Which sporting event has stressed you out the most?
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Dreams-Visions
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Baseball.
World Series Game 7, to be specific. It's just a different level of stress.
World Series Game 7, to be specific. It's just a different level of stress.
2004 ALCS. As a Red Sox fan that was made a fan from birth, this baby was brutal. At that point as a Red Sox fan, after the first 3 games I was just ready for the Yankees to take me out back and put me out of my misery. This series also in turn is my highest point in sports fandom, funny how that worked.
ClassyPenguin
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World Cup 2010
Campeones!
So many haters that day.
Campeones!
So many haters that day.
Liverpool vs AC Milan Champions League Final 2005.
0-3 at half time, Liverpool with one of the most miraculous comebacks in football against the dominant team of Europe at the time. Extra time (with ridiculous, heart-stopping saves from Dudek) and a penalty shootout too.
Best. Day. Ever.
0-3 at half time, Liverpool with one of the most miraculous comebacks in football against the dominant team of Europe at the time. Extra time (with ridiculous, heart-stopping saves from Dudek) and a penalty shootout too.
Best. Day. Ever.
digita1alchemy
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2009 NFC Championship game. Even now, if the New Orleans Saints were to play a team comprised of only murderers and rapists, I still want to see them lose. I want them to lose every game until the end of time, 70-0.
Grover Cleveland
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-2010 NCAA Basketball Championship Game-Duke vs. Butler
-2010 World Cup group stage- USA vs. Algeria
-2008 Champions League final:Chelsea vs. Man United
(Thanks JT)
-2003 Super Bowl (SBXXXVIII): Panthers vs. Patriots
-1999 NCAA Basketball Championship Game-Duke vs Connecticut(the only time I've ever legit cried over a sporting event)
-2010 World Cup group stage- USA vs. Algeria
-2008 Champions League final:Chelsea vs. Man United
(Thanks JT)
-2003 Super Bowl (SBXXXVIII): Panthers vs. Patriots
-1999 NCAA Basketball Championship Game-Duke vs Connecticut(the only time I've ever legit cried over a sporting event)
GoldenEye 007
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If you're a Patriots fan, why do you have a 49ers avatar?
And pretty much anything involving the Dolphins or my college team, UCF.
The 2003 Marlins playoff run was pretty intense too.
LiquidSolid
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Rugby World Cup 2011 and really, any RWC.
Pop-O-Matic
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Cena/Punk at MitB 2011
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Rangers vs Canucks - Game 7 of the SC finals in 94, followed closely by game 7 of the Detroit vs. San Jose quarterfinal series the same year. Amazing time.
RandomDancing
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I was hoping to see someone else had posted this. I watch it whenever I see it on NHL Classic and I still get nervous waiting for time to run out. That entire playoff run by the Flyers will be forever in my brain, even the bitter end.
johnny_park
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Being a huge Broncos fan, the Super Bowl between them and the Packers. When the Packers drove down and scored on their opening drive I thought "fuck, here we go again"
revolverjgw
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Siglemic vs Honey speedrunning race
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I was at that game. I went fully prepared to see the Bruins lose I just wanted to be able to say I was there for it. I'll never forget my friend screaming in my face "WE'RE GOING TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS!!!" when we went up 3-0. I knew, at that moment, that we were fucked.
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The Oilers continually losing the fucking playoffs. It seems every couple of years there's a noticable chance (Hall, Eberle, etc), but goddamned if they can make anything of it.
Game 1 of the 2011 College World Series finals. Tie game, bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no outs, and my alma mater fought back from the brink again and again and again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy4uc0VL2TY
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Pretty much all elimination games for Canada at the Olympics. I thought I would get a heart attack when the US tied it in Vancouver and nearly has another when we won it.
I'm most passionate about Hockey.
And it doesn't get more stressful than a playoff Game 7 (or, even better, SUDDEN DEATH OT) or a single-game elimination tournament like the Olympics.
Canada vs. USA for the gold @ the 2012 Winter Olympics
However, I will vote for Tennis. There's something about tennis that makes it VERY unnerving to watch. I think it's because the matches are 1 on 1. The competitors look so lonely out there.
I'm a big Federer fan, but it's almost unfair rooting for him since he usually wins. So I'll mention Pistol Pete Sampras who...um... also won quite a bit (and stressed me out) back in the day:
And it doesn't get more stressful than a playoff Game 7 (or, even better, SUDDEN DEATH OT) or a single-game elimination tournament like the Olympics.
Canada vs. USA for the gold @ the 2012 Winter Olympics
However, I will vote for Tennis. There's something about tennis that makes it VERY unnerving to watch. I think it's because the matches are 1 on 1. The competitors look so lonely out there.
I'm a big Federer fan, but it's almost unfair rooting for him since he usually wins. So I'll mention Pistol Pete Sampras who...um... also won quite a bit (and stressed me out) back in the day:
Fenderputty
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2010 NBA finals just as the OP.
AdventureRacing
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It isn't my favorite sport but nothing compares to tennis in this regard. There is just something about it that creates so much tension and it can last for hours. Every point can feel like its match turning and every stroke feels like it could change the match (talking about watching the best players).
Dude Abides
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1992 NLCS. Fuck you Sid Bream.
2006 Michigan-Ohio. Fuck you Shawn Crable.
2006 Michigan-Ohio. Fuck you Shawn Crable.
IISANDERII
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World Championship deciding corner, 1997.
also
After 3 heartbreaking losses in Wimbledon finals, people were beginning to worry if his talk of suicide wasn't more than a farce. Thankfully, fortune smiled on Goran Ivanisevic for his 4th attempt on that rainy Monday, making him the only wildcard ever to win a Grand Slam singles title.
WesternHeretic
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To me that was just a total lulz.
1996 Sonics was sad but you knew they were going to lose.
2001 M's just sucked. 116 wins!!!!! DAMN YOU YANKEES!
Super Bowl 40 was just a smack in the face. Matter of fact it was a dick slap. The taste of SB XL will never ever go away.
Watching the Cubs game 6 of the NLCS. Then watching Cubs fans degenerate into drunken, awful pieces of shit.
My Dad had just passed away earlier that year and was a life long Cubs fan. I was born and raised in California, but had a room full of Chicago sport memorabilia at birth. I was so indoctrinated that I assumed I was born in Chicago until I finally asked my parents at the age of five when I was finally going to be back home in Chicago. Watching the Cubs was mine and my father's means of bonding. We were otherwise on opposite ends of the spectrum in every other facet of our lives.
He died having watched every game he could, every season before they could actually win the series.
When they were finally once again close to making it, I felt like they could not be stopped. That it was going to happen.
Going into that inning, I was crying because they were finally going to do it and because my dad wasn't there to share in that moment with me.
Then the Marlins got a few hits and the fans in that stadium threw in the towel and started acting as if the series was already over.
Boo Hoo, they scored a few runs.
I was so disgusted with the behavior. I felt betrayed by the people that should have been rallying behind our team.
Then The Bartman Ball incident Happened. The people in that Stadium are/were the worst fans in all of sports.
I have not watched a Chicago Cubs game since that game.
My Dad had just passed away earlier that year and was a life long Cubs fan. I was born and raised in California, but had a room full of Chicago sport memorabilia at birth. I was so indoctrinated that I assumed I was born in Chicago until I finally asked my parents at the age of five when I was finally going to be back home in Chicago. Watching the Cubs was mine and my father's means of bonding. We were otherwise on opposite ends of the spectrum in every other facet of our lives.
He died having watched every game he could, every season before they could actually win the series.
When they were finally once again close to making it, I felt like they could not be stopped. That it was going to happen.
Going into that inning, I was crying because they were finally going to do it and because my dad wasn't there to share in that moment with me.
Then the Marlins got a few hits and the fans in that stadium threw in the towel and started acting as if the series was already over.
Boo Hoo, they scored a few runs.
I was so disgusted with the behavior. I felt betrayed by the people that should have been rallying behind our team.
Then The Bartman Ball incident Happened. The people in that Stadium are/were the worst fans in all of sports.
I have not watched a Chicago Cubs game since that game.
After 3 heartbreaking losses in Wimbledon finals, people were beginning to worry if his talk of suicide wasn't more than a farce. Thankfully, fortune smiled on Goran Ivanisevic for his 4th attempt on that rainy Monday, making him the only wildcard ever to win a Grand Slam singles title.
That was an incredible moment.
DeaconKnowledge
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1994 NFC Championship game, lost to the damn Cowboys two years in a row in the title game and we really REALLY couldn't lose another one... Well thankfully the Cowboys spotted us 21 points otherwise we prolly would have.
The wild card game in 98 against the Packers is a close second followed closely by last years Divisional game versus the Saints.
The wild card game in 98 against the Packers is a close second followed closely by last years Divisional game versus the Saints.
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