Top 10 Wide World of Sports Moments

50 years ago this week the Wide World of Sports debuted on ABC: “Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport. The thrill of victory, and agony of defeat. The human drama of athletic competition. This is ABC’s Wide World of Sports.” Today ESPN’s SportsCenter ran through their list of the 10 best Wide World of Sports moments: Unbridled winning the 1990 Kentucky Derby Richard Petty’s 200th (and final) win in 1984; notable for Petty’s post-race celebration with Ronald Reagan, the first time a sitting US president attended a NASCAR race In 1975, German magician Ralf Bialla…

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