The greatest Sports Victory in the past 50 years was.......
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The greatest Sports Victory in North America in the past 50 years was....................????
Any sport. This Sports Victory had to have significant importance and meaning.
Any sport. This Sports Victory had to have significant importance and meaning.
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<< <i>Last year's superbowl has to be up there. Who saw that coming besides the hopeful Giant fans? >>
2 - Giants over the then 18-0 Patriots
<< <i>2004 ALCS Boston storming back for a series victory after going down 3 games to none. >>
...and how did I know you would say that?
Just for that I'll have to choose the Bucky F---ing Dent game.
2004 Red Sox winning the ALCS after being down 3-0
2001 Patriots beating the 14 point favorite Rams
1988 Wimbledon FC beating Liverpool for the FA Cup title.
1980 USA Hockey over USSR
1993 NCAA Tournament #15 Santa Clara over #2 Arizona
2004 Masters - Mickelson defeats Els with back 9 31. Els played amazingly too.
1986 Masters - Nicklaus defeats Norman
1991 James Buster Douglas defeats Mike Tyson for heavyweight title
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<< <i>2004 ALCS Boston storming back for a series victory after going down 3 games to none. >>
...and how did I know you would say that?
Just for that I'll have to choose the Bucky F---ing Dent game. >>
Throw in the Aaron F---ing Boone game for good measure.
Mets-Orioles 1969 World Series
Stanford's 13-12 win over Michigan in the Rosebowl
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<< <i>Last year's superbowl has to be up there. Who saw that coming besides the hopeful Giant fans? >>
LOL
Not saying I was happy about that Paul. I hate the Giants and would rather have had the Pats win that game.
Nobody can deny that not being in the top 10.
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<< <i>How about the 1986 World Series -- when the Red Sox grasped Defeat from the Jaws of Victory. Thank you Bill Buckner!! >>
Yes!!! Now that one I fully enjoyed being a Met fan
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<< <i>How about the 1986 World Series -- when the Red Sox grasped Defeat from the Jaws of Victory. Thank you Bill Buckner!! >>
Eh nobody even gives that a thought anymore since the Sox won two World Series since then. Not to mention the 3 ( count em 3 ) Patriot Super Bowls as well. Boston Fans are very happy fans to say the least- I know that upsets you..So sorry.
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I'd agree with the Miracle on Ice, but I would also add that the Flyers 4-1 victory over the Russians in
1975 ? was just as significant.
Red Sox being down 3-0 to the Yankees and coming back could easily be the greatest Sports Victory because
no other team had ever done that.
I guess the Miracle on Ice would get my vote. This same Russian team beat the USA like 13-3 the month before at
Madison Square Garden, and the year before that beat an NHL All-Star team 6-0 at Madison Square Garden. I remember
watching the game and being absolutely shocked to see Gerry Cheevers and a bunch of professional Canadian players
get absolutely torched by these Russians. So Miracle on Ice would have to be it.
For me, I will take the miracle on ice in 1980 when the US beat the Soviets in hockey.
Jets over Colts deserves a nod, too, as it legitimized the old AFL as an equal to the NFL.
Giants knocking out the Patriots to a footnote in the history book, LOL..
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<< <i>How about the 1986 World Series -- when the Red Sox grasped Defeat from the Jaws of Victory. Thank you Bill Buckner!! >>
Eh nobody even gives that a thought anymore since the Sox won two World Series since then. Not to mention the 3 ( count em 3 ) Patriot Super Bowls as well. Boston Fans are very happy fans to say the least- I know that upsets you..So sorry.
Thanks >>
No one will ever forget Bill Bunker. He is baseball's Scott Norwood.
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<< <i>How about the 1986 World Series -- when the Red Sox grasped Defeat from the Jaws of Victory. Thank you Bill Buckner!! >>
Eh nobody even gives that a thought anymore since the Sox won two World Series since then. Not to mention the 3 ( count em 3 ) Patriot Super Bowls as well. Boston Fans are very happy fans to say the least- I know that upsets you..So sorry.
Thanks >>
No one will ever forget Bill Bunker. He is baseball's Scott Norwood. >>
No doubt about it! Im just letting Fanof who? know that it doesnt hurt that much anymore. See he likes to throw his jabs at Boston fans ( out of jealousy ofcourse ) So I felt it was neccesary to remind him that its not all "gloom & Doom" for Boston fans anymore-however upsetting it may be to him.
Boston College win over Miami with a miracle "hail mary" pass from Doug Flutie:
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Still trying to shake 'The Pass'
By Mike Freeman, The New York Times (1998?)
NATICK -- The football keeps floating, floating, hanging in the lights. It is the miracle pass thrown by Doug Flutie almost 14 years ago and it will never come down. He was the little man that could, and he had the arm that did. Flutie was the quarterback for Boston College and that 48-yard "Hail Mary" pass into rain and gusty winds to Gerard Phelan led the Eagles to a 47-45 victory over Miami in the Orange Bowl on Nov. 23, 1984. That is a day Flutie will never forget; mainly because no one will ever let him.
That pass won Flutie the Heisman Trophy. That pass was one of the greatest moments in college football history. That pass. Flutie has spent his professional life trying to better his own great opening act. It is like a lounge singer trying to follow Billy Joel.
"That pass did put a lot of pressure on me," Flutie said Monday while sitting next to his wife, Laurie, in their home, as he prepared for another shot at the National Football League, a move spawned by a need for professional redemption and the demands of caring for a child suffering from autism.
"I look at the pass as one play. It was a big part of my career, but it was one play. I was actually more proud to win the Heisman. That pass gave me the reputation as being able to win games at the last minute, and in a way I've had to live up to that reputation. It has been hard, but I wouldn't have it any other way."
No, he wouldn't, because Flutie is a fighter. But what Flutie did on the field that day created a sky-high stratum for him, and nothing else Flutie has done as an athlete has come close, could come close. He has tried. There was the U.S. Football League in 1985, and then a stint in the National Football League, with the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots, from 1986-89. Soon came the Canadian Football League, where his swashbuckling style -- before there was Kordell Stewart there was Flutie -- almost single-handedly kept the league alive.
But the pass outdid all those things, casting a shadow as big as Canada on his career. He has always wanted one more try at the big time, a chance to put the pass in perspective.
So, more than 40,000 yards, 250 touchdowns and countless glances toward America later, Flutie is back in the NFL He signed a two-year deal worth about $300,000 with the Buffalo Bills in January, and at age 35, Flutie knows this is his last shot at proving that not only does he belong in the NFL, but that he has always belonged.
"Revenge is a good part of why I'm doing this," said Flutie, who will compete for the backup spot behind Rob Johnson. "But the main impetus is I don't want to retire and say, 'What if?' I can compete in this league and I can play with the best of them."
If he sounds like he has a chip on his shoulder, it is easy to understand why. You see, the NFL has never truly been fair with Flutie.
Most general managers like their quarterbacks the way they like their steaks: big and thick. When they daydream of a towering Drew Bledsoe and into the room walks the 5-foot-10-inch Flutie, general managers think: What is wrong with this picture? Although Flutie was the first college quarterback to pass for more than 10,000 yards, many in the NFL felt Flutie did not have the physical skills to succeed and was more hype and "Hail Mary" than skill.
Even some players did not respect him. When Flutie was with Chicago, the former Bears quarterback Jim McMahon once called him "America's Midget."
But Flutie has always been the common man's favorite player, the dream of every 30-year-old father of two who played football in high school and remembers the days when it wasn't so bad being shorter than 6 feet. The common man puts himself in Flutie's body, floats that pass high into the lights, sailing, sailing, then takes the kids to soccer practice.
Unlike fans, though, Flutie has to live with the reality of his situation -- a constant fight against the perception that he is just about one historic play. He has done that -- and then some -- in the CFL, where he set almost every major passing record and became the only player in that league's history to win player of the year four straight times. He won the award six times over all, with three teams.
Yet Flutie, who played mostly in Western Canada but was with Toronto last season, eventually came home, partly because he would love to show the McMahons of the world that they made a mistake in not embracing him the way Canada did. "I just want the NFL to treat him with the respect he deserves," Laurie Flutie said.
There was something else that brought Flutie home for good -- a more stable year-round environment for his son, Dougie, who has severe autism.
Doug and Laurie were told that their son was autistic when he was 3. The Fluties, who also have a 10-year-old daughter, Alexa, say that since then they have learned much about the disease, a neurological and developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. Core components of autism include communication and information processing impairments. The causes remain unknown.
To raise awareness of the disease as well as money for families that do not have the same resources the Fluties and other high-profile people do, the family established the Douglas Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism. The charity is part of The Giving Back Fund, a national nonprofit organization that creates and manages charitable foundations for professional athletes, entertainers and others.
Flutie will officially announce the formation of the charity at a news conference in Framingham, Mass., on Wednesday, then again at the Official All-Star Cafe in New York City on Thursday.
Flutie used half of the $25,000 signing bonus he received from the Bills to set up the charity. He donated the other half to the Hunter's Hope Foundation, a charity headed by the former Bills quarterback Jim Kelly, whose infant son, Hunter, suffers from a neurological disorder called Krabbe's disease.
Flutie, Kelly, Mark Rypien, Boomer Esiason and Dan Marino as well as other current and former NFL quarterbacks share a common and tragic bond. All of these players have young boys who suffer from severe illnesses.
When Doug and Laurie look at their son, who has the same bright smile his dad possesses, they say it puts their lives in perspective. "It makes you appreciate the little things in life a lot more," Doug said.
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2) Appalachian State beats Michigan - 2007
3) Jets defeat Colts in Super Bowl III - 1969
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The BC-Miami game has no place in this discussion as it was 90% luck in a virtually meaningless game. All it required was a quarterback who could throw it that far (many could) and a receiver who could catch it. It was a nice play, but involved no special skills. If it had not been Flutie throwing it, it would not be remembered the way it is. There was a similar play in a Colorado-Michigan game that does not get 1/10 the publicity that the BC play does.
I'm a sports fan and I can barely remember who won Championships the year before, let alone individual NCAA games. Tyson vs Douglas was huge, but this is about North American victories. That fight was in Japan!
Going back to New York now down 3-2, the Red Sox hammered the Yankees and the 7th game was the sweetest as the Red Sox blew away the listless Yankees at home 10-3 to win the ALCS title and on to the WS. The Red Sox swept the Cardinals 4-0 and after 86 years, were finally WS champs.
NO team is ever gonna top that...NEVER
Talk about Buckner, Boone and Dent all you want, but 2004 was a magical thing to witness...just ask the Yankee and Cardinal fans. When the 2004 WS Champion banner was finally raised in Fenway Park, the Yankee team was in attendance...baseball just doesn't get any better than that!!
I would say 1980 US Hockey team over USSR by all means is #1 but Giants putting Lover Boy Brady repeatedly on his behind last year is #2, especially when NE was an unprecedented 18-0 and going for #19.
"The answer was in the Patriots eyes. Gone were the swagger and c0ck sure smirks, replaced by downcast eyes and heads in hands. For his poise and leadership Eli Manning was named the game's MVP. The 2007 Giants were never perfect nor meant to be. They were fighters, scrappers....now they could be called something else, World Champions."
"The answer was in the Patriots eyes. Gone were the swagger and c0ck sure smirks, replaced by downcast eyes and heads in hands. For his poise and leadership Eli Manning was named the game's MVP. The 2007 Giants were never perfect nor meant to be. They were fighters, scrappers....now they could be called something else, World Champions."
#2 - 2004 Red Sox
#3 - Texas Western
#4 - Giants over Patriots
#5 - Jets over Colts Super Bowl III
I just watched a highlights DVD of the 1960 Pirates vs Yankees World Series and that should at least be mentioned. There were only a few Pirates who were alive the last time the Pirates went to the Series, the Yankees had annual reservations. Clemente and Mantle/Maris. The Yankees won 3 games with scores of 16-3, 10-0, 12-0 but lost the Series.
Maybe not the greatest sports victory but at least worth mentioning.