Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Best [sports] Comebacks
SI ^

Posted on 07/23/2005 3:56:51 PM PDT by Asphalt

No. 10 Sugar Ray Leonard Leonard originally retired as a world champion after suffering a detached retina in 1982. He returned for one fight in 1984 against Kevin Howard and then retired again. Then in 1987, Leonard came back for a historic bout against middleweight champion Marvin Hagler. Leonard, a huge underdog, won a controversial split decision to regain the belt.


(Excerpt) Read more at sportsillustrated.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-33 last
To: NCC-1701; Zack Nguyen; pissant

The last two minutes of about a million Dallas Cowboys games when Roger Staubach was their quarterback.

:-)


21 posted on 07/23/2005 4:58:03 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Comment #22 Removed by Moderator

To: Asphalt

Tyhey broke my heart when the did it, but I have to say the 1986 Mets.

Two outs, nobody on, facing the loss of the Series, yet they won the game and later Game Seven.

Ironically, I would also say the Red Sox in the AL Playoffs of the same year. Facing elimination in Game Five, down three in their last at-bat, they rallied to tie it, and Don Baylor hit simply one of the most improbable home runs in baseball history.

Those are two of my favorites.


23 posted on 07/23/2005 5:41:29 PM PDT by Rummyfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Asphalt

Individual? Ok, then, Ben Hogan hands down! Almost killed in a car crash, he spent months in the hospital and could barely walk for a year. He started his recovery by walking across his living room, then his yard, then his neighborhood. When he didn't come home his wife would get in the car and go find him as he would be somewhere unable to move any farther. He went on to win two more US Opens and a British. He probably would have won the Grand Slam but in those days there was actually a scheduling conflict between the PGA and the British and transoceanic flights were still not the norm. And that was in the day when you had to play 36 holes on Saturday. Hogan's legs never fully recovered, he had to soak them for long periods after every round.


24 posted on 07/23/2005 5:47:12 PM PDT by Rummyfan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: dakine
2004 Boston Red Sox....

Nope, Buffalo Bills beating the Houston Oilers after being down by nearly 35 points going into the 4th quarter.

25 posted on 07/23/2005 5:49:00 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Asphalt

I don't agree with the criteria used by SI to define a "comeback." It should be based upon sporting events (games) and not on personal adversity.


26 posted on 07/23/2005 5:50:43 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They have had seperate articles on that. This was specifically personal comebacks, not team comebacks in games.


27 posted on 07/23/2005 5:56:50 PM PDT by Asphalt (Join my NFL ping list! FReepmail me| Since 10/10/04)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Asphalt
They have had seperate articles on that. This was specifically personal comebacks, not team comebacks in games.

Oh...

(Quote Nicholson in "A Few Good Men" - "Don't I look like the F'in A'hole.")

28 posted on 07/23/2005 6:11:27 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: SuperDuperConservative

The horse...


29 posted on 07/23/2005 6:33:47 PM PDT by dakine
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Asphalt
USC - Notre Dame, 1974. . .

Notre Dame breaks out to a 24-0 first half lead, only to be buried under a Trojan avalanche of 55 straight points. Final score -- USC 55, Notre Dame 24.

Anthony Davis ended Ara Parseghian's coaching career that day.

30 posted on 07/23/2005 6:38:35 PM PDT by Euro-American Scum (A poverty-stricken middle class must be a disarmed middle class)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Euro-American Scum

I remember watching that game!! I was 9 at the time, but always loved football...:)


31 posted on 07/23/2005 7:20:09 PM PDT by scott says
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: pax_et_bonum

My brother was a cowboys fan & I a vikings fan. We came to blows on several occasions! ;o)


32 posted on 07/24/2005 12:47:10 PM PDT by pissant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: pax_et_bonum

"Time Enough To Win" BUMP


33 posted on 07/24/2005 12:56:25 PM PDT by 185JHP ( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-33 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson