SPORTS MOMENTS….Steven Taylor asks: What are the ten most memorable sports moments that you yourself have either seen in person or watched live on TV? I’m not really a big time sports junkie, but it got me thinking. So here’s my off-the-top-of-my-head list. It’s roughly in order of my personal assessment of spectacularness:
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Anthony Davis’ 102 yard touchdown to open the second half of the 1974 USC-Notre Dame game, sparking a 55-point run that ended in a 55-24 victory and an eventual national championship.
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John McEnroe’s spectacular 4-set victory over 5-time champ Bjorn Borg in the 1981 Wimbledon finals. (Tennis cognoscenti will argue that the 1980 final was actually a better match, but I was working that day and didn’t get to see it.)
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Robert Horry’s astonishing 3-point shot at the buzzer to win Game 4 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals against the Sacramento Kings.
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Kirk Gibson hobbling to the plate for the Dodgers in the ninth inning of the first game of the 1988 World Series and then belting a game winning home run into the right field seats.
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The final three seconds of the 1972 Olympic basketball game between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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The infamous slow rolling ground ball ambling through Bill Buckner’s legs in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
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Kerri Strug limping to the line with a sprained ankle in the 1996 Olympics and then sticking her final vault to give the U.S. women’s gymnastics squad its first ever team gold medal.
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Tiger Woods’ 40-foot birdie chip-in on the 16th hole of the 2005 Masters, a shot that sat on the lip of the hole for what seemed like forever before finally, improbably, dropping in.
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Mary Decker collapsing on the infield after clipping Zola Budd in the 3,000 meter run at the 1984 Olympic games.
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This item deliberately left blank ? because I’ve almost certainly forgotten something. For example, I think I saw the Immaculate Reception live, but I’m not sure. And there was Flutie’s Hail Mary pass in 1984 against Miami. I think I saw that too, but I don’t remember for sure. Besides, at the time I’m not sure I really cared that much about either one of those.