Most Emotional Sports Moment [Archive]

Hanso Amore

10-17-2010, 10:21 PM

What moments in sports history hit you the most.

Jimmy Vs speech at the Espys right before he died was surreal, and I cant see it to this day without tearing up.

Bur I think the moment that affected me the most in history was during the presentation of the 1998 Stanley Cup, when the Red Wings brought out Vladimir Konstantinov and set the cup in his lap. I remember watching that live and simply be moved to tears.

What moments have touched you on an emotional level?

And no one can say the end of Rudy.

Post videos if they exist.

Evil Vito

10-17-2010, 10:41 PM

<font color=goldenrod>Mike Piazza's home run against the Braves 10 days after 9/11

First sporting event/major public gathering in NY since the tragedy. The crowd was really quiet a good deal of the game, everybody was kind of paranoid and hesitant.

Then Piazza cracked one late in the game to give the Mets the lead and it lifted the crowd and there weren't many dry eyes in attendance. Even Chipper Jones said it was the only game in his career that he didn't mind losing.<font>

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Triple Naitch

10-17-2010, 10:46 PM

Anything that has to do with the person's father always guts me.

Tiger Woods winning the 2006 British Open after his dad dies.

Ken Griffey Jr. hitting his 500th home run of Father's Day.

:'(

SlickyTrickyDamon

10-17-2010, 11:30 PM

weather vane

10-18-2010, 01:23 AM

Raymond Bourque winning the Cup.

Kris P Lettus

10-18-2010, 01:43 AM

Joey Slugs

10-18-2010, 02:02 AM

Hawks winning the Cup 2 days after I return from my honeymoon.

Jimmy V's ESPY speech.

Favre's MNF game against the Raiders the day after his dad died.

Field of Dreams "Wanna have a catch?" scene.

Packers winning the SB in '97

Kris P Lettus

10-18-2010, 02:04 AM

I thought you were a Chicago guy..

Why all the Favre/Packers love??

Bad Company

10-18-2010, 02:11 AM

South Africa beating New Zealand in the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final. Nothing else compares.

Emperor Smeat

10-18-2010, 02:19 AM

Fan moment:
1) Red Sox during the 2004 ALCS and World Series
2) Patriots in 2002 Superbowl due to being the 2nd major championship game since 9/11 and how the team got rid of individual intros for a team intro. Gave off the feeling of sports players being united similar to how the US became united after 9/11.

Non-Fan moments
1) Farve's monster game after his father died since
2) Joe Sakic ignoring tradition and letting Ray Bourque hold the cup.
3) Jordan holding the NBA title the year his father was killed.
4) Some retirement and Hall of Fame speeches where they can't hold back their emotions since it showed how much of a passion they had for the game and their career.

El Fangel

10-18-2010, 02:32 AM

Canadas Gold Medal
Bourque getting handed the cup by an amazingly selfless player
Konstaninov (sp?) with the Wings in 1998

Skippord

10-18-2010, 11:03 AM

Definitely Joe Sakic handing the cup to Borque
Todd Helton's celebration after he made the last out of the NLCS in 2007
The last play of the Broncos Super Bowl win

Triple Naitch

10-18-2010, 11:07 AM

All this Joe Sakic love is warming my heart. Fav hockey player ever.

Joey Slugs

10-18-2010, 11:23 AM

I thought you were a Chicago guy..

Why all the Favre/Packers love??

I am a Chicago guy. Lived there my whole life (until I moved to Boston last October).

I'm also a born and raised Packer fan.

My grandfather was a Chicago Cardinals fan and when they moved to St. Louis in '59 (in part due to the Bears ownership), he hated the Bears with a passion. That's also the same year that Lombardi took over the Packers. So my dad was a Cards fan when he was a kid but the two of them became Packer fans.

I'm aware that I was rooting for the Bears on here during the SB a few years back against the Colts and that was pure bandwagon shit. My first pro jersey (outside of my own hockey jerseys) was a Lynn Dickey jersey.

And has for the Sakic moment you all are talking about - I have to agree:

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Hanso Amore

10-18-2010, 02:34 PM

Yeah, I forgot the Bourque cop moment, fucking awesome.

I wasnt alive, but the USA beating the Soviets in the Miracle on Ice must have been amazing live. Like a once in a lifetime moment.

parkmania

10-18-2010, 03:00 PM

I wasnt alive, but the USA beating the Soviets in the Miracle on Ice must have been amazing live. Like a once in a lifetime moment.

It was pretty good, but people seem to forget that that wasn't the gold medal game, just the semifinal. The US had to play Finland to win the gold medal.

Joey Slugs

10-18-2010, 03:04 PM

It was pretty good, but people seem to forget that that wasn't the gold medal game, just the semifinal. The US had to play Finland to win the gold medal.

And they had to come back in that that game to win

James Steele

10-18-2010, 03:13 PM

James Steele

10-18-2010, 03:17 PM

Emmitt Smith's Hall of Fame speech was just...wow.

DrA

10-18-2010, 03:20 PM

Are you fucking kidding James Steele. They didn't even win that game.

Boomer

10-18-2010, 03:26 PM

The call of Sid Bream's slide always gives me goosebumps. I wish I remembered the Braves winning the World Series better, because I was still a little too young to remember it much.

Watching Bobby Cox lose it at the press conference last week was tough. He never has been very emotional off the field (On the field, he holds the record!), so it was tough to see him like that. He had been with the Braves since I was born, which is still crazy for me to think about.

Aguakate

10-18-2010, 06:03 PM

It's not a moment per se, but the 1998 Home Run Race was amazing. You got chills all over, goosebumps. It's easy now to, after knowing all we know now, to say "Ah, they're cheaters!", but no one can deny the importance that season had on baseball, and it was a great ride.

Here we see McGwire hitting #61, tying Roger Maris. Look at the crowd's reaction, I mean, everything. It's just awesome.

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parkmania

10-18-2010, 06:05 PM

The call of Sid Bream's slide always gives me goosebumps. I wish I remembered the Braves winning the World Series better, because I was still a little too young to remember it much.

That SOB was out by a mile!

OssMan

10-18-2010, 07:08 PM

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Perry Saturn

10-18-2010, 08:02 PM

NoJabbaNoBogRoll

10-18-2010, 08:08 PM

James Steele

10-18-2010, 09:17 PM

Are you fucking kidding James Steele. They didn't even win that game.

Emmitt Smith taking his place as the greatest RB of all time overshadowed that entire shitty era of the Cowboys.

SammyG

10-19-2010, 12:48 AM

lol Assman.

Rams winning the Superbowl.

SlickyTrickyDamon

10-19-2010, 02:51 AM

It's not a moment per se, but the 1998 Home Run Race was amazing. You got chills all over, goosebumps. It's easy now to, after knowing all we know now, to say "Ah, they're cheaters!", but no one can deny the importance that season had on baseball, and it was a great ride.

Here we see McGwire hitting #61, tying Roger Maris. Look at the crowd's reaction, I mean, everything. It's just awesome.

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Get this fucking CHEATERS video out of this thread! This is about people who earned their moments in the sun not stabbing themselves in the ass with steroids. :foc:

El Fangel

10-19-2010, 03:47 AM

Instead of Happiness how about extreme anger and cursing?

Anyone remember the 1999 NHL Finals?

Chavo Classic

10-19-2010, 03:57 AM

Mike the Metal Ed

10-19-2010, 06:52 AM

Winning the last match at Filbert Street.
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ClockShot

10-19-2010, 07:50 AM

'96 Olympics in Atlanta.

Kerri Strug nails the Vault on a bad leg to give the Women's Gymnastics team the Gold in all-around.

Stupid as it sounds, that was a big moment back then.

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Nervous Ferret

10-19-2010, 03:59 PM

AARON BOONE

F*cking most incredible/rollercoaster game ever.

DaveWadding

10-19-2010, 04:39 PM

Get this fucking CHEATERS video out of this thread! This is about people who earned their moments in the sun not stabbing themselves in the ass with steroids. :foc:

Like Manny, Papi and the rest of the '04 Red Sox, amirite?

Hanso Amore

10-19-2010, 05:00 PM

Instead of Happiness how about extreme anger and cursing?

Anyone remember the 1999 NHL Finals?

We do not mention this ever please.

CSL

10-19-2010, 05:05 PM

Nervous Ferret

10-19-2010, 05:20 PM

Chavo Classic

10-19-2010, 05:41 PM

Nicky Fives

10-19-2010, 06:25 PM

Vladimir Konstantinov easily for me.....

VonErichLives

10-20-2010, 12:16 AM

hmm... emotional.... bird retirement just because it was a great event and you knew it would be over for awhile.

when Magic announced he has HIV, I just recall exactly where I was and turning up the crappy clock radio in the kitchen and just standing there in shock.

sad emotional.... pats loss to the bears in the SB, red loss to the Mets in the WS, aaron boone hr....

good emotional, 2001 being at the first pats game after 9/11, then later that year the Pats winning the SB. 2004 being at game #4 ALCS.

i'm sure i'm forgetting some stuff.

VonErichLives

10-20-2010, 12:16 AM

oh and add Hanso getting an eagle to good emotional moments for me!

Droford

10-20-2010, 12:32 AM

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Gonzo

10-20-2010, 08:35 PM

'96 Olympics in Atlanta.

Kerri Strug nails the Vault on a bad leg to give the Women's Gymnastics team the Gold in all-around.

Stupid as it sounds, that was a big moment back then.

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Damn, that's gutsy.

Stickman

10-20-2010, 10:23 PM

And has for the Sakic moment you all are talking about - I have to agree:

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I just teared up a bit watching that.

For me it was the 1994 Stanley Cup finals. Vancouver loses to the Rangers. The look on Trevor Linden and Kirk Mclean's faces is still heart breaking.

VSG

10-20-2010, 11:07 PM

Pete Sampras' on-court retirement

James Steele

10-23-2010, 12:29 AM

The Texas Rangers beating the New York Yankees in Game 6 in Texas by striking out A-Rod on the last play to go to their first ever World Series.

Stickman

10-23-2010, 12:55 PM

I'm guessing the Lou Gehrig speech would be the all time winner.

Aguakate

10-23-2010, 03:17 PM

The Texas Rangers beating the New York Yankees in Game 6 in Texas by striking out A-Rod on the last play to go to their first ever World Series.

I gotta admit I got chills down my spine when that happened.

And AROD, man...what a way to go. Could've at least swung, even if it was a defensive swing just looking for contact.

Kris P Lettus

10-24-2010, 04:26 PM

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