ESPN has gotten hit-or-miss with their fan-voting contests that seem to creep up every few months. Their “Who’s now” contest was completely absurd and got no one talking. At least a few people are watching their “Greatest Sports Highlight of All Time” competition. It’s (yet another) NCAA-tournament-style contest pitting their top sports highlights against one another. The final has the 1980 Miracle On Ice against the 2007 Fiesta Bowl that saw Boise State build a lead, then blow the lead, then come back in the final seconds to win with a series of wacky plays. For my money, the two beaten in the semifinals (The 1972 “Immaculate Reception” and Boston College’s hail mary against Miami in 1984) are both better than the ‘07 Fiesta Bowl. But, 2007 is more recent than 1984 and 1972, so it’s in (the more recent highlight has won nine of the last 14 matchups). -Cyd Zeigler jr.
on Mar 1st, 2008 at 9:53 am
The “Immaculate Reception” was the beginning of the Steelers becoming one of the premier sports franchises in the country. The guy who gave it the name died just a couple days ago; RIP, Myron Cope, longtime Steeler broadcaster.
on Mar 1st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Hit-or-miss? No, it’s ALL miss. If they want to do these things, put them in their own show. Throwing it into Sportscenter is the equivalent of local news running “special reports” during sweeps about shows on their network: “Tonight at 11: behind the scenes of Desperate Housewives!” It’s garbage.