Your Greatest and/or Most Traumatic Sports Memories

[bmaninc]

Here's the thread where you post your most disappointing and happiest sports memories, in whatever sport you want. Do multiple sports, go nuts.

Worst:

1. 17-14 Giants, 2007
2. 35-34 Colts, 2009
3. Roenick scores on the Leafs in 2003 in OT.
4. 38-34 Colts, 2006
5. Aaron Boone, 2003

Best:
1. 2004 Red Sox come back from 0-3 to beat the Yankees 4-3.
2. '01 Patriots beat the heavily favoured Rams in the Super Bowl.
3. The first 18 games of the 2007 season for the Patriots.

[Jglaubman]

I really only care about baseball and only started caring around 2002... so my best one is Yankees winning in 2009 and my worst is the loss to the Red Sox in 2004.

Also, I love how (like most Red Sox fans) you care more about beating the Yankees than the Red Sox winning. Them beating the Yankees is on your best list but not the Red Sox winning for the first time in 86 years?

[bmaninc]

I wasn't around for 86 years. Also, even ask Red Sox fans in Boston. They all remember the ALCS, we knew we'd already won the World Series, especially after the previous year with Grady Little and the Pedro incident.

That series was remarkable, one of the great moments in baseball's history. C'mon, down 0-3 to your biggest rival and beating them in the last at bat, 4+ hour games, with that team? Amazing.

The Red Sox winning is up there, but the World Series paled in comparison to the series. Just not in the top 3-5.

[tridentgum0]

Worst:

2006-07 BCS National Championships.
1997 World Series
Cavs swept in NBA Finals

Best:

Super Bowl XLII (Pats suck)

Well, I don't have any great Cleveland memories...

[ryan12147]

Worst - Refs decide to play favourites and fail to call a penalty on Wayne Gretzky whom eventually scores the game winner thus ending the '93 Toronto Maple Leaf campaign in the conference finals. The Kings would eventually lose to the Montréal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals.

[bood-boy]

Greatest
#1. Joe Carter World Series Winning Homerun 1993
#2. Salt Lake City.. Gold Medal Hockey Game... Canada 5 - USA 2
#3. World Juniors last year, semi final, Jordan Eberlee's goal to tie it up and send it to overtime. the wildest low-high sports feeling ive ever felt.
#4. Being at Game 5, triple overtime Stanley Cup finals 2008, Pittsburgh vs. Detroit. ranked as the best hockey game of the decade by yahoo sports.
#5. Richest franchise in thesportingews.com's fantasy hockey pool last year.. #1 in the world out of 80,000 participants. most satisfying $150 i ever made :D
#6. Buffalo Bills losing 4 Super Bowls in a row! any and every time the bills blow it in the last minute.
#7. Brett Hull, Game 6 1999 Stanley Cup Final, triple OT Cup winner, with his toe in the crease. screwed Buffalo, and the rule was changed over the off season.

Worst
#1. Chicago Bulls defeating John Stockton and the Utah Jazz back to back seasons in the NBA Finals.
#2. Dominik Hasek, 1998, Nagano Japan, shootout vs. Canada.
#3. Hockey Canada's performance at the 2006 Winter Games.




im sure theres more ill update when i remember.

[bmaninc]

Include your own amateur sporting moments too.

Mine:

My last season of organized baseball. I struck out seven people in a row. I threw 3 balls total, the rest were strikes. Amazing, amazing feeling.

Also, I feel I was part of one of the greatest games in my league's history. Championship game, down 7-6, bottom of the 7th (last inning). The league's best pitcher is in against me. No one on, 1 out. I force a walk out of it, after being down 1-2 in the count. I barely steal second, the play is very close. A couple of pitches later, the pitcher tries to pick me off, I head for third. I slide in and the throw goes over the guy's head. I stay at third.

So, the guy who's up after me walks, its first and third, 1 out. I time the pitcher, and when the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher, he turns towards second, to return to the mound and I take off. By the time he figures it out, I was sliding in for the tying run. 7-7.

They eventually got out of it, but we won in 8 innings, 8-7. Great game.

[Renrock]

The Titans "Music City Miracle" that ended up putting them in the Superbowl was a fun one to be a part of.

[bmaninc]

Any World Hockey Juniors is exciting to watch.

[bermuddy]

Best
2003 World Series
2006 NBA Finals
1997 WS

[bood-boy]

The Titans "Music City Miracle" that ended up putting them in the Superbowl was a fun one to be a part of.

yes. thanks for the reminder. updating my list :D

heres a good story from that day... my boss at the time, HUGE bills fan. like, religiously. he owned the pizza shop, everyone starts work at 4. it was a 1pm game, boss comes in after the game a lil late, the whole staff is working, as soon as he comes in, its dead quiet. everyone knows how pissed he is. the delivery guy comes back from a delivery, doesnt understand the tension in the room, drops the bomb. "How Bout those Bills??"

the boss literally throws a table covered in pizza boxes, "THATS IT IM ****IN OUTTA HERE."

[bood-boy]

1997 WS

i remember that night. first time i saw Primus away from a festival. on the Brown Album tour. my parents picked me up and when we got in the car my dad had the game going on the radio.

[bermuddy]

i forgot to include the 1996 USA women's team gymnastics competition. kerri strug is a champ!

[FloodOne]

Best

2006 Colts, AFC Championship v. the New England Patriots, 38-34
2009 Colts, regular season vs. the New England Patriots, 35-34
2006 Lions, regular season vs. Chicago Bears, 34-31 (31 Detroit points were scored in the 4th quarter)
2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Wings in six
XLII, 17-14
1997 Western Conference Finals, Detroit over the Avalanche
March 26th, 1997. Fight Night at the Joe

Worst

2003 playoffs, Indy gets snowed by New England, 20-3
2005 divisional round, Indy vs. the Steelers, Mike Vanderjagdt misses the OT forcing field goal
0-16
2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Penguins in six

[tridentgum0]

Best

1997 WS

What are you talking about? That WS sucked.

Flood, I don't see SB XLI on there. ;)

[bermuddy]

it sucked because you root for cleveland, although i thought youd be used to it. how do you even remember that WS? werent you like 3 yrs old?

[bood-boy]

2008 Stanley Cup Finals, Wings in six
2009 Stanley Cup Finals, Penguins in six

fixed ;)

[tridentgum0]

it sucked because you root for cleveland, although i thought youd be used to it. how do you even remember that WS? werent you like 3 yrs old?

I remember it vaguely. I've been a baseball fan since I was in the womb.

[LegendofRock3021]

Here's the thread where you post your most disappointing and happiest sports memories, in whatever sport you want. Do multiple sports, go nuts.

Worst:

1. 17-14 Giants, 2007
2. 35-34 Colts, 2009
3. Roenick scores on the Leafs in 2003 in OT.
4. 38-34 Colts, 2006
5. Aaron Boone, 2003

Best:
1. 2004 Red Sox come back from 0-3 to beat the Yankees 4-3.
2. '01 Patriots beat the heavily favoured Rams in the Super Bowl.
3. The first 18 games of the 2007 season for the Patriots.

Switch those and you basically have my best and worst, I'll try to think of some more later.

[bmaninc]

Basically anyone from New York or who roots for a New York team will have the opposite of my list. :D

[LegendofRock3021]

Of course, it wouldn't be right any other way. ;)

[CJHobbes]

Best
1) Jordan in the 90s, 'nuff said. (except for '93, see below)
2) White Sox win in '05
3) Hester's return TD in the first play of the '07 SB.
Note: I'd say the current Hawks' season, but I'm not that huge of a hockey fan.

Worst
1) Jordan retiring in '93.
2) Not being old enough to remember the dominating '85 Bears season.
3) The entire game after Hester's TD in the SB.
4) The string of lousy QBs for the Bears since '85.
5) Pistons bouncing the Bulls in the playoffs two years in a row, '89 and '90.
6) Seeing Jordan in a non-Bulls uniform.

I've had a few personal bests when it comes to sports, though I doubt many will care around here. Warning: WALL OF TEXT INCOMING!!!

1 - My senior HS baseball team (I started 1B) was the first team in school history to go down state. (in Illinois, a fairly tough baseball/sports state I'd say) It wasn't that we went down state, but the way we did. The previous year was the school's best team by far (they sent 4 or 5 players to college on baseball scholarships). Before the regional championship game (regionals, then sectionals, then state) our starting pitcher, SS and 2B were early to the gym for warm-ups, so they went for a joy ride in a Lexus. They hit a tree, and shook up the team. Luckily they were all ok (wear your seatbelts, kids!), but we lost by 8 or so. Anyhow, the next year comes around and we had a .500 record after our first 8 games. Our coach got into us about how we're not playing well, and we proceed to run off the next 23 of 25 games. 3 regional games, won 2 by slaughter rule in 5 innings. 2 sectional games, the sectional championship game against the team that took 1st in our conference and beat us 2 of three times. It just so happened the sectionals were at their home field. Needless to say, we were pumped up and won by slaughter in 5 innings. The best baseball game I've ever played in, and I played in a lot.

2a - I used to bowl a lot when I was in high school and early college. I went to Va Tech for a year and was on their team, but being a freshman I didn't get to bowl often since the team was player-run and mostly juniors and seniors. We had a tournament over Christmas (My family is in the Chicago area, but I stayed out East to go to the tournament) and it was a 2-day event. The team bowled 8 games the first day, and I didn't throw one ball. That night the tournament invited the top male and female bowler from each team to bowl in a little mini doubles tournament. Va Tech was in a bowl game, so my team didn't want to bowl...but I said I wanted to and asked if I could. The tournament let me since my teammates all declined. They all went to eat, and pretty much left me there. Being a freshman and not bowling often, I didn't know anybody. I was paired with a girl from Indiana State. Needless to say, we bowled 6 games, I averaged about 225ish and we won the mini-tournament, which included a free bowling ball. Funny enough, a lot of people knew me after that day, and I started for the team the next day in the tournament. :p

2b - Adding onto that bowling thing, I was able to get home the rest of the Christmas break. I bowled in a tournament in Wisconsin, trying out that new ball I won. It was 8 games qualifying, then 8 games head-to-head with total pinfall at the end winning the tournament. My first three games with the new ball was an 832, my highest series ever, and I proceeded to average 235 for the first 8. I averaged a modest 220ish over the next 8 and won the tournament handily.

There are a few more but they really don't matter much to anyone but me. Haha. I will say that, for anyone who is remotely into bowling and keeps track of it, I spent a few of my years in High School bowling with and against Diandra Asbaty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diandra_Asbaty) (professional female bowler). Even beat her a couple times, though she wiped the floor with me a few times as well. Fun times!

If you got through all of that, I applaud you, and thanks. :)

[daftuprising]

Best:
Auburn's shalacking of Alabama in 2004, and proceeding to win 6 straight.
Auburn - West Virginia game this year with Riles. (Best game I've seen in real life.)
My high school going to state football 2 straight years. I don't play, but being in the band, I love our football team, and going to state is so great.

High school story: Last year, we played Valley, the best team in our conference, for region championship at home. We got stomped, finished 3rd in region and had to travel for the playoffs. This year, we played there, and it was their homecoming. We came in as the underdogs, and played a hell of a game. We blocked a field goal as time expired, and went to overtime. Our kicker kicked a 40 yard field goal, and then the same kid blocked another field goal to win the game. (White kid about 5' 9'', wide receiver, about my size). It was the most insane atmosphere for a high school game, and the band has honestly never been as loud. Best high school game I'll probably ever attend.

[LegendofRock3021]

High school story: Last year, we played Valley, the best team in our conference, for region championship at home. We got stomped, finished 3rd in region and had to travel for the playoffs. This year, we played there, and it was their homecoming. We came in as the underdogs, and played a hell of a game. We blocked a field goal as time expired, and went to overtime. Our kicker kicked a 40 yard field goal, and then the same kid blocked another field goal to win the game. (White kid about 5' 9'', wide receiver, about my size). It was the most insane atmosphere for a high school game, and the band has honestly never been as loud. Best high school game I'll probably ever attend.

I also have a memorable story about one of my high school football games when I was a senior. We stop the other team and score with not much time left to go in the game, I think it was less than 2 minutes to go and we needed another TD to tie the game and force OT. So, after we score the TD, we have to do an onside kick. So, our kicker couldn't have done it any better, the perfect kick to bounce up high into the air. I'm one of the guys who is supposed to take out whoever is going to get their hands on the ball. So I'm going full speed, and I'm pretty fast, so I get there just as the player on the other team touches the ball and I absolutely annihilate this kid, knocked the ball out of his hands, and one of our guys gets the ball, so we recovered. We then went on to score a TD before the game was over, so we forced OT. I believe they got the ball first, but we were able to stop them, so it was our ball to try and score to win the game. We are having a decent drive to start off, but then we get stopped, so we have our kicker attempt an FG from almost an insane distance, something like 40 yards or a little over that, I can't remember the distance exactly. So he kicks the ball, our special teams coach always instructed us to hustle in case of a miss, so it's on it's way and barely makes it through the uprights, giving us the win in an almost impossible situation to win. Everybody storms the filed from the stands as we take the game by a final score of I believe 17-14 in OT, one of the most exciting and memorable games I've been part of in any sport, but there were some more memorable ones. I may tell those stories later on, one in particular was our state championship game at Giants Stadium my junior year.

[ultimatespidey81]

greatest:

1. the white sox 2005 playoff run. im a baseball fan. the chisox are my favorite team. 'nuff said.
2. michael jordan's series clinching shot in game 6 of the '98 NBA finals. his last shot as a bull.
3. dewayne wise saving mark buerhle's perfect game in '09.
4. the chargers' OT win over the colts in the AFC divisional playoff on january 3, 2009
5. john paxson's series clinching 3-pointer in game 6 of the '93 NBA finals. i was 12 and one of my earliest sports memories.
6. game 5 of the '93 eastern conference finals. charles smith is still getting rejected!
7. game 5 of the '97 NBA finals. "the flu game".

[ThrobingCane]

worst: 1998 NFC Championship game for the Vikes.

[CJHobbes]

Those are a couple of great HS games, daft and legend. I never played it myself, but I don't remember any of my school's games as exciting as those. Then again, we were never really that great of a football school. :D

I was part of our school's first playoff win for the soccer team. The program was started about 5 years before I was a freshman, and we won that game my senior year. First playoff win for soccer and the first trip down state for baseball; that was a productive year!

[topperharley]

Gary Anderson missing a 38 yard field goal - his only miss of the season - in the 1998 NFC Championship Game.

[hawkofva]

I lost most of my baby teeth to volleyballs in elementary school. My hand-eye coordination only apparently worked in two dimensions (I was awesome at hockey) at the time.

[topperharley]

IMy hand-eye coordination only apparently worked in two dimensions

You were very Khan-like in that sense, apparently. :)

[Stones_Clash]

there are countless other times, both good and bad that i wasnt alive for, but ill just list what happened in my lifetime.

Best: packers beating patriots in 1997 for 3rd super bowl title, cardinals beating tigers in the 2006 world series.

Worst: packers losing to broncos in 1998, packers losing nfc championship to giants in 2008, cardinals losing 2004 series to red sox, favre going to the minnesota vikings, notre dame losing to CU in 1990, notre dame losing to usc on last play of the game in 2004, notre dame in general.

[Cubecubed]

Best

1.2000 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Championship game- (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkh8XXzzQE8)Michigan State 89, Florida 76
2.2004 NBA finals-The Pistons Beat the Lakers 4 games to 1. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQrObAN5mVw&feature=related)
3. 2006 ALCS- Magglio Ordonez hits a game winning Homer to send the Tigers to their first World series since 1984. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLgplsqJL14&NR=1&feature=fvwp)
4. "The Catch" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoFZIBY-IVU)- Michigan State vs. Michigan ( i used the one with audio from the Michigan Football radio, because it makes me happy)
5.Michigan State's Improbable final four run last year and this dunk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9h-_drCm4&feature=related).

Honorable mention (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hugP3VjM8w&feature=related)

Worst:
1.The Lions. nuff said.
2.The NCAA championship game last year. Again,Nuff said.
3. The Stanley Cup Finals last year.

[Der_Lex]

I don't follow or watch any sports, or play any sport involving a ball, so it'll have to be amateur martial arts experiences for me:

Best: Being one of the youngest and smallest people in my Wushu class, which meant most of the time, new students would pick me as a sparring partner. There was something immensely satisfying about kicking people who were half a head taller than me around the mat. :D

Worst: One day during wushu training, my breakfast decided to disagree with me in a major way, and my stomach was killing me. I didn't want to stop training, though, and it was more or less fine until the sparring started. I asked my sparring partner to go easy on my stomach because I was having issues with that, and instead the jerk decided to focus his blows and kicks there instead (to this, day, I have no idea what I had done to deserve that). After several ignored requests for him to stop, I finally lost my temper and accidentally broke his nose. Since self-control and discipline were at the heart of what we did, that was probably my least proud moment in my wushu career, even if the guy kind of deserved it.

[Renrock]

I don't follow or watch any sports, or play any sport involving a ball, so it'll have to be amateur martial arts experiences for me: . . .


You should balance it out by telling us a LARP story with a happy ending.

[Banky71]

Greatest

2003 NCAA National Champions Syracuse
2009 Big East Tourney Syracuse vs UCONN 6OT(The greatest game ever played)
Jan. 21, 1984 Pearl Washington half court shot. The first SU game I ever attended

Worst
1987 NCAA Indiana Beats Syracuse(Keith ****ing Smart)

[back_blows]

1996 - Euro Cup: Germany 1, England 1 (6:5)

This game went to shoot-out and Germany eventually went on to win the tournament by beating the Czechs. First time my team in any sport won a championship.

My biggest heartbreak was in the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, Bayern München vs. Manchester United. München was winning the entire match 1-0, until they decided to sub-off Lothar Matheus. Big mistake. Manchester won 2-1 in extra time.

[Lameboy19]

Best: Scoring the game winning championship shootout goal

worst: my goalie letting a goal in from the blue line during OT in another championship game -_-

[CCDaDon]

Bartman...

Also the Bears losing during the debut of the new Soldier Field. That drove me to become a Falcons fan.

Lex... Don't they like... Tell you don't ever tell your opponent your weakness on your first day or so?

[topperharley]

After several ignored requests for him to stop, I finally lost my temper and accidentally broke his nose.

You should have puked on him. :D

[bmaninc]

2004 was my best sports year ever.

Patriots won the Super Bowl.
Red Sox won the World Series.
There was no hockey.
Canada won the World Juniors.

Can't get any better than that.

[FlameSama1]

2003 National League playoffs Cubs VS Marlins.

I died inside that day.

[Cpt. Overkill]

Greatest:
14-17 Giants
Buffalo going to four superbowls in a row.

Worst:
Wide Right (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lrDT69ep9o&feature=related)
24-25 Patriots
Buffalo losing four superbowls in a row.

I'll add more later.



#6. Buffalo Bills losing 4 Super Bowls in a row! any and every time the bills blow it in the last minute.


That hurts me on the inside. :(

[supernova1324]

Happiest: When the Kings won the Stanley Cup.

OH WAIT

[Lawdog1521]

Brock Lesner showing that size beats skill in the UFC Heavyweight division.

(Not that Brock doesn't have skill at all, just that the people he's fought have a lot more.)

[Baanu_Rass]

Worst personal moment was when Iabout 8 playing hockey. I was coming down on a rush and I went right into the boards. My stick caught and hit me in the chest winding me. I laid there for what felt like forever and the whole time I thought I was dying (I'd never winded myself before).

One of my favorite personal moments was elbowing this guy in the face. Sure we had full face cages but I knocked him right on his ass. I didn't even get a penalty. Or the time I was pretty much the only person on the scorecard with a hat trick and a couple of penalties. I also had the flu.

As far as watching the pros, best was watching some random nobody team beat Sweden in 2002 Olympics by shooting their goalie in the head. And the same year Canada beating the States to get the gold.

Worst is both the Flames and the Oilers losing to stupid South East conference teams in the 7th game of the cup finals.

[CCDaDon]

Brock Lesner showing that size beats skill in the UFC Heavyweight division.

(Not that Brock doesn't have skill at all, just that the people he's fought have a lot more.)

Brock has tons of skill. His skill is IN his size and his knowledge of how to use it. In the UFC100 fight he showed alot of skill. It may look like he just stayed on top and suffocated him with punches, but tell me this... Who else can do that? Absolutely no one.

[Lawdog1521]

Brock has tons of skill. His skill is IN his size and his knowledge of how to use it. In the UFC100 fight he showed alot of skill. It may look like he just stayed on top and suffocated him with punches, but tell me this... Who else can do that? Absolutely no one.

No, skill would be to pass to full mount. He stayed that way for all of round one because it was safe and he knew Mir couldn't get up.

Besides, I didn't say he had no skill, it's just that Couture, Mir, and Herring have better technique. There's no doubt if Lesner wasn't a genetic freak he'd have lost all those fights.

And in fairness he has gotten better. But once the size diffrence is gone, we'll see how much skill he has. Carwin, Valasquez, an even Dos Santos are closer in size, yet have far more experiance. I just hope Lesner can come back.

I don't want to listen to people talk about how he was the greatest and only lost the title due to illness.

[Lameboy19]

2004 was my best sports year ever.

Patriots won the Super Bowl.
Red Sox won the World Series.
There was no hockey.
Canada won the World Juniors.

Can't get any better than that.

wat? how was that awesome? I cried all throughout the winter

[goodbyetonight]

Best - Yankees 09 WS Champions
Giants beat Patriots in Superbowl XLII (18-1 lolz)
Aaron Boone game
UConn beating Duke for 99 NCAA Championship

Worst - 04 ALCS But that's all better now since the Yankees won again :D

[DarkEternal37]

I felt physically ill after the 2007 Super Bowl.
Watching Brady's knee turn into pulled pork to start 2008 was pretty awful.
I didn't have a huge problem with this year's Colts loss because I agreed with Belichick's decision to go for it on the 4th down. My problem came on third down where they A. Didn't run a draw to force Indy to either take time off the clock or use a time out. And B. wasted two of their time-outs in unpatriot-like fashion.

Great moments:
The first Patriots Super Bowl
The whole 2004 playoffs for the Sox. In particular Games 4 through 7 of the ALCS and of course the final game of the WS. Our campus went nuts.

As for moments that didn't come for my teams:
Watching John Elway win his Super Bowl spiraling through the air on that final drive was pretty awesome.

I have to say this one just gave me a feeling. You know when you watch those clips of classic NFL drives or plays and you just imagine knowing that years from now you'll see this play in a greatest moments list over and over and how much cooler it is that you're witnessing it first hand? That's how I felt about Vince Young's last minute drive for the Titans two weeks ago. Now, I have no allegiance to the Titans or Young in any way. I'm glad Young got a chance for redemption after all that happened to him. But when they started that drive at their own ONE with under 3 minutes, it was hard to believe they'd make it down to win. Let alone convert 3 4th downs on the way and win as time expired but it was absolutely amazing to watch. Chills the whole way. Every play was magic.

Also, playing Madden 10 this year. I was down 31 to the Steelers in the playoffs with 14 minutes to play. (15 min quarters/accelerated clock) Charged back to tie the game, go to OT and win it. I was absolutely floored that I pulled it off. Hey, it's a sports moment and it was great!

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Greatest:
Chicago Bears going to the Super Bowl in 2007. :D

[daftuprising]

This is our 3rd year with a soccer team at our school, and it's my 2nd year starting. Since some talent came in from other schools this year, the general concensus from everyone on the team/involved with the program is that we'll make it to state, which would be a huge accomplishment. I'll keep err'body updated.

[bood-boy]

wat? how was that awesome? I cried all throughout the winter

see his #3 worst moment in his OP.

[Der_Lex]

Lex... Don't they like... Tell you don't ever tell your opponent your weakness on your first day or so?

When you're in a competitive match, yes. On a normal sparring session during training, no.

[xTerp]

Worst:
1. Bartman game
2. Favre's interception in OT of the NFC Championship game in 2008.
3. Penn State-Michigan in 2005/Penn State-Iowa in 2008

Best:
1. 2008 Cubs season until the playoffs

[MoneyGoesInTheBank]

Greatest:
1. When Russia won the 2008 hockey championship against Canada........in Canada!!!! Nothing makes me happier than disappointed Canadian hockey fans.
2. When Russia beat Canada again in 2009
3. Every time Finland beats USA in the quarter-finals

Worst:
1. Every time Russia or Canada wins the IIHF championship :rolleyes:

[bood-boy]

we care much more about olympics than IIHF, and the only international hockey we really truely care about thats on a yearly basis is the World Juniors, which weve won, what, 5 years in a row now? rarely can canada put out their top team for the World Championships cause most of our best talent is still playing in the NHL playoffs. i realize we still have more talent cause our country has more depth than any other, but i care not ;) worlds dont mean nadda when the NHL is still in session. who won the world cup the year of the lockout? exactly.

next thing you know we'll be getting it rubbed in our faces that we lost the Spengler Cup.. muahahaha

[bmaninc]

Greatest:
Chicago Bears going to the Super Bowl in 2007. :D

You must have zero memories if that is #1.

Also, the lockout killed me for hockey. I stopped caring Lameboy. You can see I did care a lot in 2003 because the Roenick goal is my #3 memory.

I DO care about the Olympics though. Should be awesome hockey.

[topperharley]

Watching John Elway win his Super Bowl spiraling through the air on that final drive was pretty awesome.

The fact that it came against the Packers made it even more awesome. :)

[bood-boy]

the lockout killed me for baseball too.. i actually watched it back then. then they ****ed the expos good (which i dont mind cause i hate mtl and anything associated with the city) but that was brutal that they cancelled a season midway thru cause a canadian team was once again the favorite to win the world series.
had the NHL had a player spokesman for them like the Great One at the time of the 2004 lockout, i bet they woulda strapped the skates back on and finished the season. him speaking up was a major reason why they got back in the 94 lockout.
at least with hockey they cancelled the entire season. baseball, they just cancelled to halfway thru. that makes much less sense than taking a full year off.
just play the god damned game!

[bmaninc]

My remote for the TV is still in pieces, though it works, from when I smashed it against the ground when Roenick scored. I was alone at home, 14 years old, and damn was I pissed. I used to live and die with the Patriots, Red Sox, and Leafs, now I've only got two teams and I'm an NHL widow. If I choose to like hockey again, I must be a Leafs fan. If I were to switch teams, I would openly allow people to call me a *****.

[ArmsAreLoud]

I haven't had a best because I only got into football when Plummer was the Broncos QB. My worst, however, is definitely going 8-8 last year. T_T

[bmaninc]

So far this decade, 5 championships for teams I cheer for, plus a loss in the championship and 2 losses in the conference/league finals.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

You must have zero memories if that is #1.

I don't give a damn about sports. I don't pay attention to them and I don't care about them.

[Cubecubed]

So far this decade, 5 championships for teams I cheer for, plus a loss in the championship and 2 losses in the conference/league finals.

4 championships,3 losses in the championship game, and i think 3 or 4 losses in the eastern conference finals (Pistons).

[Cpt. Overkill]

I don't give a damn about sports. I don't pay attention to them and I don't care about them.

mmmbandwagon

[bmaninc]

Most or all of that was BL and BC. (Before Lebron and Before the Celtics)

[n4sc4r]

Let's see...

Best:
1. Dale Earnhardt winning the Daytona 500 in 1998. He was my hero growing up.
2. Steve Park winning at Rockingham after Earnhardt died. Kevin Harvick's win was amazing, but this one was the race that meant something to me.
3. Alabama beating Florida last weekend. While I don't think they or Texas deserve to be in he title game, I'm still happy to see them go, and Florida's hype machine get crushed.
4. Syracuse and Uconn's 4ot game. I'm not a huge fan of either team, but I loved watching the game!

Worst:
1. The death of Dale Earnhardt. He was my hero. I cried for likea week.
2. The Colts beating the Bears in the super bowl. The bears never should have been there, but it still sucked.
3. Utah crushing Alabama last year. "Wtf just happened?". 'Nuff said.

[tridentgum0]

I think last night's game was pretty cool...:D

[LegendofRock3021]

I think last night's game was pretty cool...:D

Definitely. :)

[hawkofva]

I don't give a damn about sports. I don't pay attention to them and I don't care about them.
You rebel. :D

[tridentgum0]

Definitely. :)

Well, I've only been into football for 4-5 years, and I've been a Browns fan for all of them, so I've never seen us beat the Steelers before. I've been a ****sburgh hater since birth.

[LegendofRock3021]

Well, I've only been into football for 4-5 years, and I've been a Browns fan for all of them, so I've never seen us beat the Steelers before. I've been a ****sburgh hater since birth.

Any time the Steelers lose, it makes me happy. I'm still a little upset about some of those calls in the Super Bowl against the Seahawks, I wanted Seattle to win so bad.

[Felldoh_The_Squirrel]

This may not count, but I swim on a swim team.

I beat my sister at butterfly by one stroke. I was SO happy. Definitely my greatest moment.

[bmaninc]

Yeah, include amateur achievements in here, too.

[wolfdarkside]

i was playing touch football, and i was diving for a catch, but i must have bent my spine funny,because everything suddenly flashes, and it feels like a spike pushing my back out when i hit the ground. i was ok, but definitely shaken up. i yelped pretty loudly when i hit the ground, sso that freaked them out a bit.



i dont see how this could be my greatest moment, so lets go with traumatic.

[Banky71]

I am still "it" from a game of tag in 1984. That's a lot of pressure.

[bmaninc]

I don't give a damn about sports. I don't pay attention to them and I don't care about them.

Oh, okay. Much appreciated! :)

[FloodOne]

Oh, okay. Much appreciated! :)

I know, doesn't he add so much to the conversation at hand?

[bmaninc]

Flood, get on topic. :D

[Cpt. Overkill]

Oh, another great one was the Heat winning it all a few years back. I was big into basketball, and it was pretty awesome.

[Explosion2]

BEST:
Phillies winning the world series (2008)
Giants Beating the Patriots in the Super Bowl (2008) (good year for sports :D)

WORST:
Phillies LOSING the world series (2009) *shakes fist at Yankees*
Eagles losing the Super Bowl against the Patriots (2006)

sorry, Bman. :)

[Hanrahan89]

Best Moments:
Red Sox ending the Curse
Red Sox coming back from 0-3 down in ALCS to beat NYY
Patriots 3 Super Bowl wins
Celtics NBA Title
Red Sox coming back from 1-3 down in ALCS to beat CLE

Worst Moments:
Aaron Boone
NYG
Brady's injury

[Lawdog1521]

I am still "it" from a game of tag in 1984. That's a lot of pressure.

What is it!?! What is it!?! What is it!?!



I care a lot.

[Apples]

#7. Brett Hull, Game 6 1999 Stanley Cup Final, triple OT Cup winner, with his toe in the crease. screwed Buffalo, and the rule was changed over the off season.


I am so glad someone mentioned that bogus play.



I would put this year's Big 12 Championship up there in my book. Best played defensive football game I may have ever seen at any level in my lifetime. Defense overcame a completely inept offense and some of the most aggregiously bad officiating I've ever seen. Only to lose on some last second shenanigans and a kickoff out of bounds. It hurt the most because the team overcame such steep odds and such severe obstacles only to lose in controversial fashion on the last play.


On a more obscure note, I would put up there the 1991 NFC championship game. San Francisco 49ers going for a 3 peat, winning late, lose on an inexplicable Roger Craig fumble late. That play would eventually be the watershed moment that killed their dynasty.

[bood-boy]

apples that is one of sports greatest moments. huge kick to the nuts of the city. buffalo is the worst, city of losers.
the rule was far more bogus than the goal was. that needed to happen. and im glad buffalo was on the receiving end :D

[tridentgum0]

Red Sox coming back from 1-3 down in ALCS to beat CLE

That one sucked.



NYG
Brady's injury

I liked these two.

[Hanrahan89]

That one sucked.



I liked these two.

How about a couple of years ago when the Celtics beat the Cavs on their way to another title? Poor Ohio sports fans all you guys have to root for is other people losing :D

[ultimatespidey81]

Red Sox ending the Curse


a sports franchise never was/never will be cursed. now you just sound like a cubs fan :p

[bmaninc]

I facepalm every time I hear the words Red Sox and Curse together. :rolleyes:

Some dude in the late 80's wrote some stupid book, and laughed all the way to the bank. Dan Shaugnessy I think is his name. Real big douchebag.

[tridentgum0]

The Sox weren't cursed.

The Cubs are cursed. The Clippers are cursed. The Red Sox were never cursed.

[bmaninc]

No, the Clippers are mismanaged and the Cubs are just bad.

[tridentgum0]

The city of Cleveland?

[bmaninc]

A ****ty place to live.

[tridentgum0]

I love Cleveland. You shut your face.

[bmaninc]

Its no Canada, I'll tell you that. :D

[tridentgum0]

Cleveland has a gorgeous skyline, cold weather, and my entire family (except my household). I like it enough.

[bmaninc]

I'm just messing with you dude.

[ultimatespidey81]

No, the Clippers are mismanaged and the Cubs are just bad.

truer words could never be spoken

[bood-boy]

the city of Buffalo is cursed.... thank GOD!

there are also other 'curses' u could speak of.. maybe not curses but franchise hardships.. but then again i know nothing about sports aside from hockey ;)

Since they won the cup in 1989, The Calgary Flames have never won a playoff series aside from the 1 time the made it to the stanley cup. they either go to the cup, or lose first round.

The Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes have won 2 NHL playoff series in their franchise history since 1979.

San Jose Sharks playoff hockey. need i say more haha. the most consistantly successful post-1990 expansion team (in the regular season) and they have only made a conference finals appearance once. 0 finals appearances. made the playoffs 12/17 seasons theyve been around, which is very impressive for a southern expansion team. i dont know how many years have been 'their year' over the last few, but once again, its 'their year', but i doubt it will be!



also, basketball is very lop-sided as concerns to championships and franchises.... the same teams always win. since the early 80's.. only the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Spurs.. all repeat winners, and the Heat won it once. 7 teams have shared it in almost 30 years. and the rockets never would have won it if MJ didnt retire.

[bmaninc]

When you think of it that way, Bood, with respect to the NBA, that's crazy.

[tridentgum0]

also, basketball is very lop-sided as concerns to championships and franchises.... the same teams always win. since the early 80's.. only the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Spurs.. all repeat winners, and the Heat won it once. 7 teams have shared it in almost 30 years. and the rockets never would have won it if MJ didnt retire.

The Cavs will become the 8th team on this list come June.

[DemiGodRaven]

Worst?
Being in Sacramento during the Kings/Laker's playoffs in 2001/2002, having just moved here from the Bay Area.
I wanted to stab somebody every time I heard the complaint 'Man! That game was rigged! The refs were against us!'

....and then it turns out they were right.

and now the Kings have the same status that the Warriors did when I lived next to Oakland, also know as 'who?'

[sillystou]

Greatest
#1. Joe Carter World Series Winning Homerun 1993


I'm with Boody on this one... I remember staying up with my dad. But unfortunately I had to go to bed as it ended up way past my bedtime. My dad recorded it and I watched the dramatic ending on tape the next morning. :D

[wolfdarkside]

lol i messed up...i did a memory of actually playing a sport.
now if it was pro-sports wise....
i would have to say, placing a bet on the superbowl form this year, and then seeing the 100-yard toucdown. that was cold.

[wreckem279]

Okay.

Best
1. Tech beating #2 Texas last year. Obviously.
2. Beating Oklahoma State the next week.
3. Catching four passes in a run heavy offense in one game my freshman year!
4. Holiday Bowl in 04.
5. Beating KU in basketball in 07' (I think)

Worst
1. Although a really insignificant game, the 2000 Gallery Furniture.com Bowl against ECU really sticks out as a game that I really hated losing. David Garrard was the QB for ECU, and it was Leach's first bowl game as head coach in his first year. I was like, 10, and I remember watching the ECU kids on the big screens having so much fun.
2. Losing to A&M this year.
3. This year and 2006 seasons. So much garbage that happened and shouldn't have.
4. 09 Cotton Bowl.
5. Watching Brad Smith aka Michael Jordan run for like 09281302133219 yards against the Tech defense in 03.

[goodbyetonight]

also, basketball is very lop-sided as concerns to championships and franchises.... the same teams always win. since the early 80's.. only the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Spurs.. all repeat winners, and the Heat won it once. 7 teams have shared it in almost 30 years. and the rockets never would have won it if MJ didnt retire.

I'm gonna use that example next time someone says baseball needs a salary cap to be more fair. :D

[Edgehead]

I play for a floor hockey team in a serious league at an indoor rink. We were 0-21-1 going into our last game against the team we tied. Our best player completed a hat trick in scoring the game winning goal with 30 seconds left off of his face. He went down in bloody heap after taking a shot to the nose which ricocheted into the net. We all erupted in celebration, and the poor guy is left bleeding there. Happiest and most epic moment of my life

[bood-boy]

I'm gonna use that example next time someone says baseball needs a salary cap to be more fair. :D

to be fair tho, all of those teams have been at the top and bottom of the league since then, with the exception of maybe the lakers. also, revenue has never been able to buy the new york knicks a championship. i dont blame it so much on a salary cap as much as i blame basketball being a sport where if you have 2 or 3 really good players, in some instances, 1 really good player, and you can win a championship on their back. not many other sports can you do that with.

[Nuff_Said]

When the calgary flames lost in game 7 of the NHL finals a few years ago. Crushing to say the least.

[bood-boy]

i think it was more crushing when edmonton lost, personally.
but calgary burned huge too.

[Nuff_Said]

i think it was more crushing when edmonton lost, personally.
but calgary burned huge too.

The really ****ty part is that there was a goal that was disallowed in game 6 that would have given them the win and the cup. Even in the follow-ups post-game they showed the footage of it crossing the line, but the call stuck and calgary lost the cup. Ah well. The edmonton loss was ass as well.

[bermuddy]

i was rooting hard for calgary that year. i haaaaaaate the lightning.

[bood-boy]

edmonton burned so much more cause if roloson wasnt injured in game 1 or 2 whenever it happened, they would have won. they still managed to make it to game 7 with conklin/markenin playing for them.

plus, ryan smyth, that game he took the puck in the face, lost teeth, got stitched up, and came back and set up the game winning goal in overtime, i think it was overtime... man. no one has/had heart like that guy.

[bermuddy]

you love ryan smyth way too much, eh?

[bood-boy]

not really. i only wanted him in the pool cause he was on fire at the time. and he was a hell of a player during edmontons run to the cup, and in many world championships. they call him captain canada for a reason.

[gmarsh]

Worst
1. Super Bowl 42. Nothing even comes close.
2. 2006 AFC Championship Game.
3. 2003 ALCS
4. 4th and 2.
5. 2008 ALCS

Best
1. 2004 World Series
2. 2004 ALCS
3. Super Bowls 36, 38, and 39. I don't want to leave any out in the cold
4. 2008 NBA Championship
5. A Rod's glove slap(2004 ALCS Game 6)