This helmetless run by Jason Witten. In the replay, you can see how hard he got hit–just staying on his feet was really something, but then he ran for almost 30 additional yards!
This is proof of just how lousy my Cleveland Cavaliers have usually been, in that their first playoff series victory in 1976 was (and still is) referred to here in NE Ohio as a Miracle
Mario Lemieux becomes the first and only player in the NHL to score five goals in the five possible ways in a single game (even strength, power play, short handed, empty net, and penalty shot).
A little backstory on this one. Lemieux had survived cancer that struck him at the absolute peak of his playing ability; he played on the same day as receiving his last chemo treatment despite pangs of nausea. He’d had back injuries so severe that some days he needed someone to lace his skates because he couldn’t bend over. With his body broken down, one of the all-around truly nice guys and involved-in-the-community athletes was forced into early retirement. In what everyone knew would be his last home game in Pittsburgh, with minutes to go, Lemieux got out on a breakaway and scored. The crowd gave him a seemingly-unending standing ovation while his family and friends looked on. I remember sitting in my basement watching it and crying. Anyway, here it is: enough to make me tear up even now! Mike Lange’s shouting “HERE HE COMES! HERE HE COMES!” makes it all the better.
I’ll also nominate Darrelle Revis’ punt return vs. WVU as the most impressive athletic feat I’ve witnessed in person. Seriously, who doesn’t love a punt return featuring a block that pancakes two defenders at once?
Fan’s Perspective of Romo Fumbling the Snap
I was at that game. I’m sure it was exciting on TV but this clip is the only one I’ve found that properly captured how exciting it was live.
Everyone saw this one last year, featuring the 25 laterals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjasKozIi2I&feature=related This one is better.
1994 Texas State High School Football Playoffs. On the field, you have Plano East (in black) trailing 41-17 with under 4 minutes left. In the booth, you have the living embodiment of every ignorant yankee stereotype of redneck southerners.
I especially love #6 (watch the move behind the back, so quick you can miss it), #3 (in Walton’s face…I hate Bill Walton), #2 (note the takeoff point), and #1 (the greatest game dunk in basketball history).
I’ll listen to those that argue that some player other than Julius Erving was the greatest of all time, but to say Doctor J is not the greatest dunker of all time is both wrong and insulting.
I know I shouldn’t have served this up without checking it’s credentials, but it seems there is some doubt this actually happened. Can any doper confirm either way? The argument that there are no advertising hoardings seems to kill the idea it is real.
Oh, and I’m not sure it would have been an ace, even if it was real.
