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| Bobby Knight: The Rise and Fall - Sept. 15 Michigan Live Sept. 16 Dan Marino Jersey Retirement Special - Live Sept. 17 Wednesday, Sept. 13 8 p.m. - SportsCentury: Jerry Rice 9 p.m. - College Football Wednesday Night Pittsburgh Panthers @ Penn State Nittany Lions (1979) Pittsburgh steals a victory in Happy Valley as freshman QB Dan Marino leads the Panthers over the Nittany Lions 29-14. Thursday, Sept. 14 8 p.m. - SportsCentury: Nile Kinnick 9 p.m. - Thursday Night NBA 1997 NBA Finals, Game 6: Utah Jazz @ Chicago Bulls The Bulls win their fifth NBA title, 90-86, as Michael Jordan wins his fifth NBA Finals MVP. With five seconds remaining, Steve Kerr makes the biggest basket of his career, sealing the victory for the Bulls. Friday, Sept. 15 8 p.m. - SportsCentury: Dan Marino Bobby Knight: The Rise And Fall On Friday, Sept. 15 from 9 p.m. to midnight ESPN Classic will present Bobby Knight: The Rise and Fall. The lineup will feature: Hosted by Trey Wingo, the show will chronicle Knight's success and pitfalls through the prism of SportsCenter coverage over the past two decades. The show will also feature narratives, fresh interviews, new reporting and analysis. Bob Lipsyte, Edwin Pope and Dick Schaap examine Knight's headlines of the past. Hosted by Jeremy Schaap. Features excerpts from all of Knight's appearances on ESPN's Sunday Conversation programs with Dick Vitale, Digger Phelps, Beano Cook and Roy Firestone. Hosted by Roy Firestone. Saturday, Sept. 16 ESPN Classic Michigan - Live noon-3:30 Rich Eisen from Ann Arbor and Gary Miller from East Lansing host ESPN Classic Michigan - Live. From 12-3:30 p.m., Eisen and Miller will look back at some of the greatest college football and basketball match-ups between Michigan and Michigan State. The Classic Michigan lineup will continue throughout the weekend. 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4: Philadelphia Flyers @ Detroit Red Wings Mike Vernon makes 26 saves and Darren McCarty scores the eventual game-winner in the second period as the Red Wings end the league's longest championship drought with a 2-1 win over the Flyers at Joe Louis Arena. Sunday, Sept. 17 - ESPN CLASSIC MICHIGAN 9 a.m. - 1991 Lions Yearbook 9:30 a.m. - 1957 NFL Championship: Cleveland Browns @ Detroit Lions 10 a.m. - 1984 World Series, Game 5: San Diego Padres @ Detroit Tigers noon - 1990 NBA Finals, Game 5: Detroit Pistons @ Portland Trail Blazers Dan Marino Jersey Retirement Special - 2-8 p.m. ESPN Classic will present a special tribute to Dan Marino on Sept. 17 - the day the Miami Dolphins retire his jersey. ESPN's Mark Schwarz will host from 4-7 p.m. LIVE with interviews and commentary from Don Shula, John Offerdahl, A.J. Duhe, Butch Davis and Dwight Stephenson on the legendary QB. Dan Marino throws a 33-yard TD pass with 35 seconds remaining to lift the Panthers to victory. Throughout the game the lead changes hands five different times. Dan Marino and Mark Duper make their first-ever starts for the Dolphins against the Bills. These two offenses explode for 971 total yards in an overtime battle. Dan Marino passes for 429 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Dolphins to a 36-28 victory over the Cardinals. "Tennessee Champ" Golden Globe-winning action star Charles Bronson makes a brutal appearance as a rival fighter in this drama about a pious young boxer who struggles to reform his crooked manager. Starring Oscar-winner Shelley Winters, Golden Globe-winner Earl Holliman, Oscar-nominee Jack Kruschen and Keenan Wynn. | ALSO SEE College Football schedule MLB schedule NBA schedule NHL schedule NFL schedule NASCAR Schedule | |||||