50 faces of SportsCenter: What the show means to those who make it

Editor’s Note: As SportsCenter approaches its 50,000th episode (Thursday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m. ET), Front Row will present content related to the show and the milestone. Today, meet some of the faces behind the scenes.

From Show No. 1 in 1979, all the way through tomorrow’s landmark 50,000th episode, SportsCenter’s one constant has been this: It takes a village to put together the most-televised show in the medium’s history.

That village is populated by hundreds of men and women like those in the gallery above who contribute in every way possible to ensuring SportsCenter is presented in the style and manner fans have come to expect.

Click through the gallery to learn who these people are, what they do and to hear from them what it means to work on SportsCenter.