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=== Wide World Of Sports contained examples of: ===
 
* [[Epic Fail]] -- Slovenian ski jumper [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinko_Bogataj: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 Runner]] -- Every year, after football was done, for 37 years.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "The agony of defeat" lives to this day.
* [[Opening Narration]] -- see top of article
* [[Shout -Out]] -- Colin Cowherd of ESPN Radio uses the "Spanning The Globe" audio clip to introduce his rapid-fire update segment of the same name.
* [[Spin-Off]] -- ''[[The American Sportsman]]'', ''The Pro Bowler Tour'', and ''[[The Superstars]]'' were all spawned from Wide World.
** And the [[CTV]] network had its own version.
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