Sporty

I've been fortunate to have attended several of the most famous sporting events of the last 50 years, the best ones being the Mets winning their first world championship in 1969, the Knicks winning the NBA championship in 1970 (the "Willis Reed game"), and the Yankees winning in 1977 (Reggie Jackson's 3 consecutive home runs). I also watched every minute of Villanova's 1985 championship game. So every time something amazing happens in sports I think about how it stands up.

To me it stands as the most exciting game I didn't see. I was driving to pick up my daughter at the airport for part of it and heard it on the radio. At the airport the TVs are permanently tuned to CNN so I saw none of it there. We listened to more of it on the way home, and saw the last 3 minutes in a jumble as soon as we came in the house because my kids were being annoying, But I did see that last shot...

BTW, if anyone's interested in the evolution of the media, in 1970 the NBA final wasn't important enough to be in prime time on one of the national networks (this was before cable), of which there were 3 at the time. So it was shown on tape delay at 11:30 PM after the local news. So I got to see it at Madison Square Garden, drive home, and then watch it, not live but first broadcast, on TV.