My Sports List May Be a Little Skewed

No sports list is complete without including the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team. And when I say "no list," I mean "NO LIST."

Biggest Upset

#4 Sea Biscuit beats Man o' War

#3 South Carolina Beats Houston

#2 Villanova beats Georgetown

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Most Inspiring

#4 Kerri Strug Sticks the Landing on One Leg in 1996

#3 Kirk Gibson Lifts the Dodgers over the A's in 1988

#2 Jim Valvano's "Never Give Up" Speech

#1 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team

Best True Story that Became a Movie

#4 Outcast race horse owned, trained and ridden by outcasts, beats the most dominant horse of the era

#3 White running back and black running back play for the Chicago Bears, one dies of cancer

#2 Yankee great dying of Lou Gehrig's disease, although it wasn't called that at the time

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Best Sports Team Ever to Lift an Entire Nation in a Politically Charged Environment as the World Looked On

#2 South Africa 1995 Rugby World Cup

#1 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team

Best Team Nickname

#4 1984 University of Houston - "Phi Slamma Jamma"

#3 1927 New York Yankees - "Murderer's Row"

#2 1946 St. Louis Cardinals - "Gas House Gang"

#1 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team - "1980 US Olympic Hockey Team"

Basketball Dynasties

#4 Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls

#3 Bill Russell's Boston Celtics

#2 John Wooden's UCLA Bruins

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Best Catches

#4 Ozzie Smith's Bad Bounce Bare-Handed Play

#3 Jim Edmonds Diving Over the Shoulder Catch

#2 Willie Mays' "The Catch"

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Most Devastating Hits

#3 Lawrence Taylor Breaks Joe Theisman's leg

#2 Chuck Bednarik Knocks Out Frank Gifford

#1 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team