This year didn’t have anything overwhelming happen in the Sports World but there were still plenty of moments that left us speechless or shaking our heads in disbelief. Here are this year’s top 10 sports stories.
Not making the top 10: Adenhart, Penguins, Plaxico, Rashard Lewis, Mike Vick, Brett Favre, Jimmie Johnson, Michael Phelps, Jasper Howard, Chicago Olympics, Charlie Weis, Kobe, Florida Gators, Roger Federer, and UNC.
10. Usain Bolt broke another world record but no one paid attention because it wasn’t the Olympics. He ran a 9.58 100-meter dash which is kind of fast, but everyone says he can run faster. Prove it. Run a sub-9.00 and then we will talk.
9. Lance Armstrong races, and loses the Tour de France. Well he didn’t win and one has to question if he is no longer on steroids. Wait, he took steroids?
8. Randy Johnson won his 300th game and it could be the last time we ever see a pitcher win his 300th game. In wasn’t spectacular in the sense that he won a big playoff game or threw a perfect game, but 300 is still a big deal.
7. Thierry Henry has a handball and Ireland goes home. This put soccer on the map for a day and it had nothing to do with the USA playing. Something that stirred up conversation on local talk shows in which half the announcers didn’t even know how to pronounce Henry’s name.
6. Syracuse and UConn go to 6ot in Big East Quarterfinals. I wrote about this when it happened and really, it was the most pointless game and detrimental game in NCAA history. Did either of these two teams win the NCAA Championship? Might as well have been an Ivy League 6ot game between Brown and Harvard.
5. Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game this year. Too bad it happened in the middle of the afternoon and no one saw it live. Regardless, it is an impressive feat and there was a great catch in the top of the 9th to save the bid.
4. Steelers win Super Bowl in one of the most exciting Super Bowls since 2008. It certainly ranks up near one of the all-time best games but the two teams lacked anything worth cheering for.
3. Manny Ramirez suspended 50 games for…. We still don’t know. Was it pregnancy hormone pills or steroids, or maybe it was erectile pills? Either way he was suspended and I’ll group A-Rod admitting to taking steroids into this. Two of baseball’s best hitters over the past decade getting their name sullied.
2. The Yankees win a World Series, finally. For a franchise that has prided itself on 26 rings, it sure took long enough to get #27. They were the best team this year and paid for the right people. They would have made #1 if they lost. That would have been a story.
1. Tiger Woods returns to play and has some transgressions. Need I elaborate?
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