Sport moments that send shivers down your spine

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Eusebius

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I still remember watching that live on TV. Dropped my jaw in real time.

It was the first ever delivery from Shane Warne on English soil in a test match, and marked his sudden emergence as a superstar, who would go on to be arguably one of the top 3 bowlers in history. Moreover his style (leg spin) was an arcane art that had been nowhere for several decades before him, it was like seeing a hotshot young sorcerer resurrecting some lost ancient magic.
 
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1) Maradona against England. This should need no explanation:



2) Phelps takes down Cavic again.

This has a story before you watch the race. 2009 Swimming World Championship was the championship that allows swimmers to wear a swimsuit that enables them to swim much faster but that swimsuit was announced to be banned after this championship. Most swimmers used these swimsuits and it was ridiculous because world records were broken on the semi-final races and even on the quarter-final races.

Michael Phelps rejects to wear the cheating swimsuit, and his rival Cavic comes to the final race with already breaking Phelps' world record on the semi final races with the cheating swimsuit. Phelps still wins without the cheating swimsuit, showing the world the importance of the heart of a champion:



3) Michael Johnson 200m Final 19.32 - 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

This man carried the 200m world record from 19.72 to 19.32. 200m is such a short distance and improving that record for 0.4 seconds is outstanding and unprecedented:



4) Legendary long jump athletics race between Mike Powell and Carl Lewis, Tokyo, 1991 World Championships. I recommend watching the full race, it was amazing. Men's athletics long jump world record was broken on this race after 23 years and this record is still alive today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics_–_Men's_long_jump

"Since this competition, no athlete, including Powell and Lewis has legally jumped within 20 cm of Powell's world record."

 
mastauser

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Was there, saw it happen in Zaragoza back in 2011. Was quick in person, but so much blood after.


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Renzy

Renzy

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Taylor Robert's segment in Moto 4 where he's riding through a wine vineyard hitting jumps at like 65/70 mph. The music and filming of that segment was just sick. I think even people who aren't into watching motocross would find it beautiful.

I can't find the video of the segment (likely due to copyright) but there's a behind-the-scenes video talking about how they made it:

 
Sidney Crosby

Sidney Crosby

 
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Hardest hitter in NHL history, Scott Stevens' @ the 1 minute it really shows the hit.

This hit ruined Lindros' career. If he stayed healthy his whole career he could have been considered a top 5 forward in NHL history.


Alex Burrows goal, game 7 against Chicago. Keep in mind the Canucks blew a 3-0 series lead, were leading late in the 3rd period of game 7 and Chicago tied it up with a SHG to send it to overtime.

Chicago were also the Canucks arch rival at this time
 
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teh_skeeze

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I remember sitting in lunch at school the day of the Steven's hit. I was talking shit and said "10 minutes into the first period, Lindross is going to come down the middle of the ice and Stevens is going to kill him".

The next day my friends were shaking their heads in disbelief as I sat down at the table. Too bad I didn't have money to bet back then.
 
Saweeep

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RawGod said:


I still remember watching that live on TV. Dropped my jaw in real time.

It was the first ever delivery from Shane Warne on English soil in a test match, and marked his sudden emergence as a superstar, who would go on to be arguably one of the top 3 bowlers in history. Moreover his style (leg spin) was an arcane art that had been nowhere for several decades before him, it was like seeing a hotshot young sorcerer resurrecting some lost ancient magic.
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Some days when I'm feeling "summery" I watch that clip over and over. Still can't quite believe he did it.

Another great cricketing moment was Lara's 501NO. I was at school at the time and could actually hear the Edgbaston crowd cheering in my classroom!
 
trian1

trian1

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As a mirror to life sometimes -- No one remembers the winning touchdown of Super Bowl XXXIV -- Warner to Bruce, but everyone remembers the losing McNair to Dyson pass.

 
kosko

kosko

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Scott Stevens was basically a goon. He couldn't get away with that stuff in today's game with the rule changes. He just lurked around in space hunting heads, it worked for him and that was his game but the Devil's teams ruined the league for a stretch with their trap play and head hunting.

I'll post a few moments for me right now.

For Ball mostly has to be playoffs:


^ When in shape, and happy, few could do it like Davis. I remember watching this game in full and screaming the whole time. His whole game in Game 3 was off the charts but of course everybody remembers this dunk on AK47:



Larry Johnson's 4 - Point Play - 1999


Vince Carter - Redemption 2001 vs 2014

The 2001 Raptors team killed me. We really could of made the finals that year, we had the better team versus the Sixers and it was just a matter of which of the better players in AI and Carter could simply make more plays. Carter had that ball in his court and fucked it up. Last season watching that Mavs game I was happy for him and immeditely thought back to 2001.

Lebron's Game 5 vs Piston 2007


I don't care what anybody says. This was his best performance ever and it was the moment he established himself as a man and force in the league (Some folks say Game 6 vs Boston, Some folks say 2013 Game 6 when he lost his headband and went beast.. those two games don't happen unless this proceeding performance did.).


Ray Allen's Game 6 Vs 76ers

Ray Allen was the dude and I always rated him highly. This single game I remember as his best performance.

Vince Carter Game 5 vs Kinicks 2001


This goes for the team as a whole. It was our first series win and we rebounded from getting clowned by the Knicks a year prior. Carter has his cement game in establishing himself as a clutch and serious player when they chips mattered.


* Special Mention *

Its not Playoffs but not Regualr season either.

Vince Carter Dunk Contest 2000

Not many words needed. I wept.
 
trian1

trian1

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trian1 said:
As a mirror to life sometimes -- No one remembers the winning touchdown of Super Bowl XXXIV -- Warner to Bruce, but everyone remembers the losing McNair to Dyson pass.

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Side note: McNair, the perfect example of why you do not stick your d*ck in crazy.....

May he rest in peace.
 
brick tamland

brick tamland

Kingfisher
This one is about a tragedy. Pro cricketer Phil Hughes lost his life on Thursday after 2 days of being in an induced coma. The 25 year old Australian was struck on the neck during a match in Sydney. By all accounts this was a highly improbable injury to have occurred especially as he was wearing a protective helmet. What's even stranger is the cause of death in medical terms - he would probably have survived the blow to the neck by itself but it's consequences for his central nervous system were catastrophic. R.I.P

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9L4TaUou5eg#
 
Que enspastic

Que enspastic

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Hicham El Guerrouj beating out Bernard Lagat in Athens 1500m to win gold after his two failed attempts in 1996 and 2000 despite being the best ever over this distance.
 
mastauser

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Muhammad Ali, larger than life. In his day he was arguably more famous than any other man on Earth, sports or not. I'm not sure it would be possible to duplicate his level of fame.
And his biggest fight of all was the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire, where everyone thought he would get beaten badly. Ali had just come off of a 3 year period of inactivity due to his protest of the Vietnam War. Foreman was a goddamn gorilla and had just handed Fraiser an epic ass beating, who in turn had beaten Ali.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rumble_in_the_Jungle

 
Erasmus

Erasmus

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Last thursday I went to the Feyenoord (Rotterdam, NLD) - Sevilla match. My best live sportexperience ever.
The banner represents the victory of the dutch Zilvervloot (silverfleet) against the spanish armada.
 
Nascimento

Nascimento

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A thousand words cannot describe what you will see here.

I don't know who this guy is, I'm not too familiar with the team besides the nation they are from, but I'm sure anyone who has true passion for their team can relate to this..

 
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