Jim Valvano had a dream that he would lead his North Carolina State Wolfpack basketball team to a national championship. Twenty years after the fact, the Wolfpack's amazing upset over Houston is recapped, with opposing stars Clyde Drexler (Houston) and Dereck Whittenburg (N.C. State) commenting.
Bobby Unser and Mario Andretti are still fuming over who really deserved to win the 1981 Indy 500. Mario called Bobby a cheater for jumping a lane late in the race, Bobby called Mario a liar for failing to accept his annual Indy fate. On the eve of yet another race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ESPN Classic brought both men back for a satellite-linked face-off, with a great deal of ABC coverage of the 1981 Indy 500 as a reference.
Who has the strongest curse on Boston: Babe Ruth, Aaron Boone, or Bucky Dent?Twenty-five years after the fact, Bucky Dent and Mike Tórrez revisit their fateful duel for the 1978 American League East Championship. Includes the actual WPIX telecast of the game (perfectly biased in the Yankees' favor).
The Blue Jays wanted to repeat as World Champions. They did everything in their power to to win it in their home diamond. The Phillies were desperately trying to force a seventh game, and they knew it was in the hands of the original Wild Thing. Relief pitcher Mitch Williams, who wore the same #99 jersey as the fictitious Rick Vaughn of Major League fame, was on the mound. It was all up to him..to lose.The setting was too perfect. Joe Carter came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with two Blue Jays on and too few out. What happened when Mitch fell to the mound on a 2-2 delivery made Joe Carter a legend.What they don't tell you is how that pitch literally destroyed Mitch Williams's career. He has been compared favorably to the ex-long-snapper Trey Junkin.Now, ten years and no Blue Jays pennants later, Mitch and Joe are reunited via satellite to review this one game. And Phillies' fans are crying out to ESPN Classic, ""Why didn't you revisit the sixth game of the 1980 Serie
How can a college football contest be called the ""Game of the Century"" if the result is a tie? More than 35 years after the fact, Notre Dame's Rocky Bleier and Michigan State's Bubba Smith relive the dead heat at Spartan Stadium. Includes the actual ABC play-by-play from Keith Jackson and Bud Wilkinson, not seen since it first aired Nov. 17, 1966.