Sporting events that made you shed a tear

[Vegas_Cowboy]

Just be man or woman enough to admit it. It doesn't matter what team from which sport.

I'll start.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

72 Olympics, Munich. Israeli Wrestling Team.

Sports changed for me that day.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Each Super Bowl win of the Dallas Cowboys.

 

[MistyAnn]

Star spangled banner LA Chargers @ Dallas Cowboys, 2017, Arlington, TX.

 

[Xelda]

When Bella Karolyi carried Kerri Strug out to the platform in the march to get their gold medal in the 1996 Olympics.

Oh, I cried when Ali lit the torch too.

 

[Tabascocat]

Mostly Dallas superbowl wins(and losses) which I haven't experienced in awhile

Aside from that, I will get watery eyes on occasion during each Olympics due to some backstory, triumph or when the Anthem is played on the podium after a big win.

 

[atlantacowboy]

I got teary eyed watching synchronized swimming.

 

[kskboys]

Astros winning their first world series last year!!!!! I'm still in disbelief.

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

Astros winning their first world series last year!!!!! I'm still in disbelief.

I was in a hospital room visiting my wife. I started yelling and broke down crying while talking to my dad on the phone. The doctor and nurses came running in thinking she died or something.

They were like, "What's going on in here?"

"The Astros just won the world series."

"Well, keep it down. Some people are trying to sleep."

"Sorry."

 

[csirl]

Ray Houghton's goal in Euro 88.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Astros winning their first world series last year!!!!! I'm still in disbelief.

Here's how plugged in I am to baseball........... I just now learned the Astros won the world series.

 

[TheBigEasy]

Not technically a sporting 'event' but it was a very sad day when Reggie Lewis passed away. (Longtime Celtic fan!) I was driving home from my own basketball game, listening to the local sports talk show and one of the announcers broke down as he announced that Reggie had passed. Remember the day as if it was yesterday.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Not technically a sporting 'event' but it was a very sad day when Reggie Lewis passed away. (Longtime Celtic fan!) I was driving home from my own basketball game, listening to the local sports talk show and one of the announcers broke down as he announced that Reggie had passed. Remember the day as if it was yesterday.

What are you a lifelong bandwagoner? How does one come to root for a Boston team and the Cowboys......just wondering

 

[kskboys]

I was in a hospital room visiting my wife. I started yelling and broke down crying while talking to my dad on the phone. The doctor and nurses came running in thinking she died or something.

They were like, "What's going on in here?"

"The Astros just won the world series."

"Well, keep it down. Some people are trying to sleep."

"Sorry."

That wouldn'ta worked w/ me!!!!! Ida screamed at 'em "SLEEP IS FOR WUSSIES......WE JUST WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!"

 

[kskboys]

What are you a lifelong bandwagoner? How does one come to root for a Boston team and the Cowboys......just wondering

Yeah, w/ me it's Cowboys/Astros/Spurs. I may root for other teams at times, but my top 3 never change.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Yeah, w/ me it's Cowboys/Astros/Spurs. I may root for other teams at times, but my top 3 never change.

Well, at least they are all in Texas.

 

[kskboys]

Well, at least they are all in Texas.

Absolutely. Unless someone is frome there, I absolutely don't get living in TX and rooting for the Yankees/Lakers/Steelers. Or other teams like that.

 

[Bigdog]

US beating Russia in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

 

[Xelda]

Absolutely. Unless someone is frome there, I absolutely don't get living in TX and rooting for the Yankees/Lakers/Steelers. Or other teams like that.

I don't get living in Louisiana and rooting for the Saints.

 

[Vegas_Cowboy]

Not technically a sporting 'event' but it was a very sad day when Reggie Lewis passed away. (Longtime Celtic fan!) I was driving home from my own basketball game, listening to the local sports talk show and one of the announcers broke down as he announced that Reggie had passed. Remember the day as if it was yesterday.

It still counts in my book. I shouldn't have used the word "event" Good post.