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First championships remembered

Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 2:50 pm
by NAN
Kind of piggy backing off mikey's 98-99 Pens thread. What was the first championships you remember watching and understanding. Mine were:

NFL - Super Bowl XX - Bears vs Patriots
MLB - 1986 WS - Mets vs Red Sox
NHL - 1990 SCF - Oilers vs Bruins (I watched the 88-89 playoffs until Pens got eliminated but stopped after)
NBA - 1987 NBAF - Lakers vs Celtics
NCAA FB - 1986 - PSU vs Miami
NCAA BB - 1989 - UNLV vs Duke

Add any others you want.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 2:57 pm
by Willie Kool
1990 Nintendo World Championships

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:01 pm
by PFiDC
1991 Pens

I was 10 years old. My brothers left after the second period to drive to Pittsburgh to party.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:04 pm
by willeyeam
1994 rangers cup win.

I was 5 and cried because I thought there was literally no more hockey due to the upcoming strike. My dad had to call from Atlanta to explain there would indeed be more hockey.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:05 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
2003 Pats
2000 Yankees
2001 Avalanche
2004 Pistons


damn I'm young

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:06 pm
by tifosi77
Super Bowl X

Cliff Harris is still the reason why I hate the Cowboys. Such a vivid memory of my grandfather and uncle freaking out when he 'thanked' Gerela; might actually be one of my earliest memories, period.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:07 pm
by Viva la Ben
Super bowl XIV
I was 8, and we went to my aunts house because she had a 26" color TV.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:08 pm
by Viva la Ben
Super Bowl X

Cliff Harris is still the reason why I hate the Cowboys. Such a vivid memory of my grandfather and uncle freaking out when he 'thanked' Gerela; might actually be one of my earliest memories, period.
All I remember from the first couple 70's Super Bowls was paying with my cousin. That and the Steelers won.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:13 pm
by NAN
2003 Pats
2000 Yankees
2001 Avalanche
2004 Pistons


damn I'm young
I was going to say, what are you, 5?

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:19 pm
by MalkinIsMyHomeboy
2003 Pats
2000 Yankees
2001 Avalanche
2004 Pistons


damn I'm young
I was going to say, what are you, 5?
grew up as the second youngest of 6 kids and was only 8 in 2000, so I didn't really get to choose what to watch

besides, I think I'd rather watch Blues Clues back then

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:21 pm
by dodint
Twins world series in 1991. I was a huge Kirby Puckett fan. My step-dad was from Minnesota so we actually watched it even though we were living in NC at the time.

The first Cup I remember was the 1994 Rangers. I moved to PA just in time to see the Islanders eliminate the '93-93 Pens, though. *whomp whomp* Which means I lived in PA the maximum amount of time it would take for the Pens to win a cup after winning the back to back cups, but not having witnessed the first two.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:25 pm
by Freddy Rumsen
First Super Bowl I remember watching was Redskins/Raiders from I think 1984?

World Series was Royals/Cardinals in '85.

I didn't know anything about the NHL until the 1988 Edmonton Oilers title and that was only because it was the first time the Charleston Gazette ever picked up an actual hockey story that was more than just a listing in the scores section.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:42 pm
by Craig
91 and 92 world series blend together for me. Only interested because of Kirby Puckett, but thats when I became a braves fan

95 cup

95 super bowl

No nba finals

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:49 pm
by meow
1991 World Series
1994 Super Bowl - XXVIII
1990 Stanley Cup
2005 NBA Finals for some reason

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:54 pm
by Pavement
Spain '82 World Cup. Some amazing players on show; Paolo Rossi, Zico, Socrates!

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:58 pm
by Craig
Lol world cups i forgot about that. Kicksave and i watched some world cup together.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:13 pm
by Freddy Rumsen
I fell in love with soccer watching the 1986 World Cup. I think that was the first one to receive serious television play in these United States.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:44 pm
by Orlando Penguin
MLB -- 1983 Orioles/Phillies WS
NHL -- 1985 Oilers/Flyers Cup Finals
NBA -- 1983 Lakers/76ers NBA Finals
NFL -- Bengals-49ers SB XVI
NCAAF -- PSU/Georgia 1983 Sugar Bowl
NCAAB -- 1982 NC/Georgetown

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:47 pm
by robbiestoupe
First Super Bowl I remember watching was Redskins/Raiders from I think 1984?

World Series was Royals/Cardinals in '85.

I didn't know anything about the NHL until the 1988 Edmonton Oilers title and that was only because it was the first time the Charleston Gazette ever picked up an actual hockey story that was more than just a listing in the scores section.
Was that the World Series where Ozzie Smith did a back flip before one of the games? If so...

World Series '85, if not Ozzie flip, Muck the Fets in '86
NHL must have been Calgary over Boston in '89 since Calgary is my backup team. Loved that team
Super Bowl XVII Redskins vs. Dolphins. Remember rooting for Dan Marino
NBA who cares. Only ones I remember watching were the Bulls championships. I always rooted against the Bulls, hoping Mario would ultimately end up with more championships than Jordan. Oh well...

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 4:49 pm
by skullman80
My first hockey related memory is Lemieux dekeing Casey out of his jock in the SCF. That's what made me a hockey fan at the tender age of 10 or so. Remember the Pens winning the cup that year.

NFL -- I'm a 49ers fan, I don't really remember the Montana SB's was too young, I do vividly remember the Steve Young led SB team in 94 though. Fun times.

NBA -- the Jordan Bulls when they first started winning titles is the earliest I remember, but not a huge NBA fan.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 5:38 pm
by dodint
Source of the post No nba finals
Same. Good man. :fist:

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 5:57 pm
by Robot B9
1-double-aught-3: Pai Mei over Shaolin Temple head abbott and all 60 of its monks.

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:21 pm
by Willie Kool
1979 World Series. Heard this song so many times that summer and fall.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_hIIfm2OI4

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:23 pm
by slappybrown
Kind of piggy backing off mikey's 98-99 Pens thread. What was the first championships you remember watching and understanding. Mine were:

NFL - Super Bowl XX - Bears vs Patriots
MLB - 1986 WS - Mets vs Red Sox
NHL - 1990 SCF - Oilers vs Bruins (I watched the 88-89 playoffs until Pens got eliminated but stopped after)
NBA - 1987 NBAF - Lakers vs Celtics
NCAA FB - 1986 - PSU vs Miami
NCAA BB - 1989 - UNLV vs Duke

Add any others you want.
I have the vaguest of memories of the Switzer OU national champs from 85 but I have an incredibly vivid memory of testaverde getting picked off to end that 86 game. Down to where I was, where I was sitting, everything

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Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:26 pm
by Factorial
'71 Buccos WS, Steelers SB IX.