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Without a doubt. I still think about sitting in my living room with my dad and watching Jordan lift the ’Heels to a long-awaiting NCAA title.

Gibson’s shot is second, but it’s distant.

Peerless Price lived up to his first name and put on a Receiving class in the game. Price had 199 yards receiving on 4 catches and scored the deciding TD in the 4th quarter.

They said it couldn’t be done after losing players like Peyton Manning, Marcus Nash, Leonard Little, Bill Duff, Trey Teague, Billy Beron, Terry Fair, Cory Gaines, Jonathan Brown, Chris Hogue, Andy McCullough, Tori Noel, Steve Johnson and Robert Poole just to name a few, but they did it!

1. Tate George’s buzzer beater vs. Clemson in the 1990 NCAA tourney — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjlNO7Zu1I —> I wasn’t ready to let go of the nacent dream of UCONN basketball power.

2. Red Sox 2004 ALCS win vs. Yankees —> I can’t even boil it down to a moment, it has all coalesced into one massive memory.

3. Matt Bahr’s game winning kick in the ‘90 NFC Championship game propelling the Giants over the favored 49ers. Followed by Norwood’s wide right.

My Dad and I are both transplanted Canadians living in the US. Watching Canada beat the Americans to win their first Olympic gold medal in hockey in 50 years was simply fantastic.

Texas came into the game as underdogs. Bush beat Young for the Heusman. Then Young won the game pretty much all by himself.

The 1993 playoffs game 7 between the Islanders and Penguins. The Isles lost a two goal lead late in the 3rd, but ended up winning in OT in one of the all time great upsets in hockey. Unfortunately it’s the last time the Islanders have won a playoff series.

The Miracle on Ice is too easy, so to see the Rangers, at home in front of a delirious MSG crowd, ending 54 years of hockey futility…unreal. “Now I can die in peace” for sure.

Nicklas Backstrom taking the puck end to end and scoring in OT to beat the Chicago Blackhawks, capping off a come from behind win where Ovechkin was ejected earlier in the game

A lifetime of Mets fan angst washed away – temporarily.

As a long suffering Red Sox fan I’m not sure anything will ever top seeing them finally win it all in my lifetime.

Oklahoma vs. Boise State. Seriously still gives me goosebumps if I watch the highlights.

Stars vs. Sabres, 1999 Stanley Cup.

When Ortiz did it for a second night in a row, that is when I really started to believe the Red Sox had a legit shot at pulling off the comeback and beating the Yankees.

Rangers beat the Yanks

When Dave Roberts stole second base on Mariano Rivera.

2nd place- 2007-08 Celtics Game 6 over Lakers. epic.

“Chris Drury, Chris Drury… who else?! who else?!”

Game 5 of the ECSF, Sabres vs NYR.

Chiefs/Colts Dante Hall need I say more….

Neftali Feliz strikes out Alex Rodriguez to send the Rangers to their first World Series.

As an Jays fan and a Canadian, Joe Carter’s walk-off home run to win the World Series. A moment that would last through the strike and would define baseball in Canada forever.
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You will see all kinds of great plays and jaw-dropping finishes, but as long as we live we may never see the country come together as one like that again. Coming back from 9-11 was tough, but sports was one thing to help piece our nation back together slowly. Also George Bush, whether you like him or hate him, throwing the pitch in the World Series at Yankee Stadium was something cool too. Never again will a President be cheered by an entire stadium.

It still has to be 1995 AL Division Series, Mariners over the Yankees.

“The throw to the plate will be…LATE! The Mariners are going to play for the American League Championship! I don’t believe it! It just continues! My oh My! "

Game 2: Scott Podsednik knocks a walk-off solo home run off closer Brad Lidge after failing to hit a single homer during the entire regular season.

Game 3: In Houston, Geoff Blum hits a two-run bomb in the 14th inning to break up a 5-5 tie and basically end the series.

As a Chicagoan, it was magical.

1) 1999 NLCS, Game 5 – Robin Ventura grand slam single. I was 14, my parents were at a party, and I spent about the next 10 minutes jumping around my house, eventually knocking a vase off the table that I later blamed on my dog. The one time where my dad was the one who knew the truth, but he never told on me.

2) Super Bowl XLII – During the first half I was just happy the Giants weren’t getting blown out, but when Moss scored the TD I realized that the Giants really could win that thing. The final drive was the most exciting/nerve-wracking sports experience of my life, culminating in the helmet catch and then Burress’ TD. I literally couldn’t speak for about 5 minutes afterward.

Indubitably it has to be (despite being predominantly a hockey fan) Landon Donovan’s goal against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup.

The stage was as big as it gets. Donovan is the face of soccer here, and the team was on the verge of underachieving – again. Ian Darke’s call of the play was as good as it gets…

“Dempsey, denied again….Dooonoovaaan OOOOOOOHH HE’S DONE IT! GOAL, GOAL, USA! Certainly through! You could not write a better script than this!”

It still gives me chills to watch, even with the subsequent elimination. Magical.

1980 USA vs. Soviet Union Hockey game, for the Gold Medal Round

After waiting literally a lifetime for the Rangers to reach the World Series, that one pitch was by far the greatest sports moment for me.

Magglio’s homer. Hands down one of the best days of my life.

The only time in my life-time that my Phoenix Suns have made it to the big show… even though they lost, I’ll never forget crying my eyes out at 8 years old after MJ and co. sent my boys KJ, Chuck, Majerle, Ainge, etc. home.

Joe Montana to Dwight Clark for the win in the January 10, 1982, NFC Championship Game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers.

Followed by Jason Heyward’s first home run and the 1998 NFC Championship Game

What all Iowa Hawkeyes fans will forever remember as their version of “The Catch”. Drew Tate hits Warren Holloway as time expires to defeat former national champion LSU in Nick Sabans final game as head coach. Iowa radio announcer put it in legendary words. (paraphrased and attempted quote)“They gotta call time out. The clocks running down and Drew Tate doesn’t know that! The game is going to end on this play! tate drops back and throws down field. IT’S CAUGHT! TOUCHDOWN IOWA TOUCHDOWN IOWA! NO TIME LEFT ON THE CLOCK! I DON’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!” Easily the most memorable moment for me as a sports fan. I get choked up just thinking about it. The youtube clip practically puts my in tears.

I’m not much of a Titans fan, and all questions about whether it was a forward pass or not aside, but that was amazing, not so much for the play itself, but its effect on the city of Nashville. It was a defining moment for the Titans and watching the replays were (and still are) surreal.

I still can hear the announcer in my head, “There are no flags on the field!!!…”

but Sidney Crosby taking that pass from Iginla and scoring the Olympic gold medal goal in overtime at home this past February. In 30+ years of watching hockey, that is the most iconic and exciting game I can remember watching and that moment crystallized a nations pride. Nothing can top that.

…I was in Buffalo Wild Wings with my buddies, and when the US Scored with minimal time and the whole place jumped up and shouted and everyone was high fiving one another…It was pretty awesome!

Oklahoma-Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. That thing was epic.

I have it as a ringtone on my phone. Listening to the call still makes me emotional. Before that game I was a medium Titans fan. After that I became a lifelong, extreme, push it to the limit fan of the Tennessee Titans.

Its hard not to think of Donavan’s goal in the latest world cup as definitely one of the best most recent experiences.

The Giants helmet catch is definitely up there as well.

But i would say as a Georgia fan, seeing the Hobnail boot as a young kid has always stuck with me. And after hearing larry Munson’s famous call, it just solidified it.

Easy. Watching Ray Bourque lift the Stanley Cup for the first time in the twilight of his career. He was one of the all-time great defensemen and a class act.

Jason Arnott’s Cup Winning OT goal in the 2000 Stanley Cup Final. Picture perfect play.

Sid Bream, the slowest man I’ve ever seen play professional sports, scores from second on a hit by Francisco Cabrera. Still can’t believe it actually happened.

Game 4 of the 2006 ALCS. I’ll never forget celebrating that walk off home run.

LOL – these 3D tv’s are going to be obsolete in a year. Sharp and Nintendo made 3D tvs without glasses for the 3DS and now Sharp is starting to manufacture those to the mass market.

As per the TV that i’d sell on craigslist. Easily the Bills comeback against the Oilers – I actually listened to it on the radio because it was blacked-out but they re-aired it that Friday.

What a game that was!

Just classic in so many different ways with so many different story lines. Although that Mike Thomas grab wasn’t half bad last week if you ask me haha.

Sachin Tendulkar making 200 runs in a one day international

Is the entire career of Barry Sanders. There is no other moment in my life time where the anticipation and excitement has overwhelmed me more. EVERY time Sanders touched the ball the crowd would hold their breath… every time. Whether it was a loss or a huge gain, Barry Sanders is my greatest moment in sport… one that I have been looking to replace for a long time.

But the best sports moment I’ve ever watched on TV was the 92 Duke – Kentucky game in the NCAA basketball tournament. It’s still the best basketball game I’ve ever watched.

The Miracle on Ice was great, but I don’t think it was a “moment”. There was a lot of excitement over that whole series of games that occurred, for me it wasn’t limited to just the win against the USSR. I was on edge for like two weeks so it was much more than a moment.

Memphis vs. Kansas. I shut the television off with two minutes to go thinking KU could not mount a comeback. Heck, Memphis had a nine point lead at that point. I was heartbroken and trudged back to my dorm room. All of a sudden my roommate (a KSU fan) whirled around and said KU was slowly coming back. We flipped on the TV and watched MARIO’S MIRACLE three point shot with 2.6 seconds left to send the game into overtime.

That is hands down the most memorable sports moment in my life. I will never forget it, and I learned to NEVER doubt my team. The odds were against them, but the great teams find ways to pull away with a victory.

I was a 16-year-old Dodgers fan having moved from LA to the East Coast, watching from my couch. I screamed so loud it woke the whole damn house up.

Watching Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) score a hundred runs off 67 balls against Australia. (2002-2003 series)

4th and 15 with less than two minutes left and David Greene lofted a pass into the corner of the end zone that Michael Johnson went up and caught over an Auburn defender. The UGA defense would hold on and clinch the SEC East thereby sending UGA to the SEC Championship Game where we won our first conference title in 20 years.

Me and my dad were rooting for USC and my brother and mom were rooting for Texas… What a game!

The last two minutes of the 1999 European Cup Final between Manchester United and Byern Munich when United scored twice during injury time to win the game and the Cup.

Getting home from Detroit the next day, putting the game on the DVR and watching myself watch the pens win the Cup. incredible.

Close 2nd would be Gibson’s homer. Not even a Dodgers fan, but seriously, I couldn’t believe what I had just seen.

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Donovan McNabb to Freddie Mitchell. I was friends with two merciless Packers fans at the time and I was already preparing myself on what to say to them the next day. But with just over a minute left on the wrong side of the 50, the Packers dropped too deep into a zone and Donovan found Freddie for 26.5 yards and a healthy spot. I’m pretty sure that’s the moment I went completely insane.

Best, wildest moment on TV. Would’ve been cooler in 3D though.

I had originally thought of the KU-Memphis title game, the Helmet catch, and the “Statue of Liberty Play” in the Oklahoma-Boise State game, so I had to come up with something unique.

As I racked my brain for the best sports related moment I remember seeing on TV, I remember back to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, during the opening ceremony, when Muhammad Ali stepped out to light the Olympic flame. It was such an inspiring and moving sight.

2001 First round Game 5, Mavs- Jazz

Game 7 of the 2014 world series…Cubs vs. Yankees at Wrigley Field – 12 hours earlier he announced that he will retire from baseball after this game and he goes out and throws a perfecto in 10 innings. Soriano hits a walk off Grand Slam to win it all after Castro walked, Gonzalez reached on an error by Jeter (really, is the walker necessary?) and Josh Vitters got hit by the pitch (really should have taken Rivera out at that point. Simply fantastic pitching on both sides and glad to see the Cubs come through in such dramatic fashion.

I am glad that my son was able to watch as well, granted he was only 4 at the time but still awesome!

Oh, wait, this cant be daydreams…damn…

I’d have to say the last pitch of the 2010 World Series – Brian Wilson striking out Nelson Cruz to bring the World Series trophy to its rightful owners.

Mavs/Suns 3OT where I refused to turn the channel even though the Suns looked done, and I was rewarded with the most exciting comeback I’ve ever seen.

or the US/Algeria match from this past World Cup, never been that elated after one score.

Canada finally winning the Gold Medal for Hockey at the Olympics. As the time ticked down, after the amazing performances by Sakic, Iginla and Gange, it was spectacular.

2007 Fiesta Bowl. I’d gone to bed, because it seemed like OK had finished off the Broncs, and darnit, I’d had a long day. My dad knocked on my door (I was home on Christmas break from college, by the way) and said, “You should probably come down and watch this game…”

Glad I did. I got down just in time for the hook and ladder.

FSU vs Mike Vick (err, I think VT had a whole team, but only Vick played)

There was that sweet go ahead TD catch by Warrick. I saw that and knew the game was over and FSU had another title.

I’d say the BSU/OU Fiesta Bowl, but I was at that game.

I had a group of friends over for the game and when Brotzman launched that pass to Efaw we all jumped up and down and started screaming. Awesome moment. BSU is now 2-0 in BCS bowls.

Absolutely amazing shot, and part of an amazing conclusion to the Masters.

After georgias first touchdown I knew the game was in the bag. Been waiting for our boys to start playing with that swagger again. Seeing Tebow take four sacks is always a good thing. Go Dawgs!!

the 6OT game between Syracuse and UConn in the 2009 Big East Tournament. We had relatives spending the night, sleeping in the next room over, so I had to freak out in silence while the game just went on… and on… and on.

The summer of 2006 brought one of the biggest upsets ever in Nascar. David Gilliland won the Meijer 300 in Kentucky against the best in the Nascar Busch(now Nationwide) series. Many teams were Cup Affiliates and the underdog and underfunded team of Hype Motorsports beat them all in a way that can be described as a Story Book Ending.

I’m not even a Knicks fan, just a basketball fan, but that moment was just amazing. The shot and then the Garden erupted – just amazing.

1. 1982 NFC Championship Game – The Catch!
2. 1994 NFC Champioonship Gme – Niners and Young beat Cowboys
3. 1997 Master’s – One small step for Tiger; One giant leap for African Americans

Bears vs Pats and watching the “Fridge” run in a TD. Awesome!

1995 ALDS – Mariners/Yankees: The Double.

My parent’s and I sat around the TV in our living room and could not look away. Knowing that the Lightning had faced an elimination game just 2 nights prior in a 3-2 double overtime (read: heart attack inducing) thriller.

Look at the roster, if someone told you one player would score both goals during game 7, Ruslan Fedotenko likely wouldn’t have been at the top of your list but he scored in the 1st and the second to give the Lightning a 2-0 in one of the greatest goalie battles I have ever seen with Miikka Kiprusoff and Nikolai Khabibulin both at the peak of their games.

Calgary scored about midway through the third and Khabi did all he could to lock up the cup and not force a 3rd straight OT game. I remember sitting on the floor and being so stressed that I couldn’t watch yet at the same time I couldn’t look away. During the closing moments, the tension both in the St. Pete Times Forum and in my house grew as stoppage after stoppage seemed to last decades with the Lightning clinging to a 1 goal lead. I seemed to more stoppages there were, the more likely a 2nd Flames goal became. After the clock ran out and the scoreboard still read Calgary 1 – Tampa Bay 2, I sat in disbelief for a moment. Had my Tampa Bay Lightning really just won the ultimate prize in North American hockey? When I saw the Cup being walked out to the table at center ice, it finally fully sunk in and I was elated beyond belief.

Mens basketball USA VS the Soviet Union. Awesome game, great officiating.

Woody Paige gave the nation a preview of “Around the Horn” when he wrote an article calling the Jags the “Jacksonville Jagwags” a “USFL” team. He even encouraged fans not to waste money on tickets, since the AFC Championship game was a given for Denver.

Instead, Mark Brunell and Jimmy Smith had their national coming out party. After falling behind 12-0 in the first quarter, the Jaguars rallied back to take a 13-12 halftime lead and never looked back.

Final:30-27 Jaguars

Biggest upset in the NFL since Super Bowl III

Vince. Young.

I watched my Bills make the biggest comeback in NFL history against the Oilers in the 92 Wild Card round, but I was only 11 so a full memory of that game just isn’t there.
I remember watching Kentucky make a 31 point (I think) comeback against LSU one year in college hoops when I was young.
I even remember watching the 2nd half of the epic Duke/kentucky game, but all I really remember is Laettner’s shot and a bunch of dudes crying.

So the most vividly memorable game I watched on TV was the 6 overtime thriller between Syracuse and UConn in the 2009 Big East Tourney. As a Syracuse alum living in NYC, I was this close to going, but getting out of work late and not wanting to deal with scalpers left me to watch at home. In retrospect, it stunk not being there, but either way, what an awesome up and down game. There were so many highs and lows. Eric Devendorf’s buzzer beating 3 at the end of regulation was a tenth of a second late….thankfully. If that counted, I wouldn’t have such a great memory of the game where two teams left it all on the floor, literally, deep bench players stepped up and of course, the good guys won early the next morning. What an awesome game to watch and endure!

I couldn’t believe the Giants pulled it off!

when Zach Prasie scored that goal
oh man

I was living in South East Asia, and it was on at three in the morning… I was recording it and woke up at 5 to watch it. Once Liverpool got down 3-0, I turned it off went to school… and nobody had watched it or checked the score. Got home from practice, and turned it on, and the rest is history. Possibly the greatest sporting moment of my life, next to maybe ND beating #1 Florida State, which I can barely remember

Kansas rallied from behind, and then Mario Chalmers hits the miracle shot to send it into overtime. Then Kansas dominates OT to beat Memphis to become National Champions.

I will never forget watching this game in Lawrence, and running down to Mass St. to celebrate. The days that followed with the team returning to Lawrence with the trophy, and parade celebration down Mass St. were incredible.

Trajan Langdon loses the ball, all but sealing the UConn W.

The New olreans Saints kicked an onsides kick to start the 2nd half of the 2010 Super Bowl.

Specifically, the final buzzer. Because that’s when I realized that the Kings had somehow rallied from a 35 point deficit in the span of 1.5 quarters. You could literally see the “how the f- did that just happen?” on EVERYBODY’s face—Kings, Bulls, and Bulls fans.

I’ve been watching the Rangers and Cowboys for 25 years now and have seen a lot of cool things, but I have to say my favorite was Neftali Feliz freezing Alex Rodriguez to slip strike three in at the corner for the 27th out to advance to the 2010 World Series. So perfect, so cathartic, and so, so satisfying.

Monday Night Football, Bo Jackson, gaining 221 yards on 17 carries, averaging 13 yards a carry and completely destroying Brian Bosworth. That was a lot of fun to watch.

Best baseball game of 2009. One of the best in Twins’ history.

That was one of the best games I have seen because it was the moment when the Red Wings were finally going to win the Stanley Cup after a long drought.

Darren McCarty’s move to clinch the game was the biggest moment of the game. His goal even got nominated for the Emmy’s!

This was the year when the Red Wings would become one of the most consistent teams in the NHL. Today, they still are the elite team.

The final transformation from Dead Things to Stanley Cup Champions for the Detroit Red Wings, and it was spearheaded by one of the grinders that Detroit is all about. His depantsing of Janne Niniima, the embarrassment of Hextall, the celebratory spins and the jumping aginst the glass. It was a perfect moment for a Red Wings fan.

2005 NLCS, the Astros are on the cups of the World Series and…Pujols comes to the plate. I know I’m about to see something special.

Pujols hits a three run home run to force a game 6. I know the Astros ended up winning the world series, but this was one of the more incredible moments I had ever seen. And I’m not even a Cardinals fan. Everyone knew Pujols was gonna jack one, and he did. Unreal.

One of the most (if not the best) important moments in Arizona sports history, when Luis Gonzalez hit that blooper single to bring home the winning run in the ninth inning against Mariano Rivera.

FSU was #1 and had future Heisman winner Charlie Ward at quarterback, ND was #2 in the country. Ward and Florida St. had a chance to tie the game with three seconds left, but his pass was batted away by Shawn Wooden and the Irish won 31-24.

There’s also Robert Horry’s 3 pointer against the Sacramento Kings in 2002.

Finally, Kobe Bryant’s last-second dagger over Dwyane Wade on December 4, 2009, a leaning banked 3-pointer to win the game.

The sports moment that probably left the biggest impact on me as a sports fan is the bloody sock moment. I became a baseball fan that evening. Even now, I dislike Schilling, but I love great pitching performances more that any other sporting phenomenon.

Absolutely unreal from start to finish.

It had been four years in the making and was against a Spanish team that was pretty solid. The game started at midnight and was anyone’s game in the closing minutes. I have never had a more awesome sports moment at 2am when the game finished! Made it worth staying up late for the past two weeks. I then woke up early so I could watch the replay at 7am.

Nothing better than watching one of your teams upset a perennial powerhouse in the NCAA tournament.

March 6, 2010. #1 Syracuse comes to Freedom Hall for the last game Louisville will ever play in a venue that has hosted Final Fours, conference tournaments, and 50+ years of Cardinal basketball. The Orange battle back from an early Louisville lead, but on this day the Cardinals are not to be denied. I must have watched the game highlights a hundred times since then. I guess the single moment, if I had to pick one, would be Kyle Kuric scoring on an alley-oop. Or hitting a three (pick one, he made a bunch). Or Edgar Sosa being carried off the court on the shoulders of the fans. At the end of an up-and-down, largely frustrating year, that win made it all worthwhile.

The first time that I saw Duke beat Carolina in my college experience. It was a great game and a great win that was unfortunately followed by 3 losses in a row. I’ve had better experiences of Duke basketball, but all of those were in person, where I was on TV, rather than watching on TV.

When Neftali Feliz struck out A-Rod to get the Rangers to their first ever World Series. There have been a lot of great sports moments for me, but there was nothing like watching Feliz finish off a great game by the Rangers and striking out the 275 million dollar man.

pretty much everyone I was watching with thought that game was over after Tim Duncan made that shot from midcourt over Shaq, then Derek somehow drains a fadeaway over Ginobli to win the game that would turn the series in our favor. It was one of the best wins ever.

also Game 4 of the 2000 NBA finals.
all looked lost when Shaq fouled out, but Kobe single handedly took over, draining tough shots in overtime to give us the win over the Pacers.

and Game 3 of the 2010 Finals
Derek Fisher makes the layup and-1 over three celtic defenders. that play looked like a disaster waiting to happen. getting a win in boston was so sweet.

Such a crazy range of emotions in such a short period of time. Honorable mention to 2005 Illinois’ comeback over Arizona in the NCAA Tournament.

Our relief pitchers had been so horrible, and everyone was buzzing, and when Randy Johnson walked out, Phoenix exploded and you could hear people cheering and screaming up and down the streets.

“the play”, “the catch” Whatever you call it it was amazing.

2003 NFC Divisionals… PANTHERS VS RAMS

We were up 11 with 3:00 to go in the 4th quarter, then Faulk scores and they get the 2 pt conversion… nervous at that point.

Ensuing kick, Jeff Wilkins kicks a perfect onsider and recovers for the Rams. Heartbreak setting in.

They go on to tie it up with a FG, game goes to overtime…

Tied up at the end of OT, goes to DOUBLE OVERTIME. Already been an epic game, everyone’s heart is pounding.. First play from scrimmage, Jake Delhomme drops back, I have a feeling he is going to Steve Smith, launches a bomb down the middle of the field.. All of Panther Nation is willing the ball to be on target.. Steve Smith catches it and burns Jason Sehorn for the GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN!

I was in HS, but I cried after witnessing one of the best playoff games ever.

Little did I know, the following two games would be just as thrilling

VT’s game-winning drive to defeat WVU in 1999 and keep the undefeated season alive. Michael Vick had an awesome run and Shayne Graham capped it off with a 44-yard field goal .

Mario’s Miracle with 2 seconds left to send the game to OT, and Kansas turning back into the team they were all year in OT and winning the National Championship.. I remember that whole day vividly, even the events around the game that weren’t as exciting.

Watching the Lakers come back to win it all, against the Celtics.

Amazing!

Bills won the game 34-31 in the first NFL game with no punts by either team. It was either all scores, change of possessions, or turnovers (mostly scoring though). Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Jerry Rice, Ricky Waters, and Steve Young all at their finest. These are the days when the Swami picked the Bills and 49ers to go to the SuperBowl like 8 straight years and it was well worth the prediction when you see this game.

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I had only been a fan of the NFL for 2 years at that point. I still didn’t have a favorite team I was rooting for, and my friends wanted me to pick a team. At the time, the Indianapolis Colts were undefeated almost halfway through the season and people spoke of them as being unbeatable. I made a deal that the first team to beat them would be the team I root for. Week 15, they were playing at home, favored against the Chargers. With just about 3 minutes left, on 3rd and very long, Luis Castillo sacks Manning and forces them to punt with just a 2 point lead. 2 plays later, Michael Turner hit the right side and sprinted down the sideline. 83 yards later, Turner found the endzone and I found my team, as the Chargers went up by 9 after the extra point with the 2 minute warning just around the corner. After Manning was intercepted by Quentin Jammer at the end zone, I went online and purchased his Jersey, and forever became a Football Fan. That to me, was the best sports moment because it turned me into a fan of a team I barely knew, and a sport I was just beginning to admire.

pretty easily

“The Pick” as it has come to be known is one of the most iconic moments in the history of Oregon Ducks football. Every Oregon fans worth his/her salt knows Jerry Allen’s call on that play by heart. This was THE MOMENT that Oregon football became relevant again, and THE SUFFERING ended. It gives me chills every time I see it.

Super Bowl XLIV. Saints vs Colts. Less than 4 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. After a spectacular 2-point conversion, Saints lead by 7. Peyton Manning drives down the field into Saints territory. A tied ball game is inevitable. Then, miraculously, Tracy Porter intercepts Manning’s pass and returns it for a touchdown. It was incredible. After being the fan of a mediocre (perhaps I’m being generous) team for 23 years, finally the Saints had done what I thought would never happen. It was one of the best nights of my life. Honorable mention goes to the chaos that was the end of the Tennessee/LSU game this season. The only thing that could’ve made it better is if Leslie still managed to find a way to lose the game. LSU HATE WEEK! Hotty toddy!

White Sox….Twins tie breaker
Thome with a solo homer and BA with the game saving catch.

But when Morten Andersen missed a 30 yard field goal with less than a minute remaining that would have given the Falcons the lead, and the Jaguars made it to the playoffs.

Santonio Holme’s Tampa Bay Toe-chdown

Suns/Bulls….last time that my Suns were in the Finals

That was probably one of the best sports moments in Colorado history. The way it ended with the play at the plate – Holiday and his bloody chin – amazing game. Amazing.

Angels finally get a championship

I was only 11 but I knew I was watching something special. I don’t know if my parents knew the specifics of the game but they knew it was going to be an event and the house was pretty full.

These are the two events i remember the most…not a fan of either team, but they were pretty spectacular!

Got Fish?

The Laettner game……still cannot stand to look at that guy without grimacing…….grrrr

When A-Rod struck out looking to send the Rangers to their first World Series ever.

Probably because it’s the most recent great event from my favorite team. But that was just awesome!

Game 7 of the Pirates@Braves NLCS in 1992. Francisco Cabrera’s single wins it when Sid “lighting” Bream scores from 2nd base. Unforgettable.

Scott Spezio HR game!

This!

but I have to go with Sid’s Slide, to win Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS. I don’t think I’ve ever reacted as wildly to anything on television. I still get chills every single time I watch it.

After all that cockiness that the Patriots oozed, it was so satisfying to watch them fall.

I’m living in the US now, so I’m kinda surrounded… and Canada always has insane pressure on them to do well at hockey in the Olympics… because it’s kinda our thing, and we don’t have anything else. It’s all the eggs in one basket.

Anyway, I watched the game in what turned out to be a bar full of drunk American frat guys who were proactively harassing the one Canadian guy who had showed up with the flag, so I had to have a very muted celebration and a quick exit… but that somehow almost made it better.

But nothing, and I repeat, nothing can compare to seeing Landon Donovan’s goal against Algeria to save the US from elimination in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. We were at a sports bar, obviously, and it was packed to the nine. Within the waning moments, everyone was on pins and needles. Then it happened. And all hell broke loose. I still tear up when I watch the replays.

A close second would be seeing the Rangers defeat the Yankees this year to reach the world series.

Scoring a goal against the vaunted Canadian squad (beating a sure-fire HoF D in the process) to send the Gold Medal Final I thought surely lost into OT. I lifted a complete stranger off his feet in a bear hug after screaming my lungs out.

The game ended in the worst possible way after that, but I wouldn’t trade that Parise moment for anything.

Nebraska QB Tommie Frazier busting through 30 tackles in the 1996 Orange Bowl over Florida.

Had everything, Star Power (Montana/Elway), great teams(Chiefs were coming of an AFC championship appearence/Broncos would soon win the Super Bowl), A lot of anticipation for the game in the weeks leading up to it, and then the game itself.
A back and forth match, with both teams evenly matched until just 4 minutes left with the Cheifs getting a field Goal. Elway looks to lead another 4th Quarter comeback, Sharpe fumbles, then Marcus Allen fumbles it right back. The broncos score with just under 1:30 left.

and then the moment thats burned into my brain from that game. Montana jogs onto the field with the biggest grin on his face, while Elway runs off visibly cursing and saying “We left them too much time, theres too much time.” Of course a minute later Montana engineers the scoring drive.

Truly one of the most exciting games I’ve ever seen.

I was there for game 2, with a few close friends and a sea of orange… was simply beautiful.

I was watching alone. My heart was pounding fast. I was too nervous to sit still. I felt my leg shivering and didn’t know what to do, thinking if the Lakers lost this one… but I had hope. And we won that game and the next game and become repeated World Champions!

I was jumping up and down yelling in my apartment when Masoli connected with Ed Dickson for the TD with less than 30 seconds left. Absolutely insane.

What’s the best sports moment you ever watched on television?

Game 5, in the 2005 NBA Playoffs between the Wizards and the Bulls – Gilbert Arenas hits the game winning shot at the buzzer.

That game was redonkulous.

Game 1, 1988 World Series.

Made his death in 1986 that much more tragic to me – we’d seen what he was capable of, but all we got was that fleeting glimpse while he was at UMd. What might have been…

greatest moments I’ve seen live(real time) have been in person. But the greatest moment I’ve seen on the boob-tube has to be the Jaguars most recent game(11/14/10) over the Texans when they won on a last ditch effort hail mary.

interception on sam bradford, 2009 bcs championship game. amazing catch.

added bonus: the look on sam’s face after the int.

The last hockey game I ever watched with my dad. The Oilers were down 2-0 against the Red Wings going into the third. Dad turned to me and said, “I don’t think they’re gonna do it.” I said, “sure they will. Just watch.” Sure enough, Fernando Pisani — a hometown kid and role-player who’d go on to score 14 goals that post-season — tied it with a pair of goals in the first seven minutes, including a beauty of a deke on the second. Detroit got one back to make it 3-2, but after a brief stunned silence, the call of “LET’S GO OILERS” rang up, loud as before. Ales Hemsky scored a weird one off his leg with about four minutes to go; I didn’t think it’d count, but the review upheld the call on the ice, and the place erupted. Tie game.

Then, with just over a minute to go, Hemsky goes through half the Detroit defence, drops it for Sergei Samsonov, drives to the front of the net, then bats the perfect pass past Manny Legace. The players were literally jumping for joy on the ice. Even with my bravado, I couldn’t believe what I’d just seen. A pair of shot-blocks with a handful of seconds left, and the game was ours. The series was ours. The Red Wings were going home, and one of the greatest players in NHL history had just played his final game.

But for all the heroics yet to come, I wasn’t able to share any of them with my dad, who’d gotten me into Oilers hockey years earlier: he died four days after that game, while we awaited the start of the second round. I still get a bit misty whenever I watch highlights of that third period, because of what that game meant to me and what that run ultimately meant to me, coming at the worst-ever moment in my personal life.

So…yeah. The best sports moment I ever watched on television was the Oilers’ four-goal, third-period comeback against the Detroit Red Wings in Game 6 of the 2006 Western Conference Quarterfinal in Edmonton, on May 1 of that year. Nothing else could ever come close.

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I’ll give the nod to Brett, because he won a championship

Saw many great Wake Forest moments live but one of my favorites came in an away game at Maryland. Game was close and t Jeff Teague punctuated it with an awesome dunk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTfwcYgNAN8

Krys Kolanos’ overtime game winner in the 2001 NCAA Hockey Tournament Championship Game. First hockey National Championship since 1949.

Sorry, North Dakota fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr2Ke5hEIqo

I wasn’t a fan of either Boise or Oklahoma, and I only caught the second half of the game, but it was completely enthralling. I was on edge the entire game and it ended perfectly. It was as beautiful as football games get.

Seeing Florida win a second title, after the 04’s returned a to win a second, was amazing. Joakim Noah is my favorite player ever.

The best sports moment on television — and really the best sports moment in the history of humanity — was when the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 2009. I will never forget Sidney Crosby lifting the cup over his head. And in case I ever did forget, there is a photo of that glorious moment on my bedroom wall.

P.S. I have followed you on twitter (@CariGoPens) and liked you on Facebook (Cari H———y).

Such an improbable, unbelievable catch in a season full of great moments seemed to cap the Mets’ trip to the World Series. Instead, Yadier Molina’s home run was the first step in a spiral towards oblivion. That catch may not be my favorite moment of that great season, but it’s the best sports moment I’ve ever witnessed.

Watching Kansas State taking the “greatest football team of all time” to the woodshed will live with me forever.

35-7

It was watched on a small, crappy TV in my office, but I screamed so loud other faculty members came by to check if I was okay.

sticking it to the giants

The Drive that saved the season and sent us to the cusp of the Rose Bowl

Watching Brian Wilson throw the game winning pitch

Absolutely surreal.

Of course, the Michigan State game a few weeks later was probably my worst sports moment, so yeah….

When I was a kid in New York a long time ago I was a die hard Giant fan.Willie Mays my favorite player was just coming up and I remember we kids would all catch fly balls trying to emulate Willie’s basket catch. This was also the year when the Giants won over twenty in a row to climb back into the pennant race from something like a hundred games back. I used to rush home from school at about three o’clock to catch the last few innings of the game.
Anyway, it was a one game playoff between the Giants and the hated Brooklyn Dodgers. My mom and I were watching the game together in the livingroom on our ten inch black and white tv set. I remember that we were behind and it was the bottom of the ninth and we were both pretty glum because it looked like we were gonna lose and that incredible come back would fall just one game short. I don’t remember but I think it was 2 out and 2 on and 2 strikes on Thompson. And then it happened. Thompson hit it a towering drive to left field and the announcer kept screaming “The Giants Win The Pennant!” and my mom and I danced around the living room shrieking hysterically. I have seen a lot of great sports moments since then but nothing will ever come close to. Fifty five years later and I am still not over it.

But I’d have to say Endy’s catch in game seven of the 2006 NLCS. Had they won that game, that would be considered the greatest postseason catch in playoff history.

The Giants beating the Pats was special too.

BSU’s follow-up to the excitement of the Fiesta Bowl was a ho-hum year behind Taylor Tharp, but there was excitement as BSU had decided to start a freshman, and send that kid into Autzen, when the Broncos had never had a road win against a BCS team at that time, with the Fiesta Bowl having been a neutral site. I had just gotten an HDTV, finally replacing the 13" analog rather than getting a converter box that would have been worth more than the tv, and I was excited to finally get to watch a Bronco game on it-I don’t have cable, and I couldn’t believe that this game was going to be on free TV-it probably wouldn’t have been had anyone expected Boise State to win. The Broncos were dominant for most of the first half, but then the Ducks started coming back, sparked by the back-up who is their quarterback today,and then-the power went out. It was a cold, rainy day, and my wife and I had both been drinking, so we ran three blocks to this bar, which fortunately was outside of the power outage, and watched the rest of the game standing room only in the bar, and the Broncos held on for the win.

Comes down between 3 games…

NY Giants vs Buffalo Bills: Wide right.

NY Giants vs NE Patriots: Catch 42

Cal’s 2131 (’nuff said)

Between the 3 though, I think i’m going to have to go with Cal. The other two made me as happy as any sporting event i’ve ever watched, but only Cal and 2131 could bring me to the edge of tears. Everything seemed right in the world when that happened, and for once the biggest story in sports was something completely positive. No PEDs, no criminal alligations, no controversy what so ever, but just that pure joy you can only get from sports. It’s stuff like that moment that keeps me coming back through all the negative. Cal’s 2131 probably solidified me as a sports nut for life.

Steve Bartman unfairly blamed for the Cubs being the Cubs and outdoing themselves in terms of grinding out losses in the most improbable and spectacular fashion.

Al Michaels with the best play by play call ever

When that game finally ended and Arizona finally cut that net was amazing.

Still can’t believe it actually happened…Do you believe in unlikelihood??!!?

2002 Ohio State @ Purdue. I was a freshman and the undefeated season was looking like a thing of the past. Down 3 with about 2 to go. 4th and 1 at the 38. Krenzel drops back, my head and heart simultaneously explode, he launches it to an actually open Michael Jenkins. Oxygen temporarily stops entering my brain as Jenkins makes the catch. Despite the game being in SD, my brain is literally tatooed with that moment forever.

Albert “the Maching” Pujols hits a three run homer off Brad Lidge only thing you could hear was the yelling from the Cardinals dugout.

Because my love of sport kept me from getting laid (and spared a girl from inevitable dissapointment).

A bunch of my friends were gathered in a dorm room drinking this new concoction dubiously named “Death Punch”. It’s basically a morning spritzer, if you consider a morning spritzer one bottle of Everclear, two bottles of Popov (that’s the Geo Metro of vodka), two jugs of Hawaiian punch and half a container of Country Time lemonade mix. Dump a bag of ice inside a Gatorade cooler, baby you got a stew goin’.

I’d drank two plastic cups worth by the end of regulation. This girl, call her “Eileen” in tribute to Dexy’s Midnight Runners, was goofing around with me. She gave me that tug of the arm that says “Hey, let’s go some place more private.” It was the first time I faced that mighty conundrum, the burden of every red-blooded, god-damned American man:

“But… the game is still on…”

Look, I’m not the sexiest guy. I’m not proud that I have to shave my back. I don’t have a Boogie Nights-esque endowment. I could stand to lose a pound or thirty. Drunk chicks are my thing, is what I’m trying to say.

This girl was a solid “7”, if you will, and she was keeping up with the Pace. (See what I did there? See it? I made a pun using my name and innuedo to… sorry, blacked out.) But this game had instant classic written all over it… what’s a man-boy to do?

Here was “Eileen”, but here also was Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, two fiery youngsters getting their first taste of the playoffs against the grizzled veterans and defending champions of Boston. Five games in and the series was already a modern classic (Remember when TNT used to show Shawshank Redemption 12 times a week?) on par with the excitement of March Madness’ opening weekend.

I wasn’t a fan of either team — mine is the middling Hawks — but anyone with warm blood in their veins couldn’t help but be enthralled by this series. Sure, there was a moderate-to-good-looking girl trying to hook up with me, but I was about to see the fourth game go to overtime in a single series! A new record! Record-breakers are like catnip for sports fans!

I promise her: “After the game we can get out of here.” I ask: “Can we wait until this overtime ends?” Finally, on my third cup of Death Punch and with my libido strung up like Tuco in the cemetery, I slur: “Now we can go, if it still works.”

But no one was there. She had left sometime in the third OT. I was drunk, left in a Sausagefest with other drunk guys acting stupid about sports. But I saw one of the sickest games I’d ever seen, and that was all that mattered.

So when you ask me what is the greatest sports moment I’ve ever seen, a number of other iconic, probably more significant events come to mind. But only one of them has ever resulted in me (willingly) not getting laid.

The stakes couldn’t be lower. A mid-season battle between the Cowboys and the Bills.

Romo gives away the ball 5 times in this match. No one wins a -5 turnover. I can’t tell you how many times I walked away from my TV cursing the Cowboys and how the game was over.

But it wasn’t. Romo kept making up for his mistakes and driving the Cowboys down-field. Down 8 points with 3:45 left in the game, Romo drives the team 80 yards for a touhdown. Then the 2-point conversion FAILS! Game over. But with 20 seconds remaining the desperation onside kick is kicked. It ACTUALLY WORKS! With 18 seconds on the clock Romo completes 2 clutch throws to the sidelines to get into field goal range.

A 53 yard field goal, which Nick Folk has never made. But he makes it! Amazingly he makes it! But, oh, the kicker was iced by a time-out. DAMNIT! They line-up to re-kick it and Folk makes it AGAIN! Leading to the post-game comment, “Nick Folk won us that game with a 106 yard field goal!”

So much addrenaline and excitement, so much drama in that game. Such a fun game to watch.

As a Chiefs fan growing up in Denver, this game was so sweet. It was back and forth shootout between two of the best. Elway led the Broncos down the field on a TD he ran in himself. It was 28-224 with less than 2 minutes left in the game. My heart sank. Montana had a sore shoulder but he was able to take the Chiefs down the field and managed to hit Willie Davis who extended his arms for the game winning TD. Just like that, we had come back and won the game. Never have I ever seen a game where I was so up and down emotionally as this one, it had to be for me the biggest Chiefs victory outside of the 1969 superbowl. My heart pounds just thinking about!

I was 1 when they were in the 85 Bowl. I don’t care that they lost (well I do); I was just happy they were there. I’m also a Peyton Manning fan, so losing to him somewhat eased the pain.

That entire season was amazing to watch.

In 1995, I watched Tony Pena hit an extra-inning HR for the Cleveland Indians to give them their first postseason win in 40 years. I watched that on a 4-inch screen, black and white tv that was meant for taking out on picnics, and not for when you’re supposed to be sleeping in bed.

As sweet as it looked, would probably have looked much better in 3D/HD.

…playing golf on the moon.

1. Happened on TV, so it must be true.

2. Golf is sort of a sport, and he WAS dressed funny.

3. Magnitude of the achievement cannot be denied. It was out of this world!

I became so excited when James Harrison intercepted the ball in front of the endzone that I leapt from the couch, causing my lamp to fall and crash into the television.

I had to go to my neighbor’s house to see the results of the play. And kept my butt firmly in place for the remainder of the game.

GT- 45… university of georgie- 42

No better moment in history if you are an American.

I wish I could have been there, but watching Neftali strike out A-Rod to advance to the World Series is something I will certainly never forget.

Though I was only 14 years old when it happened. I vividly remember the kick returned that changed it all. The pass across the field to dyson and the run in for the score. Simply amazing!!

Also being a Minnesota boy I also remember when the Gophers Knocked off Penn State when they had aarington and were ranked in the top 5. The field goal kick that barely made it over aarington to cement the amazing upset!!

First time they ever advanced to the second round of the playoffs ever and it was amazing

Finally getting to watch the Packers in the Super Bowl. My entire life was filled with glorious ineptitude with this team until I left the state and moved to Minnesota for school. It was crazy to watch the game surrounded by people who hated my team but it was a glorious day and an incredible game.

swaggerific!

bottom 9, little know rookie closer adam wainwright catches mets centerfielder carlos beltran looking on a curveball. cardinals are national league champions

The goosebumps felt when Todd Helton of the Rockies took in the final out of the 2007 NLCS and the Rockies continuing their amazing run to the World Series. Helton’s reaction represents all of Colorado at that moment! AMAZING! Go Rockies

The first Nebraska national championship in my lifetime.

Wainer strikes out Inge swinging on a slider away. First championship I can remember.

Big Mets fan as a kid, thought the series was over until the ball went through Buckner’s legs.

The Reds last post-seaosn victory in 1995, where Nomo pitched for the Dodgers and Ron Gant hit a monster homerun to seal the sweep.

but it was probably the best when Adam Wainwright struck out Carlos Beltran in Game 7… not just struck… he straight up owned the bitch by completely freezing him

Game 5 of WS comes pretty close (and at the time definitely better because Cards uh won a WS)

Watching Adam Wainwright bend that huge curveball past Brandon Inge. It’s the stuff dreams are made of.

Honorable Mentions:
2005 NLCS game 5 (Albert ruins Lidge)
2006 NLCS game 7 (Cards comeback to beat the mets, Yadi HR, WW K looking of Beltran)
WInter Olympics Canada vs. USA gold medal game
Mark McGwire HR 62

Christian Laettner hits the buzzer beater, Duke beats Kentucky 104-103, and my dad and I wake up everyone in the hotel in Raleigh in which we were staying, screaming like maniacs. I don’t follow basketball that closely anymore — football is more my speed — but I will always remember sharing my dad’s excitement for his alma mater.

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As a Braves fan, even though we were eliminated, seeing the Giants players and coaches stop their celebration and everyone in the stadium applaud Bobby Cox was pretty amazing. I’m 20 and next season will be the first time in my life that Bobby Cox has not been managing the Braves.

When Dale Earnhardt died in the 2001 Daytona 500, many nascar fans thought the sport was over. The biggest star died in the biggest race. 3 races later in the 2001 Cracker Barrel 500, Kevin Harvick won (in his 3rd race). I can still remember the feeling knowing that nascar would continue on. The vision of Chocolate Myers crying and the fans cheering will never be forgotten. It couldn’t have been written that perfect. That may have been one of the most significant races in modern nascar history.

Luis Gonzalez at bat, Mariano Rivera on the mound. 1 out.
Blooper to shallow center, walk-off!!!
Diamondbacks Win the World Series!!

It has to be the 1984 Orange Bowl. I had just moved to Sarasota, Fl and was recovering from the new years party alone screaming and running around my little apartment like a mad man. When that pass was tipped away and Miami won I started bawling like a baby. Good times!

Fiesta Bowl.
THE GREATEST FOOTBALL GAME EVER PLAYED.

1980 Winter Olympics Men’s Hockey Team… I was only 12 but I remember watching the games leading up to the USSR and the feeling of pride as the whole country got caught up in the team, which made it so much bigger than an individual city team. What Al Michaels “Do you believe in miracles?…YES!” still says this is his greatest broadcasting moment. One of the all time best sports moments on TV period.

Adam Wainwright’s curve ball to freeze Carlos Beltran was one of the most beautiful things that I have ever seen.

The Angels make a miraculous comeback over the Giants to stay alive and force game 7 in route to their first world championship.

2nd biggest comeback victory in NFL playoff history. You could feel the energy and the momentum completely shift. One of the greatest games I’ve ever watched.

Victory over Oklahoma in the 2003 Big XII title game at Arrowhead Stadium. Darren Sproles running up and down the field (along with El Roberson) while the Sooner Schooner sat quiet with a flat wheel. Speaking of flat, that just about describes the OK fans throughout most of the game.

at Coors Field in 2007. From the insertion of Jorge Julio to Matsui’s and Tulo’s back to back doubles, Holiday’s triple and then Carroll’s sac fly was one of the greatest games of all time. In Denver we will always have The Drive, but The Slide is right there with it.

I gotta mention my tie:

Rangers v. Yankees, Game 7, 2010 ALCS

Texas v. USC, BCS National Championship game

I got to watch both and the emotion involved in each was ridiculous.

Enough said!

Dale Earnhardt finally winning the Daytona 500 and every member of every team lining up on pit road to congratulate him. In no other sport will you witness this display of respect amongst the competitors. I had tears in my eyes watching this display of emotion.

As much as many hate the BCS, this game truly featured the two best teams in college football that year playing for the national championship. This game had no lack for star power and featured amazing plays from both teams. I was certain that USC had the game won…and then there was Vince Young.

I’d have to say the 2006 Tositito’s Fiesta Bowl game between Oklahoma and Boise State. Probably the best college football game i’ve ever watched and what an exciting ending! Boise State prevailed in the proverbial David vs. Goliath matchup and really put themselves in national spotlight and helped put them where they are now.

This race had so much at stake, not only from a team standpoint with a Nation watching, but also had history at stake with Michael Phelps going for the Olympic record for gold Medals.

Going up against the Favored Germans with the anchor for the Germans having registered the fastest 100 split time iin history.

Jason Leezak made an unbelievable comeback and made up a full body length with about 20 meters to go, it was a 3 1/2 minute race which keeps the excitement all throughout with an unbelievable finish…

Even non swimming fans loved it

Absolutely Amazing

Pulling out the 4×100 relay in the 2008 Olympics by fractions of a second over the French. You could feel the pressure and the energy, and when they won it was an instant I can’t believe I saw that happen moment.

Or at least what should’ve been his last shot. When Jordan buried that jumper to beat the Jazz after stealing the ball from Malone (who I absolutely POSITIVELY can’t stand!) was just amazing. As someone who has written more than 1 college paper on the G.O.A.T. that moment is one I’ll never forget watching live and will tell my grandkids about – my 18 month old daughter has already heard the story 73 times – and that is the greatest moment I’ve ever seen live on TV.

Morton Anderson missing an easy chip shot field goal in the 4th quarter that would give the Jaguars their 1st Wild Card Playoff Birth. The start of a great playoff run for the underdog Jaguars.

Growing up a Saints fan, UL Ragin’ Cajuns fan, and later an Ole Miss fan, I don’t have many chances to celebrate winning. Wife and I watched the game at a friend’s apartment in the Quarter, then went down to a balcony on Bourbon where other friends booked a suite. It was, without a doubt, the best sporting memory of my life.

Eli Manning to David Tyree for the Helmet Catch in Superbowl 42 against the Patriots.

1980 Winter Olympics when team USA defeated the Soviets. I have others, Angels winning the World Series. Nebraska Championships. But the Miracle on Ice was so special, I will never forget it.