8 Miraculous Moments In Sports History
By Daniel Friedman
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In honor of Chanukah, we bring to you eight miraculous moments in the history of sports:
8. Appalachian State Defeats Michigan (2007)
The 34-32 win over the fifth-ranked Wolverines was improbable, if not impossible. Still, it happened.
7. Bill Buckner Game (1986)
The Mets were one out away from losing the World Series. One play changed everything. "A little roller up along first... behind the bag!"
6. Giants Defeat Patriots In Super Bowl XLII (2008)
Everyone, and I mean everyone, had the previously undefeated Pats winning this one.
5. Miracle Mets (1969)
The Orioles were a strong pitching team, while the Mets had never been a strong anything team until '69.
4. Villanova Over Georgetown (1985)
What was supposed to be a relatively easy win for Patrick Ewing & Co. wound up being a nightmarish defeat.
3. Super Bowl III (1969)
Not only were the Jets considered to be inferior -- they were under pressure to win thanks to Joe Namath's guarantee. But they took the field that day and the rest is history.
2. Red Sox Come Back From 3-0 Series Deficit (2004)
It's happened a few times throughout pro sports, but it's rare. It had never, ever happened before in baseball. The Red Sox, with their penchant for falling short of championship aspirations, were the last team you'd have expected to pull off the feat -- especially against the big, bad Yankees.
1. Miracle On Ice (1980)
To this day, it remains the greatest moment in sports history. You know the story -- a group of college kids takes on the Soviet Union, a team that had won Olympic gold every year since the Americans' last one in 1960. A team that had beaten the NHL's best a short while before Lake Placid, and that had beaten USA 10-3 a few weeks before the games. Led by coach Herb Brooks, they took down the international hockey superpower.
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