Top 10 Greatest Sports Highlights of All Time

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We could watch these sports highlights on repeat! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most heart-stopping, most memorable, and amazing live sporting moments in history that went down in legend.

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00:00 "That shot enabled the Bulls to start growing and believing that something special was on

00:06 the horizon."

00:07 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most heart-stopping,

00:13 most memorable, and amazing live sporting moments in history that went down in legend.

00:18 "His form was flawless, as smooth as the west wind."

00:25 Number 10.

00:26 A Helping Hand.

00:27 After being part of the gold medal winning 4x400 meter relay team at the 1991 World Championships,

00:33 the pressure was on for Derek Redman at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

00:38 However, he was struggling with injury issues.

00:41 Near the last stretch of the 400 meter semi-final, the British runner's hamstring tore, and

00:46 he went down.

00:47 Redman got back onto his feet and tried to hop the rest of the way, determined to finish.

00:52 But he wasn't going to achieve this feat alone.

00:55 His father, Jim Redman, arrived to let his son use him as a crutch to cross the finish

00:59 line as the pain and disappointment enveloped the athlete.

01:03 While the Olympics didn't register Redman's finish, this magical moment was immortalized

01:08 in its history.

01:10 Number 9.

01:11 Winning for his mom.

01:12 "When Douglas trotted into the ring, there was almost a sense of amusement.

01:19 We thought he was going to his doom, but he didn't."

01:22 In 1990, the undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was set to take on Buster Douglas

01:27 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

01:29 With Tyson's undefeated streak at 37-0, all the odds were against Douglas.

01:35 But tragedy struck the underdog when his mother passed away only 23 days before the title

01:40 bout, while his son's mother had a severe kidney ailment.

01:43 Yet even with all this going on, and with all the odds stacked against him, Douglas

01:48 put on a performance of a lifetime as he dominated Tyson.

02:14 By the 10th round, he knocked out Iron Mike with a series of head strikes, becoming the

02:19 new undisputed champion.

02:21 "Why did you win this fight that nobody on the planet gave you?"

02:29 Number 8.

02:30 The return to greatness.

02:31 "Will this be the day that as recent as just two years ago, no one ever thought would happen

02:39 again.

02:40 Tiger Woods won a major."

02:41 When people talk about the greatest golfer ever, Tiger Woods is one of the first names

02:45 mentioned.

02:46 Yet in 2019, he was deemed a former shell of his former glory.

02:51 It became evident that years of severe injuries and dealing with personal problems had worn

02:56 him out.

02:57 After all, Woods hadn't won a major championship since the 2008 US Open.

03:01 But then the Masters was held.

03:03 On the final day, Francesco Molinari was leading comfortably.

03:11 However that lead soon began to slip.

03:14 Woods needed to putt on the 18th green to achieve a 2-under par in the Masters title.

03:19 As the world held its breath, Woods slotted away comfortably.

03:22 And all those years of frustration exploded from him, enjoying his return to glory.

03:30 "But here it is, the return to glory."

03:39 Number 7.

03:40 Uniting a nation.

03:41 "They have stolen the crown.

03:42 Unbelievable scenes all around the park."

03:49 In 1995, South Africa hosted the Rugby World Cup.

03:53 During that time, the country was barely out of apartheid.

03:56 With a democratic election in 1994 voting Nelson Mandela as president, who watched as

04:01 his nation battled overwhelming favorites New Zealand in the final.

04:05 With the score tied, the match went into extra time.

04:08 Led by captain Francois Pienaar and the kicking ability of Joel Stransky, South Africa won

04:13 15-12.

04:14 "But that's it.

04:15 South Africa have won the World Cup."

04:22 The image of Mandela wearing a rugby shirt and handing the trophy to Pienaar will live

04:26 in people's minds forever.

04:33 Number 6.

04:34 28-3.

04:35 Super Bowl 51 didn't break not one, but several records on its way to writing itself

04:41 into American football lore.

04:43 The Atlanta Falcons dominated the New England Patriots for the majority of the game.

04:47 They were leading halfway through the third quarter 28-3.

04:50 Then Tom Brady stepped up his game and turned things around dramatically.

04:59 By the end of the fourth quarter, the Patriots had evened things up and the game would be

05:03 decided in overtime.

05:10 The Falcons couldn't get any points on the board as the Patriots were a revitalized team,

05:14 eventually achieving the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history after winning 34-28.

05:20 Unbelievable.

05:21 "Toss to White.

05:22 He's in!

05:23 Patriots win the Super Bowl!

05:24 Brady has his fifth!

05:25 What a comeback!"

05:26 Number 5.

05:27 Breaking the Curse of the Bambino In 1919, Babe Ruth was shipped to the New York

05:40 Yankees by the Boston Red Sox.

05:42 From that moment, fans believed in the curse of the Bambino, where the Sox struggled to

05:46 win a championship for years to come.

06:07 But in 2004, they faced their fiercest rival, the Yankees, in the American League Championship

06:13 Series.

06:22 The New York side dominated the series, but the tide turned in Game 4.

06:26 Facing elimination, the Red Sox went on to win the next four games and won the series.

06:39 They then faced and subsequently beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, finally

06:44 breaking the curse.

06:51 Number 4.

06:53 Red Devils Rise from Tragedy In 1958, disaster struck English football's

06:58 Manchester United.

07:00 The plane carrying their side crashed during take-off at the Munich-Rheim airport in Munich,

07:05 Germany.

07:06 Eight players lost their lives and two suffered career-ending injuries.

07:09 And numerous club officials, journalists, and flight staff also lost their lives.

07:19 Manager Matt Busby rebuilt with the support of the football world.

07:27 By 1968, United was in the European Cup final against Benfica.

07:32 With the score tied after regulation time, the Red Devils took over and ended up winning

07:36 4-1, becoming the first English side to win the trophy.

07:40 Two goals were scored by United's captain, Bobby Charlton, a survivor of the Munich air

07:45 disaster.

07:46 Number 3.

07:47 The Shot

07:48 Not only is this one of the many defining moments that turned Michael Jordan into a

07:53 legend, but it's arguably the most iconic in NBA history, period.

07:58 In 1989, the Chicago Bulls faced the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the Eastern

08:02 Conference playoffs.

08:04 In Game 5, with the series tied 2-all and with 6 seconds left, it looked like Jordan

08:10 had won it.

08:14 Yet Larry Nance of the Cavaliers responded giving Cleveland a 100-99 lead.

08:20 With 3 seconds remaining, all seemed lost for the Bulls.

08:24 But then the ball came to Jordan again near the foul line.

08:27 With a jump shot, he sank the basket at the buzzer, giving the Bulls the win at 101-100

08:32 and advancing into the next round of the playoffs.

08:35 Remarkable.

08:36 Number 2.

08:43 Sticking It To The Man

08:45 In 1936, Adolf Hitler, who had taken charge of Germany with his fascist regime, wanted

08:51 to showcase his warped ideology of Aryan racial supremacy to the world.

09:00 When Germany hosted the Olympic Games that year, his government attempted to ban non-white

09:05 athletes from competing.

09:06 Fortunately, the threat of a boycott reversed that.

09:09 And in the end, although Germany did lead the medal table, not everything went their

09:13 way.

09:14 Jesse Owens, an African-American athlete, won four gold medals at the events in the

09:19 long jump, the 4x100 meter relay, the 200 meter, and the 100 meter, even breaking records

09:26 along the way.

09:31 Owens also began a friendship with long jump silver medalist, Germany's Luz Long, as

09:36 the two walked arm in arm to celebrate their achievements.

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10:09 Miracle On Ice Coming into the 1980 Winter Olympics, the

10:23 Soviet Union ice hockey team was the overwhelming favorite.

10:26 After all, they hadn't lost in the tournament since 1968 and were expected to win their

10:31 fifth gold medal in a row.

10:33 While the host nation, the United States, was a team mostly of amateurs.

10:48 When the two faced off in the final round of matches, tensions were high.

10:53 For two periods, the Soviets were cruising comfortably with a 3-2 lead.

10:57 But by the third period, the U.S. turned the tide by firing in two goals in quick succession.

11:02 And then began the longest 10 minutes in sporting history, as the clock ticked down.

11:10 Yet they did it.

11:11 They went on to defeat Finland and secure the gold.

11:29 Which of these sporting moments stands out to you?

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