During the early part of the run, Dick Enberg would read a disclaimer that "Sports Challenge is a game of quick recall, and whether our stars win or lose is not solely based on knowledge, but on how they react to the questions.
Whoever was in the lead after the Bonus Biography won the game and $1,000 worth of Voit (later Rawlings) sporting goods for an announced junior athletic organization.
The losing team received $500 worth of sporting goods for the junior athletic organization whom they represented.
Occasionally, the Bonus Biography description would be finished by stating the subject's name prior to the expiration of time.
[4] For at least the first few episodes, each participant also received $1 for every point their team scored;[1] By the middle of the first season, no references to any such cash winnings were made.
The team of Tommy Henrich, Joe DiMaggio, and Lefty Gomez (New York Yankees) set a record for winning the game 8 consecutive times, which was tied once by the team of Duke Snider, Don Drysdale, and Don Newcombe (Brooklyn Dodgers) during the show's final season, in 1979.
Oh My entered an agreement with ESPN to air the old shows under the title The Best of Sports Challenge, with updated openings by Enberg.
[citation needed] In 1973, Mattel released the "Sports Challenge Instant Replay" toy, in which the user would insert a small pre-recorded disc to learn information about a certain athlete or activity.