Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Most memorable sports moments I've covered or attended

As a reporter:

The "Steve Bartman Game" (Florida Marlins at the Chicago Cubs, NLCS 2003 Game 6)

Michael Jordan's 55 point-effort at Madison Square Garden on March 29, 1995, just six games into his initial comeback

Chris Webber signals for a timeout but Michigan has none remaining in its loss to North Carolina in the '93 NCAA Championship Game at New Orleans

Duke defeats "invincible" UNLV in the 1991 NCAA National Semifinal at Indianapolis

Tate George's game-winning shot that lifted UConn over Clemson in the '90 NCAA East Regional semifinal at East Rutherford, N.J.

Dan Marino's fake spike that beat the N.Y. Jets in '94

2004 NLCS between St. Louis Cardinals-Houston Astros (StL. in 7)

1993 Masters (Bernhard Langer won)

1991 U.S. Open (Hazeltine; lightning strike killed a fan)

Mets right-hander David Cone struck out 19 Phillies on Oct. 6, 1991

Centennial of Golf in America Celebration at St. Andrew's (N.Y.) -- Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus were among the attendees; I rode up in a limo with entertainer Dinah Shore :)

Interviewed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in his NYC hotel suite -- he wasn't overly friendly

Jack McDowell flips the bird to Yankees fans

As a fan:

Game 6, Mets-Red Sox '86 World Series -- Bill Buckner's nightmare

Mark Messier's three-goal "guarantee win" game against the N.J. Devils in Game 6 of the '94 NHL Eastern Conference Finals

USSR defeated U.S. hockey team 10-3 at MSG two weeks before USA won the gold medal an the 1980 Winter Games

In the pre-DH days, attended a game in which the Yankees had three catchers in the lineup -- OF Thurman Munson, OF Rick Dempsey, C Ed Hermann