1958 NFL Championship

S01 E01 • Wednesday, Jul 9, 1975 • Jul 9 • 30m

""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

S01 E02 • Thursday, Feb 19, 1976 • Feb 19 • 30m

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

S01 E03 • Wednesday, Jul 2, 1975 • Jul 2 • 30m

1960 Summer Olympics

S01 E04 • Thursday, Mar 11, 1976 • Mar 11 • 30m

1946 Army-Navy Game

S01 E05 • Wednesday, Jul 30, 1975 • Jul 30 • 30m

Yankees Dynasty (1)

S01 E06 • Sunday, Mar 6, 1977 • Mar 6 • 30m

Yankees Dynasty (2)

S01 E07 • Sunday, Mar 13, 1977 • Mar 13 • 30m

Harvard vs. Yale Football, 1968

S01 E08 • Sunday, Mar 27, 1977 • Mar 27 • 30m

The 1957 and 1958 NBA Finals

S01 E09 • Thursday, Feb 12, 1976 • Feb 12 • 30m

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

S01 E10 • Wednesday, Aug 20, 1975 • Aug 20 • 30m

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

S01 E11 • Sunday, Apr 24, 1977 • Apr 24 • 30m