In The World Was Our Stage, producer/director Doug Wilson recounts his incredible fifty-year journey with ABC Sports and its beloved sports anthology program ABC’s Wide World of Sports. His natural story telling style and entertaining anecdotes capture not only “the human drama of athletic competition”–the hallmark of ABC’s coverage–but also the unforgettable golden era of sports television. Wilson’s perspectives on celebrated athletes such as Muhammad Ali, Evel Knievel, Peggy Fleming, Arthur Ashe, and Scott Hamilton, among many others, are both humorous and poignant–all revealed against a background of historical events of the last half of the twentieth century.
- Winner -Sports Category – 2014 National Indie Excellence Book Awards
- Current Finalist – Sports and History Categories – 16th Foreword Reveiws’ Book of the Year Awards