Fireworks Boxing. In 1937, boxers wore fireproof suits with fireworks attached to their bodies while fighting in the dark. This unusual match took place in London, and surprisingly, it didn’t become a popular trend in boxing.
Miami coming back to win in the last few minutes against San Antonio in the Finals. Most of the Miami fans were already walking out. It was funny to watch the clips shown of people trying to come back in.
Jan 4th, 2016 – #1 Oklahoma Sooners @ #1 Kansas Jayhawks – Men’s College Basketball
KU was #1 in one poll, OU was #1 in the other poll. I was lucky enough to be courtside for it as a student broadcaster so I got a courtside viewing of one of the best college basketball games ever. The game went into 3OT, Buddy Hield for OU (the away team) went off for nearly 50 points and got a standing ovation after the game from the KU crowd, it was incredible. I didn’t get my voice back for 2 days after that game.
The one that I can see and feel the most still is Kobe’s game winner against the Phoenix Suns. Drives right, elbow jumper, shot goes in, Kobe runs with fist pump. 2006 me was devastated. Curry’s 3 pt flurry against France in the final at the Olympics also comes to mind. Just amazement at every shot and disbelief when he hits the final with a fadeaway over two defenders.
I was at the dome when Drew Brees broke Dan Marinos single season passing record. The record has been beaten many times since, but that day, that crowd – it was electric. It happened right at the end of the 4th and I swear the roof was gunna come down with how everyone lost their shit when it happened. It’s like everyone exploded and Mardi Gras started early.
I was lucky enough to be at the game for Freddy Freeman’s walk off grand slam in person during Game 1 last year. The absolute magic of that moment will stay with me for the rest of my life.
The 2016 World Series game 7 was insanity. High scoring. Mid game rain delay, a team ending a 100+ year championship drought. Absolutely awesome game of baseball. Almost haven’t watched any baseball since because that game was so peak
David Tyree’s sick helmet catch in the 2018 Super Bowl, destroying the Patriots’ “19-0” season.
I was passing a bar in NYC within the last couple of minutes in the game, and within seconds of going inside, he made the catch and the place erupted into pandemonium.
My wife and I have been barfed on at 3 different Monster Truck shows.
Kid with the flu
Young man (picture a dollar store Chris Farley )who had filled his 2 liter Dr Thunder with vodka, he did not finish it.
A grandkid who begged his Grandpa for every item at the concession stand, grandpa relented and bout him a sno cone, giant souvenir glass of some type of pop, Nachos and Cotton Candy.
Reggie Miller’s unbelievable 9 points at the end of a game with the Indiana Pacers. They didn’t end up winning, but it was the most “in the zone” moment in sports I’ve witnessed.
Alex Rodriguez’s first at-bat as a Texas Ranger in 2001 against the Mariners at then Safeco Field. Thousands of fake red $100 bills with his face on them just like a tickertape parade.
Cecil fielder hitting his home run over the left field roof at Tiger Stadium. Only 3 people ever did that in the history of the ballpark and he was the only Tiger.
The sound it made when he hit it echoed in the whole city.
2017 ALCS Game 4. Yankees down 4-0 against the Astros, ended up rallying in the 7th and 8th inning to win 6-4. It was raining beer and popcorn in the bleachers. A fun experience for sure!
in person? a girl hitting a half court buzzer beater, Md, vs UConn, about 5 years ago.
they (Md) were losing badly, and I was rooting for UConn, so I jumped up and cheered knowing it wasn’t going to (and didn’t) make a difference in the outcome… I was cheering the magic of the moment.
Cleveland Cavaliers winning the 2016 NBA Championship. Sports fans in this city have had nothing to cheer for for over 50 years. I cried, my parents cried, even my grandparents cried. It meant more to this city than anyone not from here could ever really know.
Recently Rory Mciroy’s win at the masters to complete his career grand slam, he is the sixth golfer to ever complete this. It is his first major since 2014 (11 years) and one of the toughest to win. It was incredible and what a rollercoaster it was!
I was in Vegas was during the 2010 World Cup, sitting at a bar watching the Uruguay vs Ghana quarterfinal game, and the other guy sitting there clearly had money on Ghana.
I got to watch him freak the fuck out as: Ghana famously had a wide open shot on goal in the last moments of extra time get desperately double-hand-swatted away by Luis Suarez (not the goalie) of Uruguay. He got a red card and was kicked out of the game for it, but Ghana banged the ensuing penalty off the top crossbar and the game went to a penalty shootout, where they continued being miserable at penalties and lost.
I felt privileged to be a first-hand witness to this dude’s epic meltdown over some of the most rotten luck that’s probably ever happened in sports betting. Fuck betting on sports though. And they changed the rules immediately after that World Cup so you can’t get away with batting the ball out of the goal in desperation anymore. I think it counts as a goal now without needing a penalty to be taken, and the offender still gets booted out of the game.
It was the first time I had seen a really bad accident while watching F1. After that I stopped watching for a while because I was way too anxious. Even now, even though I love watching racing, I feel a lot more scared than when I started watching.
I saw Brett Boone and Mike Cameron hit back to back homeruns twice in the same inning. I remember when Boone hit his second and I looked to my wife and said “how crazy would it be if Cameron hit one now” and sure enough. Ahh I miss steroids.
On TV: Danny Sullivan’s spin-and-win at the 1985 Indy 500, and the 13 second game (Chiefs/Bills) are tied for first
In person: (bad) 1997 “Flea Kicker” Nebraska @ MU, (good) 2012 US Open Cup final where Eddie Johnson’s PK is still in orbit. Team owner (Heineman) let the supporter’s stand pass the cup around.
The Eagles winning the Super Bowl… both times they did it by defeating a supposedly unbeatable opponent by absolutely schooling them. They 2017 edition is also notable for the best speech ever given by anyone in Philadelphia since the American Revolution.
None of these in person but on tv live: Malice in the Palace, Dale Earnhardt dying in a NASCAR, Greg Moore dying in an Indycar, Alex Zanardi getting his legs chopped off in an IndyCar.
It was the final stretch of the Daytona 500 and Dale Jarrett was in the lead. He went in for a pit stop, including fuel. If you’ve ever seen NASCAR before, they have (or used to have. I don’t watch it anymore) these large cylinders with a built in funnel at the bottom. I just turn it upside down in to the gas tank and let it drain.
Well his pit crew, for whatever reason, forgot or failed to remove it before he took off again. Although it was unintentional, it still counts as a penalty and he lost his entire lap as he rounded the track back to pit lane to have it removed.
What an absolute tragedy. This was in the 90s so it’s not like I was following the aftermath on social media or anything. But someone definitely got fired that day.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021, for all the wrong reasons.
2011 Canadian Grand Prix for a more positive one. The longest race in F1 history, 4 hours from the start to finish, with a 2 hour rain delay in the middle. Then when it finally started again Jenson Button somehow went from last, through the whole field, and passed Sebastian Vettel, who had dominated the season up until then, on the final lap.
High school basketball. Full court press trapped guard in the back corner with no way to get the ball down court in time. Fakes an overhead pass. Overconfident defender jumps as high as possible legs out to cover passes to the side. Guard ducks down and dribbles out of coverage between the guy’s legs while he’s still in the air!
July 5th, 1989. Reds at Phillies. Paul O’Neill bubbles the ball on a single to right field and kicks it in frustration. The ball goes right to the first baseman and prevents the run from scoring.
It wasn’t the most important play ever but it was wild to see in person.
Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was at the Inglewood Forum watching the Lakers play the Chicago Bulls.
Just as a time out finished, some idiot passes by the Bulls bench and grabs a player’s jacket from his warm ups off the back of the player’s chair.
Proceeds to sprint up the stairs and head for the lobby.
The player, John “You Want Trouble / I Got Your Trouble Right Here” Sloan, shoots out of his seat, hurdles his chair and takes off up the stairs like a bat out of hell.
They both disappear into the lobby.
A minute later Sloan comes back down the stairs, jacket in hand.
Probably the only time in Laker’s history a Bull got a standing ovation (true story) from a Lakers crowd.
My teams, at best, 5ft1 scrum half absolutely destroy the oppositions monster of a back row with his first run of the game.
The big fella was running through all the teams in our league without much effort and got folded like a deck chair by our little guy.
A tackle so big he had to leave the pitch for the remainder of the game and it garnered a collective ‘ooooooohhhh”‘ from everyone watching him get smashed.
That or clearing a field of sheep so an air ambulance could land and take away a young chap who shattered his leg – that was a pretty crazy way to finish a game.
Australia getting 400 and something runs in a single 50 over innings. Smashing the world record. Then South Africa taking to the pitch and then getting even more runs in their innings, to win.
The Play, Cal vs Stanford, 1982. I didn’t see it but listened to the play call on the radio. It was a wild call.
I was a mile from the stadium where we had parked a bunch of cars for Stanford fans. Got to sarcastically praise their marching band as they returned for their cars.
Syracuse, at home, coming back from a 21-0 deficit to beat Miami 38-42 and knocking Miami out of ACC title contention. The loud house was absolutely roaring that night.
Michael Schumacher winning his first title with Ferrari – just an unbelievably emotional moment. He was and still is my favorite.
Romain Grosjean’s fiery crash and incredible escape.
Greg Moore’s fatal crash – live images that has stuck with me.
Portugal winning Euro 2016 – I usually don’t give a shit about soccer but we happened to be on holiday in Madeira and randomly stumbled into some supermarket where a crowd of locals was watching the finale live on TV. Stayed until the end and oh god the emotions in that room and everywhere on the street after it ended, strangers hugging strangers in a single emotional outburst – just incredible.
Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 1999 Champions League final.
Man utd were 1-0 down most of the game, then scored two goals in quick succession in the last minutes of the game to seal the best season in their history. Worth a watch on YouTube.
Huge recency bias but after the buildup of the USA vs Canada four nations game, I was (and still am) in disbelief at each of the fights. That was such unexpected chaos at the perfect time. Country rivalry within hockey as well as the tense global climate made for the perfect kindling
Dušan Kecman (Serbian player in Serbian team – Partizan) vs Cibona (Croatian team) in Zagreb, last second of the finals of regional basketball competition, doing this – https://youtu.be/XJAAAMlEtG8
Max Verstappen winning the 2016 Spanish GP on his debut for Red Bull Racing, I was working for RBR at the time so got to see it all play out, crazy times
1980/81. Jets/Bears preseason game at the Meadowlands. Bears score td, but the crew doesn’t get the net up behind the gosl post for the extra point. It is good, and the ball goes into the stands. Lucky fan cstches it and starts running up the aisle, he’s finna keep the ball. About a dozen security guys come the get said fan and ball. He starts zig-zagging through the seats in some particularly impressive open-field running, but he is outnumbered. So as the first guards get to him he lets loose a perfect spiral about 4 sections over. Receiver fan makes a nice catch and breaks for the exits. As security closes in on him, he sends a perfect spiral into the mezzanine. More security, more passes, laterals, and handoffs.
The ball makes about 4 turns around the stadium going from field level to upper decks with hapless security always getting there a step too late. Ball is back at field level and PA announcer says “whoever has ghe ball just keep it.”
At this point the ball is on the field level and the dope holding it THROWS IT BACK ONTO THE FIELD! The mezzanine fans take a dim view of this action, and start showering the offending ball thrower backer guy with beers. Surrounding fans don’t appreciate getting soaked with beer, so they start pummeling the snot out of the guy, which if course brings an army of security back amongst the fans for a proper donnybrook.
It was a pre-season game. NOBODY WAS WATCHING the game for the entire third quarter.
None of us remember who won.
Watched Miami’s 8-lateral kick return to beat Duke in 2015 from the third row of a sports bar where half the staff and customers were Miami fans and the other half Duke fans. Whole place went from resigned silence to complete chaos in about 30 seconds as that play unfolded. The Duke fans were already celebrating, then absolute mayhem broke out – drinks flying, people screaming, and finally Duke fans throwing menus when the refs upheld it despite what looked like a knee down and a block in the back. Never seen a place flip from funeral to riot so fast.
Kansas State University football game, sometime around 2013-2014.
They used to do a pre-game ritual where the rival mascot would run out to the center of the football field, then the KSU Wildcat mascot would run out and tackle them.
Well, apparently the Wildcat mascot that day used to play football because this dude laid out the other mascot, which was the West Virginia Mountaineer. Full speed, lowered shoulder, pile driver.
The mascot that got tackled was knocked out cold. Us in the stands knew it was bad, but then the kid started to have a seizure right there on the 50 yard line in front of 50,000 people.
It was really bad. Medical rushed in, stretchered him off the field, and took him to the hospital. That was the last time that ritual was ever done, lost to the annals of history. The internet is completely scrubbed of videos of it happening, with only articles with dead links to videos remaining.
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Last year when Alabama and Auburn got into a fist fight during the football game. Only to learn that another two teams went at it even worst!
Fireworks Boxing. In 1937, boxers wore fireproof suits with fireworks attached to their bodies while fighting in the dark. This unusual match took place in London, and surprisingly, it didn’t become a popular trend in boxing.
Dennis Conner’s America’s Cup comeback.
Miami coming back to win in the last few minutes against San Antonio in the Finals. Most of the Miami fans were already walking out. It was funny to watch the clips shown of people trying to come back in.
It’s either Janet Jackson’s titty exposed live during the Super Bowl halftime show, or Dennis Rodman bitch slapping Scottie Pippen.
Louisville Icehawks ECHL hockey game when I was a kid. Brawl between the teams and coaches.
Randy Johnson hittin that bird
Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield’s ear…everyone in the house was very confused.
saw a bad dallas mavericks team come back from a 25 point deficit in the 4th quarter against a Michael Jordan Bulls team
Germany vs Brazil 2014 World cup
Tie domi vs probert live. Looks so much wilder in person
Khabib jumping the fence and attacking Connor McGregor’s corner
Anyone knows 2019 Cricket WC superover
Liverpool overcoming a 0-3 deficit against Barcelona in the CL!
Jan 4th, 2016 – #1 Oklahoma Sooners @ #1 Kansas Jayhawks – Men’s College Basketball
KU was #1 in one poll, OU was #1 in the other poll. I was lucky enough to be courtside for it as a student broadcaster so I got a courtside viewing of one of the best college basketball games ever. The game went into 3OT, Buddy Hield for OU (the away team) went off for nearly 50 points and got a standing ovation after the game from the KU crowd, it was incredible. I didn’t get my voice back for 2 days after that game.
The Barcelona PSG remontada. I broke my phone that day but it was every bit worth it
Probably the time that team beat the other team 🥱
Kick 6.
The one that I can see and feel the most still is Kobe’s game winner against the Phoenix Suns. Drives right, elbow jumper, shot goes in, Kobe runs with fist pump. 2006 me was devastated. Curry’s 3 pt flurry against France in the final at the Olympics also comes to mind. Just amazement at every shot and disbelief when he hits the final with a fadeaway over two defenders.
As a Indiana Pacers fan…..gotta be the Malice At The Palace.
I witness the 2011 Worlds Series game live, France va Argentina World Cup final live, and Michael Phelps winning 28 medals live.
Those are my top three
Honorable mention: witnessing tom Brady come back from a 27-3 point game to win it in the Super Bowl.
Argentina vs France world cup final
Patriots comeback vs Falcons
Chiefs vs bills 4th quarter
Kawhi gamewinner against 76ers
USC v ND tush push, 2006 Rose Bowl Vince Young beats USC, Field of Dreams White Sox walk-off Yankees
I was at the dome when Drew Brees broke Dan Marinos single season passing record. The record has been beaten many times since, but that day, that crowd – it was electric. It happened right at the end of the 4th and I swear the roof was gunna come down with how everyone lost their shit when it happened. It’s like everyone exploded and Mardi Gras started early.
The Patriots V Falcons Superbowl for sure. Absolute insanity.
I was lucky enough to be at the game for Freddy Freeman’s walk off grand slam in person during Game 1 last year. The absolute magic of that moment will stay with me for the rest of my life.
The death of Dale Earnhardt
28-3
Seahawks int @ superbowl
1977 Oyster Bowl – former ECU coach goes into the field and tackles William and Mary QB to save TD
Hibs 3 – rangers 2 having been 2-1 down in the 80th minute to win the Scottish cup for the first time in 114 years.
Patriots 28-3 comeback. Was in section 616. Amazing
Chiefs vs Bills 13 seconds left game
OJ Simpson getting chased by the police on live tv.
Demetrious Johnson putting Ray Borg in an armbar mid-air whilst simultaneously suplexing him
The 2016 World Series game 7 was insanity. High scoring. Mid game rain delay, a team ending a 100+ year championship drought. Absolutely awesome game of baseball. Almost haven’t watched any baseball since because that game was so peak
David Tyree’s sick helmet catch in the 2018 Super Bowl, destroying the Patriots’ “19-0” season.
I was passing a bar in NYC within the last couple of minutes in the game, and within seconds of going inside, he made the catch and the place erupted into pandemonium.
My wife and I have been barfed on at 3 different Monster Truck shows.
Kid with the flu
Young man (picture a dollar store Chris Farley )who had filled his 2 liter Dr Thunder with vodka, he did not finish it.
A grandkid who begged his Grandpa for every item at the concession stand, grandpa relented and bout him a sno cone, giant souvenir glass of some type of pop, Nachos and Cotton Candy.
The last World Cup, especially the last-minute save by the Argentinean goalkeeper.
David Tyree catch!
UofM – MSU fumble in the dying seconds handing the win to MSU
David Ortiz 2013 ALCS Grand Slam game
Malarchuck getting his throat slashed on ice as goalie.
Just pissing blood everywhere. Everyone thought he died.
2021 Sao Paulo GP
The Minneapolis Miracle. That play was so insane. Especially as a Vikings Fan.
Kobe’s last game.
Reggie Miller’s unbelievable 9 points at the end of a game with the Indiana Pacers. They didn’t end up winning, but it was the most “in the zone” moment in sports I’ve witnessed.
Seeing Jacquelines full boobs during a wrestling match, on live ppv.
Alex Rodriguez’s first at-bat as a Texas Ranger in 2001 against the Mariners at then Safeco Field. Thousands of fake red $100 bills with his face on them just like a tickertape parade.
Cecil fielder hitting his home run over the left field roof at Tiger Stadium. Only 3 people ever did that in the history of the ballpark and he was the only Tiger.
The sound it made when he hit it echoed in the whole city.
2017 ALCS Game 4. Yankees down 4-0 against the Astros, ended up rallying in the 7th and 8th inning to win 6-4. It was raining beer and popcorn in the bleachers. A fun experience for sure!
93:20.
An incredibly emotional day for me.
in person? a girl hitting a half court buzzer beater, Md, vs UConn, about 5 years ago.
they (Md) were losing badly, and I was rooting for UConn, so I jumped up and cheered knowing it wasn’t going to (and didn’t) make a difference in the outcome… I was cheering the magic of the moment.
Romain Grosjeans crash in Bahrain
Germany battering Brazil at the World Cup
Alison scoring a header for Liverpool
In 2016 when Tyler Naquin of the Cleveland Indians hit a walk off in the ballpark homerun to beat the Bluejays. What a wild moment to see in person!
Either Tigers Masters comeback when he sunk that putt in the head to head, or Brady’s comeback against the falcons in the Super Bowl.
Cleveland Cavaliers winning the 2016 NBA Championship. Sports fans in this city have had nothing to cheer for for over 50 years. I cried, my parents cried, even my grandparents cried. It meant more to this city than anyone not from here could ever really know.
Recently Rory Mciroy’s win at the masters to complete his career grand slam, he is the sixth golfer to ever complete this. It is his first major since 2014 (11 years) and one of the toughest to win. It was incredible and what a rollercoaster it was!
I was in Vegas was during the 2010 World Cup, sitting at a bar watching the Uruguay vs Ghana quarterfinal game, and the other guy sitting there clearly had money on Ghana.
I got to watch him freak the fuck out as: Ghana famously had a wide open shot on goal in the last moments of extra time get desperately double-hand-swatted away by Luis Suarez (not the goalie) of Uruguay. He got a red card and was kicked out of the game for it, but Ghana banged the ensuing penalty off the top crossbar and the game went to a penalty shootout, where they continued being miserable at penalties and lost.
I felt privileged to be a first-hand witness to this dude’s epic meltdown over some of the most rotten luck that’s probably ever happened in sports betting. Fuck betting on sports though. And they changed the rules immediately after that World Cup so you can’t get away with batting the ball out of the goal in desperation anymore. I think it counts as a goal now without needing a penalty to be taken, and the offender still gets booted out of the game.
Edit: Found a YT clip of the drama. Imagine having bet on Ghana here, lol.
I watched Luis Gonzalez hit the game winning RBI in the 2001 world series. I’ll never forget that moment as long as I live.
The 1994 Caribbean Cup: Barbados vs Grenada. Due to some kind of new rule, it led the teams attempting to score in each other’s goal.
I saw the Romain Grosjean crash live on tv.
It was the first time I had seen a really bad accident while watching F1. After that I stopped watching for a while because I was way too anxious. Even now, even though I love watching racing, I feel a lot more scared than when I started watching.
On the live feed we just saw this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm3zjRNuW_8
Followed by minutes of nobody reporting anything at all (at least it felt like minutes).
Turned out he managed to get out of the car and be alive, but definitely scary as fuck.
Full video of what actually happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCivN-b4FZI
I saw Brett Boone and Mike Cameron hit back to back homeruns twice in the same inning. I remember when Boone hit his second and I looked to my wife and said “how crazy would it be if Cameron hit one now” and sure enough. Ahh I miss steroids.
George Brett pine tar incident. When Billy Martin waited till after Brett hit the home run. Too complain about too much pine tar on the bat
I was the first to notice the weird religious guy having a run down the hanger straight at Silverstone
Over the Edge, ’99. Sure there was an instant cut away … but we all knew.
On TV: Danny Sullivan’s spin-and-win at the 1985 Indy 500, and the 13 second game (Chiefs/Bills) are tied for first
In person: (bad) 1997 “Flea Kicker” Nebraska @ MU, (good) 2012 US Open Cup final where Eddie Johnson’s PK is still in orbit. Team owner (Heineman) let the supporter’s stand pass the cup around.
The eagles winning their first super-bowl, against the New England patriots of all teams.
Corey brewer taking 15 steps on a dunk in Mini.
The Eagles winning the Super Bowl… both times they did it by defeating a supposedly unbeatable opponent by absolutely schooling them. They 2017 edition is also notable for the best speech ever given by anyone in Philadelphia since the American Revolution.
An Underdog is a hungry dog!
Landon Donovan goal vs Algeria in the 2010 World Cup
In person? I was in the crowd only a few rows up from the track at the 2010 Indianapolis 500 when this happened in front of me:
https://youtu.be/DeXQQg77QBE?si=ZBdgsiDzTWeEiFlb
Messi lifting the World Cup. Hands down the most exciting sporting event of all time.
When Messi scored that last-minute goal against Real Madrid in 2017 and held up his jersey to the crowd… chills. The silence in the stadium was loud.
None of these in person but on tv live: Malice in the Palace, Dale Earnhardt dying in a NASCAR, Greg Moore dying in an Indycar, Alex Zanardi getting his legs chopped off in an IndyCar.
Tim Tebow beating the Steelers the first play of overtime in the playoffs.
In person? I haven’t really seen many crazy moments but I was at the Smackdown when Stone Cold kicked Booker T’s ass in the Green Frog grocery store.
It was the final stretch of the Daytona 500 and Dale Jarrett was in the lead. He went in for a pit stop, including fuel. If you’ve ever seen NASCAR before, they have (or used to have. I don’t watch it anymore) these large cylinders with a built in funnel at the bottom. I just turn it upside down in to the gas tank and let it drain.
Well his pit crew, for whatever reason, forgot or failed to remove it before he took off again. Although it was unintentional, it still counts as a penalty and he lost his entire lap as he rounded the track back to pit lane to have it removed.
What an absolute tragedy. This was in the 90s so it’s not like I was following the aftermath on social media or anything. But someone definitely got fired that day.
Antonio Brown quitting mid game was a wild one. Was truly flabbergasted in that moment.
Whoa he has trouble with the snap
When Bobby Boucher showed up at halftime and the Mud Dogs won the Bourbon Bowl.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021, for all the wrong reasons.
2011 Canadian Grand Prix for a more positive one. The longest race in F1 history, 4 hours from the start to finish, with a 2 hour rain delay in the middle. Then when it finally started again Jenson Button somehow went from last, through the whole field, and passed Sebastian Vettel, who had dominated the season up until then, on the final lap.
High school basketball. Full court press trapped guard in the back corner with no way to get the ball down court in time. Fakes an overhead pass. Overconfident defender jumps as high as possible legs out to cover passes to the side. Guard ducks down and dribbles out of coverage between the guy’s legs while he’s still in the air!
In nineteen ninety eight the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer’s table.
BEAST QUAKE
Game 7. 86 Mets at Shea.
Max Holloway pointing to the floor and knocking out Justin Gaethje with one second to spare right where he pointed to
July 5th, 1989. Reds at Phillies. Paul O’Neill bubbles the ball on a single to right field and kicks it in frustration. The ball goes right to the first baseman and prevents the run from scoring.
It wasn’t the most important play ever but it was wild to see in person.
Dale Earnhardt and Dan Wheldon deaths I watch live on TV.
Dan Wheldon winning the Indy 500 in 2011 on the last lap I got to witness in person as a spectator.
Local high school track runner got caught on camera beating the hell out of another girl with her baton during a relay-race.
The poor girl who got attacked I think got a concussion and also had to be checked for a skull fracture!
Anderson Silva’s triangle choke on Sonnen.
Anderson silva breaking his leg.
Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was at the Inglewood Forum watching the Lakers play the Chicago Bulls.
Just as a time out finished, some idiot passes by the Bulls bench and grabs a player’s jacket from his warm ups off the back of the player’s chair.
Proceeds to sprint up the stairs and head for the lobby.
The player, John “You Want Trouble / I Got Your Trouble Right Here” Sloan, shoots out of his seat, hurdles his chair and takes off up the stairs like a bat out of hell.
They both disappear into the lobby.
A minute later Sloan comes back down the stairs, jacket in hand.
Probably the only time in Laker’s history a Bull got a standing ovation (true story) from a Lakers crowd.
The Orioles/Yankees bench-clearing brawl was pretty crazy.
I once flicked a cigarette at an upright Arizona Iced Tea bottle. Nothing but net.
It’s lonely here at the top.
My teams, at best, 5ft1 scrum half absolutely destroy the oppositions monster of a back row with his first run of the game.
The big fella was running through all the teams in our league without much effort and got folded like a deck chair by our little guy.
A tackle so big he had to leave the pitch for the remainder of the game and it garnered a collective ‘ooooooohhhh”‘ from everyone watching him get smashed.
That or clearing a field of sheep so an air ambulance could land and take away a young chap who shattered his leg – that was a pretty crazy way to finish a game.
Australia getting 400 and something runs in a single 50 over innings. Smashing the world record. Then South Africa taking to the pitch and then getting even more runs in their innings, to win.
The Play, Cal vs Stanford, 1982. I didn’t see it but listened to the play call on the radio. It was a wild call.
I was a mile from the stadium where we had parked a bunch of cars for Stanford fans. Got to sarcastically praise their marching band as they returned for their cars.
Syracuse, at home, coming back from a 21-0 deficit to beat Miami 38-42 and knocking Miami out of ACC title contention. The loud house was absolutely roaring that night.
The 4-1 collapse in game 7 Leafs vs Bruins. Surprised there wasn’t a riot in Toronto
cavaliers winning the nba chip in 2016
Saw a 3rd base coach get a fractured orbit and his eye essentially tried to pop out of his head. I was 11.
Michael Schumacher winning his first title with Ferrari – just an unbelievably emotional moment. He was and still is my favorite.
Romain Grosjean’s fiery crash and incredible escape.
Greg Moore’s fatal crash – live images that has stuck with me.
Portugal winning Euro 2016 – I usually don’t give a shit about soccer but we happened to be on holiday in Madeira and randomly stumbled into some supermarket where a crowd of locals was watching the finale live on TV. Stayed until the end and oh god the emotions in that room and everywhere on the street after it ended, strangers hugging strangers in a single emotional outburst – just incredible.
As in watching it live? In person? Maybe Khabib jumping the octagon to beat up Dillon Danis after chocking Conor McGregor
Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 1999 Champions League final.
Man utd were 1-0 down most of the game, then scored two goals in quick succession in the last minutes of the game to seal the best season in their history. Worth a watch on YouTube.
Huge recency bias but after the buildup of the USA vs Canada four nations game, I was (and still am) in disbelief at each of the fights. That was such unexpected chaos at the perfect time. Country rivalry within hockey as well as the tense global climate made for the perfect kindling
The boxing “fan man” incident. Guy parachuted into the ring. Got beaten up. This was in the 90s I recall.
Don’t know if it’ll count as a sport, but when Owen Hart fell from the rafters in his wheelchair on TV during wrestling show.
Dušan Kecman (Serbian player in Serbian team – Partizan) vs Cibona (Croatian team) in Zagreb, last second of the finals of regional basketball competition, doing this – https://youtu.be/XJAAAMlEtG8
Manchester United coming from 0-1 down to win 2-1 in a matter of minutes to win the champions league and treble.
Lewis Hamilton overtaking Glock on the last corner on the last lap at São Paulo Brazil to win his first F1 world championship.
Max Verstappen winning the 2016 Spanish GP on his debut for Red Bull Racing, I was working for RBR at the time so got to see it all play out, crazy times
Zidane’s headbutt to Materazzi
1980/81. Jets/Bears preseason game at the Meadowlands. Bears score td, but the crew doesn’t get the net up behind the gosl post for the extra point. It is good, and the ball goes into the stands. Lucky fan cstches it and starts running up the aisle, he’s finna keep the ball. About a dozen security guys come the get said fan and ball. He starts zig-zagging through the seats in some particularly impressive open-field running, but he is outnumbered. So as the first guards get to him he lets loose a perfect spiral about 4 sections over. Receiver fan makes a nice catch and breaks for the exits. As security closes in on him, he sends a perfect spiral into the mezzanine. More security, more passes, laterals, and handoffs.
The ball makes about 4 turns around the stadium going from field level to upper decks with hapless security always getting there a step too late. Ball is back at field level and PA announcer says “whoever has ghe ball just keep it.”
At this point the ball is on the field level and the dope holding it THROWS IT BACK ONTO THE FIELD! The mezzanine fans take a dim view of this action, and start showering the offending ball thrower backer guy with beers. Surrounding fans don’t appreciate getting soaked with beer, so they start pummeling the snot out of the guy, which if course brings an army of security back amongst the fans for a proper donnybrook.
It was a pre-season game. NOBODY WAS WATCHING the game for the entire third quarter.
None of us remember who won.
Watched Miami’s 8-lateral kick return to beat Duke in 2015 from the third row of a sports bar where half the staff and customers were Miami fans and the other half Duke fans. Whole place went from resigned silence to complete chaos in about 30 seconds as that play unfolded. The Duke fans were already celebrating, then absolute mayhem broke out – drinks flying, people screaming, and finally Duke fans throwing menus when the refs upheld it despite what looked like a knee down and a block in the back. Never seen a place flip from funeral to riot so fast.
For me, the Mile High Miracle and the Minneapolis Miracle. Both US Football.
Kansas State University football game, sometime around 2013-2014.
They used to do a pre-game ritual where the rival mascot would run out to the center of the football field, then the KSU Wildcat mascot would run out and tackle them.
Well, apparently the Wildcat mascot that day used to play football because this dude laid out the other mascot, which was the West Virginia Mountaineer. Full speed, lowered shoulder, pile driver.
The mascot that got tackled was knocked out cold. Us in the stands knew it was bad, but then the kid started to have a seizure right there on the 50 yard line in front of 50,000 people.
It was really bad. Medical rushed in, stretchered him off the field, and took him to the hospital. That was the last time that ritual was ever done, lost to the annals of history. The internet is completely scrubbed of videos of it happening, with only articles with dead links to videos remaining.
https://themercury.com/archives/k-state-faces-decision-after-mascot-skit-ends-with-student-injury/article_7d0329c4-7d41-51d2-9cde-cd76f20a123a.html