From hilarious mascot mishaps to epic fan celebrations, sports have given us some unforgettable viral moments! Join us as we look back at the most memorable bloopers, celebrations, and unexpected incidents that took the internet by storm. Which moment had you laughing the hardest?
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00:00What about the performance itself? Have you watched that back?
00:03I haven't watched it back, no.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most hilarious moments
00:09in sports that captured the public consciousness over the last 10 years.
00:13Well, it's a beautiful hour. Look at this.
00:15Yeah.
00:15Wow.
00:16It's very special.
00:18Number 20. The Philly Fanatics Antics
00:20The 2020 season looked very different for Major League Baseball and every other sport
00:24thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. With no fans in attendance, many teams instead opted to fill
00:29their stands with cardboard cutouts of season ticket holders and famous faces.
00:33Fanatic ordered some pizza, John. Season's pizza delivered to the Philly Fanatic.
00:40Enter the Philly Fanatic. The fuzzy green bird had no actual humans to play off of,
00:44so he had to make his own entertainment. This included ordering pizza, which he wasn't able
00:48to pay for, and attempting to share it with the two-dimensional people in the seats.
00:52I ain't got no pockets, Tom. He's half naked.
00:55He got one. He's passing it out to some of the fans. Nobody's hungry.
00:59I mean, if you don't wear pants, where are you going to put your wand?
01:02No doubt he was extremely relieved when at least some fans were allowed in the following season.
01:07Number 19. Pummel Horse Superman
01:09America fell in love with Steven Neterozik, aka Pummel Horse Guy, during the 2024 Olympics.
01:15Did you know how much attention you were getting?
01:17Because people were talking about your glasses and they were talking about you falling asleep
01:22and stuff before the thing.
01:23Did you know any of this that was happening while you were competing or no?
01:27Not while I was competing, but I learned shortly after.
01:29He captured everyone's attention before he even performed his routine as he sat on the
01:33sidelines for hours waiting for his event, sporting his distinctive black glasses and
01:37zen attitude. When his turn finally came, he took off his glasses, hopped onto the horse,
01:41and swung his body around like he was born for it. The removal of the glasses combined with
01:46the near-perfect performance immediately drew comparisons to Clark Kent's transformation
01:50into Superman. We'd say the comparison was deserved.
01:53There's been memes of you all over the internet now after that win. People are loving you,
01:58me included, but here's one. People are calling you Clark Kent of the Pummel Horse.
02:04Number 18. Mustard on the Bench
02:06NHL fans know that hockey players are a different breed. After all, is there any other sport where
02:11you might glance over at the bench and see a player inhaling a single packet of mustard?
02:16Winnipeg Jets player Mark Letestu went viral during a 2019 preseason game when the camera caught
02:21him doing just that. The internet was disgusted but also intrigued. When asked about the unconventional
02:26snack, Letestu said it helps with cramping and it works better than pickle juice or any other
02:30standard remedy. He might be right since he's not the only hockey player spotted chugging the
02:34condiment on the sideline. Number 17. J.R. Smith tries to dribble out the clock.
02:40Ah, the sweet taste of victory, knowing your team can just hang on to the ball and let time run out,
02:44but that doesn't exactly work when the score is tied. In 2018, the Cavaliers faced the Warriors in
02:49Game 1 of the NBA Finals. James drives past Curry, gets inside and throws it down. A two-point game,
02:5644 for James. With less than five seconds to go and the Cavs down one point, George Hill stepped up
03:02to the free throw line. He made the first shot but missed the second and J.R. Smith came down with the
03:07rebound. Instead of going for an easy hook or passing the ball to LeBron or calling timeout,
03:11he dribbled out to midcourt. Everyone immediately assumed he had thought the Cavs were actually ahead.
03:30Smith later denied it but no one really believed him. Number 16. Escalator Escapade Gone Raw. Lots of
03:36people make foolish decisions after having a few at the pub, but most of them probably don't regret
03:40their choices as much as Freddie Andrews. He went viral back in 2017 after his friends videoed him
03:46sliding down the metal divider between two escalators in the London Underground. It did not go well.
03:51Andrews, who for some reason was dressed in a complete soccer uniform, had just been watching
03:55the World Darts Championship. He later told British News that he'd had about 10 pints prior to the stunt.
04:00His friends posted the video to social media or racked up over 10 million views in just a few days.
04:05That's an unfortunate way to get famous.
04:07Number 15. Fan loses two meals in one game. This guy really wanted to catch a foul ball.
04:13After this 2019 game between the Dodgers and the Giants, the clip was replayed on MLB Network roughly
04:18a bazillion times. What? Oh no! Oh yeah! Forget about the $90 fries, are you kidding me?
04:25When a foul ball heads his way, the Dodgers fan leaps forward to catch it, flinging his hot dog
04:30and french fries all over the seats in the process. The triumphant look on his face seems to say that
04:34it was worth it, but apparently one souvenir wasn't enough. Just one inning later, another foul comes his
04:39direction. This time, when he dives for it, he loses a slice of pizza, which lands right in the lap of the
04:53woman in front of him. Maybe next time he should eat before the game.
04:56Number 14. Mascot's Birthday Blunder. We didn't know sports mascots even had birthdays, but apparently
05:02they do. And this is how Miami Heat mascot Bernie celebrated his in 2018.
05:06It's Bernie's birthday! It started as a joyous day. Bernie, the Heat's lovable mascot, celebrating his birthday.
05:15He wanted to set a world record for mascot jumping, but it didn't quite work out the way he hoped.
05:20He attempts a front flip over a lineup of other mascots and lands squarely on the last three.
05:24It's hard to say who gets the worst of it. Doc McStuffins, Fun Ship Freddy, or Stanley C. Panther?
05:29Taking the brunt of the pain, Panther's mascot, Stanley C. Panther.
05:33Perhaps the better question is why they agreed to this in the first place.
05:38Number 13. The Casual Sharpshooter. They say no one remembers who came in second, but tell that to Yusuf Dikeç.
05:44Better known as the Turkish Sharpshooter with the incredibly casual stance, he earned a silver medal while
05:49accidentally creating internet gold. While other shooters were decked out in fancy eyewear and elaborate
05:54protective gear, Dikeç stepped up to the plate with just some earplugs. With one hand in his pocket,
05:59he looked like the coolest cat in the club. Other athletes started mimicking Dikeç's pose in their
06:03celebrations. The moment inspired some fantastic memes and had the Twitterati calling him the real
06:09John Wick.
06:10Number 12. Twice the Bad Luck. We thought cricket was a no-contact sport. During the Australian Big Bash
06:15League's 2019 season, English cricketer Liam Livingston had one very memorable turn. In a match
06:21against the Melbourne Renegades, the bowler manages to nail him in the groin not once, but twice.
06:30Best of all, Livingston is mic'd up so we get to hear every groan of agony. Even the announcers are
06:35having a hard time keeping it together. At least Livingston's team, the Perth Scorchers, won the
06:39match. Fortunately, he suffered no permanent damage, though he did take another low blow almost
06:44exactly a year later.
06:45Oh no!
06:46Could've been close to that.
06:47Well, it's a real characteristic of Liam Livingston's game.
06:56Number 11. Stanley Cup gets delivered to the wrong house.
06:59The person opened the trunk and I saw the case. I recognize it because we watched the final
07:06games.
07:07Unlike the NFL's Lombardi Trophy, there's only one Stanley Cup, and it's well over a hundred
07:11years old. A long-standing tradition dictates that when a team wins the championship, each
07:16player gets to keep the Cup for one day. However, after the Colorado Avalanche won in 2022, the
07:21Cup made an unscheduled stop on its way to the home of team captain Gabriel Landeskopf.
07:25Just a few days after the final game, Denver resident Kit Karbler and his husband Dmitry
07:30Rudenko were surprised to see a large delivery truck pull into their driveway. The Cup's chaperones
07:35quickly realized they were at the wrong address, but they were kind enough to let Karbler and
07:38Rudenko spend a few minutes with the priceless trophy.
07:41I wasn't thinking of myself there. I was absorbed in the moment.
07:45But what a moment it was to be an accidental part of the Stanley Cup celebration.
07:51Number 10. Down goes Anderson.
07:53This ordinary baseball game between the Guardians and the White Sox turned into a no-holds-barred
07:57brawl, and the Cleveland radio broadcaster didn't miss a beat.
07:59Ramirez on his way to second. Head for slide. Safe and into score is Jimenez.
08:06Base player Jose Ramirez slides into the base, then immediately gets into second baseman Tim
08:11Anderson's face. In response, Anderson throws down his glove and puts up his dukes.
08:16Radio play-by-play caller Tom Hamilton switches from baseball to boxing commentary without a hitch.
08:20The bench is clear, and after all said and done, six people were ejected, including the original combatants and both team's managers.
08:30Anyone who says baseball is boring has clearly never seen a game like this.
08:34Number 9. Dog joins a soccer match and gives a press conference.
08:37A 2017 game between Argentinian teams San Lorenzo and Arsenal de Sarandi was interrupted by a very enthusiastic fan.
08:45As San Lorenzo lines up for a free kick, a small dog dashes onto the field and goes after the ball.
08:50This playful pup is clearly having the time of his life, unlike the poor cat who got caught on the field during a Cowboys-Giants game in 2019.
08:57It takes a lot of people to finally get the dog off the field, but that's not the end of his moment in the spotlight.
09:01After the game, a reporter interviews the dog who doesn't have much to say, but does think that microphone looks pretty tasty.
09:07Number 8. Might of the night and his pet tarantula.
09:10Now that's how you do a post-game interview.
09:12This eight-year-old youth hockey league player, also known as a might, put up an incredible performance during intermission at a 2019 Capitals game.
09:19That's a second goal for Jackson Friedlander.
09:25Jackson Friedlander scored two goals and one over the crowd when he sat down with reporter Sandra Draganoyev.
09:31After the fact, Jackson shared his hockey philosophy, shouted out his parents,
09:35and discussed the eating habits of his pet tarantula, Michael.
09:37Now I gotta know, who's your favorite Caps player?
09:39It's Ovechkin and always. I have a tarantula named Michael.
09:43He's a curly hair. He just had two crickets on Monday, one on Sunday. He has a big appetite.
09:49The endearing interview made him an overnight star and was even picked up by national news.
09:53Pretty impressive for a player who describes himself as shy.
09:56I'm like seriously excited. I'm kind of shy, but mostly excited and courageous.
10:01Number 7. Eagles Fan Blasts The Team In His Obituary
10:05Jeffrey Regal was a die-hard Eagles fan, pun intended. He was known among his friends and
10:09family for his legendary sense of humor, and it carried on even after he was gone.
10:13Regal passed away from cancer in August 2017, just a few months after watching his team miss
10:18the playoffs for the third year in a row. He used his own obituary to take a final parting shot at the
10:22Birds. It noted that he requested to have eight Philadelphia Eagles as pallbearers so the Eagles
10:27can let him down one last time. He couldn't have known that the Birds would win their first Super
10:31Bowl the following season, but we like to think he was cheering them on from heaven.
10:35Number 6. Everybody Loves Gritty The Philadelphia Flyers went without a
10:39mascot for decades. When they finally introduced Gritty for the 2018 season,
10:55the internet's reaction was... intense. Some commentators found him terrifying,
10:59others thought he was hilarious, and still others were just confused. What exactly is this furry
11:03orange monster supposed to be anyway? Gritty's antics just added fuel to the fire. He was hostile,
11:25he was combative, he played by nobody's rules but his own. He stole the spotlight and made news all
11:30over the country. Suddenly, people who had zero interest in hockey were paying attention. He won
11:34the hearts and minds of Americans, except of course Penguins fans. Number 5. Mike Tyson's Full Moon
11:40The 2024 boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was hyped for months,
11:44although the fight itself ended up being a bit of a letdown.
11:47The pre-fight shenanigans, on the other hand, were extremely entertaining. After Paul taunted Tyson
12:02at the weigh-in, Tyson slapped the YouTuber in the face, but our favorite moment was Tyson's locker room
12:07interview just before the fight. After he finished talking to reporters, the former undisputed heavyweight
12:11champ flashed a little more skin than he intended to. It's hard to know whether it was intentional
12:21on the part of the cameraman, but Netflix had no shame in plastering the video all over social media.
12:27Number 4. A Comedy of Errors Everything that can go wrong does go wrong on this play,
12:31Rockies player Carlos Gonzalez hits a fly ball which bounces off the glove of red center fielder
12:36Billy Hamilton. He and another red stumble over each other as they chase after the ball,
12:46then toss it to infielder Scooter Jeanette. Meanwhile, Gonzalez falls down while running,
12:50giving the reds another chance to get the out. However, Jeanette drops the ball,
12:54leaving Gonzalez safe at second base. The fans, unsurprisingly, are not impressed.
13:02The tweet from baseball analyst Dylan Anderson sums it up best.
13:05Everyone forgot how to baseball.
13:07Number 3. Tennessee fans take the goalposts out on the town
13:10You could say one thing about college football fans, they're enthusiastic.
13:14In 2022, after the Volunteers beat Alabama in a nail-biter, the fans decided to take a little
13:19souvenir. A sea of orange stormed the field and the goalposts came down.
13:23Balls defeated Crimson Tide after 16 years, so they tore down the goalposts and paraded them through
13:30Knoxville streets. In an impressive display of coordination, they get the posts out the doors and onto the
13:35street. From there, they stop at several bars with their giant keepsakes before tossing them into the
13:39Tennessee River. And this wasn't the only time a Tennessee team took down the goalposts after
13:43beating Bama. In 2024, Vanderbilt knocked off the number one-ranked Crimson Tide. Fans stole the
13:49goalposts and marched them two miles to the Cumberland River, where they were dumped into a watery grave.
13:532. Cristiano Ronaldo statue This Portuguese footballer is as big as they
14:03come in the world of pro soccer. After he helped his home country win the European Championship in
14:072016, the government decided to give him a unique honor. It's been the subject of endless mockery
14:12since its unveiling at Madeira Airport more than a year ago. They renamed the Madeira Airport to
14:17Aeroporto Cristiano Ronaldo and commemorated the occasion with a bronze bust of the star. Unfortunately,
14:22it didn't quite do Ronaldo justice and the internet had a field day with it. Ronaldo himself was too
14:27classy to respond to the mockery. Former Miami Heat player Dwayne Wade suffered a similar fate in 2024.
14:33The team erected a statue of him outside its arena and the reactions were mixed at best.
14:37It's a great honor, but they gotta take that thing down. No! No, no.
14:40You animate it. No, not animate it. If you made an animated face and then they made a bronze statue.
14:44If you made an ugly statue, that's what it would look like. That thing's awful. It's not awful.
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15:051. Ray Gunn
15:06If you were on the internet at all in the summer of 2024, you know exactly who we're talking about.
15:11Breakdancing made its debut on the Olympic stage and no competitor got more attention than Rachel Gunn.
15:16It's been a pretty wild ride, I'm not gonna lie. I definitely have my ups and downs, my good and bad
15:26days, but it has been honestly so amazing to see the positive response to my performance.
15:35Her bizarre performance had spectators and judges scratching their heads and the late night hosts
15:39had a field day with it. While some of her fellow breakdancers were quick to distance themselves from
15:44her, the Australian Olympic Committee stood behind Ray Gunn. No matter what your opinions of her are,
15:49she delivered some incredibly meme-worthy moves at one of the most memorable Olympics in history.
15:54I'm still processing it, to be honest. Like, it's still so wild and crazy.
15:59Which of these viral sports moments cracked you up? Let us know in the comments below.
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