Who has witnessed an Historic Moment in Sports. That is to say, been there to see it, not watching it on TV?
I, myself, was in the stands at the X-Games in SF when Tony Hawk pulled off his 900. It was outrageous. The best time I ever had at a sporting event.
I was at the highest scoring game in NBA history. I had great seats for the ACC tournament, but I don’t recall anything historical happening. Wow, this is a pretty lame list of sporting history.
so what was the score/breakdown of this highest scoring game in NBA history?
Nothing professional, so skip this post if you want.
I was present when a 35-year-old long-jump record was broken by a good friend of mine.
I was present when the girls’ track team in high school won the new england championship, the first time any team had won a NE championship in 50 years.
Chief, the highest scoring game was something like 177-175 . . some astronomical score like that.
It was back in '84 but I was at the first ever women’s olympic bicycle race and saw Connie Carpenter win the gold and Rebecca Twigg win the silver. Pretty damnned exciting too. A friend and I had gone up from San Diego because the road race was the only event free to the public. We rode our bikes around Mission Viejo watching the laps of the race from the parallel road. Near the end of the race we realized we were actually close to the start/finish line. As the peloton came by we sprinted alongside for a few yards, enough to see that Rebecca was in front with Connie close behind. The road was blocked ahead but we noticed a guy with a portable TV so we leapt off our bikes and joined the bunch staring at the tiny screen. Almost at the finish line Connie lifted off her seat and pushed her body backward, pushing her bike forward a tiny bit, just enough so that her speed skater’s sprint and that extra little “oomf” put her front wheel across the line first. We learned that Connie had been practicing this move for months in the event of a razor thin finish.
It goes without saying the jingoistic roar of “U-S-A” was deafening. We worked our way up to the team area where the US team and coach Eddie B. were signing autographs and showing off medals. The best part of the day for many of the fans was Rebecca taking a break laying down on an ice chest - giving the appreciative guys a nice panty shot. 
We watched the men’s race from an off limits hill the crowd had appropriated. Connie’s husband was the favored yank but winner Alexi Grewal was the only American to even place.
I have seen four world records fall, all in swimming. I even counted laps for one of them.
I saw UNLV play in the Big West Basketball Tourney the year they won the NCAA’s. They were scary good. I have seen two one hitters but no no hitters yet.
I was at the Kingdome when Mark McGwire tied the rookie home run record (48). Great game, went with my Grandpa. (Pardon me, a Hallmark moment remembering going to ballgames with Gramps)
My brother was at the Forum when Gretzky broke the all time goals record, does that count?
I was present in Ottawa in 1984 when Canadians Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall won the World figure skating championship gold medal. Every time they tried a maneuver the crowd held it’s breath. When the finished the cheers sent a chill down my spine. The thrill of hearing your anthem being played at a world championship caliber event hasn’t been duplicated.
Keith
I was at the A’s vs. Brewers game in '82 when Ricky Henderson broke Lou Brock’s single-season stolen bases record. I think I was about 15 at the time. Pretty cool.
I was in Michigan stadium for the Colorado game when Kordell Stewart threw the last minute Hail Mary to Westbrook. I never imagined that 105,000 people could go from a deafing scream to complete silence in a fraction of a second. Not exactly record breaking or anything, but it still is one of the most replayed plays in sports.
I was at Nolan Ryan’s last game (also in the Kingdome, tak29813).
Dunno if this is sports greatness (probably not), but the Mets radio announcers kept mentioning it all last season, and even once or twice this season.
My daughter and I went on our annual Shea Stadium trip last season to see the Mets play the Phillies. The game was delayed by rain for an hour, but then they played a dismal game, with the Mets behind 4 - 0 going into the bottom of the ninth. Mike Piazza led off with a single, followed by a home run by Ventura. This incredible rally began, with nine men coming to bat that inning. Final play: two outs, bases loaded, 4 - 3 Phillies. Olerud, who wasn’t expected to bat that inning, lines one to shallow left field, and the runner on second beats the throw to score the fifth and winning run.
The stands were nearly empty because of the rotten weather and the fact that lots of people left because it looked like a lost cause. But for a small crowd, they made a helluva noise.
The thing I never figured out was why they never went to the bullpen. Schilling pitched a complete game loss, and lost his famous control in the ninth. He actually hit two batters with pitches. Well, their poor decision was a victory for the Metsies that day. And my girl and I were there to see it.
In 1982 I was at the Stampede Coral in Calgary to watch the Flames host the hated Edmonton Oilers. That game was when Wayne Gretzky scored his 200th point in a season for the first time. He repeated the feat 3 or 4 more times and nobody else has managed it. But I was there for the first time.
I had my nose pressed against the glass when the Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley cup in game 5 vs the Islanders.
The start of their dynasty of winning 5 cups in 7 years.
If I live to be 1000, I will never forget that game.
I lived in Edmonton during the Oiler’s “Dynasty Years”. It’s amazing how cavalier we all were back then. This was a team that had Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Jari Kurri, Glenn Anderson, and Grant Fuhr all playing at the same time, all in their prime. And the fans here would BOO them if they had a mediocre period. I can remember callers to sports-talk shows demanding that Paul Coffey be traded because he was a poor defenceman. Oh, he scored 72 goals that year? Who cares! Get rid of the bum!
The only NFL game I have ever seen was the only ~~~~~~drumroll~~~~~tie of the 1984 season.WOOHOO Talk about pandemonium,the crowd was beside itself. Truly something I will never forget… Hmm, maybe it was 83.
That’s some cool stuff. I especially envy denbo and Robot Arm.
What nobody was at Cal Ripken’s record breaker? I would have loved to have been there. I was watching on TV with perma-grin. Hell I almost cried.
All the talk of hockey made me think of another record breaker I witnessed (although that record has been broken now).
I was at the longest game in NHL playoff history (at the time). I can’t remember all the details, except that it was in Buffalo. I think they were playing the Capitols but I could be wrong. It was something like 4 or 5 overtimes. I had the ticket stub made into a keychain, but damned if I can find it now. This was back about 10 years or so.
I was at the final game of the Stanley Cup finals in '98, when the Red Wings won their second straight Cup, in a sweep over the Caps. That was pretty cool.
By far, the coolest thing I ever witnessed in sports was a buzzer-beating 3-point shot from half court which won the basketball playoff series in which my college team was playing.
At first, I thought the 3,700 in attendance at the game were pretty damned loud as the clock ticked off the final seconds. To see what I did, and to hear the crowd go from that volume to dead silence and return to a volume ten times greater than before probably made me the most emotional I’d ever become at a sporting event (and I wasn’t even playing!).
I was in charge of scorekeeping for the team over the next few years, and went on to watch that same player who scored The Shot (as it came to be known) break the conference record (and perhaps the league record) a few times over for most points in a game. Scoring fifty points in a game suddenly wasn’t that big of a deal anymore. 
That night will be a memory I take to my grave.
gasp Montfort, I’m incredibly jealous. Man, I still want Stanley again.
I don’t have any great sports moments, unfortunately. [/hijack]
Well I saw Richard Hadlee get his 400th test wicket, a then record. It was the only time I have ever seen people rush to be on time to a sporting event that takes five days.
But then I’m assuming that any one gives a toss about test cricket.