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The thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat...
The human drama of athletic competition...
This is ABC's Wide World of Sports!
|Jim McKay's intro to ''Wide World Of Sports''}}
[[ABC]]'s ''[[Wide World
''Wide World of Sports'' helped to put ABC Sports (and its producer, Roone Arledge) on the map in the '60s, paving the way for the network's later success in such ventures as ''[[Monday Night Football]]''. The show's popularity led to other networks rolling out similarly-formatted programs, including CBS's ''Sports Spectacular'' and NBC's ''Sportsworld''. None of the imitations ever achieved ''Wide World'''s ratings or iconic status, however.
In the late '90s, the rise of [[ESPN]]--which was established by ABC essentially as 24-hour ''Wide World''--and other cable outlets removed much of ''Wide World''{{'}}s appeal, leading to its eventual cancellation in 1998. The brand occasionally shows back up for special broadcasts (as was the case for the 2008 Belmont Stakes, which used the Wide World title as a tribute to the recently deceased Jim McKay). In February 2010, Disney and ESPN opened the [http://espnwwos.disney.go.com/index Wide World Of Sports Complex at Disney World], a multi-sport complex for both amateur sports and special events.
Has nothing to do with the [[Nine Network]]'s branding of its sports coverage.
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* [[Epic Fail]] -- Slovenian ski jumper [[wikipedia:Vinko Bogataj|Vinko Bogataj]]. For over 20 years his spectacular fall in a 1970 Ski-Flying World Championship competition
▲* [[Epic Fail]] -- Slovenian ski jumper [[wikipedia:Vinko Bogataj|Vinko Bogataj]]. For over 20 years his spectacular fall in a 1970 Ski-Flying World Championship competition underlay Jim McKay's "the agony of defeat" in the opening montage.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] -- watching older episodes is like watching a who's who of sportscasters.
* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]] -- Those yellow blazers.
* [[Long
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "The agony of defeat" lives to this day.
* [[Opening Narration]] -- see top of article
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** And the [[CTV]] network had its own version.
* [[Spiritual Successor]] -- ESPN. Also [[The Rival]], which surpassed WWOS leading to its cancellation.
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