The Way It Was

30min

Episodes

Cast

1958 NFL Championship

1. 1958 NFL Championship

30min

9th Jul 1975

""The Greatest Game Ever Played"" kicks off The Way It Was in stirring fashion. Thrill to the gutty performances of both the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants as they do battle in the first sudden-death game in football history.

1954 World Series

2. 1954 World Series

30min

19th Feb 1976

Who would have thought one exuberant player's circus catch of a certain triple would turn the World Series in favor of the underdog? Willie Mays provided arguably the last great moment in the history of the Polo Grounds as the N.Y. Giants swept the Cleveland Indians for the 1954 title. The Giants would not win another Series for the rest of the 20th century.

1951 Brooklyn Dodgers - New York Giants National League Playoff

3. 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers - New York Giants National League Playoff

30min

2nd Jul 1975

1960 Summer Olympics

4. 1960 Summer Olympics

30min

11th Mar 1976

1946 Army-Navy Game

5. 1946 Army-Navy Game

30min

30th Jul 1975

Yankees Dynasty (1)

6. Yankees Dynasty (1)

30min

6th Mar 1977

Yankees Dynasty (2)

7. Yankees Dynasty (2)

30min

13th Mar 1977

Harvard vs. Yale Football, 1968

8. Harvard vs. Yale Football, 1968

30min

27th Mar 1977

The 1957 and 1958 NBA Finals

9. The 1957 and 1958 NBA Finals

30min

12th Feb 1976

The Boston Celtics and St. Louis Hawks traded bunches in their split of the NBA Championships of 1957-58. Now which one was to remain with a dry feeling in its throat afterward?

The 1962 NBA Finals

10. The 1962 NBA Finals

30min

20th Aug 1975

The start of Los Angeles Laker heartache (oh, those were the days) came in 1962, when they had a chance to beat the Boston Celtics in regulation time of the seventh Finals game at Boston Garden.

Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale

11. Rocky Graziano vs. Tony Zale

30min

24th Apr 1977

First air date

9th Jul 1975

Last air date

24th Apr 1977

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

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