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And remember the '84 Tigers? They started out 35-5 and rolled from there - one of the kick-ass teams of the past 50 years, right up there with the '98 Yanks, '86 Mets and '75 Reds. Also, the Yankees were in the middle of an 18-year title drought. And one of the last years when it was still fun to collect Topps cards. This was also the season in which Tony Gwynn, Don Mattingly, Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs all made The Leap. Decker's gold medal dreams tripped up at '84 OlympicsĨ. Abdul-Jabbar scores 31,420th point, passes Wiltħ2. Payton breaks Brown's NFL career rushing recordĦ9. Doug Flutie's Hail Mary beats Miami, 47-45ģ1. Here's a second look at some of the moments on the list:ĩ. OK, so we did remember about our 25th Anniversary after all.
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Roger Clemens and Doc Gooden? Both rookies in '84. Thanks to the '84 draft, Hakeem, MJ, Barkley AND Stockton entered the league that season - gulp - as well as some solid second-tier guys (Kevin Willis, Alvin Robertson, Michael Cage, Otis Thorpe, Jerome Kersey, Sam Perkins, Vern Fleming) the guy who came up with my favorite dunk of all-time (Terence Stansbury's Statue of Liberty dunk) and the scariest-looking player ever (Ken "The Animal" Bannister).ħ. Even worse than Doug Collins's decision to get a perm in the late-80s.Ħ.
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(Hey, let's sing a couple of bars: "Na-na-na nuh nah na-nah nuh-na nuh-nuh-na nahhhhhhh. More NBA stuff: Isiah and Dominique just scratching the surface Magic (still not in his prime yet) and the Showtime Lakers the great Bernard-Isiah shootout in Detroit Nance over Doc in the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest McHale ushers in the "Really, REALLY Tight NBA Shorts" Era and CBS introduces the "NBA on CBS" theme song with the funky computer graphics.
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Heck, it even gave us the McHale-Rambis clothesline, which should be re-enacted every 10 years just for comedy's sake.Ĥ. The '84 Finals saved the NBA, started two memorable sports rivalries (Celtics-Lakers, Bird-Magic) and gave us the best NBA game ever (Game 4). Four once-in-a-lifetime athletes enter their absolute primes: Bird, Gretzky, McEnroe, Montana. Here are 84 reasons why 1984 can never be topped:īasketball Jesus was in his prime in '84.ġ. I'm talking about a groundbreaking year, with innovations just coming into their own, great actors hitting their stride, memorable rookies stepping onto center stage, maybe even some of the all-time legends making The Leap. I'm talking about a year that appealed to everybody, one of those years that just had it going - sports, movies, TV, pop culture, music, comedy, goofy subplots - and you were never, ever, EVER bored. What was the greatest single year of the ESPN Era? it's our 25th anniversary! Why aren't we making a bigger deal out of this? This is driving me crazy! Since I felt obligated to write something - because ESPN has been around for 25 years and all - I decided to figure out the answer to one question: Unfortunately, we didn't promote this stuff well enough, so it slid under the radar screen for most people.
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We produced a bunch of TV shows, ran some features on the website, even came up with a SportsCenter Reunion Week - although I boycotted those shows because they inexcusably forgot to invite Larry Beil (WITH AUTHORITY!). Maybe you didn't notice, but we even spent the summer counting down the top moments of the past quarter-century. Hey, did you guys hear that ESPN is celebrating its 25th anniversary?