The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
Toronto Raptors win NBA championship–first non-American team to do so.
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
Toronto Raptors win NBA championship–first non-American team to do so.
Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team of unknown NHL hockey players, makes it to the Stanley Cup finals.
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The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
Toronto Raptors win NBA championship–first non-American team to do so.
Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team of unknown NHL hockey players, makes it to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Golden State Warriors appear in 5 straight finals, 2015 - 2019, and they win 3 championships in 4 years, 2015, 2017, and 2018. Yes!
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
Toronto Raptors win NBA championship–first non-American team to do so.
Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team of unknown NHL hockey players, makes it to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Golden State Warriors appear in 5 straight finals, 2015 - 2019, and they win 3 championships in 4 years, 2015, 2017, and 2018. Yes!
NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem.
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
Toronto Raptors win NBA championship–first non-American team to do so.
Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team of unknown NHL hockey players, makes it to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Golden State Warriors appear in 5 straight finals, 2015 - 2019, and they win 3 championships in 4 years, 2015, 2017, and 2018. Yes!
NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem.
The Chicago Cubs win the World Series after a 90+ year drought in 2016.
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
Toronto Raptors win NBA championship–first non-American team to do so.
Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team of unknown NHL hockey players, makes it to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Golden State Warriors appear in 5 straight finals, 2015 - 2019, and they win 3 championships in 4 years, 2015, 2017, and 2018. Yes!
NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem.
The Chicago Cubs win the World Series after a 90+ year drought in 2016.
With no Horse Racing Triple Crown Winner in almost 40 years, not since back-to-back winners Seattle Slew in 1977 and Affirmed in 1978, American Pharoah finally wins it in 2015! And then in 2018, Justify!
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
Toronto Raptors win NBA championship–first non-American team to do so.
Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team of unknown NHL hockey players, makes it to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Golden State Warriors appear in 5 straight finals, 2015 - 2019, and they win 3 championships in 4 years, 2015, 2017, and 2018. Yes!
NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem.
The Chicago Cubs win the World Series after a 90+ year drought in 2016.
With no Horse Racing Triple Crown Winner in almost 40 years, not since back-to-back winners Seattle Slew in 1977 and Affirmed in 1978, American Pharoah finally wins it in 2015! And then in 2018, Justify!
New England teams winning both the World Series and the Super Bowl, and making it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in one seasons. Go. Boston!
The Washington Nationals win the 2019 World Series after starting 19-31; they come back to win in all five of their elimination games.
Leicester winning the 2015–16 Premier League football championship.
In 2016, Novak Djokovic becomes the third tennis player in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time, and the first since Rod Laver in 1969.
The Russian doping scandal.
The SF Giants win their first World Series Championship in San Francisco (e.g., not in NY), and they win 3 in 5 years to be THE baseball dynasty of the decade. Yes!
Toronto Raptors win NBA championship–first non-American team to do so.
Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team of unknown NHL hockey players, makes it to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Golden State Warriors appear in 5 straight finals, 2015 - 2019, and they win 3 championships in 4 years, 2015, 2017, and 2018. Yes!
NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem.
The Chicago Cubs win the World Series after a 90+ year drought in 2016.
With no Horse Racing Triple Crown Winner in almost 40 years, not since back-to-back winners Seattle Slew in 1977 and Affirmed in 1978, American Pharoah finally wins it in 2015! And then in 2018, Justify!
New England teams winning both the World Series and the Super Bowl, and making it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in one seasons. Go. Boston!
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NFL Playoffs or Super Bowls — Greatest Events You Watched Live In Person or on TV
The Music City Miracle — the 1999 season AFC Wildcard round, the Tennessee Titans defeat the Buffalo Bills in Nashville TN at the end of the game: the Bills, having just scored on a 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game to take a 16-15 lead, kicked off to the Titans’ Lorenzo Neal. Lorenzo Neal pitched the ball to Frank Wycheck who lateraled the ball to Kevin Dyson who ran 75 yards for the winning touchdown. Titans win 22-16!
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NFL Playoffs or Super Bowls — Greatest Events You Watched Live In Person or on TV
The Music City Miracle — the 1999 season AFC Wildcard round, the Tennessee Titans defeat the Buffalo Bills in Nashville TN at the end of the game: the Bills, having just scored on a 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game to take a 16-15 lead, kicked off to the Titans’ Lorenzo Neal. Lorenzo Neal pitched the ball to Frank Wycheck who lateraled the ball to Kevin Dyson who ran 75 yards for the winning touchdown. Titans win 22-16!
NFC Wild Card game- Arizona Cardinals vs. Atlanta Falcons, Jan. 3 2009. The only playoff game I’ve been to. My brother was living in Phoenix at the time so I drove down and we went to the game. Hall-of-Famer Kurt Warner threw a touchdown pass to future Hall-of-Famer Larry Fitzgerald. The Cardinals won 30-24 and made it to the Super Bowl that year, but lost to the Steelers.
NFL Playoffs or Super Bowls — Greatest Events You Watched Live In Person or on TV
The Music City Miracle — the 1999 season AFC Wildcard round, the Tennessee Titans defeat the Buffalo Bills in Nashville TN at the end of the game: the Bills, having just scored on a 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game to take a 16-15 lead, kicked off to the Titans’ Lorenzo Neal. Lorenzo Neal pitched the ball to Frank Wycheck who lateraled the ball to Kevin Dyson who ran 75 yards for the winning touchdown. Titans win 22-16!
NFC Wild Card game- Arizona Cardinals vs. Atlanta Falcons, Jan. 3 2009. The only playoff game I’ve been to. My brother was living in Phoenix at the time so I drove down and we went to the game. Hall-of-Famer Kurt Warner threw a touchdown pass to future Hall-of-Famer Larry Fitzgerald. The Cardinals won 30-24 and made it to the Super Bowl that year, but lost to the Steelers.
Super Bowl 51, the only overtime Super Bowl. It was 3-28 in the 3rd, New England losing to Atlanta. Final score was 34-28, New England wins in overtime.
NFL Playoffs or Super Bowls — Greatest Events You Watched Live In Person or on TV
The Music City Miracle — the 1999 season AFC Wildcard round, the Tennessee Titans defeat the Buffalo Bills in Nashville TN at the end of the game: the Bills, having just scored on a 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game to take a 16-15 lead, kicked off to the Titans’ Lorenzo Neal. Lorenzo Neal pitched the ball to Frank Wycheck who lateraled the ball to Kevin Dyson who ran 75 yards for the winning touchdown. Titans win 22-16!
NFC Wild Card game- Arizona Cardinals vs. Atlanta Falcons, Jan. 3 2009. The only playoff game I’ve been to. My brother was living in Phoenix at the time so I drove down and we went to the game. Hall-of-Famer Kurt Warner threw a touchdown pass to future Hall-of-Famer Larry Fitzgerald. The Cardinals won 30-24 and made it to the Super Bowl that year, but lost to the Steelers.
Super Bowl 51, the only overtime Super Bowl. It was 3-28 in the 3rd, New England losing to Atlanta. Final score was 34-28, New England wins in overtime.
NFL Playoffs or Super Bowls — Greatest Events You Watched Live In Person or on TV
The Music City Miracle — the 1999 season AFC Wildcard round, the Tennessee Titans defeat the Buffalo Bills in Nashville TN at the end of the game: the Bills, having just scored on a 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game to take a 16-15 lead, kicked off to the Titans’ Lorenzo Neal. Lorenzo Neal pitched the ball to Frank Wycheck who lateraled the ball to Kevin Dyson who ran 75 yards for the winning touchdown. Titans win 22-16!
NFC Wild Card game- Arizona Cardinals vs. Atlanta Falcons, Jan. 3 2009. The only playoff game I’ve been to. My brother was living in Phoenix at the time so I drove down and we went to the game. Hall-of-Famer Kurt Warner threw a touchdown pass to future Hall-of-Famer Larry Fitzgerald. The Cardinals won 30-24 and made it to the Super Bowl that year, but lost to the Steelers.
Super Bowl 51, the only overtime Super Bowl. It was 3-28 in the 3rd, New England losing to Atlanta. Final score was 34-28, New England wins in overtime.
The comeback game - January 3, 1993. The Houston Oilers were ahead by 32 points but the Buffalo Bills came back and won the game in overtime. I was there in the stadium.
NFL Playoffs or Super Bowls — Greatest Events You Watched Live In Person or on TV
The Music City Miracle — the 1999 season AFC Wildcard round, the Tennessee Titans defeat the Buffalo Bills in Nashville TN at the end of the game: the Bills, having just scored on a 41-yard field goal with 16 seconds remaining in the game to take a 16-15 lead, kicked off to the Titans’ Lorenzo Neal. Lorenzo Neal pitched the ball to Frank Wycheck who lateraled the ball to Kevin Dyson who ran 75 yards for the winning touchdown. Titans win 22-16!
NFC Wild Card game- Arizona Cardinals vs. Atlanta Falcons, Jan. 3 2009. The only playoff game I’ve been to. My brother was living in Phoenix at the time so I drove down and we went to the game. Hall-of-Famer Kurt Warner threw a touchdown pass to future Hall-of-Famer Larry Fitzgerald. The Cardinals won 30-24 and made it to the Super Bowl that year, but lost to the Steelers.
Super Bowl 51, the only overtime Super Bowl. It was 3-28 in the 3rd, New England losing to Atlanta. Final score was 34-28, New England wins in overtime.
The comeback game - January 3, 1993. The Houston Oilers were ahead by 32 points but the Buffalo Bills came back and won the game in overtime. I was there in the stadium.
Super Bowl XLI - Devin Hester returns the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown.