The Greatest Events in Sporting History - Simply Syndicated Forum

Manchester City Win The 2011-2012 Premiership

Bucho — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:57:08 -0700

"AGUERO!!! ... ... ... Staggering! ... Just staggering! ... He's won the league with 90 seconds of stoppage time remaining in the season! ... It's just the most extraordinary scenario of football you could've
dreamt up!"

No sporting competition I know of has ever had a final day, a final match, a final 5 minutes, more epic, more dramatic, and more unbelievable than the English Premier League of 2011-2012. No group of fans can ever have had their fortunes turn so suddenly and so dramatically as the City fans had - and I say that as someone who's followed the Red Devils for 30 years and can play the last minutes of the 1999 Champions League Final in my head at will).

Simply astounding.

Add another to your list of future episodes of The Greatest Events In Sporting History.

The GEiSH Blog

tokenbg — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:52:57 -0700

New forum, new blog post. Brief preview of the Andy Murray vs Novak Djokovic semi-final at the Australian Open, and a quick note about appropriate behaviour in the light of Joe Paterno's death - http://sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com/2012/01/lukewarm-australian-open-is-ready-to.html

GEISH 55 – Legend Series: Wigan 1986 – 1995 (Rugby League)

onewild — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:22:20 -0700

So we have started to induct teams into the hall of fame and what better place to start than Wigan, the team that defined a sport. Andybody else have teams that are worthy? of course we have some in mind but we are always open to ideas.
Anyway here are some youtube videos

Martin Offiah in full flight scoring that try at Wembley

Wigan vs Manly The Start of the Era

Wigan vs Salford - The End of the Era

Episode 54 - Top 5 Comebacks

tokenbg — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:20:17 -0700

Sporting comebacks are probably the distant cousin of sporting shocks and sporting upsets. All are things that make you stop what you're doing in and watch the event unfold, and they often tend to transcend their field. A good comeback tends to be remembered for years afterwards and have documentaries made about them.

Are there any occasions that we omitted to mention in the episode?

Episode 53 - Great Britain vs Australia at Wembley in 1994 & Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game

tokenbg — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:03:08 -0700

Two examples of sporting derring-do on this episode. Great Britain defeat Australia with a combination of rearguard defence and an inspirational try after having Shaun Edwards sent-off:

Here's the aforementioned try from Jonathan Davies that set-up the victory:

As mentioned on the podcast, there was no television coverage of Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game for the Philadelphia Warriors, but thanks to the wonder of YouTube, we do have the radio commentary of the incredible achievement:

GEISH 52 – Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees 2004 ALC Playoffs w/Masters of None

onewild — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:58:34 -0700

So we took on another American Sport and drafted in some help from across the Pond to aid us.
Anyway here is the base steal from Dave Roberts from ESPN's 30 for 30

I love the part where it is cutting to the crowd and some people cannot watch. Always a top moment of sport when the tension is so great you just cannot bear to watch. I remember in the 2003 and the Leeds v St Helens and Sinfield's last kick of the game to take it to extra time. My dad couldn't watch that kick and just watched for the noise of the crowd to tell him what had happen.

Part one of Faith Rewarded, a show about the whole 2004 Red Sox season.

Oh and that speech from Any Given Sunday

Episode 51 - Barry Sanders

onewild — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:10:25 -0700

So Barry Sanders becomes our latest entry into the only Hall of Fame that matters.
Anyway here is a highlight video.

Episode 50 - Top 5 Arenas

tokenbg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:14:57 -0700

As we said on the show, a great sporting arena can feel like home. A place that transcends bricks and mortar and seems to possess its very own sentience. The way Marty needed the DeLorean and the Doctor needs the Tardis is how the Red Sox need Fenway or Pete Sampras needed Wimbledon.

What other sporting stadiums did we miss out that evoke a similar resonance?

Episode 49 - Chris Boardman’s Olympic Gold (1992) and Super Bowl III (1969)

tokenbg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:50:40 -0700

We start our new forums with a look at Chris Boardman's epochal cycling gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics. His victory was the seed that should grow to full fruition at this summer's Games.

Here's the man in action:

Taking of epochal sporting moments, Joe Namath guaranteeing victory in Super Bowl III was one, especially as the New York Jets were such underdogs. The best of the AFL and the NFL went to Miami to do battle for the 3rd time: