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April 28, 2005
Sports highlight reel in crack cocaine form: A barrage of 20th century clips from predominantly N.A. sports. I was tired after watching... (20Mb wmv file).
Wow. It captures the range of emotions better than any sports video I've seen. Was anyone else trying to name the faces as they came on? "Jack Johnson, Frank Robinson, dunno, ..."
posted by dusted at 11:01 AM on April 28, 2005
Holy cow. I mean, really...holy cow. Thank you VERY much for posting a link to this. I wish I could find a high-quality VCR/DVD version to keep. The good, the bad, the highlights, the lowlights...I especially like how they spent extra time focusing on the BIG names (Ruth, Jordan, Ali, Gretzky) and had nice tributes to those that have passed-on. Was anyone else trying to name the faces as they came on? I did. Afterwards, I tried to think of any North American sports stars that DIDN'T appear in the video. The only ones I could come up with are Shaq and Kobe, but given the time this was broadcast (1999), they probably weren't deserving of being in the video at that point.
posted by grum@work at 11:18 AM on April 28, 2005
Well, yeah, it's about what ESPN would produce. One one-second clip of a winter sport other than ice hockey (Hermann Maier's crash at Nagano, quelle surprise), I think I counted six women in the whole thing (Cooper, Chastain, a couple of gymnasts who we'll call "women" by courtesy, one tennis player, and somebody from the Vols, probably on the occasion of yet another drubbing by UConn)...but I suppose anybody but the NBA, NFL and MLB is lucky to get in there at all. And, of course, Muhammad Ali. It didn't altogether suck; I just wish ESPN would show more of the sports world, and if they're going to delve into history, that they'd show a more balanced view of that, too.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 11:20 AM on April 28, 2005
Actually...I don't remember seeing Buster Douglas knocking out Tyson in that clip. That probably should have been in there...
posted by grum@work at 11:25 AM on April 28, 2005
I think I counted six women in the whole thing (Cooper, Chastain, a couple of gymnasts who we'll call "women" by courtesy, one tennis player, and somebody from the Vols, probably on the occasion of yet another drubbing by UConn) Don't forget: Babe Didrickson (sp?), Flo-Jo, Mary Decker tripping, Navritalova & and Chris Everett (if you're only referring to the other tennis player crying), another female sprinter that I can't identify, Seles being stabbed...it's a pretty good representation when you consider that women's sports didn't get much televised exposure for the first 70 years of the century. They can only show what they have available...
posted by grum@work at 11:36 AM on April 28, 2005
i am surprised at how much play hockey got in that montage (not complaining) but as far as iconic moments - no Henderson scoring to end the summit series in 1972? or maybe that is overly or only relevant to Canadians and not iconic enough. Nevertheless, worth viewing on that note would be the CBC's report (at least the first few minutes, after the goal is scored the piece tends to wander). Check out the woman watching the game that appears in the clip starting at the 50 sec mark. She rules.
posted by gspm at 01:20 PM on April 28, 2005
Was anyone else trying to name the faces as they came on? Oh, of course. Was I successful? Marginally so.....it was such ... a ... blur. I think I counted six women in the whole thing. I thought that I only saw FloJo the first time around, and then saw 6 others on the second watching, but you are right there. However, grum's point is well taken: this is less a history of 20th century sport in N.A. than a retrospective of the major televisual moments. There aren't as many major televisual moments with female athletes. Thankfully, the few that were there weren't cheesecake shots.
posted by smithers at 01:22 PM on April 28, 2005
i am surprised at how much play hockey got in that montage I was thinking the same thing, and before jasonbondshow mentioned that it was ESPN, I just assumed that it was a Canadian who produced it because of that fact. A clip of Gretzky as a kid? The clip where the guy scoops the puck up on his blade and reaches around into the cage? You have to know your stuff to get those.
posted by smithers at 01:25 PM on April 28, 2005
One one-second clip of a winter sport other than ice hockey Football is a winter sport. At least it is in Wisconsin.
posted by rocketman at 01:33 PM on April 28, 2005
Thankfully, the few that were there weren't cheesecake shots. that's only because that this was done pre-anna.
posted by goddam at 02:29 PM on April 28, 2005
that's only because that this was done pre-anna. I thought about that, but I dunno...it's not like she was the first sex symbol in women's sport. This is perhaps one of the best-known images from women's golf pre-2000 (probably nsfw), and it wasn't used. Nor was Brandi Chastain tearing off her jersey after the game winner in 1999 (although I am surprised they didn't use that clip).
posted by smithers at 02:45 PM on April 28, 2005
Wow. There's so much that I'd forgotten about. Like how Aerosmith used to play good music.
posted by Samsonov14 at 03:01 PM on April 28, 2005
or was Brandi Chastain tearing off her jersey after the game winner in 1999 (although I am surprised they didn't use that clip). it's in there. if you blinked you missed it, but it's there.
posted by goddam at 03:20 PM on April 28, 2005
it's in there. if you blinked you missed it, but it's there. Yup. I don't consider that cheesecake, though. And I did note Babe Didrickson and Decker the first time around, grum, you're right. But major televised moments, eh, I dunno, I can think of some that could have been included to give a little more diversity, sports-wise and not just gender-wise. Tennis was represented as tantrums and kiss-and-cry moments, and that was it, for example -- nothing I can recall of anyone playing. Ditto soccer IIRC. Apart from the Big Four, I think most of the rest was rather noteworthy for its lack of actual athletic content.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 03:59 PM on April 28, 2005
The challenge is to now document every moment in the video, second-by-second. ;) There were a couple of people I couldn't figure out the first couple viewings, and I don't remember the names of some of the people I did recognize ("Four Horsemen" football players, the girl Mary Decker tripped on, etc.) but could describe the scene/reason they are in. Apart from the Big Four, I think most of the rest was rather noteworthy for its lack of actual athletic content. That's probably because the "minor" sports (and I use that term poorly) have iconic figures (Sampras, Pele, Spitz) and not necessarily memorable mid-contest moments. Bjorg collapsing at Wimbledon was there, and we saw Spitz swimming, but it's hard to have a really tele-dramatic moment in tennis or swimming like Flutie's hail-mary, or Laetner's last-second shot. That said, I think it was a shame that the only visual of Pele is with his jersey off. However, that's my most vivid memory of Pele because I was too young to remember anything but his final match with the Cosmos. Surprisingly low NASCAR/CART content though. Of course, everything went by so fast that I had a hard time keeping track of all the references...
posted by grum@work at 04:07 PM on April 28, 2005
That's why they call them the big four, though, LLB. Or at least they used to. NHL 1917 - 2004. R.I.P.
posted by Samsonov14 at 04:09 PM on April 28, 2005
grum - Zola Budd. and I think that was the first time I had actually seen that Tom Chmabers dunk (4:36 mark) and since I had never seen it I had to do some searching to confirm that was it. I mean lanky white guys flying through the key, how many famous moments of that kind can there be?
posted by gspm at 04:32 PM on April 28, 2005
Awesome. I liked how they linked up the lyrics and the images.... On "dues in life to pay" we got Payne Stewart and Walter Payton. I also caught something (I think) on "fools and sages" with Woody Hayes/Bob Knight and Lombardi/Paterno/Wooden/Bowman.
posted by mbd1 at 04:54 PM on April 28, 2005
That's probably because the "minor" sports (and I use that term poorly) have iconic figures (Sampras, Pele, Spitz) and not necessarily memorable mid-contest moments. And yet they included the vid of Hermann crashing (which I bet I wasn't the only one to ID), and not just Hermann's smiling face receiving a medal or something. I think Klammer on the Hahnenkamm course at the Innsbruck Olympics would qualify too. And how 'bout Apolo Anton Ohno piling into the boards with all those guys like dogs on linoleum? Or, I dunno, some big figure skating thing? Bjorg collapsing at Wimbledon was there, and we saw Spitz swimming, but it's hard to have a really tele-dramatic moment in tennis or swimming like Flutie's hail-mary, or Laetner's last-second shot. Well, match points can be pretty tele-dramatic. I dunno. I think it's there if you're looking and if you know the sport. It just points to the fact that ESPN isn't there and doesn't know.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 05:06 PM on April 28, 2005
Re: grum missing star athletes I only watched it once but I didn't see: Track--Carl Lewis Tennis--Andre Agassi Boxing--Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard NBA--Dr. J, West (2 w/iconic shots), K. Malone, Olajuwon, Ewing NFL--Marino, LT, Rice MLB--Clemens, Bonds, Griffey, Mays (was the 54 catch in there), Williams
posted by dales15 at 05:52 PM on April 28, 2005
Or, I dunno, some big figure skating thing? what the kerrigan "whyyyyyy" thing doesn't count? if this is from 1999 then ohno couldn't have been included. but i was surprised not to see dan jansen. (or was he there and i missed it? i can't see the video on this computer to check.)
posted by goddam at 07:55 PM on April 28, 2005
dale, the '54 catch was there.
posted by goddam at 07:56 PM on April 28, 2005
what the kerrigan "whyyyyyy" thing doesn't count? Priceless! "Duh" on the Ohno thang. I forgot the release date. I don't think they had any skaters of any kind in it.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 08:03 PM on April 28, 2005
i signed up just to ask this question. being 14, i dont know a lot of sport histories, but who is that girl gymnast who was crying "why, why?" i think that stuck in my head the longest.
posted by sangu at 08:53 PM on April 28, 2005
sangu, that was figure skater nancy kerrigan. you can read her story here.
posted by goddam at 09:49 PM on April 28, 2005
ah thanks. not the load of drama i was expecting. seems like another person the press decides to pick on.
posted by sangu at 10:15 PM on April 28, 2005
go barry bonds by the way.
posted by sangu at 10:16 PM on April 28, 2005
I saw that behind the backboard layup Dr J did just before the 4:00 mark. A truly amazing piece of video.
posted by Ricardo at 06:51 AM on April 29, 2005
go barry bonds by the way. I think we've got a brand new dufus^H^H^H^H^Hnewbie who didn't read the posting guidelines...
posted by lil_brown_bat at 06:54 AM on April 29, 2005
Of course, everything went by so fast that I had a hard time keeping track of all the references... Wiki group project??
posted by smithers at 08:44 AM on April 29, 2005
wish I could actually see the clip..it won't download for me! Has anyone eles had a problem viewing it? Damn!!!!!
posted by bluekarma at 10:45 AM on April 29, 2005
bluekarma: what error message do you get? I used Windows Media Player and it played it fine. Are you attempting to view it streaming, or actually downloading it to your own harddrive?
posted by grum@work at 11:19 AM on April 29, 2005
I watched it again and need to correct some of the initial missing stars I included. Track--Carl Lewis Tennis--Andre Agassi Boxing--Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard NBA--Dr. J, West (2 w/iconic shots), K. Malone, Olajuwon, Ewing NFL--Marino, LT, Rice MLB--Clemens, Bonds, Griffey, Mays (was the 54 catch in there), Williams Carl Lewis appears for a split second. I believe there is photo of Joe Louis. Tyson is shown in handcuffs. As Ricardo said, the Dr. J behind the backboard shot is there. The Mays catch is also there and a photo of Williams and Joe D.
posted by dales15 at 12:33 PM on April 29, 2005
I am going to burn the video to DVD some time next week. If anyone is interested, I will burn four others (I only have 5 blank DVDs left) and send them out to the first 4 SpoFites who email me (address in profile) with their mailing addresses. Nothing needs to be sent to me, just drop a few dollars to the SportsFilter server funder (if that still exists) or to the charity rcade was promoting, Modest Needs.
posted by dales15 at 12:50 PM on April 29, 2005
Updates: That's Bo Jackson running up the wall at 2:54, right? And it's Ken Griffey Jr. going up a wall at 6:22. Bonds appears (very briefly) at 3:54 and Agassi appears (crying) at 3:57. And who is the female swimmer getting greased up at the 0:47 mark? I assume that it's Secretariat running by himself at the 5:09 mark. Who are the basketball players shoving for position at 6:39? And man, watching Ali say "I'm a bad man!" for the umpteenth time still gives me chills. That, and Gehrig's speech, which is still one of the greatest/saddest sporting moments ever. Okay, if I get a free couple of hours this weekend, I'm going to try and document everything I can in this video....
posted by grum@work at 03:30 PM on April 29, 2005
grum good call actually between 3:53 and 3:57--Rice, Bonds & Agassi all appear and that is Griffey robbing the home run the 6:39 bball players are Russell and Chamberlain
posted by dales15 at 03:45 PM on April 29, 2005
Who are the basketball players shoving for position at 6:39? Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. grum, do what you can to get started, and then we can use the collaborative editing on the wiki to fill in the blanks, like a SpoFi scavenger hunt. Sound cool?
posted by smithers at 03:46 PM on April 29, 2005
Yes. The SpoFiWiki would be a great place to do this. However, someone would need to save the file to that server so people could look at and document on the fly if necessary.
posted by grum@work at 03:57 PM on April 29, 2005
Huh. I seem to have forgotten my password for SpofiWiki, and I can't seem to create a new one (or forgot how).
posted by grum@work at 08:56 PM on April 29, 2005
Well, here is what I have so far. There are many spots I don't have answers for, so please feel free to point them out (and any mistakes I made). If someone can update the SpoFiWiki with this, I'd be fine (as long as you give me credit for the work at the bottom of the page). 0:00 - boxer (Marciano?) 0:01 - two basketball players (Johnson vs Bird?) 0:02 - old race cars (Unsers?) 0:03 - 3 old St. Louis Cardinal players (?) 0:04 - American long jumper Bob Beamon (?) 0:07 - Jim Thorpe playing football for Carlisle Indian School 0:11 - Ty Cobb (Detroit Tigers) 0:13 - basketball player 0:14 - Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup winning team (Hector "Toe" Blake coached team to championship 1956-1960, 1965, 1966, 1968) 0:16 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, female golfer 0:18 - black man/teen in suit (Joe Louis?) 0:20 - Negro League All-Star Team 0:22 - Red Grange (college & pro football hall of famer) 0:25 - Jim Naismith, inventor of basketball 0:27 - Jesse Owens (running for Ohio at Big Ten meet in 1935, set/tied 4 world track records in 45 minutes) 0:31 - old man (?) 0:34 - 1956-57 Boston Celtics (NBA champions) 0:37 - Jack Johnson (first black heavyweight champion) 0:40 - unknown man (?) 0:42 - Jackie Robinson (first black player in MLB...trivia: wore #42, which is now retired throughout the league) 0:44 - unknown man (?) 0:45 - Four Horsemen (Notre Dame football backfield in 1924: quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, left halfback Jim Crowley, right halfback Don Miller and fullback Elmer Layden) 0:46 - female swimmer (possibly Gertrude Ederle, first female to swim across English Channel, August 6, 1926) 0:48 - Johnny Unitas, quarterback for Baltimore Colts 0:50 - left-handed tennis player (Rod Laver?) 0:52 - black boxer (?) 0:54 - Toronto Maple Leaf Stanley Cup champions (1967 [last one] or 1942 [win despite 0-3 deficit in finals]) 0:56 - Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer (Masters Championship (either 1963 or 1965 when Palmer could present jacket to Nicklaus) 0:59 - Cassius Clay (very young Ali) 1:01 - Babe Ruth 1:08 - 1972 Olympics (Munich, terrorists Black September took Israeli Olympic team members hostage) 1:11 - 1989 World Series Game 3 (earthquake hits Loma Prieta October 17, 1989) 1:15 - Nancy Kerrigan, after being struck on the knee by assailant hired by her competitor, Tonya Harding, on January 6 1994) 1:19 - Cassius Clay, after beating Sonny Liston for the title on February 25 1964) 1:23 - Chicago Bears "Super Bowl Shuffle" video, 1985 1:27 - John McEnroe, tennis player and "superbrat" 1:29 - Lou Gehrig, famous "luckiest man" speech, retiring from baseball on July 4 1939 1:37 - Michael Jordan, sinking last second basket to eliminate Cleveland Cavaliers from playoffs (1988 or 1989) 1:42 - Steve Yzerman, Detroit Red Wings forward, scores in overtime against Grant Fuhr of the St.Louis Blues (May 12, 1998) 1:47 - Colorado University beats Michigan University with hail-mary pass on final play of game (date? quarterback?) 1:56 - George Foreman knocks down Joe Fraizer in 2nd round, January 22, 1973, to become heavyweight champion 2:02 - NY Giants Bobby Thompson hits homerun off of Ralph Branca to win 1951 National League pennant (Russ Hodges announces the famous "The Giants win the pennant!") 2:14 - black football player (Jim Brown?) 2:17 - basketball player (not sure who) 2:19 - Mario Andretti (race car driver) 2:23 - Roger Maris, NY Yankee who broke Babe Ruth's single-season HR record, with 61. 2:25 - basketball player (?) 2:28 - Len Bias, college basketball star who died of cocaine overdose (June 19, 1986) less than 48 hours after being drafted by Celtics 2:30 - Florence Griffith Joyner, Olympic track & field star 2:33 - Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirates 2:35 - Jim Valvano, coached North Carolina State to 1983 NCAA Basket National Championship 2:39 - Donnie Moore, California Angels pitcher gave up home run in 1986 ALCS, costing his team a chance to go to the World Series (committed suicide 3 years later) 2:41 - Wilt Chamberlain, after scoring 100 points for Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962 (final score 169-147!) 2:44 - Payne Stewart, US golfer (winning Ryder Cup match in 1999) 2:47 - Walter Payton, Chicago Bears running back 2:51 - Brendan Shannahan (Detroit Red Wings) checking Colorado Avalanche player Claude Lemieux 2:53 - Greg Louganis, US diver, 1988 Olympics 2:54 - Bo Jackson, KC Royals outfielder running up the outfield wall 2:56 - Barry Sanders, Detroit Lions running back, dodging tackles 2:57 - Roberto Alomar, Baltimore Orioles, spitting at umpire John Hirschbeck, September 27, 1996 2:59 - Dennis Rodman, Chicago Bulls, kicking photographer (1998?) 3:00 - Mary Decker tripping on Zola Budd's foot during 1984 Olympics 3000 meter run 3:02 - George Brett, KC Royals 3B, charging umpire in dispute for being declared "out" after hitting home run. Umpire ruled (after being pointed out by Billy Martin, Yankee manager) that Brett's bat had too much pine tar on it, therefore making it illegal. 3:04 - John Havlicek, Boston Celtics, steals ball and passes to Sam Jones, to seal the win (Game 7 of 1965 NBA Eastern Conference Finals) 3:10 - Larry Bird, Boston Celtics, steals ball and passes to Dennis Johnson, to win against Detroit Pistons (year?) 3:16 - Wayne Gretzky, hockey legend, from home movie of game while playing in Brantford as a child 3:18 - Michael Jordan at college? 3:19 - Babe Ruth 3:20 - Muhammad Ali 3:22 - Bobby Knight, coach of Indiana University basketball, throwing chair in protest of technical foul call 3:25 - Woody Hayes, coach of Ohio State football team, choking/punching opposing Clemson University player at the end of 1978 Gator Bowl 3:25 - silhoutte of coach? 3:26 - another football coach (famous hat?) 3:26 - basketball coach 3:26 - old coach (hat and trench coat) 3:27 - old football coach shouting in locker room? Knute Rockne? 3:27 - Scotty Bowman, winningest NHL coach of all time 3:27 - Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame coach (?) 3:28 - silhouette of Tom Landry, legendary coach of Dallas Cowboys 3:30 - Brian Trottier, holding Stanley Cup (1979-83 seasons) 3:31 - Lance Armstrong, cyclist, winning Tour de France 3:33 - Martina Navratilova, tennis player, winning Wimbledon championship 3:34 - Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners pitcher, striking out a batter and winning playoff series against NY Yankees in 1995 3:35 - Carl Lewis, Olympic sprinter 3:37 - Richard Petty, legendary NASCAR driver 3:38 - Tom Watson, golfer, after sinking dramatic chip shot on 17th hole of 1982 US Open, which he later won 3:39 - Isaiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons, celebrating win over Atlanta Hawks 3:41 - Joe Montana, San Francisco 49ers quarterback, celebrating a touchdown 3:42 - Rickey Henderson, Oakland A's outfielder, celebrating breaking all-time MLB stolen base record, May 1 1991 3:44 - Mark Messier, NY Ranger forward, holding Stanley Cup after Rangers win it for the first time in 54 years, June 14 1994 3:45 - old man? 3:47 - Bjorn Borg, tennis player, winning Wimbledon title in 1980, beating John McEnroe 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6 3:49 - Bill Mazeroski, Pittsburgh Pirates 2B, running home after hitting game winning home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series to beat the New York Yankees 3:50 - Tony Hawk, skateboarder, pulling off a 720 on the vertical ramp 3:51 - Bo Kimble, Loyola Marymount University basketball player, throws a left-handed free throw in memory of his recently deceased teammate Hank Gathers (1990 NCAA tournament) 3:52 - Steffi Graff, tennis player 3:53 - Bart Starr, Green Bay Packers quarterback 3:53 - Kirby Puckett, Minnesota Twins outfielder 3:54 - Julius Erving (Dr. J), Philadelphia 76ers forward 3:54 - Jerry Rice, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver 3:54 - unknown man? same as at 0:40? 3:54 - Barry Bonds, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder (and Tom Pagnozzi, St. Louis Cardinals catcher) 3:55 - Indianapolis 500 race winner (car #14) (probably 4-time winner A.J. Foyt?) 3:56 - American female track star? 3:56 - Gayle Sayers, Chicago Bears running back 3:56 - Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs shortstop 3:57 - Dikembe Mutombo, Denver Nuggets, celebrating playoff win 3:57 - Gordie Howe, Hartford Whalers/Houston Aeros/Detroit Vipers (unsure of which uniform he is wearing, but grey hair and video quality suggests it's not his Detroit Red Wings days) 3:58 - Andre Agassi, tennis player, celebrating tournament win (1992 wimbledon?) 3:58 - Bill Buckner, Boston Red Sox 1B, letting ball go through his legs during Game 6 of 1986 World Series vs New York Mets 3:58 - boxer punching camera (Rocky Marciano?) 3:59 - Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, scoring goal in last game before retiring (1997) 4:05 - November 20, 1982, California University beats Stanford on the final play of the game as they return a kickoff while completing 5 laterals, and end it by spiking the ball on a band member (who came on the field prematurely) 4:15 - Jerome Lane, Pittsburgh College, shatters backboard with a monster dunk 4:20 - Trevor Linden bodychecks unknown player through the plexiglass 4:21 - unknown player smashes the backboard with another dunk 4:23 - Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire celebrate McGwire's 62nd home run of the season, September 8th 1998, breaking the record set by Roger Maris in 1961. 4:24 - Jana Navotna, tennis player, crying on the shoulder of Duchess of Kent after losing 1993 Wimbledon finals to Steffi Graff after having a big lead in the final set 4:26 - John Elway, Denver Broncos quarterback 4:27 - Ozzie Smith, St. Louis Cardinal shortstop extraordinaire 4:29 - player breaking the entire basket apparatus in New Jersey Meadowlands (Shaq?) 4:31 - Hermann Maier, skier, crashing at Nagano Olympics 4:32 - Dion Sanders, Atlanta Falcons, dancing 4:32 - Dion Sanders, Dallas Cowboys, celebrating a touchdown 4:33 - Reggie Jackson, NY Yankees, swatting a home run during 1977 World Series 4:33 - Montreal Canadiens, Maurice "Rocket" Richard, ?, ? 4:34 - Pele being carried off the field after final game for the New York Cosmos (in a friendly against Brazil, I believe) 4:34 - John Starks, New York Knicks, dunks over Chicago Bulls 4:34 - unknown football player 4:34 - the infamous "White Ford Bronco", with O.J. Simpson in the back 4:35 - Mike Tyson, boxer, showing off his handcuffs 4:35 - Monica Seles, tennis player, reacting to being stabbed in the back by a crazed Steffi Graff fan during a break in a tennis match 4:36 - some white guy goes WAY up and over another play to dunk a basketball 4:36 - Carlton Fisk, Boston Red Sox catcher, uses body english to wish a ball (he hit off Pat Darcy) fair during 12th inning of Game 6 in the 1975 World Series against the Cincinatti Reds. The ball does clear the Green Monster and the Red Sox win the game. 4:37 - Brett Hull, Dallas Stars forward, celebrates a goal during 1999 Stanley Cup final against the Buffalo Sabres. 4:37 - John Riggins, Washington Redskins running back, during Super Bowl XVII win over Miami Dolphins, 27-17 4:37 - unknown Philadelphia Phillies player (possibly Mike Schmidt) 4:38 - college basketball team winning game (Villanova? Maryland? hard to read the name) 4:38 - Michael Johnson, Olympic track star 4:40 - Cynthia Cooper, WNBA player 4:41 - Willie Mays, NY Giants outfielder, making "The Catch" in 1954 World Series (Game 1) off Vic Wertz hit. 4:42 - Lenny Moore, Balitmore Colts running back 4:43 - Mark Spitz, swimmer, during race for one of his 7 gold medals during 1972 Summer Olympics 4:44 - Patrick Roy, Montreal Canadiens goalie, celebrating Stanley Cup championship in 1993. 4:45 - Franco Harris, Pittsburgh Steelers running back, making the "Immaculate Reception", December 23 1972, allowing the Steelers to beat the Oakland Raiders. 4:46 - Michael Jordan, reverse-windmill dunk 4:46 - Michael Jordan, during game against Portland Trailblazers in 1992 4:47 - Michael Jordan, switching hands during layup against Los Angeles 4:48 - young Michael Jordan, dunking during slam dunk contest 4:50 - Jack Nicklaus, golfer, sinking putt during 1986 Masters win 4:52 - Nolan Ryan, Texas Rangers pitcher, being carried off the field after pitching 7th career no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays, May 1, 1991 4:53 - Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver 4:55 - Mary Lou Retton, Olympic gymnast, winning a gold medal on the vault 4:57 - Michigan Wolverine hockey player (name?) scoops the puck up (lacrosse-style) and "puts" it in the top corner on unsuspecting goalie, while standing behind the net 4:58 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LA Lakers centre 4:58 - Babe Ruth, winking 4:59 - Babe Ruth, with child 5:00 - Babe Ruth, talking 5:01 - Babe Ruth, hitting home run 5:02 - someone getting up real high for an alley-oop 5:04 - another BIG jump for a dunk (who?) 5:05 - Chris Webber, Michigan Wolverine forward, calls illegal time-out, costing his team a chance to tie/win NCAA finals against North Carolina Tar Heels (April 5, 1993) 5:06 - Texas Western wins NCAA tournament, the first team to do so with 5 black starters, against University of Kentucky's 5 white starters (March 19, 1966) 5:07 - Bobby Clarke, Philadelphia Flyers forward, smiling a gap-toothed-smile 5:08 - someone doing a nasty cross-over move (who? when?) 5:08 - Kellen Winslow (#80), San Diego Chargers tight end, helped off the field by teammates 5:09 - Wade Boggs, NY Yankees 3B, riding on police horse during World Series celebration in 1996 5:09 - Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gymnast, scoring a pefect ten during 1976 Summer Olympics 5:09 - Tiger Williams, Vancouver Canucks forward, celebrating a goal with his famous "riding the stick" manuever 5:10 - Dick Butkus, Chicago Bears linebacker 5:10 - Secretariat winning the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths to win the Triple Crown (June 9 1973) 5:10 - some baseball player celebrates 2000 somethings (no clue here) 5:11 - Julius Erving 5:11 - Villanova celebrates NCAA championship in 1983 5:12 - Eric Dickerson, LA Rams running back 5:12 - Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR champion 5:12 - unknown golfer 5:13 - Brandi Chastain, American soccer player, celebrates scoring a goal during penalty kicks to beat China in the 1999 Women's World Cup (July 10, 1999) 5:13 - Reggie Miller, Indiana Pacers, giving the "choke" sign to someone (probably Knicks fan Spike Lee) 5:13 - a very young Wayne Gretzky poses for a photo with his idol Gordie Howe 5:14 - Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers, holding the Stanley Cup aloft 5:14 - Wayne Gretzky, LA Kings, celebrating a goal during 1993 playoffs 5:15 - Wayne Gretzky, LA Kings, celebrating a goal during 1993 playoffs against Toronto Maple Leafs (May 27, 1993) 5:15 - Wayne Gretzky, St. Louis Blues, walking towards the ice 5:15 - Wayne Gretzky, NY Rangers, celebrating a goal 5:16 - Muhammad Ali raising the torch during the 1996 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies in Atlanta 5:16 - Muhammad Ali, hamming it up for the cameras 5:16 - Muhammad Ali, throwing punches at the cameras 5:17 - Muhammad Ali, showing who's number one 5:17 - Muhammad Ali, knocking out George Foreman during the "Rumble in the Jungle", Oct. 30, 1974 5:18 - Cassius Clay, announcing he's "shocked the world" 5:18 - Muhammad Ali, leading the crowd in a chant (probably "Mumbaya", during "Rumble in the Jungle") 5:19 - Muhammad Ali, posing 5:19 - Muhammad Ali, punching someone 5:19 - Muhammad Ali, punching the camera 5:19 - Magic Johnson, celebrating a win over the Portland Trailblazers 5:21 - Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams 5:23 - Ryder Cup celebration by ? 5:24 - Tennessee Vols player ? crying on her coach's shoulder 5:26 - Tommie Smith, Olympic sprinter, gives the "Black Power" salute during American anthem on the gold medal podium (after winning the 200 meter run), during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico 5:27 - Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers quarterback, celebrates Super Bowl win 5:28 - Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner, signifies the merger of the NFL and AFL in 1970 5:30 - outfielder goes over the fence to catch a ball before it becomes a home run (who? when?) 5:31 - Doug Flutie, Boston College quarterback, throws a last-second hail-mary touchdown pass to teammate Gerard Phelan, helping BC beat University of Miami 47-45 5:43 - Wayne Gretzky scores to pass Gordie Howe's all-time goal-scoring record of 802 goals 5:51 - Kirk Gibson, LA Dodgers, trots around the bases after hitting a pinch-hit, game-winning home run off ace reliever Dennis Eckersley (Oakland A's) in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series 5:55 - Christian Laettner, Duke forward, sinks a last-second turn-around jump shot to beat Kentucky (104-103) in the 1992 NCAA East regional final 6:02 - USA Olympic hockey team beats the USSR team in the second-to-last game of the 1980 Winter Olympics, giving them a chance to win the gold medal (called "The Miracle on Ice") 6:12 - Mike Eruzione, captain of the USA Olympic hockey team, signals to his teammates to join him on the podium 6:13 - USA Olympic hockey team celebrates on the gold medal podium together 6:14 - Joe Carter, Toronto Blue Jay outfielder, jumps for joy after hitting the World-Series winning home run off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams, in 1993 6:15 - Don Shula, Miami Dolphins coach, is carried off the field by his team after they complete the "perfect season" in 1972 6:17 - Larry Bird, Boston Celtics forward, celebrates 6:18 - Pete Sampras, tennis player, weeps for joy 6:19 - Theo Fleury, Calgary Flames forward, celebrates after scoring an overtime goal against Edmonton Oilers on April 14, 1991 6:21 - Tiger Woods, golfer, celebrates 6:22 - Ken Griffey Jr, Seattle Mariners outfielder, climbs the wall to steal a home run 6:24 - Joe DiMaggio does a bit in celebration of his 56-game hitting streak in 1941 6:26 - Joe Namath, NY Jets quarterback, celebrates after winning Super Bowl III (January 12, 1969) after "guaranteeing" a win 6:27 - Desmond Howard, Michigan Wolverines, celebrates a touchdown against Ohio State with a "Heisman" move 6:28 - Mark Messier, Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Lowe celebrate an Edmonton Oiler Stanley Cup win 6:29 - Michael Johnson sheds a tear after winning a gold medal at the Olympics 6:31 - Dwight Clark, San Francisco 49ers, catches a touchdown pass from Joe Montana to give them a 28-27 victory, now called "The Catch" (January 11, 1982) 6:32 - Cal Ripken, Baltimore Orioles shortstop, waves to the crowd after officially breaking "the unbreakable record", 2130 consecutive games played (held by Lou Gehrig) (September 6 1995) 6:34 - Mario Lemieux bids farewell to the crowd during (at that time) his last game in the NHL 6:35 - Yogi Berra, NY Yankees catcher, rushes out to hug Don Larsen, NY Yankees pitcher, after Larsen throws a "perfect game" against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1965 World Series (October 8, 1956) 6:36 - sprinters (who? when?) 6:37 - Hank Aaron, Atlanta Braves outfielder, rounds the bases after hitting a home run (715) to break the all-time career record held by Babe Ruth (714) (April 8, 1974) 6:38 - Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins defenceman, flying through the air after scoring an overtime goal against the St. Louis Blues, to win the 1970 Stanley Cup (May 10, 1970) 6:39 - Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns running back 6:40 - Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain jockey for position on the basketball court 6:41 - Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris pose for a photo (1961) 6:41 - Michael Jordan performs his famous "foul line leap" dunk 6:42 - Babe Ruth, wearing a crown 6:43 - Muhammad Ali, standing over the prone body of Sonny Liston during their second bout
posted by grum@work at 12:38 AM on April 30, 2005
I'd like to do my part, but I viewed the clip before...but today when I try I get "Reached the end of the file". Something up?
posted by lil_brown_bat at 06:45 AM on April 30, 2005
If you can't seem to grab it from the original source, try this link: I used yousendit.com to send a copy of the file from work to home, and there should be a few more available downloads allowed: http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3AI2P1BZXMI1H168K6Y5G9W19Z
posted by grum@work at 07:08 AM on April 30, 2005
4.36 some white guy was my detective work (though I am sure many others recognize it on sight). Tom Chambers dunk, more video about that on this page, tripod says no to hotlinking the video so you can go there and CTRL+F for Chambers.
posted by gspm at 12:12 PM on April 30, 2005
Jesus, Grum.
posted by Samsonov14 at 12:48 PM on May 01, 2005
00:40 byron nelson? 2:25 pistol pete maravich
posted by goddam at 08:41 PM on May 01, 2005
I've updated my list with your help, gspm and goddam. Thanks. Samsonov14: I love lists. Top ten lists, record lists, statistical lists...love'em. So something like this was too hard to resist. I put that together in about 4 hours of viewing each clip a couple of times and trying to nail down exactly who/what is being shown. I used Wikipedia to double-check some guesses (and nail down some dates). I've watched that video so often that when the song came on the radio today, I could picture most of the major clips in my head as it got to each part in the song (Jordan sinking the shot at the start of the song, the Walter Payton montage during the first drum set, etc). And I STILL love watching it...
posted by grum@work at 10:23 PM on May 01, 2005
got a few more 3:45 grambling football coach eddie robinson 3:56 jackie joyner kersee 4:29 darryl dawkins maybe? looks too early for shaq. had to be around '81-82 if it's dawkins because he's on the visiting team and in '82 he was on the nets (the arena opened in '81) 4:34 pretty sure that's o.j. 5:30 is driving me nuts. trying to figure out what stadium that is and what uniform the guy is wearing.
posted by goddam at 10:50 PM on May 01, 2005
goddam: I'll update my list with the Robinson, Kersee and O.J. stuff. The basket breaker I'm still listing with the ?.
posted by grum@work at 06:32 AM on May 02, 2005
6:36 I believe those are American sprinters Jesse Owens (gold) and Ralph Metcalfe (silver) in the 100m in 1936, or Owens (gold) and Matthew Robinson (silver) in the 200m, as documented in the film Olympia.
posted by smithers at 08:58 AM on May 02, 2005
Update: it is the 100m. He is wearing white spikes in the clip, which he wore in the 100m. He wore black spikes in the 200m (from Olympic.org). What a fashion whore!
posted by smithers at 09:09 AM on May 02, 2005
I just found this yesterday off a torrent site, and immediately wondered if someone had actually catalogued it. What a great job, grum. Here's a few things I know: 0:01 - Johnson vs Bird, Michigan State/Indiana State, likely in 1979 national championship 0:03 - The Cardinals of this era were known as the "Gashouse Gang", and that's a pretty famous video clip of their wacky ways. One of those guys is probably pitcher Dizzy Dean; maybe the keystone combo of Frankie Frisch (2B) & Joe Medwick (SS); Johnny Mize (1B) was also a star 0:04 - definitely American long jumper Bob Beamon 0:13 - maybe George Mikan? (pro hoops' first big superstar -- Minneapolis Lakers) 0:18 - definitely Joe Louis (in suit) 0:31 - old man may be Baron de Coubertin, the man responsible for the modern Olympics in 1896 0:34 - 1956-57 Boston Celtics (NBA champions): Red Auerbach hugging Bob Cousy, Bill Russell at right 0:40 - Byron Nelson, golfer 0:44 - John Wooden, UCLA basketball coaching legend 0:50 - lefty Rod Laver, the greatest tennis player of all-teim 0:52 - possibly Sugar Ray Robinson doing the punching? 2:14 - Jim Brown 2:17 - Bill Russell 2:25 - "Pistol" Pete Maravich 3:18 - Michael Jordan at UNC 3:26 - Alabama & Texas A&M football coaching legend Bear Bryant (in checked hat) 3:26 - UNC legendary coach Dean Smith (hugging point guard Jimmy Black) 3:27 - Joe Paterno of Penn State, not Ara Parseghian 3:54 - Byron Nelson, golf superstar (again: same as at 0:40). Won 11 PGA events in a row. 4:32 - Deion Sanders (not Dion) 4:34 - O.J. Simpson 4:38 - college basketball team winning game -- jersey looks like "Indiana" to me, player #23 5:10 - some baseball player celebrates 2000 somethings: has to be runs or RBIs, right? Hits would be kinda mundane... 5:12 - unknown golfer -- does the garb look like Watson (again?) 5:23 - 1999 Ryder Cup celebration by Justin Leonard, hero of the U.S. team 5:24 - Tennessee Vols player ? crying on coach Pat Summit's shoulder 5:30 - outfielder goes over the fence to catch a ball before it becomes a home run (who? when?) -- looks like an Oakland A, maybe
posted by IstariGrey at 10:05 PM on May 08, 2005
ok i think i have 5:30 figured out. it's kenny lofton at jacobs field. i thought it was a visting team at first but between 1994-99 the only team to wear a red or orange colored bill on the road was the tigers but they had no outfielder with that number. but the indians wear a red bill at home.
posted by goddam at 08:44 PM on May 14, 2005
5:10 - lou gehrig 2000 hits
posted by goddam at 08:09 PM on June 01, 2005
I remember this!!!! It was on ESPN's Sportscenter on December 31, 1999, right before the ball dropped in Times Square to bring in 2000! I happened to catch it on the replay the next morning, and I always wished I'd have taped that piece! It's done to my favorite Aerosmith songs of all time, too! Thanks for posting this!!!