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ESPN's SportsCentury panel
A distinguished panel of 48 journalists, historians, observers and
administrators have determined the 50 greatest North American athletes
of the past 100 years for ESPN's SportsCentury presented by GM, the most
extensive documentary series in ESPN history.
The 18-month SportsCentury initiative, which began in September 1998
with daily Classic Moments, included six SportsCenter of the
Decade shows and four individual shows on the greatest coaches, games,
dynasties and influential people of the century, also voted on by the
SportsCentury panel.
The panel, which draws from a wide variety of backgrounds and
experiences, includes such accomplished professionals as Donna Lopiano
(Women's Sports Foundation), David Halberstam (journalist), Anita
DeFrantz (IOC Vice President), Robert Lipsyte (New York Times), Curt
Gowdy (legendary broadcaster) Bryant Gumbel (CBS/HBO commentator),
George Will (political commentator), the late Jim Murray (Los Angeles
Times), Bob Costas (NBC commentator) and Steve Bornstein (ESPN Chairman
& CEO, and ABC Sports President).
Following is a list of all the panelists and their affiliations.
ESPN's SportsCentury Panel
Mitch Albom -- Syndicated sports columnist, Detroit Free Press; winner
Sportswriter of the Year 10 of the last 11 years.
Roone Arledge -- Television veteran; served as President of ABC News and
President of ABC Sports.
Chris Berman -- ESPN and ABC Sports commentator.
Steve Bornstein -- ESPN Chairman and CEO; President, ABC Sports.
Ray Cave -- Former Executive Editor, Sports Illustrated and Managing
Editor, Time Magazine.
Bill Conlin -- Columnist, Philadelphia Daily News.
Bob Costas -- NBC Sports broadcaster.
Lucy Danzinger -- Editor-in-Chief, Sports for Women.
Frank Deford -- Author; award-winning magazine writer; essayist for
Sports Illustrated; former Editor-in-Chief of The National; former
Managing Editor of Sports Illustrated.
Anita DeFrantz -- International Olympic Committee Vice President.
Mel Durslag -- Former columnist, Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner.
Harry Edwards -- Professor of Sociology, University of California at
Berkeley.
Dick Enberg -- NBC Sports broadcaster.
Roy Firestone -- ESPN commentator.
Curt Gowdy -- Former NBC Sports and ABC Sports broadcaster.
Bud Greenspan -- Sports documentarian and author.
Bryant Gumbel -- Anchor, CBS News and HBO; former host of NBC's Today
Show and CBS Sports.
David Halberstam -- Noted author, journalist, and commentator.
Steve Hirdt -- Vice President, Elias Sports Bureau; contributing writer
for ESPN The Magazine.
Keith Jackson -- ABC Sports broadcaster.
Sally Jenkins -- Senior writer, Sports for Women; author and former
writer, Sports Illustrated.
Tony Kornheiser -- Columnist, Washington Post; ESPN Radio host.
Sam Lacy -- Sports editor and columnist, The Baltimore Afro-American
(has written since 1934); elected to Sportswriters' wing of National
Baseball Hall of Fame.
Richard Lapchick -- Founding Director, Center for the Study of Sport in
Society; author.
Bob Ley -- ESPN commentator.
Robert Lipsyte -- Columnist, New York Times.
Donna Lopiano -- Executive Director, Women's Sports Foundation.
Mike Lupica -- Columnist, N.Y. Daily News and ESPN The Magazine.
Jim McKay -- ABC Sports broadcaster.
Al Michaels -- ABC Sports broadcaster.
Jim Murray -- Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, Los Angeles Times.
Jim Nantz -- Broadcaster, CBS Sports.
Dan Patrick -- ESPN commentator.
Shirley Povich -- Columnist and sports editor, Washington Post.
Robin Roberts -- ESPN and ABC Sports commentator.
Harold Rosenthal -- Former sportswriter, New York Herald Tribune;
contributor to Kickoff magazine.
Bob Ryan -- Columnist, Boston Globe.
Dick Schaap -- ESPN commentator; author.
Vin Scully -- Long-time voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers; former CBS and
NBC broadcaster.
Blackie Sherrod -- Columnist, Dallas Morning News.
Jim Simpson -- Former NBC and ESPN commentator.
Charley Steiner -- ESPN play-by-play commentator and SportsCenter
anchor.
Bert Sugar -- Noted boxing writer/expert; Author of The 100 Greatest
Athletes of All Time.
Pat Summerall -- Broadcaster, Fox Sports.
Mike Tirico -- ESPN and ABC Sports commentator.
Lesley Visser -- ESPN and ABC Sports reporter.
Mike Wilbon -- Columnist, Washington Post.
George Will -- Syndicated columnist, Newsweek, and ABC political
commentator; author of famed baseball book, Men at Work: The Craft of
Baseball.
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