Horse of the Year honors.
April 11Jim McKay talks with Arthur Ashe about his battle with AIDS.
May 2Kentucky Derby.
July 4Jim McKay reports on Sarajevo, eight years after the 1984 Winter Olympics.
July - AugustWWOS cameras follow Dick and Rick Hoyt as they bike across the country. The father and son team begin their trip in Santa Monica, California and end it in Boston.
August 29Little League World Series.

1993[edit]

DayEvent
January 6As South Central Los Angeles is in the midst of rebuilding from the riots, WWOS orchestrates a roundtable discussion with gang members at Crenshaw Senior High School.
January 16WWOS debuts a new series about athletes living on the edge and expanding the horizons of sport, with a feature on Extreme Skiing.
January 23U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
January 30Nancy Kerrigan skates an exhibition performance to 'The Lord's Prayer'.
February 13World Alpine Skiing Championships and a tribute to Arthur Ashe, who died of complications from AIDS.
March 6Riddick Bowe knocks out Evander Holyfield in the 11th-round of their fight from Las Vegas. Plus, Wide World of Sports for Kids makes its debut, with 'The Great Alaska Sled Dog Race', a show on the Iditarod sled dog race, from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
March 201992 Olympic silver medalist Paul Wylie defeats 1988 Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano for the first time in his professional skating career at the DuraSoft Colors World Challenge of Champions.
April 3Santa Anita Derby.
April 10WWOS broadcasts the first-ever World Winter Games (Special Olympics) from Austria.
April 24World Gymnastics Championships.
May 1Kentucky Derby.
May 15Preakness Stakes.
May 22A retrospective show which features the top 10 elements of WWOS (1961–present). Viewers voted through USA Today for their favorite shows, including A. J. Foyt and the '67 Indy 500, Muhammad Ali and appearances by the Harlem Globetrotters.
June 5Belmont Stakes.
August 21World Track and Field Championships.
August 21Travers Stakes.
August 28At the Little League World Series, Maria Sansone, at 12-years of age, becomes the youngest network sports announcer when she covers the LLWS for WWOS.

1994[edit]

DayEvent
January 6, 8, 15, 29, and February 5WWOS begins its 34th season with a new host, Julie Moran, from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. The entire event is overshadowed by the attack on reigning national champion, Nancy Kerrigan, at a practice rink. WWOS correspondents report on the story as it unfolds with exclusive interviews with Kerrigan and they examine Tonya Harding's role in the attack as it comes into question.
January 22WWOS debuts a joint venture with Sports Illustrated TV's From the Pages of Sports Illustrated with a feature on Archie Manning's son Peyton.
January 29WWOS debuts its series of features leading up to the 1994 World Cup of soccer, with Jim McKay as host.
WWOS debuts its WWOS for Kids show, with a repeat telecast of 'The Great Alaskan Sled Dog Race.' On Feb. 12, 'Kids on Ice - A Skating Adventure!' takes a closer look at one young skater's road to the U.S. junior national championships. On June 11, 'A day at the Races', host Maria Sansone offers a behind the scenes look at horse racing.
April 2Two events return to WWOS after long hiatuses: from Planica, Slovenia the World Ski Flying Championships and from Silver Springs, Florida, the World High Diving Championships.
April 9, May 21, June 11 and August 20WWOS tracks the recovery and grueling rehabilitation process undertaken by Jeff Lukas, who was severely injured by thoroughbred race horse Tabasco Cat.
April 23World Gymnastics Championships.
May 7WWOS debuts the Cable Cam at the 120th Kentucky Derby. This innovative camera is suspended from a cable in the infield of the track and is able to follow the progress of the horses on the backstretch at speeds of up to 35 mph.
May 14Feature on the figure skating pairs team of Paul Martini and Barbara Underhill. One of Underhill's twins recently drowned in the family pool. They dedicate their performance at the Durasoft Colors World Challenge of Champions to her child.
July - AugustABC devotes more than 17 hours of comprehensive weekend coverage of the third Goodwill Games from St. Petersburg, Russia.
August 13On day two of the Major League Baseball strike, Al Michaels moderates a panel discussion from Los Angeles, with Los Angeles Dodgers' player representative Brett Butler, Sports Illustrated Editor-at-Large Steve Wulf in New York and Peter Angelos, principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles in Maryland.
August 20Al Michaels talks with Bud Selig, acting commissioner of Major League Baseball on day 9 of the 1994 Major League Baseball strike. Meanwhile, Holy Bull wins the Travers Stakes.
August 27A three-hour rain delay forces WWOS to go off the air on many ABC affiliates before the Little League World Series World Championship Game can be completed. The West Coast sees the remainder of the game live from Williamsport, Pa.

1995[edit]

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DayEvent
January 21Al Unser Jr. is named WWOSAthlete of the Year after dominating the Indy car circuit with eight victories, including a second Indy 500.
January 28Julie Moran hosts WWOS from 'The NFL Experience' at Joe Robbie Stadium, site of Super Bowl XXIX. Also, Bob Beattie reports on the cancellation of the World Alpine Ski Championships, due to lack of snow, for the first time since the event's inception in 1931. WWOS had planned extensive coverage beginning Feb. 4.
February 11Richard Callaghan becomes the first coach since 1950 to train the men's and ladies national champions when Todd Eldredge and Nicole Bobek win at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The Ladies' event airs live in prime time on ABC.
February 18Renée Roca and Gorsha Sur defeat Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow for the U.S. Ice Dance title. Punsalan and Swallow also admit in an exclusive ABC interview that, in '94, they lobbied Congress to not grant Sur, a native Russian, U.S. citizenship, so that they could represent the U.S. at the '94 Olympics.
Picabo Street win's her third, of what would be a U.S.-record five downhills in a row. By season's end she would become the first American ever to win the World Cup Downhill title.
February 25Bonnie Blair wins her third World Sprint Speedskating championship in her final event on U.S. ice. Also, four-time Olympic gold medalist Johann Olav Koss makes his television commentating debut on ABC and interviews fellow Lillehammer gold medalist Dan Jansen.
March 4World Freestyle Skiing Champsionships.
March 11Florida Derby.
March 18As Nadia Comăneci returns to Romania for the first time since her 1989 defection, WWOS details her brilliant career.
May 6Kentucky Derby.
May 28Indianapolis 500.
June 10At the Belmont Stakes, D. Wayne Lukas becomes the first trainer in history to lead two different horses to all three Triple Crown titles in one season.
June 24World Mountain Bike Champions.
JulyTour de France.
July 8During an appearance at the Special Olympic World Games, Monica Seles announces she will return to pro tennis in a comeback after she was stabbed by a fan in 1993.
July 22Mike Tyson retrospective: one month before his return to the ring.
August 5, 6, 12 & 13World Track and Field Championships.

1996[edit]

DayEvent
January 20U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
February 27European Figure Skating Championships.
February 17Tatyana Lebedeva, a 22-year-old Russian skier, collides with Harold Shownower, a former U.S. Ski Team coach and FIS official, while training for the women's downhill at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain. Lebedeva catches air off a bump and when she comes back to the ground, Shownower had mistakenly skied onto the course and right into her path. Both suffered fractured legs and were airlifted off the mountain.
February 24 and March 2Alberto Tomba, the three-time Olympic gold medalist from Italy, ends a decade of frustration at the World Alpine Skiing Championships by winning two gold medals.
March 2Christine Witty becomes the women's champion at the 27th World Sprint Speed Skating Championships. Meanwhile, three-time and reigning World Sprint Champion Bonnie Blair makes her network commentating debut.
March 21 and 23The World Figure Skating Championships live from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Three-time U.S. champion Todd Eldredge wins his first world championship, while the newest U.S. champion, Rudy Galindo, earns the bronze. On the afternoon of March 23, WWOS featured taped coverage of the ladies' short program and the unsuccessful comeback of former world champion Midori Ito to the amateur ranks. That evening, WWOS provided live coverage of Michelle Kwan's first world championship.
May 4Kentucky Derby.
May 18Preakness Stakes.
May 26Indianapolis 500.
June 8Belmont Stakes.
June 15WWOS road racing analyst Marty Liquori jumps from the lead car of the Advil Mini-marathon to stop a spectator from harassing and running alongside eventual winner Tegla Loroupe. Liquori's linebacker move occurs less than a minute from the finish line in Central Park. Plus, former Soviet star Svetlana Boguinskaya, now competing for Belarus, makes her comeback to the international scene by placing second in the all-around at the European Women's Gymnastics Championships.
June 29, July 6 & 13Tour de France.
September 23The first U.S. women's gymnastics team to win the Olympic team gold medal—including WWOS stars Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu and Dominique Dawes—star in the Tour of Olympic Gymnastics Champions. The show airs in prime time and leads into Monday Night Football.

1997[edit]

DayEvent
January 11National figure skating champion Rudy Galindo wins his first professional title at the Nutrasweet World Challenge of Champions in Innsbruck.
January 25 & February 1European Figure Skating Championships.
February 1The Winter 'X Games' features snowboarding and mountain biking on snow in its Wide World debut. The Summer 'X Games' premiere with skysurfing, street luge, and bike stunts on the June 21, 1997 Wide World from San Diego.
February 15 & 16Fourteen-year-old Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest U.S. figure skating champion in history by upsetting the reigning national and world champion Michelle Kwan. Also in Nashville, World Champion Todd Eldredge wins his fourth national title.
March 20 & 22World Figure Skating Championships. Fourteen-year-old Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest World figure skating champion in history by upsetting the reigning national and world champion Michelle Kwan.
April 19Wide World airs network television's first women's professional boxing match. Former kickboxer Yvonne Trevino wins the WIBF Superflyweight championship live from Las Vegas in a first-round TKO over Brenda Rouse.
May 3At the 123rd Kentucky Derby, Silver Charm beats Captain Bodgit by a head. Also, Bodgit jockey Alex Solis wears the Derby's first 'jockeycam.' The 19-ounce device was also used during Bodgit's Wood Memorial win on April 12, but rain/mud obscured the view.
May 17Preakness Stakes.
May 25–27Indianapolis 500.
June 7Belmont Stakes.
August 23Little League World Series.

1998[edit]

DayEvent
January 8Todd Eldredge wins his fifth U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Philadelphia and a live national audience, placing him second all-time behind Dick Button's seven titles.
January 10With the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics less than a month away, the rivalry between Michelle Kwan (1996 U.S. and World Figure Skating Champion) and Tara Lipinski (1997 U.S. and World Figure Skating Champion) heated up on the ice in Philadelphia. Both would make the team, but the winner at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships would be the odds-on favorite for gold at Nagano.
January 17The Winter X Games from Crested Butte, Colo. featured snowboarding and snow mountain bike racing. Also, for the first time in 30 years, snowmobiling returned to Wide World of Sports and network television. Meanwhile, the Summer X Games from San Diego, California returned with skateboarding, skysurfing, street luge, bike stunts, snowboarding, wakeboarding and barefoot jumping on shows on June 20, June 27 and July 4, 1998.
March 15In the network television debut of Major League Soccer, Tony Sanneh and D.C. United welcomed the Miami Fusion to Major League Soccer with a 2-0 victory over the expansion team before a sellout crowd of 20,450 at Lockhart Stadium. Sanneh scored one goal for United and assisted on the other, as the two-time defending champions won the opening game of MLS' third season.
March 28During ABC's same-day coverage of CART's first-ever foray to Japan for the Budweiser 500, Mexico's Adrian Fernandez held off Al Unser Jr. to win the second race of his CART career.
April 2Competing in his final world championships before a live national audience, Todd Eldredge won the free skate and captured the silver medal, the fifth world medal of his career at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
April 4Michelle Kwan won her second world championship in three years despite falling on a double Axel and failing to complete three rotations on a Salchow.
April 26Bobby Labonte ousted older brother Terry Labonte from the lead with two laps remaining in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series DieHard 500 and then blocked all challengers to claim his first-ever victory at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.
May 2The 124th running of the Kentucky Derby.
May 16The Preakness Stakes.
May 17In its new update role, Wide World of Sports reports New York YankeesDavid Wells' perfect game. Wells tossed the 15th perfect game in baseball history against the Minnesota Twins on Beanie Baby Day at Yankee Stadium.
May 24Eddie Cheever Jr. defeats Buddy Lazier by 3.191 seconds to win the 82nd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
June 6The horses completed the mile and a half at the 130th Belmont Stakes in 2 minutes and 29 seconds, but it took nearly six minutes to determine the winner. In the stretch, Real Quiet drifted out and bumped Victory Gallop. Ultimately, after the delay, Victory Gallop was declared the winner.
June 13World Cup soccer on ABC kicked off with a scoreless draw between the Netherlands and Belgium.
June 21Iran eliminates the United States from the World Cup with a 2-1 victory. The pregame show featured a piece on U.S.-Iranian relations and included same-day video of crowds gathering to watch the soccer game in Iran.
June 28Wide World of Sports covers the seventh Whitbread Round The World Race for the Volvo Trophy.
July 12Host country France won its first World Cup championship, defeating Brazil3-0 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
July 19The 127th Open Championship from Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England was won by Masters champion Mark O'Meara before a live national television audience.
August 1Jeff Gordon became the first driver to win the Brickyard 400 twice and he also pocketed the largest single first-place payout in NASCAR history, a whopping US$1,637,625.
August 2Marco Pantani became the first Italian to win the Tour de France since 1965, the first climber since Lucien Van Impe in 1976. Patani is also one of a handful of riders to have claimed the Tour and the Giro d'Italia double in the same year. Plus, the MLS All-Star Game made its network television debut as the MLS USA All-Stars defeated MLS World 6-1 at the Florida Citrus Bowl in OrlandoColumbus Crew forward Brian McBride earned Most Valuable Player honors with one goal and two assists in the first half.
August 23The Arena Football League made its network television debut with Arena Bowl XII. The Orlando Predators crushed the Tampa Bay Storm 62-31 at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Florida Orlando had played in three previous Arena Bowls, losing each of them.
August 29Toms River, N.J. defeats Kashima, Japan 12-9 in the 52nd Little League World Series Championship Game.

Notes[edit]

On January 3, 1998, long time Wide World of Sports host Jim McKay declared that Wide World of Sports was canceled; the hour-and-a-half of all sorts of sports was replaced by a studio host introducing single event broadcasts such as the Indianapolis 500, horse racing's Triple Crown, and the national and World Championships in figure skating.

1999[edit]

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DayEvent
January 23David Duval sank a six-footer on the 90th hole for eagle and a 59 at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. It was only the third 59 ever recorded in PGA Tour history—and the first on a final day of competition.
February 13Michelle Kwan won her third national title over Naomi Nari Nam at the State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships. In the men's competition, Michael Weiss became the first father since Roger Turner in 1934 to win the U.S. title. He defeated Trifun Zivanovic and Timothy Goebel. Danielle and Steve Hartsell won the pairs over Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman, while Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev won over Eve Chalom and Mathew Gates in dance.
March 20Mike Wallace, in his Ford Truck, wins ABC's first NASCAR Truck race, the Florida Dodge Dealers 400.
March 25Russia becomes the first country to sweep gold at the World Figure Skating Championships since Austria did it in 1925. In the Ladies, Russia won two of the three medals with Maria Butyrskaya placing first, over defending world champion Michelle Kwan. At 26, Butyrskaya was the oldest woman ever to win the World Championship. Yulia Soldatova was third. In the Men's, Alexei Yagudin won the gold over fellow Russian Evgeny Plushenko. In the Pairs, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won their second straight world title over the Chinese couple Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao. In the Dance, Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov won their second straight World gold medal over Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat from France.
May 1125th Kentucky Derby.
May 15Preakness Stakes.
May 3083rd Indianapolis 500.
June 5Belmont Stakes.
July 3At X Games V, Tony Hawk executed the first '900' in skateboarding history.
July 10Brandi Chastain converted a penalty kick past China's Gao Hong and took off her uniform jersey as the United States won the Women's World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
July 17Scotland's Paul Lawrie won the 128th British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland in a four-hole playoff over Justin Leonard and Jean van de Velde.
July 25Lance Armstrong captures cycling's biggest race, the 83rd Tour de France.
August 7On his way to his first NASCAR Winston Cup championship, Dale Jarrett won his second Brickyard 400.
August 28In the Little League World Series championship game, Osaka, Japan won 5-0 over Phenix City, Ala.
December 26A yearlong countdown of North America's 50 greatest athletes culminates as Michael Jordan is named the athlete of the 20th century by ESPNSportsCentury's panel of experts. Babe Ruth, the century's second greatest athlete, is also featured in an hour special.

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