What is the Greatest Sporting Decade ?
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What decade across all sports produced the greatest Stars , Moments and Classic Games?
NFL
NBA
Olympics
Hockey
Tennis
Boxing
etc ?
NFL
NBA
Olympics
Hockey
Tennis
Boxing
etc ?
What is the Greatest Sporting Decade ? 15 votes
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00sPats-02, 04, 05 champs, 08 undefeated season and superbowl appearance and multiple afc championship games
Celtics-08 champs
Red Sox-04 champs and the greatest comeback down 3 games to the Yankees, 07 champs
Bruins-just missed it in 2010
08 olympics greatest ever
Boxing Floyd reigned supreme, Roy Jones was the man early, still had Lennox and Tyson late in their careers, Hopkins, Trinidad, De la Hoya, Mosley, Tszyu, Barrera, Morrales, Pacquioa, Cotto, Klitchko's, etc...
Tennis-Serena/Venus/Sampras/Agassi/Federer/Nadal, etc
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90sThe 90s was loaded with stars and classic games/events. And you forgot MLB.
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no world cup on the list? what type of african are you ? ? an etc for that ?
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80sNFL -- Montana, Elway,Marino,Rice, Payton,Allen,LT, Bo Jackson, Dickerson,Reggie White,Lott,Ditka,Parcells, Walsh, '85 Bears, The Drive, The Catch, The Fumble
NBA-- Lakers vs Celtics, Young MJ, The Bad Boys, Dominique, Young Ewing, Young Olajuwon, Young Robinson, Young Barkley, Dr.J & Moses . The dunk contest featuring actual stars. Riley,Daly,Jackson,Cunningham,Ramsay,Hubie Brown
Olympics-- Carl Lewis, Mary Lou Retton. US hockey team (miracle on ice), Ben Johnson scandal, '84 US basketball team with MJ, Ewing and Chris Mullin not needing nba players to bring home gold. USA ruled track and field not Jamaicans.
Hockey-- WAYNE GRETZKY !!! Nuff Said.
MLB-- Fernando Mania, Mets vs Red Sox in '86, Bash Brothers and the A's, Gibson HR, Pete Rose scandal, Ryan, Clemens,Gooden,Hershiser,Ozzie Smith, Henderson,Strawberry,Ripken, Brett
Tennis-- Borg,McEnroe,Evert Lloyd,Lendl,Conners,Becker,Navratilova,Graf, Young Seles
Boxing-- TYSON!!, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Arron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello, Julio César Chávez, Hector Camacho,Whitaker,Holyfield etc.
NCAA-- Jimmy Johnson and the The U, Barry Switzer and the Sooners, Tom Osbourne and Nebraska, Lou Holtz and Notre Dame, Joe Paterno and Penn State, Doug Flutie Hail Mary, The Stanford Band vs Cal. Bo Jackson, Herschel Walker, Tim Brown ,Barry Sanders, Erick Dickerson, Ewing and The Hoyas, MJ,Perkins and Worthy and the Tar Heels, Hakeem ,Drexler and Phi Slama Jama, Denny Crum and Louisville, NC State and Villanova upsets. The emergence of the Big East. Dean Smith, Bobby Knight, John Thompson,Jim Valvano, ? Bias death
Golf-- Watson,Nicklaus,Ballesteros,Faldo,Strange,Norman,Stewart,Zoeller,Trevino,Stadler
ETC-- BSPN Sportcenter actually showed highlights of games instead of the game show that it has become now.
ETC-- Sportscasters of the 80's
Vin Scully
Mel Allen
Harry Caray
Ernie Harwell
Jack Buck
Curt Gowdy
Chick Hearn
Howard Cosell ( he was washed by this time tho)
Keith Jackson
Al Michaels
? Enberg
John Madden
Verne Lundquist
Brent Musburger
ETC-- 80's wrestling>>>>> -
00sNah wrestling goes to the 90's, the attitude era was goat
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young as ? .. nah the WWF main events era >>
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80s80s
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90sNFL -- Montana, Elway,Marino,Rice, Payton,Allen,LT, Bo Jackson, Dickerson,Reggie White,Lott,Ditka,Parcells, Walsh, '85 Bears, The Drive, The Catch, The Fumble
NBA-- Lakers vs Celtics, Young MJ, The Bad Boys, Dominique, Young Ewing, Young Olajuwon, Young Robinson, Young Barkley, Dr.J & Moses . The dunk contest featuring actual stars. Riley,Daly,Jackson,Cunningham,Ramsay,Hubie Brown
Olympics-- Carl Lewis, Mary Lou Retton. US hockey team (miracle on ice), Ben Johnson scandal, '84 US basketball team with MJ, Ewing and Chris Mullin not needing nba players to bring home gold. USA ruled track and field not Jamaicans.
Hockey-- WAYNE GRETZKY !!! Nuff Said.
MLB-- Fernando Mania, Mets vs Red Sox in '86, Bash Brothers and the A's, Gibson HR, Pete Rose scandal, Ryan, Clemens,Gooden,Hershiser,Ozzie Smith, Henderson,Strawberry,Ripken, Brett
Tennis-- Borg,McEnroe,Evert Lloyd,Lendl,Conners,Becker,Navratilova,Graf, Young Seles
Boxing-- TYSON!!, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Arron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello, Julio César Chávez, Hector Camacho,Whitaker,Holyfield etc.
NCAA-- Jimmy Johnson and the The U, Barry Switzer and the Sooners, Tom Osbourne and Nebraska, Lou Holtz and Notre Dame, Joe Paterno and Penn State, Doug Flutie Hail Mary, The Stanford Band vs Cal. Bo Jackson, Herschel Walker, Tim Brown ,Barry Sanders, Erick Dickerson, Ewing and The Hoyas, MJ,Perkins and Worthy and the Tar Heels, Hakeem ,Drexler and Phi Slama Jama, Denny Crum and Louisville, NC State and Villanova upsets. The emergence of the Big East. Dean Smith, Bobby Knight, John Thompson,Jim Valvano, ? Bias death
Golf-- Watson,Nicklaus,Ballesteros,Faldo,Strange,Norman,Stewart,Zoeller,Trevino,Stadler
ETC-- BSPN Sportcenter actually showed highlights of games instead of the game show that it has become now.
ETC-- Sportscasters of the 80's
Vin Scully
Mel Allen
Harry Caray
Ernie Harwell
Jack Buck
Curt Gowdy
Chick Hearn
Howard Cosell ( he was washed by this time tho)
Keith Jackson
Al Michaels
? Enberg
John Madden
Verne Lundquist
Brent Musburger
ETC-- 80's wrestling>>>>>
I was torn between 80's n 90s I went with the era I personally watched.
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80snatural born sinners wrote: »NFL -- Montana, Elway,Marino,Rice, Payton,Allen,LT, Bo Jackson, Dickerson,Reggie White,Lott,Ditka,Parcells, Walsh, '85 Bears, The Drive, The Catch, The Fumble
NBA-- Lakers vs Celtics, Young MJ, The Bad Boys, Dominique, Young Ewing, Young Olajuwon, Young Robinson, Young Barkley, Dr.J & Moses . The dunk contest featuring actual stars. Riley,Daly,Jackson,Cunningham,Ramsay,Hubie Brown
Olympics-- Carl Lewis, Mary Lou Retton. US hockey team (miracle on ice), Ben Johnson scandal, '84 US basketball team with MJ, Ewing and Chris Mullin not needing nba players to bring home gold. USA ruled track and field not Jamaicans.
Hockey-- WAYNE GRETZKY !!! Nuff Said.
MLB-- Fernando Mania, Mets vs Red Sox in '86, Bash Brothers and the A's, Gibson HR, Pete Rose scandal, Ryan, Clemens,Gooden,Hershiser,Ozzie Smith, Henderson,Strawberry,Ripken, Brett
Tennis-- Borg,McEnroe,Evert Lloyd,Lendl,Conners,Becker,Navratilova,Graf, Young Seles
Boxing-- TYSON!!, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Arron Pryor vs Alexis Arguello, Julio César Chávez, Hector Camacho,Whitaker,Holyfield etc.
NCAA-- Jimmy Johnson and the The U, Barry Switzer and the Sooners, Tom Osbourne and Nebraska, Lou Holtz and Notre Dame, Joe Paterno and Penn State, Doug Flutie Hail Mary, The Stanford Band vs Cal. Bo Jackson, Herschel Walker, Tim Brown ,Barry Sanders, Erick Dickerson, Ewing and The Hoyas, MJ,Perkins and Worthy and the Tar Heels, Hakeem ,Drexler and Phi Slama Jama, Denny Crum and Louisville, NC State and Villanova upsets. The emergence of the Big East. Dean Smith, Bobby Knight, John Thompson,Jim Valvano, ? Bias death
Golf-- Watson,Nicklaus,Ballesteros,Faldo,Strange,Norman,Stewart,Zoeller,Trevino,Stadler
ETC-- BSPN Sportcenter actually showed highlights of games instead of the game show that it has become now.
ETC-- Sportscasters of the 80's
Vin Scully
Mel Allen
Harry Caray
Ernie Harwell
Jack Buck
Curt Gowdy
Chick Hearn
Howard Cosell ( he was washed by this time tho)
Keith Jackson
Al Michaels
? Enberg
John Madden
Verne Lundquist
Brent Musburger
ETC-- 80's wrestling>>>>>
I was torn between 80's n 90s I went with the era I personally watched. -
Seeing OG list reminded me of something, why is Parcells much more revered than Joe Gibbs? Obviously as a Skins fan I know the Joe ins and out but it was before my time and I didn't see none of it live. Gibbs won more rings with a diff QB each time and holds a higher win pct.
Personality jumped out at me first but Walsh was a mellow guy so I'm not sure. Just something I always pondered.
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80sSeeing OG list reminded me of something, why is Parcells much more revered than Joe Gibbs? Obviously as a Skins fan I know the Joe ins and out but it was before my time and I didn't see none of it live. Gibbs won more rings with a diff QB each time and holds a higher win pct.
Personality jumped out at me first but Walsh was a mellow guy so I'm not sure. Just something I always pondered.
You're absolutely right about Gibbs. I made that post from the top of my head. I just forgot to add him. Gibbs was a great coach and is unfairly overlooked. He won 3 rings with 3 different qb's. That's greatness. My bad -
2000 till now
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90sThe 90'same for me, the era I grew up watching, narrated by Stewart Scott. I remember watching sports center over and over just to hear Stewart Scott.
Basketball: Jordan & The Bulls Dynasty, Young Shaq & Penny (Magic), Hakeem Olijuwon, Early 90's Knicks, late 90's Pacers, etc.
Football: Deion, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Reggie White, Emmitt, Michael Irving, Rod Woodson, Terrell Davis, young Randy Moss, Steve Young, 94' 49ers.
Basketball: Im not even a big baseball fan, but these players made me pay attention to the game, alone with Stewart Scott on sports center
Ken Griffey JR, Barry Bonds, The Big Hurt, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, the Braves, the Mariners
Olympics: Original Dream team, Michael Johnson, Dominique Dawes
Boxing: Roy Jones Jr., Tyson (post prison), Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe, Dela Hoya, Holyfield, etc.
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80s90s is the one everyone here can relate to, but the 80s had ALL-TIME players in their prime in every league.
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