101 Greatest Moments in Sports

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ttention, fellow sports fanatics—here’s something you’ll learn even quicker than Usain Bolt (see #11), more heartbreakingly than a Protopopovs death spiral (#81) and as acutely as a Randy Couture left to the jaw (#65) when compiling something as instantly debatable as The 101 Greatest Moments in Sports: 101 is a very tiny number. So let’s call out the elephant right here and now. There are a few moments we missed, or nearly did. They include the following three, but likely three hundred others— give or take a few thousand: “You might want to have another look at that Jimmy Connors U.S. Open run in 1991,” a friend mentioned (with some restraint) when weighing in on an earlier draft of this list—which ran deep into the 140s. “You’re not including water polo?” said a colleague, kind of incredulous, before making us promise to watch the 2006 Hungarian documentary Freedom’s Fury, about a bloody 1956 battle (in a pool) with the Soviets. “Sumo wrestling needs to be in here,” we were also told. “It’s the most exciting live sporting event you’ll ever see.” It’s in there (#80). Guaranteed there will be feelings of all kinds when visiting or revisiting these moments. Like an old John

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