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Introduction : ABC Sports and network sports television
The "Almost Broadcasting Company" and the birth of ABC Sports
ABC's Wide World of Sports : "The seedbed of modern sports television" and the Cold War
"The network of the Olympics" : starring Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell
Monday Night Football, Brian's song, and the roots of the prime-time TV event
The news from Munich on the "Arledge Broadcasting Company"
"What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?" : trashsports and scandal
"No more sacred cows" : the end of ABC Sports' golden age
Conclusion : from Wide World of Sports to the worldwide leader in sports
Appendix 1 : Wide World of Sports inaugural season schedule, 1961
Appendix 2 : ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
Appendix 3 : top 15 television audiences of all time as of Roots' premier
Appendix 4 : top ten most watched Wide World of Sports episodes.
The "Almost Broadcasting Company" and the birth of ABC Sports
ABC's Wide World of Sports : "The seedbed of modern sports television" and the Cold War
"The network of the Olympics" : starring Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell
Monday Night Football, Brian's song, and the roots of the prime-time TV event
The news from Munich on the "Arledge Broadcasting Company"
"What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?" : trashsports and scandal
"No more sacred cows" : the end of ABC Sports' golden age
Conclusion : from Wide World of Sports to the worldwide leader in sports
Appendix 1 : Wide World of Sports inaugural season schedule, 1961
Appendix 2 : ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
Appendix 3 : top 15 television audiences of all time as of Roots' premier
Appendix 4 : top ten most watched Wide World of Sports episodes.