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The fifth highest rated show in the history of Wide World of Sports, featuring the Harlem Globetrotters. February 4 Alexis Argüello and Alfredo Escalera for the WBC Super Featherweight title. Arguello retained his title with a 13th-round knockout. February 10 Spectacular Bid's first race as a 3-year-old in the Hutcheson Stakes. March 4
ABC's Wide World of Sports is an American sports anthology television program that aired on ABC from April 29, 1961, to 1997, primarily on Saturday afternoons. Hosted by Jim McKay , with a succession of co-hosts beginning in 1987, the title continued to be used for general sports programs on the network until 2006.
Boxing on ABC refers to a series of boxing events [1] that have been televised on the American Broadcasting Company.Many of these events aired under the Wide World of Sports [2] banner which began on April 11, 1964 when challenger Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeated champion Sonny Liston in the seventh round.
McKay was best known for hosting ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961–1998). His introduction for that program has passed into American pop culture, in which viewers were reminded of the show's mission ("Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports") and what lay ahead ("the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat").
The title was established as the TNA Women's World Championship. This was a ten-woman gauntlet match to determine the inaugural champion, also involving Ms. Brooks, Miss Jackie Moore, Shelly Martinez, Awesome Kong, Christy Hemme, ODB, Angel Williams, Talia Madison, and Roxxi Laveaux, who Kim last eliminated. [1] 2 Awesome Kong: January 7, 2008 ...
"World of Sport" style - a retronym for the "Traditional"/"Old School" style of Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom, derived from digital TV repeats of the original segment. Trevor's World of Sport sitcom on BBC; World of Sports (American radio program), the ABC radio network counterpart of the television ABC's Wide World of Sports
Adventure racing; Aerobatics; Air shows; Air races; Auto racing: CART, NASCAR, Formula One, Endurance car racing, Dirt track racing, Late Model Racing, Modified Racing, Midget car racing, Sprint car racing, Drag racing, Jeep racing, Super truck racing, Dune buggy racing, KART racing, Sports car racing on ice, Touring car racing, Cross country racing
Other sports that Flemming called on Wide World of Sports were bobsledding, [4] chess, auto racing and the Olympic Games. [3] His first event called on ABC was the Drake Relays track and field event in Des Moines, Iowa, while his fellow broadcaster Jim McKay called the Penn Relays athletic event in Philadelphia. [5]