# Your greatest sports stories thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 16, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168 "2022-03-16T08:04:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/1 "2022-03-16T08:04:11Z")
Sports can reveal character, can tell fabulous stories, and can tell powerfully negative stories (and positive ones too). What are the greatest sports stories to you? **Rules and suggestions** Rule — Only one story per post. Rule — You can make multiple posts, each with its own great story (but remember, only one story per post). Rule — Brevity: keep your post short, brief. The briefer the better. No explanation required. Rule — no arguing, no discussion, no shooting down another’s choice. Allowed: agreement, or +1 votes in favor of another’s choice. Suggestion — include a link(s) to a video(s) or documentary(ies) or reference(s). I’ll kick it off. Please follow my lead. Thank you, and enjoy the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/2 "2022-03-16T08:04:18Z")
Basketball: the 1992 Dream Team [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IraymSUdK0M/maxresdefault.jpg "NBA "The Dream Team 1992" Full Documentary - https://shinstarlive.com") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IraymSUdK0M) ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/3 "2022-03-16T09:19:23Z")
Horse Racing: Secretariat-Belmont Stakes-1973 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vfCMtaNiMDM/maxresdefault.jpg "Secretariat Belmont Stakes 1973 & extended coverage (HD Version - NEW!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfCMtaNiMDM) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/4 "2022-03-16T11:03:38Z")
Reggie Miller’s 8 points, 9 seconds. Believe it or not, I actually called for it in a moment of desperation. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YoCpMguR4cQ/hqdefault.jpg "Remembering Reggie Miller's legendary 8 points in 9 seconds [May 7, 1995] | SportsCenter | ESPN") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCpMguR4cQ) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/5 "2022-03-16T11:11:51Z")
The 2010 San Francisco Giants: CHAMPIONS. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjKUFzqYSpw) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/6 "2022-03-16T11:58:44Z")
Larry Bird and Dennis Johnson. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Wp_gpLSUMRI/maxresdefault.jpg "My Favorite NBA Moment: Bird's Steal and Johnson's Layup") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_gpLSUMRI) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/7 "2022-03-16T12:04:15Z")
June 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Doc Ellis drops acid then pitches a no hitter. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JuAJ9aHlfM0/maxresdefault.jpg "Dock Ellis No Hitter On LSD| Forgotten Sports Stories| Sports Vaults | Baseball History") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuAJ9aHlfM0) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/8 "2022-03-16T12:06:15Z")
To me sportsmanship is the most important thing. So this is a truly great moment: [Softball player carried around bases by opponents - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVlKtI7yd_s) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/9 "2022-03-16T12:52:11Z")
One of my personal favorites, because there’s a little schadenfreude mixed in. May 1, 1991 Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brock’s all-time stolen base record, and proclaims that “Today I am the greatest!” Then a few hours later Nolan Ryan goes out and throws a no-hitter – _his seventh!_ Who’s the greatest, Rickey? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/10 "2022-03-16T13:30:28Z")
[Mets comeback, game 6, 1986 World Series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWnqVnghuIc) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/11 "2022-03-16T13:55:33Z")
The Heidi Game [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zJAn3cTMXW8/hqdefault.jpg "The Heidi game") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAn3cTMXW8) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/12 "2022-03-16T14:35:26Z")
> [@glee](#): > > To me sportsmanship is the most important thing. For me too, and the one athlete who always stood out with fair play the most is Miro Klose, record WC scorer with 16 goals. His best example: when he unintentionally netted the ball with his hand in a Seria A game for SSC Napoli against Lazio Roma and the ref called it a valid goal (this was in 2012, before VAR), he informed the ref that his goal had been scored illegally and it was annulled. I’ve watched thousands of football games in my life, but have never seen such a thing before or after. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TJBRg1jA7AQ/hqdefault.jpg "Miroslav Klose - Fair Play") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJBRg1jA7AQ) (sorry, could only find a link with Arabic commentary) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/13 "2022-03-16T15:01:20Z")
Brunell + Moss x 2 = Washington wins!!! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bkc82Ak4VNE/hqdefault.jpg "Redskins Vs Cowboys 2005 Full Game Highlights"Monday Night Miracle"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkc82Ak4VNE) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/14 "2022-03-16T15:13:04Z")
The Immaculate Reception. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dHIXFKrrUhA/maxresdefault.jpg "Immaculate Reception Original Broadcast - BEST QUALITY") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHIXFKrrUhA) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/15 "2022-03-16T15:21:31Z")
Derek Redmond in the 1992 Olympics 400m. Greatest “Did Not Finish” ever. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yrboO72eJKg/maxresdefault.jpg "Derek Redmond's inspirational 400m Race at Barcelona 1992 | Throwback Thursday") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrboO72eJKg) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/16 "2022-03-16T15:23:53Z")
Derrike Cope winning the Daytona 500 in 1990. The race was not shown live in Western Washington where Cope grew up, the local CBS station showed a Seattle Sonics-Charlotte Hornets basketball game instead. The management for KIRO tv was slammed for this decision by the local racing fans and the media. Especially considering the basketball game featured two of the worst teams in the league that season. Sorry about the long post, there was a lot of back story to this one. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OdW-VXgMl4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OdW-VXgMl4) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/17 "2022-03-16T15:26:48Z")
1980 Winter Olympics Hockey Semi-Finals. USA vs. CCCP Greatest backstory, Greatest inspirational game (affected a nation), Greatest sports call (The whole last minute) I rewatch the whole game every couple of years and still get goosebumps. I saw the game “live”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qYscemhnf88/hqdefault.jpg "Final Minute of the "Miracle on Ice"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYscemhnf88) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/18 "2022-03-16T16:08:05Z")
I was in boot camp that day. The cold war was still on. We beat the Soviets!! No we didn’t watch the game, my Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Leland Deuel came into the squadbay with the bold newspaper headlines that morning yelling, “_ **We beat the Russian bastards!!** _” I’ll always remember that day. I’m enjoying the great stories so far. My post: Ayrton Senna, the greatest. He could make his car _dance_. Especially in the rain. 10 great moments — [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-pItzcHBHt0/maxresdefault.jpg "Top 10 Moments of Ayrton Senna Brilliance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pItzcHBHt0) Top Gear tribute — [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9U_K76vPGYo/maxresdefault.jpg "Ayrton Senna | Top Gear Tribute") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U_K76vPGYo) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168/19 "2022-03-16T17:11:49Z")
> [@glee](#): > > To me sportsmanship is the most important thing > So this is a truly great moment: > > [Softball player carried around bases by opponents - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVlKtI7yd_s) Beat me to it. Yes, whenever I think about what’s good about sports, I remember these two Central Washington players carrying the injured Western Oregon hitter around the bases, so she’d get credit for the one and only home run of her playing career. And they must have inspired other athletes, because in 2014, it happened again, this time in Florida: [College softball players carry injured opponent around bases | For The Win](https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/04/college-softball-players-carry-injured-opponent-around-bases) ---
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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WiQeLGqBfcs/maxresdefault.jpg "2018 Winter Olympics: Team USA defeats Sweden 10-7 for first curling gold | NBC Sports") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiQeLGqBfcs) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-sports-stories-thread/961168.md?page=2)