I wasn't sure exactly what was in mind, so I decided to countdown 10 of the most memorable sports moments for me personally over the past decade. Too bad this can only be between Sept. 1998 and now, otherwise I would automatically list off six Chicago Bulls championships during my childhood. But I digress...
10. North Carolina winning the 2005 national title in college hoops.
- Never had I felt more vindicated about a prediction in my lifetime.
9. The 2001 Chicago Bears' season.
- It ended wrong unfortunately with a playoff loss to the Eagles, but the wins over the 49ers and Browns that year were incredible, as well as the fake field goal touchdown to Urlacher against Washington, or Martin Gramatica's kick hitting the upright, or Keith Traylor's interception.
8. Cubs winning the 1998 Wild Card.
- I thought they blew it for sure after choking a lead against Milwaukee (damn you, Brant Brown), but the playoff victory over San Francisco capped off a fun summer.
7. My first White Sox game.
- Against Cleveland in 1998, Robin Ventura hit a walk-off home run at old Comiskey Park on the very first pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning.
6. Cubs beat Cards in 14
- This was in 2006 at the new Busch Stadium, with the Cubs scoring two in the ninth on a Scott Rolen error, and then Juan Pierre scored the winning run in the top of the 14th.
5. Cubs beat Cards in 11
- This was last August, the game where Jim Edmonds hit two solo shots for the Cubs, and then Henry Blanco came through with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th.
4. Iowa winning four games in four days at the Big Ten Tournament
- I was in Chicago from start to finish with my dad back in 2001 when the Hawkeye basketball team pulled off one of the most miraculous four days stretches I've ever seen in sports.
3. White Sox winning the 2005 World Series.
- October 2005 was one of the best months of my life.
2. Devin Hester's opening kickoff in the Super Bowl
- The only reason this isn't No. 1 is because the Indianapolis Colts prevented me from referring to Feb. 4, 2007 as the happiest day of my entire life after the first 11 minutes of Super Bowl XLI.
1. Iowa: 30 LSU: 25
- I was at this game when Warren Holloway caught his first career touchdown reception, which just happened to be on the final play of the 2005 Capital One Bowl that resulted in Iowa downing the defending BCS national champions from the year before.
Hope these bring back good memories for some of you all as well.
- Brendan
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