Who's No. 1?

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Who’s No. 1? is a sports series that debuted on ESPN25 in 2004 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ESPN. Hosted by Stuart Scott, the show counted down a “Top 25 over the last 25 Years” list, counting down to #1, in such categories as Best Teams, Worst Teams, Biggest Flops, Greatest Records, Most Outrageous Characters, Biggest Controversies, etc. during the history of ESPN, which debuted on September 7, 1979. The final episode, “The Best 25 Games over the Last 25 Years,” was televised on September 7—ESPN’s 25th birthday. The show made its ESPN Classic debut on May 2, 2005 with Trey Wingo as host; this series is similar to its ESPN25 predecessor but has a Top 20 list and new features such as Best Masters, Best College Football Bowls, Greatest Game 7s, etc. and counts down to the top of all time, rather than the last 25 years. It also concludes with a "Second Guessers" segment where some of the rankings are questioned.

[edit] Missing footage

Although there are no major omissions of videotaped highlights on this spin-off, unlike the lack of National Football League footage on ESPN25, some events have been declared off-limits to the producers. One of them is the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final game in which Brandi Chastain scored a game-winning penalty kick, then removed her uniform top to show a sports bra. The game was actually produced by ESPN for showing on ABC, so the decision was probably made at the executive level of the network by officials who may have spooked by the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy. Another example is any highlights of the Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield boxing rematch in 1997 (Tyson bites Holyfield's left ear twice). In both cases, the events were illustrated only by still photography.