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Is this the best thing ESPN has ever done?

Jeff Howe
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14 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

I was reminded of this recently and felt compelled to share.

ESPN ran this montage as the close to the Dec. 31, 1999 SportsCenter.

 

Thanks for posting this Jeff -- I've never seen it before.

I lived through many of these memories. Graduated from UT in '76 and '78.

College football is my favorite sport and I wish the 4th down pass from Street to Peschel in December '69 had been included.

Growing up in the 1960s I loved Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell. There was nothing like the anticipation in the arena of a heavyweight boxing match. Shame what's become of boxing. And it's a shame what's happened to ESPN after it peaked in the 1990s IMO.

Hook 'Em!

 

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    6 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

    I was reminded of this recently and felt compelled to share.

    ESPN ran this montage as the close to the Dec. 31, 1999 SportsCenter.

     

    Fun fact:  that montage showed the famous backboard shattering “send it in, Jerome” play from college basketball lore.  

    Trivia:  who passed the ball to Jerome Lane to get the assist on that famous dunk?

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    7 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

    I was reminded of this recently and felt compelled to share.

    ESPN ran this montage as the close to the Dec. 31, 1999 SportsCenter.

     

    Thanks for sharing Jeff. Doesn’t get better than that. Get chills just watching it. 

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    That was a really moving clip.

    But the best thing ESPN did was hire Keith Olbermann to really put entertainment into the "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network."  The punchline is that he hated being a sportscaster. 

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    It's only the second best thing they did, the best thing they did was to fire Olbermann 😀

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    On 4/3/2025 at 10:34 AM, Jeff Howe said:

    I was reminded of this recently and felt compelled to share.

    ESPN ran this montage as the close to the Dec. 31, 1999 SportsCenter.

     

    WOW!

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