1990s

The Inside Story of John Tesh’s ‘Roundball Rock,’ the ‘NBA on NBC’ Theme Song

Everything had to go right for ‘Roundball Rock’ to become basketball’s most iconic melody. It started with a dream — and a frantic answering machine message home

The Eternal Parody of the Pottery Scene From ‘Ghost’

For 30 years, we’ve been spoofing that Oscar-winning romantic drama’s most famous sequence because we can’t get enough of its sincere, grownup, playful sexiness

The Lone Webmaster Keeping the Dream of Woodstock ’99 Alive

Fires, an orgy of mud and filth, even sexual assaults: Woodstock ’99 was a well-publicized disaster. But on the still functional Woodstock1999.com, festival fans still celebrate the greatest weekend ever

‘Long Gone Summer’ Whiffs on the 1998 Home Run Chase

This ESPN “30 for 30” documentary chronicles that historic summer when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa battled for baseball immortality. But it ends up turning the home run into an oddly boring achievement.