Plays that are ingrained in your mind

[Guest bob_barron]

Starks dunk over the Bulls in 1993. The one time I ever liked Starks.

 

Elway's run in Super Bowl v. Packers where he lunged for this extra yard and got killed.

 

Justice's HR in 95 to give the Braves the world series.

[Guest Ripper]

I know that the WNBA isn't the most popular sport around here, but the New York Liberty/Houston Comets game 2 in the finals a few years back is probably one of the most amazing finishes in Basketball history.

 

The Coments are ahead by 2 with like 2 seconds left, the Liberty have no time outs. They are at home so the crowd is going ape shit and the ballons and streamers start to drop to celebrate their championship when Teresa f'n Wetherspoon hits a 3 pointer from behind half court to win the game.

 

A arena full of people going from screaming to silence in one second is absolutly amazing.

[Guest bob_barron]

That remindes me of another one-

 

The four point play.

 

It was an awesome day for sports in the NYC area cause the Belmont Stakes, Subway Series and Pacers v. Knicks Game 3 were all on the same day.

 

I went to the Mets v. Yankees day but anywho...

 

The Knicks v. Pacers are tied 1-1 in the series and the game is close even though with like five seconds left the Pacers are up by three. My dad, not wanting to cause bad luck, leaves the room and I sit there praying.

 

Larry Johnson has the ball and goes for a three pointer and gets fouled.

 

AND THE BALL GOES IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I went absolutely apeshit, running around screaming my head off, injuring myself jumping off stuff just going crazy.

 

Seeing like 20,000 all stand up and go crazy at once was just amazing.

 

That play is ingrained in my memory definetly.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

IIRC, that was a bullshit call. Johnson was fouled *way* before he shot the ball, so the shot should not have counted.

 

I'm not a fan of the Pacers, but I was rooting for NY to lose.

[Guest bob_barron]

It's a judgement call. I think the ref made good judgement.

 

Don't piss on the moment!

 

And I will never ever EEEEVER root for the Pacers at all. I hate them with a passion.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

bah!

[Guest Redhawk]

"Johnson was fouled *way* before he shot the ball, so the shot should not have counted."

 

"It's a judgement call. I think the ref made good judgement."

 

Actually, I read an article in SI where the ref who made the call admits he blew it and dwelled on it for weeks afterwards.

 

Some more on my list...

 

1. Roy Jones KO'ing Virgill Hill with a rib shot (It was a RIGHT hand, by the way) -- I swear you could hear the "crack." As soon as he hit him we were all like, "It's over."

 

2. Kevin Garnett dunked on someone on the Nuggets a few years ago in Minnesota. Just brutal. I think it may have been Tom Hammonds. It was just the nastiest dunk you'd ever want to see.

 

3. Scottie Pippen's dunk on Patrick Ewing in the '94 playoffs.

 

4. Ewing missing a finger roll that would have beat the Pacers in the playoffs.

 

5. Reggie going off for 25 points in the 4th quarter against the Knicks.

 

6. Hakeem Olajuwon just embarrassing David Robinson in the '94 playoffs. And then Shaq schooled D-Rob seven years later.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

1. Roy Jones KO'ing Virgill Hill with a rib shot (It was a RIGHT hand, by the way) -- I swear you could hear the "crack." As soon as he hit him we were all like, "It's over."

Was it a right? I haven't watched it since it happened, but I thought he'd broken some ribs or punctured something. It looked BAD. The whole crowd went into that "Oooooooh, SHIT!" mode, and then Hill was on the mat screaming. Foreman on commentary was great during that as well. "You get hit like that and it doesn't matter if you win or lose the fight, you just want it to stop hurtin'."

 

God I wish there was some competition in the light heavyweight division for Jones.

[Guest treble charged]

Another one for me would be when Vince Carter's shot in game 7 of the 2001 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals just missed, and the Raptors lost the game to Philadelphia. Now, I'm not a huge basketball fan, but I, like most people in my region, really started getting into the Raptors around that time, and when that ball hit the rim and bounced back, it broke my heart.

[Guest gthureson]

I think it was the 1989 playoffs, Kings/Flames in the division finals. The Kings, in their first season with Gretzky, had knocked off the Oilers, coming back from 3-1 in the first round.

 

Late in the series against the Flames, McSorely is chasing a puck deep in the Flames end, Vernon comes a bit out of the net to slow him down a bit while I think Suter picks it up.

 

Marty takes a love tap at him. I mean, this was only a little more than a face wash. But Vernon sells it like he was shot with a sniper rifle. Arms in the air, falling back, he's acting like he is dead.

 

The play starts going back the other way, and the Flames trainer, Bearcat Williams is *ALREADY* halfway down to Vernon. The play is crossing the Kings blueline, and there is Bearcat, leaning over Vernon in the crease.

 

At the point, I'm wondering, "Shouldn't this play be called? There seems to be somebody on the ice that shouldn't be there while play is going on...."

 

The Flames score, pull ahead, and win the series, and NOONE ever mentions that Bearcat Williams was on the ice for the last 30 seconds of the play......

 

WTF?

 

I will always remember that.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

Here's another Jordan moment I forgot about:

 

In a meaningless Hornets/Bulls game in 92, Jordan's coming down the lane and rook(I think) Alonzo Mourning is standing under the basket waiting to block the shot. Jordan breezes past all the rest of the Hornets players and posterizes Mourning with a SICK ass dunk. If you looked close enough before Zo covered his head, you could see him mouth "Holy SHIT!".

 

And how in the hell could I forget all the times he's made Patbrick Ewing his personal bitch? Dropping 55 on the Knicks his first MSG game back? Man... I'd have hated to have been a Knicks fan back then.

 

[Guest bob_barron]

Yea- it sucked being a Knicks fan then

[Agent_Bond34 0]

Joe Theismann's broken leg- Possibly one of the sickest things I've ever seen in sports to this day.

How exactly did this happen? I am probably a bit too young to remember it, I'm 19 if that says anything.

 

"The catch by Terrell Owens to end the Packers season in the 1998 playoffs against San Francisco. I swear, that just about ripped my heart out. Tremendous game otherwise, but dammit dammit dammit. I was depressed all the next day."

 

I was gonna mention that until I seen your post. That was fucking brilliance, mostly because I'm a 49ers fan.

 

That 'Music City Miracle' was brought up and is another play I can remember pretty well. That play seemed as if it was gonna be stopped short.

 

Others:

 

Jordan's last shot as a Bull..

The 49ers winning Super Bowl 29 in convincing fashion over San Diego. I loved every second of that.

Scott Norwood's infamous chokejob missing that FG against the Giants in the Super Bowl.

The 49ers losing to the Bears last year in overtime, I lost five fucking dollars off of that! I remember my look of disbelief when the Bears won.

That Tracy McGrady dunk from the NBA All-Star Game (I don't remember when) but it was pretty sweet.

The Raiders losing the now infamous 'Snow Game'

The Rams losing the Super Bowl to the Patriots.

The celebration Terrell Owens did in Dallas two years ago that got him the one game suspension, that was gold!

 

Edited to include: Garrison Hearst's broken leg against the Falcons in 1999 in the playoffs.

[Guest Powerplay]

Always Pissed Off: The guys name was Mike Utley. Very sad day.

 

Hockey:

 

Darren McCarty's Goal in the final game of 1997 SCF.

Igor Larionov's Goal that ended the 3OT game in Carolina this last year.

Patrick Roy getting pulled in a playoff game.

Claude Lemieux's dirty shot on Kris Draper.

Darren McCarty's Revenge shot the next game on Lemieux.

Nic Lidstrom's half-ice goal that saved the Wings post-season.

Arturs Irbe in 3OT game being ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. He was an inspiration in goal, even to a Detroit fan.

Vladimir Konstantinov and Sergi Mnatsakanov getting in a car crash and going into a coma.

 

Football:

 

The Pats field goal to win the Super Bowl.

The Titans' getting within a yard of the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl.

1991 Playoffs, where the Detroit Lions absolutely DESTROYED the Cowboys, and Barry outran Emmit Smith by a large margin.

 

Basketball:

 

Bill Lamibeer hitting 3 consecutive 3 pointers.

Just about any time Isiah Thomas hit the floor and played his A game.

Vinnie Johnson hitting the 2 point jumper to beat the Portland Trailblazers for the NBA Championship.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

Joe Theismann's broken leg- Possibly one of the sickest things I've ever seen in sports to this day.

How exactly did this happen? I am probably a bit too young to remember it, I'm 19 if that says anything.

 

Joe dropped back to pass and Lawerence Taylor came in on a blitz. LT hits him and Joe's leg just goes limp. Just imagine Ed McCaffery's broken leg last year on MNF only a bit more gruesome. I was just in shock watching it and seeing LT scream for medics was kinda traumatizing.

[Guest bob_barron]

I went to the Sugar Bowl in 2000 when Florida St played Virginia Tech and Theismann was throwing a football into like a hole to win money for some guy.

 

When he comes on me and my dad start chanting: LT! LT! LT! He completely fucked up his pass and didnt win anything.

[Guest treble charged]

Nic Lidstrom's half-ice goal that saved the Wings post-season.

When that happened, I was in a state of shock. I'm not nescessarily a Vancouver fan, but I tend to root for the Canadian teams in the play-offs. It took ALL of the Canucks' confidence away, especially Cloutier, who was pulled in the last game of the series.

 

Heartbreaking.

[Guest Kingpk]

Remembered another one:

 

I was at the New England/Miami game in 1994(?) where Marino passed Tarkenton for #1 on the career passing yards list. The Dolphins got their asses kicked that day, though.

[Guest bob_barron]

Nic Lidstrom's half-ice goal that saved the Wings post-season.

When that happened, I was in a state of shock. I'm not nescessarily a Vancouver fan, but I tend to root for the Canadian teams in the play-offs. It took ALL of the Canucks' confidence away, especially Cloutier, who was pulled in the last game of the series.

 

Heartbreaking.

I was listening on the radio when Lidstrom scored and nearly fell over in shock.

 

Damn that sucked

[Agent_Bond34 0]

Joe Theismann's broken leg- Possibly one of the sickest things I've ever seen in sports to this day.

How exactly did this happen? I am probably a bit too young to remember it, I'm 19 if that says anything.

 

Joe dropped back to pass and Lawerence Taylor came in on a blitz. LT hits him and Joe's leg just goes limp. Just imagine Ed McCaffery's broken leg last year on MNF only a bit more gruesome. I was just in shock watching it and seeing LT scream for medics was kinda traumatizing.

That sounds gruesome, although I never did see Ed McCaffrey's broken leg on MNF last year, so, I can't compare it to that.

[Guest danielisthor]

1997 Game 7 World Series, Cleveland Indians -vs- Florida Marlins 11th inning, Edgar Rentaria's single to center scoring Craig Counsell to give the Marlins the World Series.

 

Vinny Testeverde's 5th and final interception -vs- Penn State at the Fiesta Bowl in 1987, killing the chance for what would have been the U of Miami their 2nd NCAA Championship.

[Guest danielisthor]

Remembered another one:

 

I was at the New England/Miami game in 1994(?) where Marino passed Tarkenton for #1 on the career passing yards list. The Dolphins got their asses kicked that day, though.

Marino was either playing with a sore shoulder or banged up ribs. i don't quite remember which though, but i was at that game as well.

[Guest Redhawk]

College Football

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Oregon vs. Washington, sometime between 95-97: The Huskies had drove down inside the 15, trailing by a few points. Damon Huard throws over the middle, but freshman cornerback Kenny Wheaton picks it off and takes it 99 yards for the TD. This was back when UW used to kick Oregon's ass all the time, so the Duck fans were going nuts.

 

Notre Dame (#2) vs. Florida St. (#1): This was at the height of my Notre Dame fandom.

 

Notre Dame (#1) vs. Boston College: The week after finally getting the top spot, the Irish blow it on a last-second FG by BC.

 

Tommie Frazier running over 9-10 Florida Gators in the national title game.

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

Any and all Canadians will remember the infamous score of 5-2. That's all I gots to say about 'dat.

[Guest antoine08]

--Miracle At The Meadow Lands-Celtics have an amazing come back with a game winning half court shot after a steal down by 2.

 

 

--pierces 46 point second half aginst the nets at the meadowlands

 

--Antoine Walkers game winning 3pointer against the lakers in there stadium to win the game after calling off Kobe Bryants almost winning game shot.the celtics went 2-0 in the regular season vs. the lakers. if paul pierce kept his mouth shut in new jersey this past year i think they would have killed the nets and been at least respectable against the lakers

if not wiping the floor with them

 

 

--Mark Graces home run ball in a blow out this season(i think it was probably the second funniest thing in baseball)

 

--i dont remember what player or even what team the guy played for but it was definetley the funniest thing i have ever seen in any game.

a babseball player dived into first on a close play ,stood up and started dusting himself off.he must have forgot the crowd was there because he dropped his pants and casually dusted himself off in his underware,he soon realized this and pulled up his pants so fast it hurt!i felt so bad for him trying to hide himself to 30,000 people on first base.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

The black power salute at the Olympics.

 

The runner who was injured at 92 Olympics and who finished the race aided by his father.