Here is "The List: Best sports moments of 2001" from ESPN.com-Page 2:
Twice in two nights? Simply unbelievable.Here's our list: |
In the long, storied history of baseball, only once had a team won a World Series game in which it trailed by two or more runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Then ... it happened twice in 24 hours.
The first major pro sporting event in New York following Sept. 11 offered a moving tribute that we'll never forget. (The game had a great finish, too, as Mike Piazza's eighth-inning homer helped win it for New York.)
The hit that dethroned the three-time defending champion Yankees -- and against the "unbeatable" Mariano Rivera -- ended perhaps the most dramatic Series ever.
Ray Bourque finally got his hands on Lord Stanley's Cup. |
Bonds' record-breaking shot would be higher, but Mark McGwire's record was only 3-years-old.
What's the perfect way to end a Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals? How 'bout by handing the Cup to a Hall of Famer who was everyone's sentimental favorite.
In any other year, this one might be No. 1. But, of course, this wasn't just any other World Series.
OK, so the game stunk, and MJ looked rusty and the Wizards looked bad. But His Airness was still back on the floor ... and we were glued to our TV sets.
The Bears' prayers were answered in this "Hail Mary" against the Browns. |
The Yankees weren't the only ones posting amazing comebacks in late October and early November. Just one week after beating San Francisco with an amazing rally, the Bears stunned the Browns 27-21 on Nov. 4 in the most dramatic NFL game of the regular season thus far. Down 21-7 in the final minute, Chicago scored on a TD pass with 28 seconds left. Then, the Bears recovered an onside kick and completed a "Hail Mary" pass as time expired to force overtime. After all that, Mike Brown's interception return to win the game in overtime -- his second such return in two weeks -- must have seemed commonplace.
The best comeback story of 2001 started Down Under in late January when Capriati overwhelmed top-seeded Martina Hingis to win her first Grand Slam title.
And thus the "Tiger Slam" was born as Woods became the first golfer to ever hold all four major championships at the same time.
Jennifer Capriati won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. |
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