1) Pictures of great moments.
2) Pictures that look great (the fish in a fish).
3) PC/sympathy shots (the 3' tall HS football player, the legless swimmer etc.)
Some comments:
1) Where is Bobby Thompson's HR with Ralph Branca's back turned so we see the big #13?
2) Clay standing over Liston gets my vote as # 1.
3) Where is Kirk Gibson's walk off HR?
4) Where is Maz, coming home after his home run?
5) Where is Lou Gehrig wiping the tears from his eyes? (they chose a lesser photo, IMHO)
6) Where are the Russian's celebrating their 'victory' over team USA?
7) Where is Villanova, a #14 seed winning the NCAA's?
8) Where is John Wooden?
Some good shots, yes, but over all too many better shots are missing.
As much as I dislike the Boston Bruins, Bobby Orr flying through the air, after scoring the winning goal in overtime, to clinch the Stanley Cup. I am, however, happy that my Blackhawks hung a whuppin on those Boston Bruins last season.
To me, this picture epitomizes what baseball once was and why we loved it so much.
Missing (unless I missed it) from the list of 100 Greatest Sport Photos of All Time is the iconic photo of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He's on the medal winners' platform in the Gold position. One can see the thousands upon thousands of spectators jammed in the outdoor stadium. An unhappy Adolph Hitler himself was one of the spectators.....unhappy because an "African" beat out the German racers.
The photo shows Jesse, at attention, saluting the rising American flag, while the Silver and Bronze winners are giving the Nazi outstretched-arms salute.
Jesse won four Gold Medals, in the 100m, the 200m, the 4x10 relay and the long jump. His victories shattered Hitler's myth of Aryan superiority.
Owens' combined victories at the Berlin Olympics are considered among the greatest athletic feats of all time.
How this photo didn't make the cut is beyond me. It was an historic as well as a "great photo of all time" sports moment.
Leni