Sports Moments to Relive

Patrick: Fellas, we’re talking about favorite sports memories, from birth to the now. Who wants to kick it off?

Donald: I’m sure we all have this time in our brains: the double-threepeat by our Chicago Bulls. But, for me, I can narrow it down to just the second threepeat—no disrespect to the first one. I mean, shoot, we had, of course, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen—not to mention Dennis Rodman. Not only did we have that high-level talent on the court, we had Phil Jackson coaching on the sideline. This man hired the right folks to help him coach, and they all were good.

John: Maybe even great.

Russ: I have to roll with the 1985-86 Bears; yep, the Super Bowl Shuffle team. I mean, this team recorded a video in the middle of the season detailing how they were going to win the big game.

Donald: Not only that, Russell, it was recorded a day after their only loss of the season against Miami.

Russ: I forgot about that. But, yeah, that defense was the greatest of all time in my eyes. I mean, shoot, we had Mike Singletary—who I wouldn’t mind coming back and coaching the Bears today— Richard Dent, Gary Fencik, Wilbur Marshall—

John: It was seriously too many ballers on that side of the ball to say who could fill their top-five list. Now, that’s ridiculous.

Russ: And that’s just the defense; shoot, the offense had a couple of standouts, too. Jim McMahon, who, though not an elite quarterback, was just good enough to make it happen. Of course, we had the great and late Walter Payton.

Donald: Yes, Sweetness. That brotha was smooth out there and brought the magic.

Russ: I can’t not mention the Fridge either. As much as I wished Payton had gotten a touchdown in the Super Bowl, seeing the Fridge get one sorta made up for it. I’ll never forget it.

John: Well, for me, I have to roll with all the times I watched the San Francisco 49ers play the Dallas Cowboys. To me, it’s even bigger than the Bears and Packers rivalry. My three favorite games begin with the 1981 Championship game—yes, The Catch by Dwight Clark from Joe Montana, which included the one-arm tackle by Eric Wright to stop Dallas’ wide receiver, Drew Pearson from scoring what would’ve been the game-winning touchdown. Broke my heart.

Donald: I remember that.

John: The second was during the 1992 NFC Championship game when Dallas beat San Fran 30-20 to make it to the Super Bowl. The third is the most recent one. QB Dak Prescott running a play and allowing the time to run out. Game over. Always something unreal when these two teams meet.

Russ: What about you, Patrick? You have something?

Patrick: Shoot, I could almost bandwagon on any of y’all’s. However, really quick, the times going to see the White Sox play up the street from my neighborhood when I was a kid. It would be me, my brother, and two of our friends, and one of our fathers would take us—sometimes, one of my uncles. We’d see Harold Baines, Greg Luzinski, Ron Kittle, Ozzie Guillen. Awesome times. And don’t let it be Bat Giveaway Day!

John: I know, right!

Patrick: My best recall of those times is I could swear the White Sox never lost. Won every single game.

Russ: Right on.

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