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As a Yankees and a baseball, fan #4 is my #1.
Good list Burnsy.
As a Tigers fan, #4 was nice and so was the ALDS.
/Runs and hides behind someone bigger than me
Question: is Pujols’ agent a “Grade A hound” for hookers, or is a hound for “Grade A hookers?”
Dinosaur vengence is the best vengence.
“may our 2012 be full of Kate Upton jiggling”
The greatest gift the Mayans could ever give us.
That trophy is a bronze statue of two men docking isn’t it?
“The football! His groin! It works on so many levels!”
Ray-J song i just thought of without Google – “Wait a Minute”.
Ha! (not sure if that’s a real song, but hey I didn’t use Google!)
#1 is most deserving. Although, her circus inspired photoshoot should have been 1B.
Criminally left off the list: BC Lions starting the season 1-6 and going on to win the Grey Cup.
Carlos Tevez of Manchester City going on strike because he couldn’t get sold is a big story over here. The guy earns £250,000 a week, and the club has no choice but to pay him while he’s at home in Argentina playing golf. I don’t even support City, but the guy gets 250 grand a week for nothing.
The criminal lack of Balotelli invalidates this list.
Mario Balotelli is fantastic. I’ve always liked him, since he was in Italy. He gets racially abused by his own country’s fans when he plays for Italy, and they do fuck all to stop it.
So if he lets off fireworks out of a window in his own house, setting the place alight, then he’s earned it in my opinion. Wish my Chelsea had him though.
I agree.
The whole racism in footy upheaval 2011 is something that I’m happy is getting more attention, but that I’m also pretty happy didn’t make the list of the greatest sports moments of 2011.
The one caveat I might have in this top 20 is that RGIII winning the Heisman was pretty righteous in my book.
“And the anti-religion movement loathes it because people shouldn’t be able to advertise their religious beliefs, even if there is a certain irony in agnostics and atheists openly decrying every faith.”
What an asinine sentence, Birnsy. First of all, you need to look up the definition of “irony”. Second, I was much more offended and insulted by dumbass athletes’ public displays of piety when I was a believer than I am now as an atheist. Third, what is this “anti religion movement” of which you speak and where do I join? And who has ever said the religious shouldn’t be able to advertise (your word!) their beliefs? Many, including me, have said it is vulgar and arrogant, but I don;t know anyone who says it should be forbidden. Finally, since you are discussing public displays of piety on the field of play, just how would an atheist or agnostic athlete go about decrying every faith as an equivalent to what the Tebows or Zambranos do? Do a shrug in the end zone or after a K?
I know what irony means. It’s a person preaching to a man of faith that he shouldn’t preach to other people. And I’m not the anti-religion movement, but I watch and read enough news to know it exists. Perhaps I was too strong-worded and mislabeled the people who loathe Tebow because he throws his religion into every conversation. But they exist, otherwise there wouldn’t be an ongoing debate or guys like Jake Plummer telling him to shut up.
I’m not the one saying that Tebow should or shouldn’t do it. I honestly don’t give a shit. I’m just trying to recap major sports moments of the year. And I thank you, because you just completely validated my entire point with whatever pissy pants point you were trying to make. God bless.
Alley. Oop.
For once I actually agree with bad pope; “anti religion movement” is a strawman at best. The most vocal people saying Tebow should tone it down are people like Warner, thus the question on irony. Also, because you just completely validated my entire point with whatever pissy pants point you were trying to make. God bless.” Shows exactly where you are coming from and why you’d just dismiss his lukewarm argument.
You kissed my butt really good in your intro paragraph but I don’t have anything witty to add to this. I think you did a great job recapping.
Burnsy > Buzzfeed
But honestly, I had forgotten about most of these things. Thanks Burnsy, you’ve recapped 2011 masterfully.
Nothing will ever top the monkey riding a dog. Nothing.
Good list Burnsy. Thanks for keeping us entertained.
Excellent list. Though, it’s not hard for Jeter to stay loyal to the Yankees, with their rabid fan base and infinite payroll. I doubt he would’ve lasted as long in, say…Pittsburgh. The Yankees are the Kate Upton doing the Dougie of baseball.
I highly disagree with this, because as a Mets fan I find it impossible to hate Kate Upton doing the Dougie, whilst I haven’t a problem in the world despising the Yankees.