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BOSTON, MA - MAY 10: Bobby Orr #4 of the Boston Bruins flies through the air after sliding the puck past goalie Glenn Hall and tripped by Noel Picard of the St. Louis Blues as Orr scored the game winning overtime goal during Game 4 of the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals on May 10, 1970 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Bruins defeated the Blues 4-3 and won the series 4-0. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images Studios/Getty Images)
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America is ready to celebrate her 250th birthday on Saturday. You just know that after signing the Declaration of Independence the founding fathers went to see how many hot dogs Benjamin Franklin could eat in an hour, right?
Inspired by our country’s birthday, here are 250 of the greatest things in American sports - past and present. They aren’t ranked in any way.
The 2-minute warning
“Whoa, Nellie”
Rodeo Clowns
Bad Sports Movies – The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh? Space Jam?
Good Sports Movies – Rocky, Field of Dreams, Bad News Bears
Joe Namath
WrestleMania
The White Out at Penn State
Death Valley – you pick which one
“The Giants Win The Pennant”
Army vs. Navy
Hand signals
“Down Goes Frazier”
Pennants
The Fumble
Doing The Wave
High School Bands
Friday Night Lights
Snack stands
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
NFL Films
The Drive
Hail Mary – thank you Roger Staubach
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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 2: Los Angeles Lakers Magic Johnson and Boston Celtics Larry Bird during break at 1985 NBA Finals between Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, June 2, 1985 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
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Magic and Bird – cant have one without the other
Super Bowl Sunday
The Heidi Game
Strat-O-Matic – the most perfect dice game
Trading cards…that you could actually play with, not keep in a humidor for 13 years safe
The Boston Marathon
The Masters
Green Jackets
Arnold Palmer – the player
Arnold Palmer – the drink
Onside kicks
Point Spreads
Nature Boy Ric Flair – no one has had a better time
The Immaculate Reception – we will never know
John Madden – the Coach, and the video game
Philly Special
Tom Brady
Lifting the Stanley Cup
Playoff Beards
Gretzky
The Hull family
Octopi on the ice
Goalies sprawling saves
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(Original Caption) Standing on the elevated subway station next door to Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio looks out over the field where he made baseball history. "I used to ride this subway downtown my first year with the Yankees, but then I couldn't anymore," Joe reminisced. He meant because of the autograph seekers, none of whom he could ever say no to.
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Yankee Stadium – the original
The XFL
“Havlicek stole the ball!”
Omaha for the College World Series
The Ted Williams chart at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Wide World of Sports
Mark Spitz
Katie Ledecky
Beach volleyball
The 100-yard dash
An ice hockey breakaway
A basketball breakaway
Cameron Indoor Arena
Complaints about the All-Star Game
Home Run Derby (old TV show)
Josh Hamilton in the Home Run Derby in 2008
High school wrestling
Swish
“It’s Gotta Be Da Shoes”
Grass fields
Logos of both teams in the end zone
Thanksgiving Day football game with your friends
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LOS ANGELES, CA - 1987: Voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers radio broadcasts, Vin Scully, poses in the outfield of Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
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Vin Scully
Baseball on the radio
Crackerjacks
The Seventh Inning Stretch
A home run into McCovey Cove
Charlie Brown’s hero Joe Shlabotnik
Chewing on your leather glove
A serve down the T
“You Cannot Be Serious” - McEnroe
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American tennis player Jimmy Connors (right) shakes hands with Aaron Krickstein after defeating him in the fourth round of the US Open in New York, September 2nd 1991. Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
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Jimmy Connors vs. Aaron Krickstein
Playing two national anthems when a team from Canada is in town
Meeting winning teams at the airport
Ticker Tape parades
Your favorite jersey
Stealing home
Getting the green light to swing
Slow-pitch Softball
30 for 30 documentaries
The parade of nations at the Olympics
Rec Specs
A 2-3 zone
A knuckle ball
Babe Ruth
Howard Cosell
Front row seats
Bleacher seats
College fight songs
Dotting the I
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 11: Pete Maravich #23 of the LSU Tigers stands on the court during the game against the Tulane Green Wave defender on January 11, 1968 at the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in New Orleans, LA. (Photo by Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
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Pete Maravich 3,667
Mile High Stadium
Tailgate parties – especially in Buffalo
Penalty Shootouts – everyone hates them, but we all watch
The Slam Dunk Contest – it’s still good, everyone likes to complain
Doctor J
The ABA
Michael Johnson 19.32
Bob Beamon 29 2 ½
Expansion teams
Spring Training in Florida
Sunset at the Rose Bowl
The ivy at Wrigley Field
March Madness
Shots from the Logo
Caitlin Clark
A track meet in Oregon
“Down the stretch they come!”
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 25: Ryan Hunter-Reay, driver of the #28 DHL Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara, celebrates in Victory Lane with milk after winning the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 25, 2014 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
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Milk in Victory Lane
The Kentucky Derby
Fans’ hats at the Kentucky Derby
The Daytona 500
Pebble Beach
Golden Gloves Tournament
A triple Axel
The Zamboni
The Palestra
The Beanpot Hockey Tournament
The Ironman in Hawaii
Oklahoma City softball
Williamsport
Hot Dog eating championship (sure, it’s a sport, right?)
Bump, Set, Spike
The Harlem Globetrotters
Banana Ball (it’s supposed to be fun)
Fantasy football
Punishments for finishing last place in your fantasy football league
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THE WOODLANDS, TX - NOVEMBER 30: Pro bowler Pete Weber attends the State Farm Chris Paul PBA Celebrity Invitational at the Bowlero Woodlands on November 30, 2017 in The Woodlands, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images for PBA)
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“Who Do you Think You Are? I Am!” – Pete Weber
A 300 game
A free play when the other team is offsides
Ball Four – the book by Jim Bouton
Gordie Howe playing until he was 52
The Original Six
Skiing on fresh powder
Fighting over college football rankings
The Worlds’ Largest Cocktail Party
Booing the Commissioner at the NFL Draft
A broken bat single
Kissing the Bricks
“Gentlemen, Start Your Engines”
“Back Home Again in Indiana”
“My Old Kentucky Home”
The Jamie Farr Classic
Bracket Busters
“A Season On The Brink” by John Feinstein
A Hole In One
Setting a PB
“He was Giving Him The Business” – Ref Ron Cherry
How numbers fit perfect players
Double 00
A newspaper box score
The Astrodome Exploding Scoreboard
Field Turf (not the old carpet stuff)
The way Mel Allen would say “Mickey Mantle”
This Week in Baseball
Cleats
Play Like A Champion Today
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SOUTH BEND, IN - SEPTEMBER 09: A view of touchdown Jesus through a hole in Notre Dame Stadium before the college football game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Georgia Bulldogs on September 9, 2017, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Touchdown Jesus
The Bayou Classic
Taking BP
Stealing Home
Foam Fingers
Fly The W
Running of the Presidents
Dizzy Bat Races
Ken Griffey Jr. swing
“It’s Awesome Baby!” – Dick Vitale
A Hat Trick
Young Mike Tyson
Curtain Calls
TO doing push-ups in the yard
The Grove
The 12th Man
Sailgating
The Green Monster
The Ice Bowl
The Terrible Towel
Old Nicknames for Home Runs: a tater, a moonshot, a circuit clout
Big League Chew
MLS Supporters Shield
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PORTLAND, OR -JUNE 24: Fans of the Seattle Sounders cheer with the Cascadia Cup before a match against the Portland Timbers on June 24, 2012 at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Oregon.(Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images)
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The Cascadia Cup – Seattle vs. Portland
Playing the X in lacrosse
Being a long-stick middie
Pulling the flag
Going top shelf
Hitting a two-hand backhand
When the volleyball team saves the ball from the stands
En Garde!
Goal Horns
The Individual Medley
The Penn Relays
Banked curves on an indoor track
Leaving your shoes on the wrestling mat
Driving a par four
The Beverage Cart
Cleveland Browns helmets
Uppercuts
“Do You Believe in Miracles?”
Chrissy and Martina
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Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over Sonny Liston and taunts him to get up during their title fight. Ali knocked Liston out in one minute in the first round during their bout at the Central Maine Youth Center in Lewiston, Maine.
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Muhammad Ali
The Spirits of St. Louis
Willie Mays
Joe Louis
Wilt 100
Hammerin’ Hank
Bill Russell
Joe Cool
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Bobby Orr flying through the air
The Baltimore Colts Quiz from “Diner”
Johnny Unitas’ black shoes
Secretariat at the Belmont
Walter Payton leaping over the goal line
Sandy Koufax retiring
Billy Jean King
Stan The Man
Jerry West – The Logo
LeBron
Primetime
“I never set out to hurt anyone, unless it was, you know, important, like a league game, or something” – Butkus
Otto Graham or Moonlight Graham
Roberto Clemente throwing from the outfield
Pete Rose Hit King
Richard Petty
DE-Troit Basketball
Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Simone Biles levitating
“Ya Gotta Believe” – Tug McGraw
Venus and Serena Williams
The Tigerbelles from Tennessee State
MJ
Lil Penny
Jim Thorpe
A checkered flag
Jim Valvano looking for someone to hug
Kirk Gibson’s fist pump
Jackie Robinson
Bear Bryant
Jesse Owens
Hard Knocks
“It Aint Over Til It’s Over” – Yogi Berra
This article was originally published on Forbes.com
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