What sports moment made you the happiest/saddest?

[ArcticKnight]

Happiest

Bluy Jays 1st WS win

Saddest

Hint: It involved "Buckey Dent."

[Hurrrr]

Happiest is 2004 ALCS/WS with 2001 SB a close second.

Saddest is easily the Aaron Boone game, although it was a lot sadder watching Grady let Pedro blow it than watching the eventual final shot

[ComeOn]

Happiest: Super Bowl 31, Desmond Howard's kickoff return to put the Packers back up by 14 and pretty much seal the win

Saddest: 4th & 26 vs Philly 2003 playoffs
Also Super Bowl 32, although I always liked Elway as a kid so I was happy for him to finally win one.

[bravos1]

Happiest: 95 WS
Saddest : 91 WS (but was still a bit happy in a weird way)

Saddest runner ups...
effing Doug Flutie and his Hail Mary
OSU and the refs beating UM in the nat championship game on some bogus azz call!

[tereg]

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example: Game 6 of the 1998 finals Jordan over Russell missed that because of channel flipping/"oh the game is over" >:-(

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dude, seriously.. you deserve it. This is inexcusable. The Bills/Oilers makes some sense. This.. none at all.

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I think you misunderstood what I said. I didn't have control of the remote. And it drove me nuts that I couldn't watch the end of the game. The person in control of the remote was like "it's over" and it pissed me off that I missed the historic sports moment.

Make sense now?

[jmill2511]

Happiest: Broncos over Packers, Elways wins 1st super bowl
Saddest: Lakers losing to the Pistons in the 04 finals, Shaq shoots 49% from the line in the finals after claiming he "makes them when it counts".

[SuperUberBob]

Happiest (tie):



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Saddest:

[CardSharpCook]

1. Gibson HR
2. UCLA-USC 13-9
3. UCLA come from behind victory over Ganzaga in the '06 tourney.

1. Lou Gehrig speech.
2. Ricky Bell movie

[NajdorfDefense]

Happiest:
1980 down 6-3 in 8th to Nolan Ryan, win best MLB LCS ever.
1980 First and Only WS win
1985 Perfect Game 66-64
1990 LMU 149, Mich 114
1991 Miami 22 - Nebraska 0


Saddest:
Pelle Lindbergh
Eric 'Hank' Gathers
Jerome Brown

Joe Carter 93
Tampa Bay NFC Finals


Happiest Gambling Moments:
Buster Douglas
War Emblem
Syracuse NCAA Champs
Vince Young over 'One Pete' Carroll

Saddest:
Barbaro
Chris Duhon's meaningless half-court 3 v UConn.
Greg Lewis SB TD costs me a $35k box pool win.

[BobJoeJim]

I've had a ton of ups and downs from sports in my life, but I think my happiest memory is still my first.

It was the fall of 1990 and I was six years old when my dad took me to Autzen Stadium for my first game. I didn't understand football well enough yet to have any idea how much it meant that the #4 team in the country, BYU, was coming to Eugene to play against the unranked Ducks. I didn't know, nor would I have known enough to care, that I was seeing that year's Heisman Trophy winner, Ty Detmer, play, though I do remember being thrilled by the fact that "the other team's quarterback" had the same first name as me. It didn't bother me that it was spelled differently.

I honestly don't remember anything football related from the game, other than that people around me seemed to think Bill Musgrave was doing really well and that people seemed very happy. What I do remember is asking my dad, after the game ended with a 32-16 Duck victory, "That means we doubled their score, right?". I remember the pure elation of being part of that crowd. I remember my dad lifting me on my shoulders as I continued to shout to anyone who would listen that "We doubled their score!" I remember the high-fives from random strangers, and I remember celebrating what I now know was one of the most important wins in the history of the program I love.

As scattered as the memories are, nothing sports-related is ever going to top that moment in my life. It's a huge part of the reason I love sports as much as I do, and 17 years later I still won't be able to stop smiling for hours, having just written this.

Saddest moment? I can't think of anything right now, I'll get back to you when the 17 year old jubilation wears off, GO DUCKS!!!