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SPORTSCENTURY: FIFTY GREATEST ATHLETES: #48: PETE SAMPRAS (TV)
Summary
One in this yearlong series of sports documentary programs that count down the twentieth century's top fifty athletes as chosen by an elite group of sports experts and journalists. Hosted by Dan Patrick, each program consists of an in-depth profile of an athlete, along with comments from sports personalities and writers. This program examines athlete number forty-eight, Pete Sampras, who in 1990 became the youngest men's tennis player ever to win the singles title at the United States Open. Commentators include George Vecsey, Sally Jenkins, Phil Knight, Mary Carillo, Tony Kornheiser, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, and Dick Schaap. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ESPN
- DATE: February 5, 1999 10:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:23:49
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:57339
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries; Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: She Made It Collection (Mary Carillo); Sports; Tennis
- SERIES RUN: ESPN - TV series, 1999
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dan Patrick … Host, Narrator
- Andre Agassi
- Mary Carillo
- Sally Jenkins
- Phil Knight
- Tony Kornheiser
- John McEnroe
- Pete Sampras
- Dick Schaap
- George Vecsey