Is this the screwiest sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

[Piotr Rasputin]

I mean, if 30 for 30 is doing a documentary on June 17, 1994 . . .

(can a thread like this NOT be inspired by ESPN?)

1994 had: The start of the first stateside World Cup (with opening ceremonies featuring Diana Ross!)

2010 has: Nebraska and Colorado leaving the Big 12, and USC getting lain low by NCAA sanctions.

1994 had: The NBA Finals, a long series derailed by thuggery on the court.

2010 has: The NBA Finals, a long series derailed by thuggery on the court.

1994 had: The Rangers ending the Stanley Cup drought.

2010 has: The Blackhawks ending the Stanley Cup drought.

Off the field:

1994 had: OJ.

2010 has: Abby Sunderland, possibly lost at sea.

 

[slappy4428]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

Only if the Yankees and Red Sox are playing each other tonight...

 

[playthrough]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

Only if Strasburg is pitching.

 

[Ace]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!


It may be be the most interesting sports day with so few sporting events actually going on.

 

[93Devil]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

Abby is not a sport.

Do you have a typo and mean June 10th?

 

[finishthehat]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

The Rangers didn't end the drought on the OJ day, fwiw.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

A guy with the nickname Moose retires.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

The Rangers didn't end the drought on the OJ day, fwiw.

Yes, I know.

I posted this right after ESPN followed a commercial about that 30 for 30 (which included Rangers parade footage) with two college football analysts trumpeting this as the most eventful day ever.

 

[HanSenSE]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

I log on to SportsJournalists.com and a WWL teaser broke out ...

 

[Pastor]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

Well, there were the opening ceremonies for the World Cup in South Africa just on. So, there is that parallel as well.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

Piotr, are you looking into the future?

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

Abby is not a sport.

Do you have a typo and mean June 10th?

Piotr, are you looking into the future?

ESPN is doing a documentary about June 17, 1994 because it was such an eventful day.

I am putting forth the notion that this, today, June 10, 2010, is a very interesting sports day.

 

[Ace]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

I don't know. "Interesting" is a pretty high bar.

Can we compromise on "unsettling" or "unusual."

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

I don't know. "Interesting" is a pretty high bar.

Can we compromise on "unsettling" or "unusual."

I would go with "screwy."

 

[Ace]

Re: Is this the most interesting sports day EVER?!?!?!!?!

I don't know. "Interesting" is a pretty high bar.

Can we compromise on "unsettling" or "unusual."

I would go with "screwy."

Seconded.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

I'd put the conference shakeups and USC's sanctions in separate categories. Both are huge enough stories to merit it.

 

[93Devil]

Cone's perfect game and Van de Velde's collapse were on the same day as well.

I'm sure there are others, but I remember the British Open getting the second slot on SC that day.

 

[Mark2010]

All we need now is a perfect game in the major (preferably on the West Coast) and the NBA Finals game to go at least 3 overtimes.

 

[Stoney]

94 still wins just because of the OJ factor. The OJ Bronco Chase/NBA Finals night was the weirdest channel changing TV night I can ever remember.

 

[Mark2010]

OJ is filling an appeal.