Whats the best moment in sports you have seen.

[TAB]

So I was reading a thread on another forum and it reminding me of something I saw years back.


Here is the best thing I've ever seen, it was about 10-12 years ago.  I was coaching at a youth wretling tourny.  On a matt across from where I was, there was a boy and a girl wrestling against each other.  They were 7 maybe 8 years old.  The boy was very close to pinning the girl in a head and arm( exactly what it sounds like).  She lifted her head up and gave him a kiss on his cheek.  The boy let go, jumped to his feet, started to run around the mat trying  to rub it the kiss off his face.  the girl then proceded to take him down with a double leg and win the match.

I tell you the crowd erupted with laughter and cheering.  I just only wish I had a video camera.

So whats the best moment in sports you have seen?





PS the moral of the story is girls fight dirty.   

[MikeBjerum]

I won't go into what I feel about females in male sports with wrestling being at the top of the list 

Of all the things I have seen the one that keeps coming back is from a Minnesota Vikings game in the 80's.  Vikings on defense, quarterback throws a pass which is caught by a wide open receiver.  Joey Browner not only ran the guy down from behind, but with one hand he grabbed the guy's shoulder pads at the neck line (illegal now) and pulled him over backwards with hand and arm strength.

What makes this memorable?

The way the cameras captured the receiver's leg snapping in half 

Joey practiced Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu Iaido (Iaijutsu).  This developed extreme hand and arm strength without sacrificing dexterity.  He was one of the best safeties I can ever remember.  However, he has fallen off the radar due to his lack of business success in his post NFL career.

[TAB]

I won't go into what I feel about females in male sports with wrestling being at the top of the list 

at 7-8 there is basicly no diffrence in the two, in the earliy teens girls are actually stronger then the boys.

I have coached a girl from 6 til a sn in hs,  she beats most of the boys in middle wieght class.  She is the onyl girl above 112 to ever make it to sections/masters( one level bellow state, in CA, which is a huge deal trust me, top 100 ish in the state)and did it as a JR.  She is currently a world team member and will be going to the OTC next year.  We are about the same size, she is one of the very few HS wrestler that have a hard time beating.  We will be in fargo this year for nationals.

There are no mens or womens sports.

[PegLeg45]

Standing on the fence at the finish line at Gainesville Raceway when Kenny Bernstein was the first Top Fuel driver to run over 300mph in the 1/4 mile.

[twyacht]

Hard to pin just one down.

The "PERFECT SEASON" by the Miami Dolphins.

Tiger Woods, SMOKING the field in his first Master's Tournament.

Dale Earnhardt Sr. Winning the Daytona 500, a track he would die on.

The Saint's win the Superbowl (won $100 on that one)....

Reggie "Little Napolean" Fountain, spearing his beloved raceboat, (cause he can't drive) in his back yard at the Pamlico Sound APBA Finals.... (I met him twice, and he was an ass both times.)

I still remember the "G.L.O.W." girls finals though..... Worth watching...

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[Timothy]

Years ago I coached Special Olympics softball.  One night a week, the kids (some were in their thirties) would get dropped off by their parents of guardians and we'd try and teach them the game.  Most weeks it was just pure mayhem because their minds were just not with the idea of structure and teamwork.  Most of them were mentally disabled, BTW.

Anyway, you'd coach, teach and instruct and get frustrated because it appeared they were just never gonna catch onto the concepts.

GAME DAY.....their minds kick into gear, they get serious and don't miss a beat backing each other up, relaying the ball in from the outfield and doing everything that's expected of a ball player!

Amazing and heartwarming and you would never find a complainer in the bunch.....we never actually won a single game but we were winners regardless.

[PegLeg45]

Amazing and heartwarming and you would never find a complainer in the bunch.....we never actually won a single game but we were winners regardless.

Amen to that.

[TAB]

GAME DAY.....their minds kick into gear, they get serious and don't miss a beat backing each other up, relaying the ball in from the outfield and doing everything that's expected of a ball player!

Amazing and heartwarming and you would never find a complainer in the bunch.....we never actually won a single game but we were winners regardless.

one of my greatest joys is watching the faces of kids I've coached when they finally "get it".

[kmitch200]

I followed Tiger Woods around a course near Tucson before all the women fell out of the tree he ran into.
Watching him hit shots was like watching a cyborg running at peak form. Uncanny precision.
You would understand if you ever tried to control a golf balls flight.

Too bad he was and continues to be such a self absorbed insufferable ass to the fans.

Tim - neat story about the Special Olympics softball.

[Pathfinder]

We will be in fargo this year for nationals.

You're coming to Fargo? When??

3 events:

Pro - Bears vs. LA Rams, Bears Super Bowl team, playoffs I think. Eric Dickerson got the hand-off, went toward a hole in the line. Only problem was Mike Singletary was standing there. Dickerson had a head of steam building, hit Singletary who was basically standing still - and Dickerson stopped like he had run into a brick wall! And singletary knocked him backwards for a loss on the play.

Second event, Little League - I was in college, home for the summer. A friend coached Little League, and was taking a vacation. His team sucked, mostly kids that came late, weren't that good. They had lost every game to that point, maybe 6 or 8 games, and only had 4 more. The boys were 10 or 11.

Anyhow, he asked me to coach for a couple of weeks while he was gone, and I agreed. These kids were awful, did not even know the basics of the game. So we went through the basics, glove placement on fielding, batter stance on hitting, etc. They got a little better but I wasn't holding my breath. One of the drills we practiced - and to this day I do not know why - was a double play to the shortstop. Just part of them learning to work as a team I guess.

Anyhow, next game, they are up by 1 run, bottom of the last inning, opposing team up, no outs, runners on 1st and 2nd. My only pitcher was tired. Batter hit a pop fly to the shortstop - 1 out. He then tossed it to the second baseman who actually moved into the right position. The second baseman tagged up - 2 outs. The second baseman threw to 1st - 3rd out, end of game.

The looks on both teams' faces were priceless. My team, because it worked and they won! (it was their only win of the season)  The other team, seeing a sure win evaporate to the league's worst team. IIRC, the losing team went on to win the playoffs with this as their only loss too.

Third event - I was a fencer in college, loved the sabre, but went to an inter-school match with St. Louis U in the foil. I got wiped, lost the 1st 3 matches. We were fencing with full electronic gear on, which was a first for me, but truthfully, I just sucked at foil.

4th match, I get to the line, get wired up, and we commence. He scores first. He scores second, but I noticed something. Third go-round, I discovered he had a weakness - a basic, fundamental, rookie move he could not defend against. Five straight points against him and I won the match. As the cute Catholic coed unhooked me from the wires, she whispered in my ear "You just beat our team captain!" I barely heard her, I was grinning at the win, it meant I was not going to be shut out.

After the match, the other team's coach came over and reamed me a new one for unsportsmanlike conduct - "gloating" at the win. Only problem, I wasn't gloating, but he refused to see it that way. In truth he was pissed that an obviously poor fencer (me) found his captain's weakness and beat him.