In a few months, I’m going to sink into depression. It won’t be because the Miami Dolphins will be 0 and whatever and it won’t have anything to do with the Orlando Magic embarking on a 4-win season. My misery will stem from 30 Rock airing its final episode and NBC turning its back on one of the greatest comedies in TV history in favor of low hanging fruit like Guys with Kids. But that’s what happens when only a few million people tune in. The Two and a Half Mens of this world win.

One of the many – many, many, many – reasons that I love 30 Rock and consider it in the same category as Seinfeld and Cheers is because of the writing and the lines that most people don’t even hear. With 30 Rock, there’s always a main joke, but beneath that first layer is another layer and another layer, which makes each episode as re-watchable as the next. And within those jokes and layers are some of the smartest and funniest sports jokes that have ever been written for a sitcom.

I actually started working on this before Brandon started this wonderful series, and I had about 60-something scenes and jokes picked out, but I narrowed it down to my favorite moments. Enjoy and reflect, because after this season we’ll have to hope that Tina Fey and Co. take their talents elsewhere.

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Yes, that’s Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas picking his nose and wiping it on a child’s face. It’s the acting out of how Jose Canseco treated me when I tried to get his autograph when I was 7. (Via Sportress.)

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Tracy Morgan, one of my favorite comedians on Saturday Night Live and in general, made an appearance on TNT’s “NBA Pregame” to talk about the game that night between the New York Knicks and Miami Heat.

Somehow, the topic of Sarah Palin came up, and what Morgan said next will make history as one of the greatest NBA pregame shows on TNT ever. Ernie Johnson looks absolutely horrified, which makes the video even better. It even made Charles Barkley speechless! That’s almost impossible!

Watch after the jump.
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Uh, I don't know what is going on in this interview, but Tracy Morgan is my favorite kind of crazy: 

I never knew people had such fervent feelings about Doug Flutie. -KD