Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 11, 2008
100 Years...
Please check this out from ESPN...
Made my eyes water up a few times.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=cubs100
Made my eyes water up a few times.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=cubs100
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Which franchise rules your city? I know the answer. (ESPN the Magazine)
Here is an interesting read from Rick Reilly in ESPN The Magazine.
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Which franchise rules your city? I know the answer.
If your town could save one sports team—college or pro—and the others had to relocate to Vladivostok, Russia, which one would stay?
In Denver, for instance, the fans would keep the Broncos and happily drive all other teams to the airport. Proof: If you added your name to the season-ticket waiting list now, it'd be nearly 190 years before you got a call.
Some cities are easy that way. St. Louis is a Cards town. The Skins own DC, lock, stock and pork barrel. Dallas belongs to the Cowboys, and if you don't believe it you better be wearing steel-toed boots. The rest of America? Glad you asked:
ATLANTA Georgia football. Every SEC grad gets a job in Atlanta. The Braves can't even sell out playoff games. Everybody thinks the Hawks moved to Calgary years ago.
BALTIMORE Ravens, in a squeaker over Michael Phelps.
BOSTON Red Sox. Once, Boston was a hockey town, and Orr's Bruins ruled. It's never been a Celtics town—despite Russell and Bird—partly because of the finally fading racism. Patriots? Pssshhht. They're not even in Boston. The Red Sox, though, sell out a cramped, rusted ballpark as though there were Hope Diamonds under every seat. Says longtime Boston sports yakker Eddie Andelman: "Who can have a decent conversation about anything else?"
CHARLOTTE NASCAR. Bobcats players could give fans halftime mani-pedis and still not draw.
CHICAGO Bears. The Cubbies are the Windy City's cute Labradoodle pets, but the Bears are in the blood. "Everybody in Chicago loves the Bears," admits Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot. Pro football is to Chicago what airplanes are to Dayton. In third, the Bulls. Fourth, Notre Dame football.
CLEVELAND Browns. Name one other city that lost a team and had the league give it back! Name, uniforms, everything! If the Cavaliers left, two janitors might look up.
DETROIT Red Wings. It's called Hockeytown, not Basketballtown.
HOUSTON Yesterday. Everything in Houston was better in the old days—Luv Ya Blue, Hakeem the Dream, the Ryan Express. Now everything is an Applebee's opening.
INDIANAPOLIS Colts, which is funny. Four years ago, they couldn't even sell out the RCA Dome, smallest venue in the league. Now they've got brand-new digs.
LOS ANGELES Lakers. The real folks in town—bus drivers, gardeners, school-teachers—own Lakers jerseys. Dodgertown is in Florida. "There's a radio guy here with 'I Slept with Shaq' tattooed on his forehead," marvels Laker Derek Fisher. Think anyone's got "I Slept with Chris Kaman" tattooed on his forehead?
MIAMI Dolphins. Second: U. of Miami football. Third: Miami spring football. Last: Marlins, once again the C-SPAN of MLB attendance.
MINNEAPOLIS Vikings. The Twins get no love. Once, they were playing a Saturday afternoon game in the HumpDome, and it went extra innings. The game was stopped so the stadium crew could get the field ready for a football game that night. Ouch.
NEW YORK You see more Yankees hats in NYC than all other teams combined. Win 26 titles, that happens. Then there's this: MoviesUnlimited.com lists 21 flicks about the Yanks, four on the Giants and Mets each, two on the Knicks and one on the Rangers.
PHILADELPHIA Used to be Eagles, now it's Phillies. This is partly because of the Phils' young stars and partly because the Iggles owner has handed it to them. Jeffrey Lurie is a Boston guy who's made $800 million so far on his Eagles purchase but not many friends. You always get the feeling that his jet bound for his beloved Beantown is double-parked.
PHOENIX The Suns are hanging on, with Arizona State closing fast. Suns owner Robert "Foam Finger" Sarver has turned off so many fans while the ASU AD, Lisa Love, has turned so many on. Cardinals? Worst ownership in the history of owning things.
SAN FRANCISCO Says San Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler: "A second-string 49er having his chakras aligned is bigger news than any other team's top player winning the MVP, a Nobel Prize and dying, all on the same day."
SEATTLE Seahawks, but that's new. "When I first got here," says Matt Hasselbeck, "we'd play at Husky Stadium. They'd get 72,000 on Saturdays. We'd get 25,000 the next day, and 10,000 would be there for the Raiders."
TAMPA Bucs. "How can the Rays be ahead of two of the top franchises in baseball history and still get only 14,000 some nights?" asks Bucs corner Ronde Barber.
So there you have it. Meanwhile, I'm getting a time-share in Vladivostok. It's going to have some sick teams.
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Which franchise rules your city? I know the answer.
If your town could save one sports team—college or pro—and the others had to relocate to Vladivostok, Russia, which one would stay?
In Denver, for instance, the fans would keep the Broncos and happily drive all other teams to the airport. Proof: If you added your name to the season-ticket waiting list now, it'd be nearly 190 years before you got a call.
Some cities are easy that way. St. Louis is a Cards town. The Skins own DC, lock, stock and pork barrel. Dallas belongs to the Cowboys, and if you don't believe it you better be wearing steel-toed boots. The rest of America? Glad you asked:
ATLANTA Georgia football. Every SEC grad gets a job in Atlanta. The Braves can't even sell out playoff games. Everybody thinks the Hawks moved to Calgary years ago.
BALTIMORE Ravens, in a squeaker over Michael Phelps.
BOSTON Red Sox. Once, Boston was a hockey town, and Orr's Bruins ruled. It's never been a Celtics town—despite Russell and Bird—partly because of the finally fading racism. Patriots? Pssshhht. They're not even in Boston. The Red Sox, though, sell out a cramped, rusted ballpark as though there were Hope Diamonds under every seat. Says longtime Boston sports yakker Eddie Andelman: "Who can have a decent conversation about anything else?"
CHARLOTTE NASCAR. Bobcats players could give fans halftime mani-pedis and still not draw.
CHICAGO Bears. The Cubbies are the Windy City's cute Labradoodle pets, but the Bears are in the blood. "Everybody in Chicago loves the Bears," admits Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot. Pro football is to Chicago what airplanes are to Dayton. In third, the Bulls. Fourth, Notre Dame football.
CLEVELAND Browns. Name one other city that lost a team and had the league give it back! Name, uniforms, everything! If the Cavaliers left, two janitors might look up.
DETROIT Red Wings. It's called Hockeytown, not Basketballtown.
HOUSTON Yesterday. Everything in Houston was better in the old days—Luv Ya Blue, Hakeem the Dream, the Ryan Express. Now everything is an Applebee's opening.
INDIANAPOLIS Colts, which is funny. Four years ago, they couldn't even sell out the RCA Dome, smallest venue in the league. Now they've got brand-new digs.
LOS ANGELES Lakers. The real folks in town—bus drivers, gardeners, school-teachers—own Lakers jerseys. Dodgertown is in Florida. "There's a radio guy here with 'I Slept with Shaq' tattooed on his forehead," marvels Laker Derek Fisher. Think anyone's got "I Slept with Chris Kaman" tattooed on his forehead?
MIAMI Dolphins. Second: U. of Miami football. Third: Miami spring football. Last: Marlins, once again the C-SPAN of MLB attendance.
MINNEAPOLIS Vikings. The Twins get no love. Once, they were playing a Saturday afternoon game in the HumpDome, and it went extra innings. The game was stopped so the stadium crew could get the field ready for a football game that night. Ouch.
NEW YORK You see more Yankees hats in NYC than all other teams combined. Win 26 titles, that happens. Then there's this: MoviesUnlimited.com lists 21 flicks about the Yanks, four on the Giants and Mets each, two on the Knicks and one on the Rangers.
PHILADELPHIA Used to be Eagles, now it's Phillies. This is partly because of the Phils' young stars and partly because the Iggles owner has handed it to them. Jeffrey Lurie is a Boston guy who's made $800 million so far on his Eagles purchase but not many friends. You always get the feeling that his jet bound for his beloved Beantown is double-parked.
PHOENIX The Suns are hanging on, with Arizona State closing fast. Suns owner Robert "Foam Finger" Sarver has turned off so many fans while the ASU AD, Lisa Love, has turned so many on. Cardinals? Worst ownership in the history of owning things.
SAN FRANCISCO Says San Francisco Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler: "A second-string 49er having his chakras aligned is bigger news than any other team's top player winning the MVP, a Nobel Prize and dying, all on the same day."
SEATTLE Seahawks, but that's new. "When I first got here," says Matt Hasselbeck, "we'd play at Husky Stadium. They'd get 72,000 on Saturdays. We'd get 25,000 the next day, and 10,000 would be there for the Raiders."
TAMPA Bucs. "How can the Rays be ahead of two of the top franchises in baseball history and still get only 14,000 some nights?" asks Bucs corner Ronde Barber.
So there you have it. Meanwhile, I'm getting a time-share in Vladivostok. It's going to have some sick teams.
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
New For The NFL Season (Ladies Locker Room)
My good friends at Ladies Locker Room decided to invite a guy in... me!
Each week the Ladies of LLR ft. IO will be posting our picks.
Be sure to check it out before each weeks games and as always feel free to tell us how bad we suck.
http://www.ladieslockerroom.blogspot.com/
Each week the Ladies of LLR ft. IO will be posting our picks.
Be sure to check it out before each weeks games and as always feel free to tell us how bad we suck.
http://www.ladieslockerroom.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Someday We'll Go All The Way
As you know a friend of mine writes for a sports blog called Ladies Locker Room. I was asked to write something for it about what it is like being a Chicago Cubs fan. Here it is. Please check out Ladies Locker Room at http://ladieslockerroom.blogspot.com/
Someday We'll Go All The Way
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Someday We'll Go All The Way
So there are couple things that are different about me from Boogie and Stars who you normally hear from on LLR. The first and most obvious is I, in fact, do have balls. However that is of no importance in a sports blog. The difference that is more important is the fact that I am not an NL East guy. More specifically, I am not a New York Mets fan. I am a Chicago Cubs fan.
I am one of the bigger Chicago Cubs fans you will meet. I don’t really know the stats and remember every play of every game the way some of my brethren (and sisters) do. I, however, am one who allows the emotions of the game get to him. I actually do this for all of my teams (Chi Town stand up!). It changes my day when my teams lose. If my teams lose, its hard for me to watch Sportscenter that night. This has been very difficult over the past 27 years of being a Chicago Cubs fan...you miss a lot of ESPN.
While I have been struggling with this difficult task of being a supporter of the Loveable Losers for my whole life, my dad and his generation have in fact doubled my sentence. While my biggest heart wrenching moment has been 2003 (the year it was blamed on poor Steve Bartman), my dad has been old enough to sit through 1969 (Mets comeback), 1984 (“Go Cubs Go” singer Steve Goodman dies, Cubs win 2 then lose 3 in a row to SD), 1989 (Will Clark leads the Giants into Chicago) and 2003. Now, the Cubs have been competitive a few other times, but these were special teams that seemed like they could be the one. They seemed that they could be the one, but 1908 is still forever tattooed on all of our minds.
1908. William Taft was elected. It was the first time a ball was dropped for the New Year in Times Square. The first oil was discovered in the Middle East. Jack Johnson knocked out Tommy Burns to be the first African- American Heavyweight Champion. You get the picture. The things like “avoid Times Square on New Years Eve,” “lets go to war to get oil from the Arab nations” and “always bet on black” weren’t even ideas yet!
We are not accustomed to seeing a lot of success on the North Side of Chicago. At the same time in the past few seasons, we have watched the two other longest streaks in the Boston Red Sox and cross town rivals Chicago White Sox each win. We also saw our biggest rival the St. Louis Cardinals win as well. Now I don’t believe in curses or any of that, however it should be noted that we blew it in 2003, the Red Sox won in 2004 and the White Sox won in 2005. The two teams that were our suffering partners got invited to the dance right after we got our hearts broken.
The most dangerous thing a Chicago Cubs fan can do is get comfortable with success. I was taught at an early age by my dad to never say things that may come back to haunt you. It scares me when they show the people in the stands at Wrigley with signs that say, “This Is Our Year,” “This Year Is Next Year” or “Its Gonna Happen.” That is asking for trouble. Eddie Vedder, a big Cubs fan, and performs a song this summer that he wrote called “Someday We’ll Go All The Way.” The song is about Wrigley and us fans waiting but still having the Cubs backs 100 years later.
I simply prefer to take it one game at a time… bottle my excitement and hope… hope like you have to idea. All you can do is cheer and wait… and hope that our hearts aren’t ripped out again.
I just want them to win so our dads can see what many of our grandfathers didn’t. But, if they don’t win… There’s always next year.
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go!
Hey Chicago What Do You Say?
The Cubs Are Gonna Win Today!
-illorange
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
MLB Picks
Check my picks for this baseball season. I was the guest baseball Nostradamus, for my friend Boogie's blog, Ladies Locker Room...
Check out the link to see them... feel free to leave comments telling all of us that we suck!
http://ladieslockerroom.blogspot.com/
Check out the link to see them... feel free to leave comments telling all of us that we suck!
http://ladieslockerroom.blogspot.com/
Monday, July 07, 2008
Sports Gossip? (ill logik)
For those who don’t know, I am a sports junkie. Let me rephrase that. I love sports. You are likely asking yourself why would he down grade like that and not just come out and say it that way. Well here is the thing, I am indeed a huge sports fan. Sports is what I watch on tv 95% of the time… I don’t like movies, I don’t like sitcoms or any of these continuation epic shows like Lost or Heros or that stuff.
I prefer sports, but I am not one of those people that knows every single starting lineup, where they went to school and what their stats are. I love my teams and follow my teams but that’s about it (still don’t know their numbers and stuff).
I prefer sports, but I am not one of those people that knows every single starting lineup, where they went to school and what their stats are. I love my teams and follow my teams but that’s about it (still don’t know their numbers and stuff).
Any way, so this past weekend I have had my second favorite form of entertainment (music is still number 1), turned into US Weekly from this whole, ARod getting divorced from his wife who is with Lenny Kravitz in Paris, while he stays home with Madonna… stupid. Its lame to me that people who read People Magazine know who Tom Brady, Lance Armstrong, Derek Jeter and Tony Parker are based on who they date/marry. It’s lame. The ARod story even got the back page on the newspaper the day the Yankees were hosting the 4th and final game of a series against the Red Sox. Here in town nonetheless.
Two very cool stories happened this weekend involving athletes that aren’t getting nearly enough love. First, former NFL player turned lame actor Brian Bosworth pulled a woman out of a wrecked car this weekend. Also a current NFL superstar, Tony Gonzalez apparently gave someone the Heimlich Maneuver.
I don’t judge anyone for reading US Weekly or People or whatever. The fact of the matter is though, we are sports fans because we love the game! We don’t care who dates who. We don’t care who cheats on who. If my favorite athlete cheats on his wife today, he is still my favorite athlete tomorrow. I love the game and the athletes, what they do in their private time is up to them.
Friday, August 24, 2007
100 Greatest Beat Downs (ESPN (Page 2)
Here's one writer's opinion of the top 100 beatdowns:
1. Secretariat destroys the field at the 1973 Belmont Stakes by an astonishing 31 lengths to win the Triple Crown ... "He is moving like a TREMENDOUS machine!" A performance so dominating spectators were weeping in the stands.
2. Tiger Woods wins the 2000 U.S. Open by a mind-boggling 15 strokes.
3. 1940 NFL championship: Bears 73, Redskins 0. The Bears had 501 yards of offense, intercepted eight passes and officials had to ask Bears coach George Halas to run or pass for the PAT on the team's final two scores because so many balls had been kicked into the stands.
4. Mike Tyson knocks out Michael Spinks, who had never been knocked to the canvas in his career, in 1 minute, 30 seconds.
5. 1996 Fiesta Bowl: Undefeated Nebraska wipes out undefeated Florida 62-24, rolling up 624 total yards, to win the national title.
6. Super Bowl XX: Bears 46, Patriots 10.
7. Tiger Woods shoots 18-under par to win the 1997 Masters by a record 12 strokes.
8. Rangers 30, Orioles 3. Are you kidding?
9. Billie Jean King over Bobby Riggs.
10. Muhammad Ali over Sonny Liston.
11. Lance Armstrong versus all opponents, 2003 Tour de France, Stage 15.
12. The Boston Massacre: Once down by 14½ games in the 1978 pennant race, the Yankees take over first place from the Red Sox with a four-game sweep in early September, outscoring Boston 42-9.
13. The curse ends: The Red Sox pound the Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS, becoming the first baseball team to rally from a 3-0 series deficit.
14. Sonny at the tollbooth.
15. The original Dream Team versus the world. Average margin of victory, 43.8 points; closest game: 32 points.
16. The Royals beat the Cardinals 11-0 in Game 7 of the 1985 World Series. Bret Saberhagen tosses the 5-hit shutout.
17. The Cardinals beat the Tigers 11-0 in Game 7 of the 1934 World Series, a game marred when Detroit fans littered the field with bottles, fruit and other garbage.
18. 2005 Orange Bowl: USC wins second straight national title with 55-19 win over No. 2 Oklahoma as Matt Leinart tosses five touchdowns.
19. 1990 NCAA title game: UNLV 103, Duke 73. The Blue Devils would get their revenge the following season.
20. Vince Carter over Frederic Weis.
21. Super Bowl XXIV: 49ers 55, Broncos 10.
22. Super Bowl XXVII: Cowboys 52, Bills 17. Would have been worse if not for Leon Lett's gaffe.
23. Game 1, 1985 NBA Finals: Celtics 148, Lakers 114 ...
24. ... but the Lakers win the series in six games, winning their four games by an average of 13 points.
25. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King": Nominated for 11 Oscars in 2003, it swept all 11 categories. ("Titanic" won 11 of 14 categories in 1997; "Ben Hur" won 11 of 12 in 1959.)
26. 1986 NFC playoffs: Giants 49, 49ers 3 ... Joe Montana gets carted off the field after getting knocked out by Jim Burt.
27. Nolan Ryan over Robin Ventura.
28. Wilt Chamberlain versus the Knicks, March 2, 1962.
29. Mark Spitz, 1972 Olympics.
30. Michael Phelps, 2007 World Championships.
31. 1957 NFL championship: Lions 59, Browns 14.
32. With the most goals in an NHL playoff game, Edmonton pounds Los Angeles 13-3 on April 9, 1987.
33. Road Runner versus Wile E. Coyote.
34. UCLA 101, Houston 69, 1968 national semifinal. Houston, led by Elvin Hayes, had upset the Bruins earlier in the season in front of 52,000 at the Astrodome, but Lew Alcindor got his revenge in the Final Four.
35. Pac-10 versus Big Ten: From 1970 through 1992, the Pac-10 went 19-4 in the Rose Bowl.
36. National League versus American League, 1963-1982: Senior Circuit takes 19 of 20 All-Star Games.
37. American League versus National League, 1997-2007: AL goes 10-0 with one tie.
Chris Leak
38. Florida versus Ohio State, 2007.
39. Houston 100, Tulsa 6, 1968. Most points scored against a major college football opponent. Dr. Phil was a linebacker on the Tulsa squad. Coincidence?
40. But Tulsa has the largest margin of victory over a Division I basketball opponent: 141-50 over Prairie View on Dec. 7, 1995.
41. Babe Ruth versus Charlie Root, 1932 World Series.
42. Reggie Jackson versus the Dodgers, Game 6, 1977.
43. Reagan versus Mondale, 1984.
44. The playoffs versus Marty Schottenheimer.
45. Foreman knocks out Frazier. Heavyweight champ "Smokin' Joe" Frazier was a 3-1 favorite over the undefeated George Foreman for their 1973 title bout. Foreman knocked down Frazier six times in less than five minutes, the bout finally stopped at 1:35 of the second round.
46. 1954 NFL championship: Browns 56, Lions 10.
47. John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors in the 1984 Wimbledon finals, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 in just 80 minutes.
48. 1989 World Series: The Bay Area series was a dud as the A's swept the Giants, outscoring them 32-14 and winning each game by at least three runs.
49. 1983 NBA Finals: Moses Malone's Sixers don't quite go "Fo', Fo', Fo'," but they do sweep the Lakers by scores of 113-107, 103-93, 111-94, 115-108.
50. Bo Jackson over Brian Bosworth, Monday Night Football, 1987.
51. The Meteor over the dinosaurs.
52. 1997 Sugar Bowl: Florida avenges a loss from earlier in the season by beating Florida State 52-20 to capture its first national title.
53. Martina Navratilova versus all comers, 1983: Won 16 of 17 tournaments with a match record of 86-1.
54. Annika Sorenstam versus all comers, 2002: Won 11 tournaments.
55. Richard Petty versus all comers, 1967: Won 27 of 48 races, including 10 in a row.
56. Roger Federer versus all comers, 2006: Goes 92-5, wins 12 tournaments, including three Grand Slam events.
57. LaDainian Tomlinson versus NFL defenses, 2006. Thirty-one touchdowns? Are you kidding?
58. LaDainian Tomlinson versus Texas El-Paso, 1999: NCAA-record 406 yards and six touchdowns.
59. 1990 AFC championship: Bills 51, Raiders 3.
60. 2000 NFC championship: Giants 41, Vikings 0.
61. Minnesota North Stars 15, Winnipeg Jets 2, Nov. 11, 1981.
62. The Indians versus Custer at Little Bighorn, 1876.
63. Eric Heiden versus opposing speed skaters, 1980 Olympics: Heiden sweeps all five races.
64. In the largest margin of victory in an NBA game, Cleveland beat Miami 148-80 on Dec. 17, 1991.
65. Aaron Downey versus Jesse Boulerice: one punch.
66. Before Vince Young became a star, Mack Brown ... lost 63-14 to Oklahoma in 2000 ...
67. ... and 65-13 in 2003.
68. Jerry Rice versus NFL cornerbacks and safeties, 1985-2004.
69. Michigan State 101, Penn 67, 1979 Final Four. The Quakers had made a surprising run to the Final Four but Magic Johnson and company rolled to a 50-17 halftime lead. Magic finished with a 29-10-10 triple-double.
70. Loyola of Chicago 111, Tennessee Tech 42, 1963 NCAA first-round game. Loyola went on to win it all.
71. Kirk Gibson over Dennis Eckersley, Game 1, 1988 World Series.
72. Orel Hershiser over everyone, 1988 playoffs.
73. Super Bowl XXII: Redskins 42, Broncos 10.
74. Jason Bourne versus CIA assassin, "The Bourne Ultimatum."
75. Bill Walton over Memphis, 1973 NCAA championship: Went 21 for 22 to score 44 points.
76. Indians 22, Yankees 0, Aug. 31, 2004: The largest defeat in Yankee history.
77. The NFL versus Ryan Leaf.
78. 1961 NFL championship: Packers 37, Giants 0.
79. Orioles pitchers versus Dodgers hitters, 1966 World Series. Baltimore sweeps as L.A. gets shut out three times and hits .142.
80. Jimmy Connors nearly shuts out Ken Rosewall, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 to win 1974 U.S. Open.
81. Los Angeles Rams defense versus Seattle Seahawks offense, Nov. 4, 1979: Seattle finishes with -7 yards.
82. Rick Wise versus the Reds, June 2, 1971: No-hits Cincy for the Phillies and hits two home runs.
83. Jacksonville 62, Miami 7, 1999 AFC playoffs. A beatdown so bad it turned out to be the last NFL game for both Dan Marino and Jimmy Johnson.
84. Super Bowl XXIX: 49ers 49, Chargers 26.
85. Angelina Jolie versus Jennifer Aniston.
86. Darren McCarty versus Claude Lemieux.
87. 2001 Fiesta Bowl: The once-pathetic Oregon State Beavers, full of pregame boasts, humiliated Notre Dame 41-9 -- and it could have been worse, as the Beavers were flagged for 18 penalties, many for illegal roughness and cheap shots.
88. Miami 58, Notre Dame 7. In 1985, the Irish suffer the worst defeat in school history in Gerry Faust's final game.
89. Super Bowl XXXV: Ravens 34, Giants 7.
90. The NCAA versus SMU football, 1987.
91. Harry Potter versus Voldemort.
92. Oilers over Islanders, 1984 Stanley Cup Finals: Edmonton ends the Islanders' four-year streak as champs by winning the final three games by scores of 7-2, 7-2 and 5-2.
93. Super Bowl XXXVII: Bucs 48, Raiders 21. Gruden had the last laugh with the Raiders.
94. The 1985 Bears had arrived: 44-0 over the Cowboys.
95. NBA referees versus Sacramento Kings, Game 6, 2002 Western Conference finals: Kings called for 27 fourth-quarter fouls against the Lakers as L.A. pulled out a 106-102 victory.
96. Boston Tea Party, Dec. 16, 1773: American colonists destroy crates of tea, spark revolution.
97. LeBron James versus Detroit Pistons, Game 5, 2007 Eastern Conference finals: scores team's final 25 points in double-overtime victory.
98. 1956 NFL championship: Giants 47, Bears 7.
99. Game 3, 1998 NBA Finals: Bulls 96, Jazz 54.
100. Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0. Yes, college football's most prestigious award is named after a coach who once ran up the score on tiny Cumberland College in 1916. There is a background story here: Cumberland had discontinued its football team before the season, but Tech held Cumberland to its scheduling agreement (otherwise Cumberland would have had to pay Tech $3,000), so the tiny school from Lebanon, Tenn., sent a scrub team of 14 players. It wasn't pretty as Cumberland had 15 turnovers. Beatdown? This was more like bad sportsmanship. Shame on you, John Heisman.
1. Secretariat destroys the field at the 1973 Belmont Stakes by an astonishing 31 lengths to win the Triple Crown ... "He is moving like a TREMENDOUS machine!" A performance so dominating spectators were weeping in the stands.
2. Tiger Woods wins the 2000 U.S. Open by a mind-boggling 15 strokes.
3. 1940 NFL championship: Bears 73, Redskins 0. The Bears had 501 yards of offense, intercepted eight passes and officials had to ask Bears coach George Halas to run or pass for the PAT on the team's final two scores because so many balls had been kicked into the stands.
4. Mike Tyson knocks out Michael Spinks, who had never been knocked to the canvas in his career, in 1 minute, 30 seconds.
5. 1996 Fiesta Bowl: Undefeated Nebraska wipes out undefeated Florida 62-24, rolling up 624 total yards, to win the national title.
6. Super Bowl XX: Bears 46, Patriots 10.
7. Tiger Woods shoots 18-under par to win the 1997 Masters by a record 12 strokes.
8. Rangers 30, Orioles 3. Are you kidding?
9. Billie Jean King over Bobby Riggs.
10. Muhammad Ali over Sonny Liston.
11. Lance Armstrong versus all opponents, 2003 Tour de France, Stage 15.
12. The Boston Massacre: Once down by 14½ games in the 1978 pennant race, the Yankees take over first place from the Red Sox with a four-game sweep in early September, outscoring Boston 42-9.
13. The curse ends: The Red Sox pound the Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS, becoming the first baseball team to rally from a 3-0 series deficit.
14. Sonny at the tollbooth.
15. The original Dream Team versus the world. Average margin of victory, 43.8 points; closest game: 32 points.
16. The Royals beat the Cardinals 11-0 in Game 7 of the 1985 World Series. Bret Saberhagen tosses the 5-hit shutout.
17. The Cardinals beat the Tigers 11-0 in Game 7 of the 1934 World Series, a game marred when Detroit fans littered the field with bottles, fruit and other garbage.
18. 2005 Orange Bowl: USC wins second straight national title with 55-19 win over No. 2 Oklahoma as Matt Leinart tosses five touchdowns.
19. 1990 NCAA title game: UNLV 103, Duke 73. The Blue Devils would get their revenge the following season.
20. Vince Carter over Frederic Weis.
21. Super Bowl XXIV: 49ers 55, Broncos 10.
22. Super Bowl XXVII: Cowboys 52, Bills 17. Would have been worse if not for Leon Lett's gaffe.
23. Game 1, 1985 NBA Finals: Celtics 148, Lakers 114 ...
24. ... but the Lakers win the series in six games, winning their four games by an average of 13 points.
25. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King": Nominated for 11 Oscars in 2003, it swept all 11 categories. ("Titanic" won 11 of 14 categories in 1997; "Ben Hur" won 11 of 12 in 1959.)
26. 1986 NFC playoffs: Giants 49, 49ers 3 ... Joe Montana gets carted off the field after getting knocked out by Jim Burt.
27. Nolan Ryan over Robin Ventura.
28. Wilt Chamberlain versus the Knicks, March 2, 1962.
29. Mark Spitz, 1972 Olympics.
30. Michael Phelps, 2007 World Championships.
31. 1957 NFL championship: Lions 59, Browns 14.
32. With the most goals in an NHL playoff game, Edmonton pounds Los Angeles 13-3 on April 9, 1987.
33. Road Runner versus Wile E. Coyote.
34. UCLA 101, Houston 69, 1968 national semifinal. Houston, led by Elvin Hayes, had upset the Bruins earlier in the season in front of 52,000 at the Astrodome, but Lew Alcindor got his revenge in the Final Four.
35. Pac-10 versus Big Ten: From 1970 through 1992, the Pac-10 went 19-4 in the Rose Bowl.
36. National League versus American League, 1963-1982: Senior Circuit takes 19 of 20 All-Star Games.
37. American League versus National League, 1997-2007: AL goes 10-0 with one tie.
Chris Leak
38. Florida versus Ohio State, 2007.
39. Houston 100, Tulsa 6, 1968. Most points scored against a major college football opponent. Dr. Phil was a linebacker on the Tulsa squad. Coincidence?
40. But Tulsa has the largest margin of victory over a Division I basketball opponent: 141-50 over Prairie View on Dec. 7, 1995.
41. Babe Ruth versus Charlie Root, 1932 World Series.
42. Reggie Jackson versus the Dodgers, Game 6, 1977.
43. Reagan versus Mondale, 1984.
44. The playoffs versus Marty Schottenheimer.
45. Foreman knocks out Frazier. Heavyweight champ "Smokin' Joe" Frazier was a 3-1 favorite over the undefeated George Foreman for their 1973 title bout. Foreman knocked down Frazier six times in less than five minutes, the bout finally stopped at 1:35 of the second round.
46. 1954 NFL championship: Browns 56, Lions 10.
47. John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors in the 1984 Wimbledon finals, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 in just 80 minutes.
48. 1989 World Series: The Bay Area series was a dud as the A's swept the Giants, outscoring them 32-14 and winning each game by at least three runs.
49. 1983 NBA Finals: Moses Malone's Sixers don't quite go "Fo', Fo', Fo'," but they do sweep the Lakers by scores of 113-107, 103-93, 111-94, 115-108.
50. Bo Jackson over Brian Bosworth, Monday Night Football, 1987.
51. The Meteor over the dinosaurs.
52. 1997 Sugar Bowl: Florida avenges a loss from earlier in the season by beating Florida State 52-20 to capture its first national title.
53. Martina Navratilova versus all comers, 1983: Won 16 of 17 tournaments with a match record of 86-1.
54. Annika Sorenstam versus all comers, 2002: Won 11 tournaments.
55. Richard Petty versus all comers, 1967: Won 27 of 48 races, including 10 in a row.
56. Roger Federer versus all comers, 2006: Goes 92-5, wins 12 tournaments, including three Grand Slam events.
57. LaDainian Tomlinson versus NFL defenses, 2006. Thirty-one touchdowns? Are you kidding?
58. LaDainian Tomlinson versus Texas El-Paso, 1999: NCAA-record 406 yards and six touchdowns.
59. 1990 AFC championship: Bills 51, Raiders 3.
60. 2000 NFC championship: Giants 41, Vikings 0.
61. Minnesota North Stars 15, Winnipeg Jets 2, Nov. 11, 1981.
62. The Indians versus Custer at Little Bighorn, 1876.
63. Eric Heiden versus opposing speed skaters, 1980 Olympics: Heiden sweeps all five races.
64. In the largest margin of victory in an NBA game, Cleveland beat Miami 148-80 on Dec. 17, 1991.
65. Aaron Downey versus Jesse Boulerice: one punch.
66. Before Vince Young became a star, Mack Brown ... lost 63-14 to Oklahoma in 2000 ...
67. ... and 65-13 in 2003.
68. Jerry Rice versus NFL cornerbacks and safeties, 1985-2004.
69. Michigan State 101, Penn 67, 1979 Final Four. The Quakers had made a surprising run to the Final Four but Magic Johnson and company rolled to a 50-17 halftime lead. Magic finished with a 29-10-10 triple-double.
70. Loyola of Chicago 111, Tennessee Tech 42, 1963 NCAA first-round game. Loyola went on to win it all.
71. Kirk Gibson over Dennis Eckersley, Game 1, 1988 World Series.
72. Orel Hershiser over everyone, 1988 playoffs.
73. Super Bowl XXII: Redskins 42, Broncos 10.
74. Jason Bourne versus CIA assassin, "The Bourne Ultimatum."
75. Bill Walton over Memphis, 1973 NCAA championship: Went 21 for 22 to score 44 points.
76. Indians 22, Yankees 0, Aug. 31, 2004: The largest defeat in Yankee history.
77. The NFL versus Ryan Leaf.
78. 1961 NFL championship: Packers 37, Giants 0.
79. Orioles pitchers versus Dodgers hitters, 1966 World Series. Baltimore sweeps as L.A. gets shut out three times and hits .142.
80. Jimmy Connors nearly shuts out Ken Rosewall, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 to win 1974 U.S. Open.
81. Los Angeles Rams defense versus Seattle Seahawks offense, Nov. 4, 1979: Seattle finishes with -7 yards.
82. Rick Wise versus the Reds, June 2, 1971: No-hits Cincy for the Phillies and hits two home runs.
83. Jacksonville 62, Miami 7, 1999 AFC playoffs. A beatdown so bad it turned out to be the last NFL game for both Dan Marino and Jimmy Johnson.
84. Super Bowl XXIX: 49ers 49, Chargers 26.
85. Angelina Jolie versus Jennifer Aniston.
86. Darren McCarty versus Claude Lemieux.
87. 2001 Fiesta Bowl: The once-pathetic Oregon State Beavers, full of pregame boasts, humiliated Notre Dame 41-9 -- and it could have been worse, as the Beavers were flagged for 18 penalties, many for illegal roughness and cheap shots.
88. Miami 58, Notre Dame 7. In 1985, the Irish suffer the worst defeat in school history in Gerry Faust's final game.
89. Super Bowl XXXV: Ravens 34, Giants 7.
90. The NCAA versus SMU football, 1987.
91. Harry Potter versus Voldemort.
92. Oilers over Islanders, 1984 Stanley Cup Finals: Edmonton ends the Islanders' four-year streak as champs by winning the final three games by scores of 7-2, 7-2 and 5-2.
93. Super Bowl XXXVII: Bucs 48, Raiders 21. Gruden had the last laugh with the Raiders.
94. The 1985 Bears had arrived: 44-0 over the Cowboys.
95. NBA referees versus Sacramento Kings, Game 6, 2002 Western Conference finals: Kings called for 27 fourth-quarter fouls against the Lakers as L.A. pulled out a 106-102 victory.
96. Boston Tea Party, Dec. 16, 1773: American colonists destroy crates of tea, spark revolution.
97. LeBron James versus Detroit Pistons, Game 5, 2007 Eastern Conference finals: scores team's final 25 points in double-overtime victory.
98. 1956 NFL championship: Giants 47, Bears 7.
99. Game 3, 1998 NBA Finals: Bulls 96, Jazz 54.
100. Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0. Yes, college football's most prestigious award is named after a coach who once ran up the score on tiny Cumberland College in 1916. There is a background story here: Cumberland had discontinued its football team before the season, but Tech held Cumberland to its scheduling agreement (otherwise Cumberland would have had to pay Tech $3,000), so the tiny school from Lebanon, Tenn., sent a scrub team of 14 players. It wasn't pretty as Cumberland had 15 turnovers. Beatdown? This was more like bad sportsmanship. Shame on you, John Heisman.
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