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#10: “Pesky’s Pole”
#9: Retired Numbers
#8: Garage Doors
#7: “The Ladder to Nowhere”
#6: Sweet Caroline
#5: Ted Williams’ Seat
#4: Obligatory Yankee Fan Brawl in the Bleachers
#3: “The Troughs”
#2: Manual Scoreboard
#1: The Green Monster
#10: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity
#9: Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers
#8: The Left-Handed Whopper
#7: Alabama Changes the Value of Pi
#6: Nixon for President
#5: San Serriffe
#4: The Taco Liberty Bell
#3: Instant Color TV
#2: Sidd Finch
#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, Photo credit: Merline Summers/AP
Here are the 10 biggest sports scandals, according to FindingDulcinea.com.
10. The 2000 Spanish Paralympic Basketball Team
9. The 1951 New York Giants
8. Tim Donaghy
7. Danny Almonte
6. Rosie Ruiz
5. Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan
4. Pete Rose
3. College Basketball Point-Shaving in New York
2. The “Black Sox”
1. Nelson Piquet Jr.’s Intentional Crash
FindingDulcinea.com actually lists 11 but you can go directly to the source for the 11th spot, and also for more detail on each scandal here.
1) Lebron James
2) Ben Roethlisberger
3) Tiger Woods
4) Mike Vick
5) Alex Rodriguez
6) Terrell Owens
7) Tim Tebow
8) Roger Clemens
9) Donte Stallworth
10) Barry Bonds
1. Tim Lincecum, Giants
2. David Price, Rays
3. Stephen Strasburg, Nationals
4. Felix Hernandez, Mariners
5. Matt Cain, Giants
6. Phil Hughes, Yankees
7. Mike Leake, Reds
8. Tommy Hanson, Braves
9. Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers
10. Jaime Garcia, Cardinals
According to the Washington Examiner
1. The Natural (1984)
2. The Sandlot (1993)
3. Field of Dreams (1989)
4. A League of Their Own (1992)
5. The Rookie (2002)
6. 61* (2001)
7. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
8. Angels in the Outfield (1994)
9. Rookie of the Year (1993)
10. Little Big League (1994)
1. New York Yankees — Major League Baseball (USA) — $7,000,000
2. Real Madrid — La Liga (ESP) — $6,333,591
3. Barcelona — La Liga (ESP) — $6,082,940
4. Chelsea — English Premier League (GBR) — $5,361,957
5. Dallas Mavericks — National Basketball Association (USA) — $5,315,097
6. Los Angeles Lakers — NBA (USA) — $5,098,920
7. Detroit Pistons — NBA (USA) — $4,995,573
8. Cleveland Cavaliers — NBA (USA) — $4,940,707
9. Boston Celtics — NBA (USA) — $4,885,055
10. New York Knicks — NBA (USA) — $4,881,952
According to Yahoo! Sports
1) Tiger Woods
2) Michael Jordan
3) Muhammad Ali
4) Barry Sanders
5) Sandy Koufax
6) Ted Williams
7) Jim Brown
8) Lance Armstrong
9) Magic Johnson
10) Mike Tyson
According to the Bleacher Report
1- Kobe Bryant in Colorado
2- Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich
3- Graham James and his hockey players
4- Max Mosley’s Nazi orgies
5- Wade Boggs and Margo Adams
6- Calvin Murphy and his kids
7- ESPN sex scandals
8- Roger Clemens and Mindy McCready
9- Patrick Ewing and the Gold Club
10- Steve Garvey’s many women
According to FoxSports.com
Here’s a quickie list of Top 10 World Series moments at the original Yankee Stadium according to Courant.com
1. Final out of Don Larsen’s perfect game in 1956. Yogi’s leap will live forever.
2. Reggie Jackson’s third homer in 1977.
3. Mickey Mantle’s walk-off homer in 1964. Signature moment for The Mick, keeps Barney Schultz’s name on Yankee fans’ lips.
4. Tino Martinez/Scott Brosius game tying homers in 2001.
5. Joe Girardi’s triple, or Charlie Hayes catching final out in 1996.
6. Tino Martinez’s grand slam in 1998. A total stunner.
7. Thurman Munson struggling to his feet in 1978.
8. Grover Cleveland Alexander’s strikeout of Tony Lazzeri in 1926.
9. Al Gionfriddo’s catch in 1947.
10. Tommy Henrich’s walk-off homer in 1949.
