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Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,609
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I just turned on CBS showing the 1983 NCAA Championship between NC State and Houston.  I’ve considered this the best college basketball game ever played and my favorite sporting event of all time.  What’s yours?
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  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,946
    2016 World Series 
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,663
    edited March 2020
    As a MD bball fan it is easily 2002 Final Four followed closely by the first Ravens Super Bowl win.
    Took this picture yesterday....

  • MalrothMalroth Posts: 2,513
    Game 5, 2016 World Series. I was in Wrigley.
    Still stuns me to think Dexter Fowler was the first black man to bat in a world series for the cubs.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,609
    Malroth said:
    Game 5, 2016 World Series. I was in Wrigley.
    Still stuns me to think Dexter Fowler was the first black man to bat in a world series for the cubs.
    Was that the game Arodis Chapman pitched three innings?
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,834
    A good thing happened here. 


    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,609
    dankind said:
    A good thing happened here. 


    I finally took the time to watch this game on YouTube on the 40th Anniversary.  
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,839
    1993 World Series, despite the result. 
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

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  • JPPJ84JPPJ84 Posts: 3,462
    Rugby World Cup Final 2011


  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,081
    Wow.  So many to think of.
    Tough question.
    Maybe the 2003 Orange Bowl, USC over Iowa.
    Carson Palmer's last game - the Trojans found their groove and were ready to explode all over the backs of other college football teams for the next few years.
    It is quite something to realize that something special is happening and although that was not a championship game or anything, we knew it was a special time.  That staff was so great and we were getting great results.

    Lots (and lots) of other favorites.
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  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,609
    If I had to choose one of my teams, it would probably be the 2014 Wild Card game, Royals vs Athletics.  Down 7-3 and came back to win, after KC’s first playoff appearance in 29 years.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,752
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    1993 World Series, despite the result. 

    I'll go with the '08 World Series although the '93 one was great also.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • darwinstheorydarwinstheory Posts: 6,290

    Easiest question I have ever answered. Game 7. This is the camera that Raji Davis' HR hit. That was one of the most gut wrenching moments of my life. But... =)  =)  =)
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz 2

    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,680
    2001 Wimbledon Finals.  Ivanisevic def. Rafter

    2001 NBA Finals Game 1 —- Iverson takes down Kobe and Shaq all by himself. 
  • JPPJ84JPPJ84 Posts: 3,462
    ^^ that reminds me... Wimbledon 2008 Nadal - Federer. What a match!
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,083
    Don't care about sports, but I guess the one I remember is Sweden winning the bronze in the 1994 World Cup

    https://youtu.be/lQ91VWH1_cg

    Or the Olympic Games final of 1994 with Forsbergs goal and Salos save

    https://youtu.be/lbjbYT3mg4Q






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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Kerry Strug
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    AFL Grand Final.
    Soccer world cup.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Hi!Hi! Posts: 3,095

    Detroit 2000, Detroit 2003 1-2, Grand Rapids VFC 2004, Philly 2005, Grand Rapids 2006, Detroit 2006, Cleveland 2006, Lollapalooza 2007, Detroit Eddie Solo 2011, Detroit 2014, Chicago 2016 1-2, Chicago 2018 1-2, Ohana Encore 2021 1-2, Chicago Eddie/Earthlings 2022 1-2, Nashville 2022, St. Louis 2022

  • Leathe?ma?Leathe?ma? Posts: 354
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Don't care about sports, but I guess the one I remember is Sweden winning the bronze in the 1994 World Cup

    https://youtu.be/lQ91VWH1_cg

    Or the Olympic Games final of 1994 with Forsbergs goal and Salos save

    https://youtu.be/lbjbYT3mg4Q






    Oh, I remember WC 94, we were in the same group, and you had a great team, Andersson, Larson, Brohlin, dahlen. .
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,839
    eeriepadave said:
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    1993 World Series, despite the result. 

    I'll go with the '08 World Series although the '93 one was great also.
    Well of course ‘08 is better cause we won. But I was an adult by then. It was fun and exciting, but it doesn’t touch the excitement of your team playing in the World Series when you’re 10 years old. 

    A runner-up sporting event for me is Wrestlemania 10. I’m a big Bret Hart guy. 
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

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  • MalrothMalroth Posts: 2,513
    cdthomas1981 said:
    Malroth said:
    Game 5, 2016 World Series. I was in Wrigley.
    Still stuns me to think Dexter Fowler was the first black man to bat in a world series for the cubs.
    Was that the game Arodis Chapman pitched three innings?

    Yeah, the cubs used him up that year.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,609
    Malroth said:
    cdthomas1981 said:
    Malroth said:
    Game 5, 2016 World Series. I was in Wrigley.
    Still stuns me to think Dexter Fowler was the first black man to bat in a world series for the cubs.
    Was that the game Arodis Chapman pitched three innings?

    Yeah, the cubs used him up that year.
    That was one of the gutsiest performances I have ever seen from a pitcher.

    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,859
    It's really difficult to pick just one. 
    I guess I'll have to go with the NY Rangers winning the Cup in 1994. 
    But the Giants beating the Pats in 2008 is damn close.
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,834
    eddiec said:
    It's really difficult to pick just one. 
    I guess I'll have to go with the NY Rangers winning the Cup in 1994. 
    But the Giants beating the Pats in 2008 is damn close.
    Miracle on Ice just barely edged out the Rangers’ 1994 cup run. 

    It was similar for me in how beating dirty Jersey was almost more meaningful than beating Vancouver for the Cup. Jersey was USSR, and Vancouver was Finland. 


    Matteau! Matteau!! Matteau!!!
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,859
    dankind said:
    eddiec said:
    It's really difficult to pick just one. 
    I guess I'll have to go with the NY Rangers winning the Cup in 1994. 
    But the Giants beating the Pats in 2008 is damn close.
    Miracle on Ice just barely edged out the Rangers’ 1994 cup run. 

    It was similar for me in how beating dirty Jersey was almost more meaningful than beating Vancouver for the Cup. Jersey was USSR, and Vancouver was Finland. 


    Matteau! Matteau!! Matteau!!!
    I only put the Rangers ahead because I was seven when Team USA played the Russians, and while I watched it, I don't have the same emotional connection to it. 
    But you're right: Jersey=Russians, Vancouver=Finland
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,417

    I would have liked to have been in the crowd for

    Ali-Frazier I and III

    Secretariat winning the Belmont

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,609
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    I would have liked to have been in the crowd for

    Ali-Frazier I and III

    Secretariat winning the Belmont

    So many Ali fights I wish I was alive for.

    Rumble in the Jungle
    Ali vs Liston I
    Ali vs Spinks II

    and the two you mention above
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,119
    The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is the best sporting event imo.

    My favorite year would have to be 2017, when my alma mater made a Cinderella run to the Final Four, beating a couple of teams/coaches that I really don't like.
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,609
    markymark550 said:
    The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is the best sporting event imo.

    My favorite year would have to be 2017, when my alma mater made a Cinderella run to the Final Four, beating a couple of teams/coaches that I really don't like.
    I'm assuming your alma mater is South Carolina.  Frank Martin is one of the best coaches in the NCAA.  K-State really screwed themselves by chasing him out of town.

    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
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