25 Greatest Sports Moments of the Last 25 Years…What’s Yours?
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by user LastRow
What would life be without sports? Ever think of that? I’ve often wondered being such an avid sports crazy ass, how in the hell can there be people out there who aren’t interested in any aspect of sports? What must that dark, cold world be like…I’m sure everybody has these individuals in their family. I know I do! The ones who can’t distinguish a driver from a hockey stick…Yeah, those kind of people. The world of sports for people that follow it gives each and every one of us a passion like no other…Sure women can’t understand that, but we can’t understand women…So the feeling’s mutual! On occasion a given sporting event goes from just that, to something far more superior…As it’s etched in our craws and history forever. Giving us lasting memories…When one happens, we tend not to forget them, for it’s more than watching them unfold, one never seems to forget where they were or what they were doing. USA TODAY has done an interesting thing in chronicling the biggest stories and scandals in the sports world over the last 25 years.
While these 25 are highly debatable, and the grounds for compiling these 25 events may come into question by any given individual…Really, isn’t that what the world of sports really is? Debatable. Sure my list would be different and so would anyone else, but sports isn’t black & white…Sure, winning & losing might be, but that’s it. So without further ado, let the debating commence! http://www.usatoday.com/news/top25-sportsmoments.htm
#1) Red Sox Win World Series What, did Red Sox nation complain that they had to top this list? Okay, we get the idiots came back in dramatic fashion that year, but wasn’t it against the Yanks, not the Redbirds? A World Series sweep is the greatest moment of the past 25 years, come on. Or was this selection based on the century span between World Series pennants? Because if so, shouldn’t the White Sox be number two on the list, then?
#9) Magic Johnson retires with HIV Um, shouldn’t this be higher than nine? We’re talking HIV here…Up until then we all thought that this was the kiss of death. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t this one single event brings HIV/AIDS to a whole different level as far as the public eye’s concerned? I still remember sitting in the dentist’s chair as I heard the news come over the radio.
#11) Doug Flutie’s Hail Mary pass Just a question, a hail mary pass is this high, why? Okay, the game was an epic battle between the Canes & the Eagles…But it’s not like we’ve seen a hail mary completed since then. A "lucky" completed pass gets ranked this high…Just ahead of Dale Earnhardt’s death. Am I the only one who sees a problem with this? I guess they had to pick one football event, so why not this one, right?
#12) Dale Earnhardt’s death Speaking of which, why is this all the way down at 12. Why all he did was help in the transformation of NASCAR. All he was, was the face of the sport for so many years. One of the best drivers the circuit will ever know…An icon if you will only grabs the 12th spot? Hmmmm…….
#19) Postponed by earthquake The word higher comes to mind with this one. I thought this was a "Biggest Stories" list…Just like with Magic, nobody will ever forget where they were!
#20) Ashe has AIDS Again, more than a sports story…A story that was global only gets the #20 spot. A life or death issue fails in comparison to a Christian Laettner jumper or the Harding-Kerrigan skating soap opera scandal…A sex tape was created out of this whole CLUSTER****. So yeah, my point proven, Okay!
#22) O.J. Simpson trial Um, again, higher….Plain & Simple, this one single event changed everything about everything!
#24) Pervasiveness of ESPN Perhaps this should be number one? I know you’re not suppose to promote others, but this network like it or not has most likely has had the greatest impact on sports, period. And the 24th slot doesn’t do them nor the world of sports justice!
#25) Gretzky sets NHL scoring record The NHL still can’t get any love! One of the greatest things to ever happen in a particular sport, not to mention what was done by the best ever to put on a pair of skates barely makes the list? Although I guess the NHL should be glad they made a cameo…The NFL is MIA.
Of all the things that have happened in the number one sport to watch in this country, the National Football League doesn’t have at least one memorable moment over the past 25 years…Come on! I really have a difficult time swallowing that pill!
Well, those are just some of the random things cooking, (or is it burning) in my kitchen…Although it’s worth noting I’m no Emeril Lagasse! What’s cooking in yours?
