It is always fun to look back at the past year and remember
all of the great moments in sports. We
enjoyed seeing new champions, records being broken and amazing games and plays. Most of these moments are captured in
unforgettable pictures. These pictures
help us to immortalize certain athletes, teams and plays. In no particular order, I am going to show
you my top five favorite pictures from 2013.
At the start of 2013, Alabama had just won their second
consecutive national championship and third in four years. They had started the season undefeated and
were attempting a game winning field goal to beat their rival, Auburn. This field goal was short and allowed Chris
Davis to return it 100 yards for a touchdown.
This ended Alabama’s pursuit for another title and helped push Auburn
into the BCS title game. The picture I chose
shows how close the Alabama player was from forcing overtime.
This year we saw something in UFC that we had never seen
before, Anderson Silva lost. The
greatest fighter of all time was knocked out by Chris Weidman. Personally, I hated seeing this. Silva is my favorite fighter of all
time. I loved his fighting style but in
this fight he was too cocky and it caused him to get knocked out. Everyone could not wait for the rematch of
these two fighters. Unfortunately, that
fight ended in a worse way for Silva fans.
I will not post the picture of Silva’s leg after that fight and save
everyone from having to see that gruesome leg injury. Hopefully in 2014 Silva will have a quick
recovery and maybe fight again before the year is over.
This picture is pretty awesome for anyone that isn’t a
Michigan fan. Louisville is celebrating
their Final Four victory as Trey Burke walks off the court for the last time as
a Wolverine. The Louisville team was
able to rally around losing Kevin Ware in the previous game against Duke. This motivation helped them to win the
national championship and win a bet with Rick Pitino that made him have to get
a tattoo.
In my top 5, I had to choose one image that was funny. There were a lot to pick from this year but
this moment may be my favorite. Chad
Qualls of the Miami Marlins celebrated an inning ending strikeout with a ferocious
that caused him to lose his balance and fall flat on his face. This moment is much better as a video but the
picture can still do it justice. It also
summarizes the Marlins season; Even the best moments end up ending in
disaster. To anyone that is reading this
and is a Marlins fan, I am sorry but at least you finished eleven games better
than the Houston Astros.
In April, the city of Boston experienced a terrorist attack
at the Boston Marathon. This was an awful
experience for the people in the city to have to live through. In the following months, the whole country
support Boston and the “Boston Strong” slogan was born. The Red Sox were not only able to overcome this
tragedy but bounce back from a very disappointing 2012 season. There are so many images I could have chosen
of the Red Sox’s magical playoff run.
Some that come to mind include David Ortiz’s grand slam in Game 2, Shane
Victorino’s double off the wall in Game 6, or something from the victory parade
through the city. Instead I chose this
image which I believe better sums up everything entirely in Boston.
These were my favorite images from the past year. They are some of the biggest moments for each
of the teams involved and then one not so great moment. These images help us to remember how great of
a year it was in sports. 2014 has
started out great with the BCS Championship Game but has to produce a lot of
amazing moments to top 2013.
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Greg Monforte is a Drexel University Sport Management pre-junior from South Jersey. Currently he works at Not Just Pizza in Sicklerville, NJ and Daddis Fight Camps in Philadelphia where he has social media and marketing responsibilities. Greg is also the SMTSU Director of Marketing & Outreach. Follow Greg on Twitter @Greg_Monforte.
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