The most memorable moments in Sports for 2007

[Fran]

I know Psycho brought the idea up in the NFL thread, thought we would have a whole thread about it. :yay:

My most memorable moments:
-Michigan beating MSU (Never get that image outta my head)
-MSU beating Penn State to secure a bowl
-Pistons beating Celtics
-Red Wings coming back to the Conference Finals
-Tiger returning to his dominance
-Sean Taylor :csad:
-Chris Benoit :csad:

[Badger]

Mizzou's rise in football.

...yeah, that's about it for me.

[Showtime]

*Red Sox World Series
*Sean Taylor
*Micheal Vick
*Kevin Garnett Trade
*Mets Collapse

[Superman79]

Red Sox 2nd World Series in 4 years.
The rise of Kansas and Missouri
The generally f-ed up NCAA Football Season
Garnett to the Celtics
The Pats going 14-0
The fall of Michigan to App. State
The Mitchell Report
The Barry 'Cheater' Bonds Controversy

[November Rain]

Contender 3 final

[Mee]

David Beckham coming to the MLS
The Revs losing a third straight MLS Cup
Cowboys/Bills
Colts/Patriots
Cowboys/Packers
Michael Vick saga
Sean Taylor's death :csad:
Tebow's great season/Heisman win

[Fran]

-Michigan vs. App State

[Mr. Thing]

James McFadden scoring the winning goal for Scotland against the World Cup finalists, France, in September.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/graphics/2007/09/14/sfnrod114.jpg

[StorminNorman]

The Correct America List Of Top Sports Stories (because I am right and everyone else is wrong)

Overall:
1. Barry Bonds
2. MLB Steroids: Mitchel Report (Would be higher, but true fallout will occur after 1-1-08)
3. New England Patriots


NFL:
1. New England Patriots: From Spygate to Juggernaut
2. Michael Vick
3. Sean Taylor

MLB:
1. Steroids
2. Barry Bonds HR Record (Tarnished by Steroids)
3. Boston Redsox

NBA:
1. Boston Celtics Various Trades
2. Kobe and LA Dysfunction
3. That silly Isiah Thomas

NCAA:
1. Upsets: Top 10 Constant Loses to Unranked Teams
2. Upsets: Division II Over Michigan
3. Upsets: Boise State Over Oklahoma

Award for Best Single Sporting Event:
2008 Fiesta Bowl aka "The Greatest Bowl Game Ever Played In The History Of Carbon Life Forms"

[Jerry!]

My most memorable 2007 Sports Moments:

The death of Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz, finally unchaining the organization from his reign and looking like they actually have a future to build upon with Pat Kane and Jonathan Toews. Not to mention finally going to be put back on television regularly again.

Mark Buerhrle's no hitter.

Jim Thome's walk off 500th career home run.

[Superman79]

oh, forgot Clay Bucholtz's No-hitter in his second ever ML start...

[BouncyBall]

James McFadden scoring the winning goal for Scotland against the World Cup finalists, France, in September.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/graphics/2007/09/14/sfnrod114.jpg

I second that

[Immortalfire]

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[Fran]

-Another memorable moment was Georgia's "blackout" against Auburn. That was awesome to watch.

[Immortalfire]

The blackout was Auburn. :oldrazz:

[Fran]

I know :huh:

[Immortalfire]

Jerk. Don't post stuff like that again.

[Fran]

Wow, I watched a YT vid of it, and the stadium went NUTS!

[Immortalfire]

You betcha man, that was an experience like none other I have ever known. :wow:

I swear this dude filmed this inside my eyes..

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[Fran]

I watched that one :up:

[Genesis 1.0]

-Michigan defeats MSU

-Barry Bonds: Home Run King

-Steroids Scandal

-Patriots' Spygate

-Joe Torre's departure

-Brett Farve leads Packers back to relevance

-Vick's trial and subsequent 23 months

-Chris Benoit & Sean Taylor

[Fran]

You're a Michigan fan too?

[Genesis 1.0]

*Looks around sheepishly*

Notre Dame actually but Michigan has been a team I've enjoyed watching for a few years now.

[Fran]

Every team has their down years.

[Genesis 1.0]

Heh, you're telling me, but through the years I've seen sparks of brilliance within the orginization. They'll be back on top once they owrk out the kinks on both sides of the ball and not until.

[StorminNorman]

You betcha man, that was an experience like none other I have ever known. :wow:

I swear this dude filmed this inside my eyes..

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I love how the ending makes everyone get motion sickness.

[Steve Rogers]

Celtics acquire Garnett and Allen in the offseason.
Red Sox, after an 80 year drought, win their second World Series in three years.
Patriots tie the Dolphins 14-0 record
J.S. Giguere's stellar performance in the NHL Playoffs
Michael Vick-needs no explanation.
Bruins goaltender Tukka Rask becomes only the second goalie in history to get a shutout in an NHL debut.
Rob and Scott Nidermayer become the first brothers to hoist the Cup since 1983 when Brett and Duane Sutter did it with the Islanders.

[JTStarkiller]

Watching Rex and the Bears put together a hurry-up, no huddle drive early in the 1st quarter against the Giants a couple weeks back. It wasn't anything special, but for some reason it was just a complete blast to watch after such a disappointing season. Watching it with my dad also helped.

[Jerry!]

Watching Rex and the Bears put together a hurry-up, no huddle drive early in the 1st quarter against the Giants a couple weeks back. It wasn't anything special, but for some reason it was just a complete blast to watch after such a disappointing season. Watching it with my dad also helped.

Yeah thats a good one one, I remember watching that and just smiling. Too bad they abandoned it, and then Rex got hurt next week. But still, for even just one drive, it was fun to watch something actually work on offense.

[Spidey-Bat]

*Mets Collapse

That wasn't really a moment. ESPN made it seem like it just happened in 2 weeks. The truth is it was happening since June.

[NewYorkSpider]

MLB:

1. Mitchell Report
2. Colorado Rockies winning 14 of 15 to make it to the playoffs
3. Red Sox winning their second WS in 4 years

NFL:

1. Spygate and Patriots dominance.
2. Michael Vick
3. Sean Taylor

NBA:

1. Celtics rise to the top
2. Tim Donaghy
3. Isiah Thomas

NHL:

1. Ducks hoist Stanley Cup for first time in franchise history.
2. Marian Gaborik's 5 goal game(happened tonight)
3. Red Wings great season.

[Dodger]

- Mets Collapse
- Padres Collapse
- Rockies Miracle run.
- The Boise State game
- Russell Martin being elected to the AS game
- Joe Torre signing

[BlackLantern]

Mets collapse (it hurt so bad)

The Mitchell Report

Boise State/Oklahoma (best college football game I have ever watched)

the Isiah Thomas saga

E:60 piece on Kenyan runners

[Excel]

1. 2007 Patriots season(undefeated, spy gate, MEGA resurgance of Randy Moss, passing and recieving td record chases)

CLOSE 2: Sean Taylor death: the latest incident of the good dying young; theyll be saying "remember how good sean taylor was/woulda been before he died" for the next century.

distant 3: Mike Vick....his homies really got him.

4. Red Sox....2004 was NO fluke!

[rdh007]

Michigan - App State
Statue of Liberty play from Boise
Bonds breaks record
Mitchell report

[StorminNorman]

1. 2007 Patriots season(undefeated, spy gate, MEGA resurgance of Randy Moss, passing and recieving td record chases)

CLOSE 2: Sean Taylor death: the latest incident of the good dying young; theyll be saying "remember how good sean taylor was/woulda been before he died" for the next century.

distant 3: Mike Vick....his homies really got him.

4. Red Sox....2004 was NO fluke!

...Sterioids

[SouLeSS]

Michael Vick appearing in court in a pinstripe jail suit that he had custom made for like 10 grand and pleading guilty was quiet possibly the greatest thing ever.

[Immortalfire]

Knowshon Moreno in and of himself was a memorable moment...

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[SouLeSS]

I'd also like to add this as the best moment in sports this year for us Tampa Bay fans;

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[Excel]

steroids have beem huge in baseball for a while; i wouldnt consider them a big event in 2007.

[Fran]

The Mitchell Report? :dry:

[Immortalfire]

One of the dumbest moments of '07...Georgia and Alabama are in overtime, and Mike Patrick seems more concerned about Britney.

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[The_Mystery]

The Ravens emotional collapse while nearly upsetting the Patriots will be a moment I'll probably never forget.

[E. Nygma]

The Ravens emotional collapse while nearly upsetting the Patriots will be a moment I'll probably never forget.

Yeah, emotional collapse does not do that game justice. That was a complete disaster. Baltimore had that game, but some how some way Belicheat survived. Damn Rex Ryan calling timeout!

[bored]

Jared Allen leading the NFL in sacks.
The rise of KU football/Todd Reesing as Heisman dark-horse/Putting up 76 on Nebraska
The revival of the Cleveland Browns
Red Sox postseason blitz
Julian Wright scoring 33 against Mizzou
Lord Stanley hoisted by team that owes existance to Emilio Estevez movie.

Note that I stuck with happy stories.

[Jerry!]

Since the football season is over I have to add one to mine

Devin Hester breaking his own record of return TDs.

[Alex The Great]

- Pats going 16-0 :up:
- Sean Taylor :csad:
- Indy/Pats
- Cows/Pats
- Bears missing playoffs after going to SB last year :lmao:
- Vick

that's about it for me

[BlackLantern]

in addition....seeing Roger Clemens become a big fat liar....

[Jerry!]

I don't know. I'm leaning towards believing Clemens on that.

[NewYorkSpider]

- Bears missing playoffs after going to SB last year :lmao:


A lot of teams miss the playoffs after going to the Super Bowl. The Patriots first Super Bowl victory was followed by missing the playoffs. So I really don't see how that's funny.

[NewYorkSpider]

in addition....seeing Roger Clemens become a big fat liar....

I don't know. I'm leaning towards believing Clemens on that.

I'm still trying to decide. Neither party has really come forth with good evidence.

[BlackLantern]

good evidence??? so what is The mitchell report??? a paperweight...? im certainly more willing to believe an independent investigation run by a reputable guy like George Mitchell as opposed to a walking douchebag like Roger Clemens....

[Jerry!]

That is the problem with thebaseball fans and others looking in on this whole situation. People can't put aside their personal feelings for Clemens in this issue. Some people hate him because he was a Yankee, some people hate him for leaving the Red Sox, some people hate him for pitching just whenever he feels like it and some people hate him because of all the above. But all that doesn't make a difference, it doesn't give anyone a real legal advantage when it comes to the situation he is in now with McNamee.

You say why believe a walking douchebag like Clemens. Why believe a guy who is looking more and more like he lied about Clemens so he could get out of jail? He could get any other player, give up everyone else and be right about it, but if he didn't connect Clemens to this he would be going back to jail no matter what. I'm sure he had his own personal reasons other than just not wanting to go back to jail (which is probably reason enough). From the sound of it, his son is in real bad shape, dying or something. Try not to just take the word of anyone bad mouthing a person just because it happens to be a player you've hated for years. People keep comparing it to what happened with Bonds, but this is completely different. There are things that happened to Bonds physically that are impossible to explain without him having taken steroids/HGH.

[NewYorkSpider]

good evidence??? so what is The mitchell report??? a paperweight...? im certainly more willing to believe an independent investigation run by a reputable guy like George Mitchell as opposed to a walking douchebag like Roger Clemens....

The Mitchell Report only says the Clemens allegedly took Steroids. It doesn't prove anything yet.

[BlackLantern]

That is the problem with thebaseball fans and others looking in on this whole situation. People can't put aside their personal feelings for Clemens in this issue. Some people hate him because he was a Yankee, some people hate him for leaving the Red Sox, some people hate him for pitching just whenever he feels like it and some people hate him because of all the above. But all that doesn't make a difference, it doesn't give anyone a real legal advantage when it comes to the situation he is in now with McNamee.

You say why believe a walking douchebag like Clemens. Why believe a guy who is looking more and more like he lied about Clemens so he could get out of jail? He could get any other player, give up everyone else and be right about it, but if he didn't connect Clemens to this he would be going back to jail no matter what. I'm sure he had his own personal reasons other than just not wanting to go back to jail (which is probably reason enough). From the sound of it, his son is in real bad shape, dying or something. Try not to just take the word of anyone bad mouthing a person just because it happens to be a player you've hated for years. People keep comparing it to what happened with Bonds, but this is completely different. There are things that happened to Bonds physically that are impossible to explain without him having taken steroids/HGH.

I could care less if it was clemens or not.....i am just more inclined to believe the report than I am to believe a guy who took a whole week to respond to what he says are false allegations.....someone calls me a liar, I am talking to the press ASAP and making sure people know that i am truthful...if not steroids, there is something that Clemens is hiding

[Jerry!]

Ask any lawyer and every single one of them would advise against doing just what you wanted Clemens to do until both of them know the full extent of EVERYTHING in the given situation. No lawyer would let you, guilty or innocent, go out the next day and make that scene in front of the media. Clemens' lawyer explained that, as well as other legal analysts who have been following this as well and agreed. It's just not the way it works with lawyers. But right now Clemens is doing everything that a person who is innocent of these accusations should be doing and is actually going to be helped in that situation by having to go to Congress and state on the record under oath what happened. If he is innocent, then it's the best possible thing for him to do. Seriously what more could he possibly do at this point?

[BlackLantern]

Clemens is going to go to Congress and lie to them too....maybe its because he really believes he did nothing wrong or that there is more going on here than we all know. I think there is more to the relationship between Clemens and this trainer guy than anyone thinks.....that recorded conversation was really odd

[Jerry!]

It was odd because the one thing everyone wanted to hear to know if Clemens was lying or McNammee was lying was one of the things Clemens couldn't ask. He couldn't answer that "Tell me what you want to do" question that McNamee was constantly asking him because that could be see as coercing a federal witness and that opens up a whole new book of problems for Clemens if he had done that.

[BlackLantern]

I see Clemens going to Congress and pulling a McGuire....

[Jerry!]

Umm no. Him stating publicly, bluntly and repeatedly that he never took steroids/HGH is already going farther than McGuire ever did to defend himself. Thats if you want to call what McGuire did "defending himself". Basically he just disappeared and refused to talk about the past. Clemens is doing the exact opposite of that.

[BlackLantern]

Clemens is going to hide in plain sight....he'll bluster and say over and over he didnt do 'roids....I just don't believe him...at least he'll never get into the HOF...thats good enough for me