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1/05/2003 - 49ers rally from 24 points down 2008-11-13 01:07:00 Minutes after a dramatic 17-point comeback by Steelers ended, the 49ers and Giants played a game that was even better. San Francisco pulled off the second largest comeback in playoff history by beating the New York Giants 39-38. This game had it all: tons of scoring, a comeback, a game-winning drive, Terrell Owens, and just a little controversy for good measure.New York went into halftime with a 2
1/05/2003 - Steelers beat the Browns 36-33 2008-11-11 01:35:00 It's hard to believe that a playoff game could take place where Kelly Holcomb and Tommy Maddox were the starting quarterbacks, let alone a thrilling game that came down to the last seconds. Yet that’s what happened on a snowy day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the Browns
failed to put away the Steelers
after holding the lead for 59 minutes and 6 seconds. In what was anticipated to be a low-s
1/10/2005 - Welcome to New York 2008-11-09 01:06:00 Randy Johnson, fresh off his trade to the New York
Yankees via the Arizona Diamondbacks, got off to a rather shaky start in the Big Apple. The back-to-back-to-back-to-back NL Cy Young winner was walking down a Manhattan avenue when he was met by a WCBS camera crew.Johnson, using a giant hand befitting his 6'10'' height, pushed back the camera as he told the crew "Don't get in my face. I don't care Read more:Welcome
1/03/1993 - The Comeback 2008-11-07 01:21:00 You cannot compile a list of the greatest comebacks and omit the Houston Oilers/Buffalo Bills playoff game from 1993. Backup quarterback Frank Reich looked an insurmountable 32-point deficit in the eye and somehow overcame it. Not only was it the largest comeback in NFL history, it is one of the greatest sports games of all time.This wildcard game had the makings of a blowout from the offset. Buff
1/01/1902 - The first Rose Bowl 2008-11-05 01:01:00 Football's very first playoff game took place over a century ago today. Stanford and Michigan played in the "Tournament East-West Football Game" where the Wolverines, en route to a 56-game winning streak, annihilated the Cardinals 49-0 before they forfeited in the third quarter. Michigan outscored their opponents 550-0 that season, but wouldn't play in another bowl game for 46 years, as it was aga
1/04/2003 - Falcons snap Lambeau streak 2008-11-03 01:16:00 In 2003, the Atlanta Falcons
ended the Packers' home winning streak in the postseason. Green Bay had won every home playoff game since the NFL initiated a postseason in 1933. Their last 11 wins had come at the snowy fortress that is Lambeau Field, and the Falcons -- who were a dome team and were up against one of the best cold weather QB's ever in Brett Favre -- were big underdogs to prevail. But
10/15/2005 - Bush Push wins incredible game 2008-11-01 12:07:31 Before Notre Dame dipped into mediocrity, it was always a huge deal whenever they played anyone big. Imagine the insane hype when major rivals USC and Notre Dame faced each other in October 2005. The #9 Fighting Irish, 4-1 under new coach Charlie Weis (the one loss being an overtime defeat to Michigan State) went up against #1 USC, who was riding a 27-game winning streak and two consecutive nation
10/11/2006 - Lidle crashes into NYC building 2008-12-03 01:00:01 Ten and a half years to the day Jessica Dubroff, a 7 year-old girl, died while attempting to become the youngest cross-country pilot in history, baseball player Cory Lidle died in his own aerial accident. Lidle's death was notable not only because he was a New York Yankees pitcher, but because he happened to die in the most conspicuous way possible: crashing a plane into a New York City building,
12/03/1985 - The Super Bowl Shuffle 2008-12-01 01:06:00 Following a Monday Night Football loss to the Dolphins -- their only blemish of the season -- the 1985 Chicago Bears hopped on a charter plane, looking to restore the dignity and ferocity they had attained by winning their first dozen games. So what did they do? Well, what any team would do: they recorded an absurdly goofy rap song.The intention was to cut a song where the proceeds would be donate Read more:Shuffle
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12/02/1985 - Dolphins hand '85 Bears lone loss 2008-11-29 01:31:00 Coming off back-to-back shutout-victories against the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons, the 12-0 Chicago Bears
were aiming to become the first team since the 1972 Dolphins
to finish with a perfect record. It was week 13 and Chicago's opponent was that very Miami team, who hoped to retain the legacy of the '72 Dolphins by handing the Bears a loss. Miami had won 17 of 18 games and had made it to t
3/28/1990 - Jordan drops 69 in Cleveland 2008-11-27 01:00:00 Michael Jordan
's utter domination of the Cleveland
Cavaliers even extended into the regular season. Having knocked out the Cavs in the playoffs the past two seasons, including "The Shot" in 1989, "His Airness" had already scored 54 against Cleveland earlier in the year. In preparation of Jordan's next assault on the Cavaliers, a local article was written about what a tough defender Craig Ehlo was.
11/26/1998 - The Turkey Day coin flip 2008-11-26 01:30:16 One of the strangest controversies to befall a referee concerned the most basic facet of a football game: the coin flip. It was Thanksgiving day -- the Lions and Steelers were tied at 16 at the end of regulation. Phil Luckett met the team captains at midfield and tossed the coin into the air. Steelers running back Jerome Bettis, to the naked ear, appeared to call tails as the coin hung in mid-air. Read more:Turkey
10/09/1996 - NY fan helps Yanks beat Orioles 2008-11-25 20:18:27 In the bottom of the 8th inning, the Baltimore Orioles
were leading the New York Yankees 4-3. It was Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS. The Yankee Stadium faithful had come to see their beloved Bronx Bombers play the O's, while mercilessly booing Roberto Alomar, who had spat at an umpire two weeks earlier. They did not come to cheer the name of a preteen Jewish boy who had just experienced a Yankees-themed Read more:Yanks
3/28/1984 - Irsay Moves The Colts To Indy 2008-11-25 20:15:35 Robert Irsay, the owner of the Baltimore Colts
, had contemplated moving the team for some time. Memorial Stadium was in desperate need of renovations and could barely contain its 60,000 occupants. Irsay demanded repairs for the stadium and was, according to him, promised a new arena that the city of Baltimore never delivered. Irsay began shopping the team around and found that both Phoenix and Hou
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