| # | Moment | Athlete/Team | Opposing Athlete/Team | Date | Location | Time Remaining | Details | Final Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Band is on the Field!" | California Golden Bears Football Team | Stanford Cardinal Football Team | November 20, 1982 "Big Game" | California Memorial Stadium | 4 seconds | Cal lateraled the kickoff 5 times and ran in for a touchdown as time expired and the Stanford band ran onto the field. | Cal 25 <br> Stanford 20 |
| 2 | The Goat | Bill Buckner<br> Boston Red Sox | Mookie Wilson <br> New York Mets | October 25, 1986 World Series Game 6 | Shea Stadium | Bottom of the 10th inning | With the Red Sox's leading in the bottom of the 10th, Buckner let a slow roller by Wilson go through his legs as the winning run game in to score. | NY 6 <br> Boston 5 |
| 3 | The Natural | Kirk Gibson <br> Los Angeles Dodgers | Dennis Eckersley <br>Oakland Athletics | October 15, 1988 World Series Game 1 | Dodger Stadium | Bottom of the ninth inning | With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th and the Dodgers trailing, Gibson pinch hit a two run walk-off homerun in his only at bat of the series. | LA 5 <br> A's 4 |
| 4 | The Immaculate Reception | Franco Harris <br> Pittsburgh Steelers | Oakland Raiders | December 23, 1972 AFC Playoff Game | Three Rivers Stadium | 22 seconds | Harris scooped a ball just before it hit the ground after it was deflected from its intended receiver and then he proceeded to run in for a touchdown. | Pittsburgh 12 <br> Oakland 7 |
| 5 | Greatest Game Ever Played? | Christian Laettner <br> Duke Blue Devils | Kentucky Wildcats | March 28, 1992 NCAA Tournament | The Spectrum | 2.1 seconds | Grant Hill inbounded a pass from the far end of the court to Chrisitan Laettner who dribbled once, turned and hit a jumper as time expired. | Duke 104 <br> Kentucky 103 |
| 6 | Shot Heard 'Round the World | Bobby Thomson <br> New York Giants | Ralph Branca<br> Brooklyn Dodgers | October 3, 1951 Game 3 of Pennant playoff series | Polo Grounds | Bottom of the 9th inning | Thompson hit a 3 run walk-off homerun to win the pennant. | NY 5 <br> Brooklyn 4 |
| 7 | The Shot | Michael Jordan <br> Chicago Bulls | Craig Ehlo <br> Cleveland Cavaliers | May 7, 1989 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference 1st Round Game 5(of 5) | Coliseum at Richfield | 3 seconds | The ball was inbounded to Jordan, who took a shot at the free throw line and as Ehlo tried to block it, Jordan seemed to stay in the air for an eternity as he sank the series winning shot. | Chicago 101<br>Cleveland 100 |
| 8 | No. 715 | Hank Aaron <br> Atlanta Braves | Al Downing<br> Los Angeles Dodgers | April 8, 1974 | Atlanta Stadium | Bottom of the 4th inning | Aaron hit homerun #715 to pass Babe Ruth's record and become the new Homerun King. | Atlanta 7 <br> Los Angeles 4 |
| 9 | The Catch | Joe Montana & Dwight Clark <br> San Francisco 49ers | Everson Walls<br>Dallas Cowboys | January 10, 1982 NFC Championship | Candlestick Park | 51 seconds | On 3rd and 3, Montana scrambled away from defenders and released a pass at the last second to Clark who leaped as high as he could in the back of the end zone to catch the TD over Walls. | San Fran 28 <br> Dallas 27 |
| 10 | Phi Slamma Bummer | Lorenzo Charles<br>Jim Valvano<br>North Carolina State Wolfpack | Houston Cougars | April 3,1983 NCAA Tournament | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1 second | With the game timed, Derrick Whittenburg of NC State threw up a desperation 35 footer, that is clearly an airball, at the last second Charles catches it and slams it in for the win. | NC State 54<br>Houston 52 |
| 11 | Forever Flutie | Doug Flutie<br>Gerard Phelan<br>Boston College Eagles | Miami Hurricanes | November 23, 1984 | Orange Bowl | 6 seconds | With timing running out and BC trailing, Flutie let go a Hail Mary Pass that Phelan caught to win the game. | BC 47<br> Miami 45 |
| 12 | Fair or Foul? | Carlton Fisk<br>Boston Red Sox | Pat Darcy<br>Cincinnati Reds | October 21, 1975 World Series Game 6 | Fenway Park | Bottom of the 12th inning | With the game tied in extra innings, Fisk hit a walkoff homerun right down the left field foul line, as he hopped toward first he waived his hands at the ball trying somehow to make it go fair. It did and Boston won the game. | Bostom 7<br> Cincinnati 6 |
| 13 | I'm Tiger Woods | Tiger Woods | Masters Field | April 10, 2005 Masters | Augusta National Golf Club | 16th hole of playoff | Woods chipped a shot 30 feet from the hole that rolled down a steep slope, nearly stopped and then went in for birdie. | Woods -12 Under |
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