When Bo Jackson snagged that ball at the wall and threw that guy out at home.

sry i dont post here often

5/22/2006 9:32:54 PM

When Barry Bonds actually hit LEGIT homeruns.

5/22/2006 9:35:44 PM

Ozzie Smith's HR in the World Series... NO ONE saw that coming

5/22/2006 9:38:13 PM

this spurs game could be up there... amazing

5/22/2006 10:21:07 PM

The existence of barry sanders. The man was a freak of nature

5/22/2006 10:22:57 PM

^ And the 2nd best runningback ever!

5/22/2006 10:23:41 PM

dennis rodman was a freak of nature

who is first? besides TA

[Edited on May 22, 2006 at 10:24 PM. Reason : has]

5/22/2006 10:23:50 PM

^





I'll personally go with Lance on this one.

[Edited on May 22, 2006 at 10:25 PM. Reason : ]

5/22/2006 10:24:27 PM

dion sanders was a freak....he ran down a field and make everyone else look like they were standing still

AND he stole bases like a madman

5/22/2006 10:25:55 PM

Primetime baby

5/22/2006 10:28:38 PM

Bo Knows Athletic Achievements





Dude was badass in Tecmo Super Bowl

Christian Okoye and Lawrence Taylor for honorable mention

[Edited on May 22, 2006 at 10:32 PM. Reason : ]

5/22/2006 10:30:12 PM

if bo had a couple of more seasons, i'd say he was the number 2 RB ever, but Jim Brown's gonna hold that spot for a looong time.
haha i remember when they told Emmit Smith about Barry retiring . he was all like "WTF?"

5/22/2006 10:35:40 PM

When I took Duke to the National Championship in their first year in NCAA Football 2001 on Playstation... the stars were aligned.

5/22/2006 10:46:15 PM

We've already got an Ozzie shoutout in this thread, which is probably what reminded me of this play. But the absolutely sickest defensive highlight I've ever seen was from Ozzie's days as a Padre when he dove up the middle on a grounder. The ball took a bad hop -- hit a pebble or something -- and Ozzie barehanded it, mid-dive, and nailed the runner at first by half a step.

5/22/2006 11:00:05 PM

when Phil Rivers hit a grandslam in double overtime

5/22/2006 11:03:51 PM

that time that dude ran so fast that he exited the matrix!!!!!!

5/22/2006 11:05:25 PM

^^ a bases-empty grand slam

[Edited on May 22, 2006 at 11:24 PM. Reason : 2000th post]

5/22/2006 11:24:08 PM

did someone say

5/22/2006 11:25:27 PM

barry bonds taking steroids

5/22/2006 11:27:36 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk4zHRJpuf8

anything this guy does

5/22/2006 11:29:24 PM

i guess it isn't incredibly uncommon, nor is it all that amazing, but an unassisted triple play is always fun to watch

5/22/2006 11:29:42 PM

buckner

5/22/2006 11:30:59 PM

KOBE 81 POINTS!!!

5/22/2006 11:33:04 PM

^no wilt 100?

5/22/2006 11:34:01 PM

^^^^ It's pretty damned rare. It's happened 12 times in the modern game. Furcal was the last to do it when he was still a Brave.

For the sake of comparison, there have been 15 perfect games since 1900.

[Edited on May 22, 2006 at 11:34 PM. Reason : .]

5/22/2006 11:34:30 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U63U9M9VXgQ

this one is better

5/22/2006 11:34:36 PM

I second Bo Jackson in Tecmo Super Bowl as the most amazing feat.

5/23/2006 12:23:04 AM

^^^Don Larsen's in the World Series?

Might be the best personal accomplishment in a game ever.

5/23/2006 12:55:43 AM

^^^^^kobe couldve scored 120 on those fools back then

5/23/2006 12:58:29 AM

no offense, but none of that soccer shit looks impressive at all.

5/23/2006 1:02:09 AM

wow that one posted by abnorio really was amazing, i dont like soccer and that really was awesome

[Edited on May 23, 2006 at 1:19 AM. Reason : .]

5/23/2006 1:19:26 AM

Cal Ripken......No one in MLB today will even get 1/3 of the way

Greatest play I saw on TV (talent wise, not luck wise): Barry Sanders one Thanksgiving shook an entire defense and scored on a long run
Greatest play I saw: Calvin Johnson snagging that ball one handed going full stride in the opposite direction was pretty sick

5/23/2006 1:20:30 AM

Quote :

"Cal Ripken......No one in MLB today will even get 1/3 of the way"

Isn't Miggy Tejada at like 960 games? That is about 1/3 of the way there.

Still an amazing feat.

5/23/2006 1:24:04 AM

peter north
/thread

5/23/2006 1:24:59 AM

^^ Yep, I knew Tejada was off to a good start, and he is 1/3 of the way there, and has 2 + seasons to get to the halfway mark, he might do that actually, but by the end there he'll be 32 at the halfway mark. Basically, given that he plays in a few playoff games he will have to play ten more years straight withotu taking a day off or getting injured.

[Edited on May 23, 2006 at 1:33 AM. Reason : .]

5/23/2006 1:30:21 AM

^Good research. Tejada's streak is actually impressive in its own.

Damn. 10 years straight without missing just to catch him. I cannot imagine. People today can't even go 1 year without missing one day of work. Maybe that's a bad analagy but still.

5/23/2006 1:41:20 AM

Quote :

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk4zHRJpuf8 anything this guy does"

bringing back Henry, how the fuck does he chip that ball in from behind the goal in the joga bonita commercial?

5/23/2006 6:12:16 AM

Quote :

"^^^^^kobe couldve scored 120 on those fools back then"

Especially if he was seven foot-eleventy when everyone else was around 6'.



Chamberlain's biggest accomplishment was sleeping with all of those women

5/23/2006 7:27:29 AM

Lance Armstrong??

5/23/2006 8:14:35 AM

Quote :

"bringing back Henry, how the fuck does he chip that ball in from behind the goal in the joga bonita commercial?"

Because he's probably one of the best athletes in the world. In one of those videos he runs half the field and the ball never touches the ground... or when a pass comes right to him on the edge of the box. He's standing still and just kicks the shit out of it and has enough power to bend it around the goalie. Or the one where he outmanuvers an entire defense to score... it's quite amazing.

5/23/2006 8:31:20 AM

An unassisted triple play is not an amazing athletic achievment. It is simply a chance play in a very specific siutation. You can't will yourself to a complete one if there aren't 2-3 runners or already an out.

5/23/2006 8:38:52 AM

first guy to run under a 4 minute mile

5/23/2006 8:40:46 AM

Zidane scoring two goals in the 90th minute to put France over England 2 - 1 during the Euro2004 cup. That was the same game that Beckham had a PK and he missed it a good 3 or 4 feet over the crossbar which is unusual in that he's a damn fine free kicker. Exciting game. 2 goals in stoppage to win.

5/23/2006 8:56:15 AM

the Autistic kid that drained all those 3's was pretty amazing

more along the lines of an accomplishment

but still

5/23/2006 9:01:28 AM

Kerri Strug's vault at the '96 Olympics

5/23/2006 9:03:05 AM

Carolina Hurricanes goalie Glen Wesley

5/23/2006 9:48:42 AM

^I hope that is a joke.

Cam Ward is the goalie. Martin Gerber is the backup.

5/23/2006 9:51:32 AM

oh, really?

i was referring to his amazing diving save over Cam Ward just before the puck crossed the line last night in Game 2.

Thanks for the info on the goalies though.

--oh and technically, Cam Ward was the backup to Martin Gerber for the majority of the regular season. They are both solid but I still consider Gerber the one who got us to the playoffs. Well him and our sick offense.

[Edited on May 23, 2006 at 9:57 AM. Reason : meh]

5/23/2006 9:55:43 AM

Haha never can tell.

But yeah that save actually ended up saving the game.

If Cole was back, this team could really rattle the other team.

5/23/2006 9:57:38 AM

Other team = Buffalo Sabres

5/23/2006 9:58:55 AM