Sports Moments
With the prospect of the new NHL season coming up, the CFL entering its second half and the NFL running into full swing, and not to mention baseball closing toward the stretch, its a good time to watch sports hilights shows. Than all of a sudden I read this little gem from the Edmonton Sun. Basically, there is a shot that Edmonton might host a NFL game featuring the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots.... and its not an exhibition game, it'll be a real game!!! Wow, I hafta get in on that action if that happens. I was at a NFL pre season game and it was neat, but it was just preseason and had teams I don't care about. Meanwhile, we've got from the Broncos Champ Bailey and Javon Walker, and on the Pats Tom Brady and Randy Moss. So for this blog I thought I'd try to remember some of my sports memories. Note that a lot of these will be fairly recent...
CFL: Edmonton Eskimos vs. Montreal Alouettes - Grey Cup 2005 - I think this is the 3rd time the two teams meet in the finals in 4 years or something like that. Anyways, this game is a back and forth contest with the lead constantly changing. For example, Montreal's quarterback Anthony Calvillo fools even the camera man on a run fake and scoots in for the touchdown. Soon after, rookie Tony Tompkins returns a Grey Cup recordy 95 yard kickoff return for a TD. But the most memorable part of this game? The fact that it goes to double overtime! This is the final game and its do or die in the overtime shootout format. The good 'ole Esks prevail when they force a 3rd and 30 situation on the Alouettes and keep them from scoring. Ohhh... look at the fancy rings.
NBA: This is a recent one, but the Cleveland Lebron James (err... Cavaliers..) beating the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference finals in overtime (don't remember what game). Lebron James singlehandedly beats the Pistons by scoring the last 30 something points of the game... he was absolutely possessed and the dominance was just amazing. Other things I remember is Derek Fisher I think, draining a 3 with no time remaining to keep the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs. Also, there was Jordan winning a championship on father's day or something, and it being very emotional because his dad had passed away.
Baseball: When the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees after being down 3 games to none. It was a monumental choke on the part of the Yankees and it was an intense series simply because the Red Sox had no margin of error as they fought back, but they had such a quiet confidence. Though the series, something was just different. I think one of the games must have went to extra innings and it felt like sudden death overtime. Finally David Ortiz sends one home to keep the Sox alive.
NFL: I think its probably one of the games between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts. I'm a Peyton Manning fan, but the one that stuck in my mind is either a 2003 or 2004 playoff game. I think in the game the Colts were heavily favoured, but when it came time to play Brady was unbelievable. I remember him orchaestrating 7-8 minute drives and basically keeping Manning off the field. It was almost as if the Pats were trying to make each first down take three downs... they practically converted on all of them. As a Colts fan, their most recent playoff game was still intense because Brady could always pull out a win (but luckily had shit for recievers). After the Colts beat the Pats, well there was no way Rex Grossman was going to beat the Colts...
Mixed Martial Arts: When George St. Pierre kicked Matt Hughes in the head and became the Welterweight champion. I remember the first time I saw GSP and it was in his first title shot vs Hughes. He was very impressive, taking down Hughes, using a spinning back kick but falling prey to a simple mistake and losing. After two years of demolishing every other possible contender, GSP gets back in and flat out dominates Matt Hughes. Of course, just as disappointing was when GSP somehow lost to Matt Serra... seriously... what? And of course,
NHL: In 1997 Oiler goaltender Curtis Joseph robbed Dallas Star forward Joe Nieuwendyk of a sure goal. This led to Todd Marchant streaking past a flailing Grant Ledyard... whatever his name was... and roofing one right over Andy Moog. This moment led to a new generation of Oiler fans that could get behind their team. This would culminate in 2006 when the Oilers made the Stanley Cup finals (and they'll make it back and win it all next time), which gives me my second favorite moment when in game 5 of the finals Fernando Pisani scored the gamewinner shorthanded in overtime.
Well, thats all, I didn't read over this so hopefully the videos will make up for it.
