The two worst moments in 2007 sports reporting?

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[QUOTE=Robot Arm]
If they meant it to be for U.S. sports, they should have left the 1972 Olympic Massacre off the list. If it’s supposed to be for world sports, they should have included Pierre Levegh’s crash at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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The USA had a team in the Munich Olympics, and the games (and the hostage taking/murders) were extensively covered by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). I may be wrong, but I thought at least one of the hostages killed had dual American/Israeli citizenship.

The 1955 LeMans race didn’t have those connections.

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I thought the death of 29-year-old NBA star Drazen Petrovic would have been on there. He was an eastern European who had crazy skills and was on his way really opening the door for eastern European players to become part of the NBA until his tragic death (car accident). There have been a few, but new prospects from the region have dwindled drastically. It’s unfortunate in a big way.

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[QUOTE=Marley23]
It took several years before baseball recovered from the strike.
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Some would say it took a little over five months when Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s Iron Man streak on September 6, 1995.

I know all my bitterness about the strike disappeared that day. And I was jumping up and down when he hits those home runs.

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[QUOTE=MaxTheVool]
oh, get over it.
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No. You get over your US-is-the-world attitude.

So why did they not bother to say so? “Worst moments in sport” clearly covers the world.

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Interesting that the Marshall Football team is remembered, but not Wichita State’s football team whose plane crashed in 1970.

Wichita State no longer has a football program, however I believe their stadium still stands.

Both terrible tragedies.

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[QUOTE=Askance]
No. You get over your US-is-the-world attitude.So why did they not bother to say so? “Worst moments in sport” clearly covers the world.
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Do I dare mention that the list was compiled by ABC News… the news division of the American Broadcasting Company?

I guess the American focus was kind of implicit…

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No, both of you get over this streak of rudeness. In Cafe Society, we have discussion and disagreement without belittling or insulting the other poster. Wake up.

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[QUOTE=RealityChuck]
I agree, but Jackson’s supporters have argued he did not participate in the actual fix; that he just sat in on the meetings and took the gamblers’ money, but double crossed them and played his best. That’s what could be meant by “refusing to participate,” and since by Gandil’s account the players didn’t fix all the games, it can’t be immediately ruled out. I don’t find it convincing, but the case has been made.
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The case can be made that Jackson might have played his best, but of course it’s irrelevant; he conspired to throw the Series, and how much effort he appeared to exert on the field doesn’t matter.

As bad as the 1919 Series was, baseball took quick and decisive action, and solved the problem. The worst things to happen to sport usually aren’t one time events, they’re long term things that rot away at it.

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“Worst moments in sports history” and they don’t mention Steinbrenner once?