27 Jun
(My list is more of a Favorites rather than Biggest Moments)
1. Braves win 1995 World Series
2. Tech goes to Final Four with Lethal Weapon 3
3. Tech makes it to 2004 NCAA Finals
4. 1990 Tech Football National Championship
5. 1991 NLCS Victory and World Series Run
6. Game 7 NLCS Comeback
7. 1996 Olympics
8. Hawks-Celtics Playoff Series 1987
9. Falcons Super Bowl Appearance; Reeves doing the Dirty Bird
10. Falcons run to the NFC Championship with Vick
4 Responses for "6/27 Quickhitter: Five/Ten Biggest (or Favorite) Moments in Atlanta Sports History"
1. Francisco Cabrerra’s Double/Sid Breams slide. My first month at Tech. Everyone came out to celebrate. Couches were burned at Techwood and Bobby Dodd.
2. Jasper Sanks Fumble
3. George Godsey’s “sprint down the sideline at Samford Stadium which promted some Georgia fan to take a swing at Dave.
4. Warren Morris hits a 2 run HR in the bottom of the 9th to beat Miami in the CWS. Not technically an Atlanta sports moment, but I was in Atlanta graduating from Tech that day.
5. Morten Andersen’s Field Goal against Minnesota in the NFCCG.
6. How could I forget Will Bynum’s layup to beat Oklahoma State in the Final Four
1. Olympics
2. Hank Aaron’s 715 HomeRun
3. Sid Bream’s Slide
4. Vick’s Run Against Minnesota
5. Reggie Ball’s last game
1. Chris Burke’s HR in the 18th vs. Braves
2. UGA beats Tech while holding Calvin the Great to two catches (this may have happened the last two years).
3. UGA over LSU in the SEC Championship game
4. UGA crushes Arkansas in the SEC Championship game
5. Falcons win NFCCG
6. Olympics
7. UGA beats Tech 83-80 in double OT for Tech’s first loss of the season in 2003-04
8. Vick and Falcons beat Green Bay in the playoffs
9. Braves go to Series in 1991
10. Titans drop Super Bowl to Rams at the Georgia Dome
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