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ABC's Wide World of Sports is an that aired on the (ABC) from April 29, 1961 to January 3, 1998, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by , with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 1987, the title continued to be used for general sports programs on the network until 2006. In 2007, Wide World of Sports was named by on its list of the 100 best television programs of all-time.Weekend sports news updates on sister radio network , operated by , continue to be branded under the similar title ABC's World of Sports. The program also lent its name to an athletic facility at , the – which was originally known as Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from its opening in 1997 (one year after acquired ABC, and a majority stake in ) – until 2010.OriginsWide World of Sports was the creation of through his company, Sports Programs, Inc. After selling his company to ABC, he hired a young to produce the show.The series' April 29, 1961 debut telecast featured both the and . (who hosted the program for most of its history) and , the writer for the , broadcast from with as the . called the action from with working the field.During its initial season in the spring and summer of 1961, Wide World of Sports was initially broadcast from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Beginning in 1962, it was pushed to 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., and later to 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time to allow ABC affiliates in the Eastern and to carry local early-evening newscasts.Successful spin-offsIn 1961, Wide World of Sports covered a event in which beat . The broadcast was so successful that in 1962, ABC Sports began covering the .In 1964, Wide World of Sports covered the Rattlesnake Hunt championships; the following year, ABC premiered outdoor program , which remained on the network for nearly 20 years.In 1973, the was first televised as a segment on Wide World of Sports; the following year, the Superstars debuted as a weekly winter series that lasted for 10 years.Athlete of the YearIn 1963, ABC Sports producers began selecting the . Its first winner was star for being the first to run a sub-4-minute mile indoors. Through the years, this award was won by such now legendary athletes of , , , , , , and . The award was discontinued in 2001.The end of Wide World of SportsIn later years, with the rise of offering more outlets for sports programming, Wide World of Sports lost many of the events that had been staples of the program for many years (many, although not all, of them ended up on , a sister network to ABC for most of its existence). Ultimately, on January 3, 1998, Jim McKay announced that Wide World of Sports, in its traditional anthology series, had been canceled after a 37-year run. The Wide World of Sports name remained in use afterward as an umbrella title for ABC's weekend sports programming.In August 2006, ABC Sports came under the oversight of ESPN, under the relaunched banner name . The Wide World of Sports title continues to occasionally be revived for Saturday afternoon sports programming on ABC, most recently during the as a tribute to Jim McKay, following his death in June 2008. Most of ABC's sports programming since Wide World of Sports ended as a program has been displaced from ABC and moved to ESPN; the cable network began producing its own anthology series on Saturday afternoons in 2010, , which consists of documentaries originally featured on ESPN's and programs, and a modified version of the ESPN interactive series , titled .Sports featured on Wide World of SportsWide 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 , , , , 's competitions, wrist wrestling, , , , , slow pitch , barrel jumping, and . racing was a Wide World of Sports staple until the late 1980s, when it became a regularly scheduled sporting event on the network. Traditional sports such as , , and track and field competitions were also regular features of the show. Another memorable regular feature in the 1960s and 1970s was . The lone national television broadcast of the 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.FirstsWide World of Sports was the first U.S. television program to air coverage of – among events – (1961), the (highlights starting in 1961; a longer-form version in 1965), the (1962), the (1962), the (1962), the (1962), the (1961), (1961), the (1994) and the (1962).IntroductionThe program's introductory sequence was accompanied by a stirring, brassy musical fanfare (composed by ), set over a of sports clips and accompanying narration written by and voiced by McKay:“ Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat... the human drama of athletic competition... This is ABC's Wide World of Sports! ”
"The Thrill of Victory..."The melodramatic introduction became a national that is often heard to this day. While "the thrill of victory" had several symbols over the decades, , whose dreadful misjump and crash during a competition on March 21, 1970 was featured from the early 1970s onward heard over the sentence "...and the agony of defeat", became a hard-luck hero of sorts, and an affectionate icon for stunning . Previously, the footage played with that phrase was that of another ski jumper who made a long, almost successful jump, but whose skis lost vertical alignment shortly before landing, leading to a crash.Later in the 1990s, an additional clip was added to the "agony of defeat" sequence after Bogataj's accident: footage of a crash by , and during the showed a car flipping up into the . The "oh no!" commentary that accompanies it, however, is dubbed from commentary by of 's crash in the 1997 (part of the NASCAR Winston Cup series). Bogataj's mishap is also commemorated in 's book as "agonosis", which is defined as "the of tuning in on Wide World of Sports every weekend just to watch the skier rack himself."
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| Sport: | Tennis | Model: | Grand Master |
| Brand: | Crown | Country/Region of Manufacture: | Taiwan |
ABC's Wide World of Sports is an that aired on the (ABC) from April 29, 1961 to January 3, 1998, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by , with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 1987, the title continued to be used for general sports programs on the network until 2006. In 2007, Wide World of Sports was named by on its list of the 100 best television programs of all-time.Weekend sports news updates on sister radio network , operated by , continue to be branded under the similar title ABC's World of Sports. The program also lent its name to an athletic facility at , the – which was originally known as Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from its opening in 1997 (one year after acquired ABC, and a majority stake in ) – until 2010.
OriginsWide World of Sports was the creation of through his company, Sports Programs, Inc. After selling his company to ABC, he hired a young to produce the show.The series' April 29, 1961 debut telecast featured both the and . (who hosted the program for most of its history) and , the writer for the , broadcast from with as the . called the action from with working the field.During its initial season in the spring and summer of 1961, Wide World of Sports was initially broadcast from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Beginning in 1962, it was pushed to 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., and later to 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time to allow ABC affiliates in the Eastern and to carry local early-evening newscasts.Successful spin-offsIn 1961, Wide World of Sports covered a event in which beat . The broadcast was so successful that in 1962, ABC Sports began covering the .In 1964, Wide World of Sports covered the Rattlesnake Hunt championships; the following year, ABC premiered outdoor program , which remained on the network for nearly 20 years.In 1973, the was first televised as a segment on Wide World of Sports; the following year, the Superstars debuted as a weekly winter series that lasted for 10 years.Athlete of the YearIn 1963, ABC Sports producers began selecting the . Its first winner was star for being the first to run a sub-4-minute mile indoors. Through the years, this award was won by such now legendary athletes of , , , , , , and . The award was discontinued in 2001.The end of Wide World of SportsIn later years, with the rise of offering more outlets for sports programming, Wide World of Sports lost many of the events that had been staples of the program for many years (many, although not all, of them ended up on , a sister network to ABC for most of its existence). Ultimately, on January 3, 1998, Jim McKay announced that Wide World of Sports, in its traditional anthology series, had been canceled after a 37-year run. The Wide World of Sports name remained in use afterward as an umbrella title for ABC's weekend sports programming.In August 2006, ABC Sports came under the oversight of ESPN, under the relaunched banner name . The Wide World of Sports title continues to occasionally be revived for Saturday afternoon sports programming on ABC, most recently during the as a tribute to Jim McKay, following his death in June 2008. Most of ABC's sports programming since Wide World of Sports ended as a program has been displaced from ABC and moved to ESPN; the cable network began producing its own anthology series on Saturday afternoons in 2010, , which consists of documentaries originally featured on ESPN's and programs, and a modified version of the ESPN interactive series , titled .
Sports featured on Wide World of Sports
"The Thrill of Victory..."The melodramatic introduction became a national that is often heard to this day. While "the thrill of victory" had several symbols over the decades, , whose dreadful misjump and crash during a competition on March 21, 1970 was featured from the early 1970s onward heard over the sentence "...and the agony of defeat", became a hard-luck hero of sorts, and an affectionate icon for stunning . Previously, the footage played with that phrase was that of another ski jumper who made a long, almost successful jump, but whose skis lost vertical alignment shortly before landing, leading to a crash.Later in the 1990s, an additional clip was added to the "agony of defeat" sequence after Bogataj's accident: footage of a crash by , and during the showed a car flipping up into the . The "oh no!" commentary that accompanies it, however, is dubbed from commentary by of 's crash in the 1997 (part of the NASCAR Winston Cup series). Bogataj's mishap is also commemorated in 's book as "agonosis", which is defined as "the of tuning in on Wide World of Sports every weekend just to watch the skier rack himself."
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 , , , , 's competitions, wrist wrestling, , , , , slow pitch , barrel jumping, and . racing was a Wide World of Sports staple until the late 1980s, when it became a regularly scheduled sporting event on the network. Traditional sports such as , , and track and field competitions were also regular features of the show. Another memorable regular feature in the 1960s and 1970s was . The lone national television broadcast of the 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.FirstsWide World of Sports was the first U.S. television program to air coverage of – among events – (1961), the (highlights starting in 1961; a longer-form version in 1965), the (1962), the (1962), the (1962), the (1962), the (1961), (1961), the (1994) and the (1962).IntroductionThe program's introductory sequence was accompanied by a stirring, brassy musical fanfare (composed by ), set over a of sports clips and accompanying narration written by and voiced by McKay:
| “ | Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat... the human drama of athletic competition... This is ABC's Wide World of Sports! | ” |