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THE NIGHT MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WAS BORN — SEPTEMBER 21, 1970

 Steve  September 21, 2026

Can you imagine the NFL without Monday Night Football? On September 21, 1970, America sat down for the first regular-season…

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ABC’s Wide World of Sports

 Steve  July 18, 2026

For generations, Saturday afternoons meant watching Jim McKay “span the globe” on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Beginning in 1961,…

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