Biggest sports upsets?

[chenman333]

Today, Rafael Nadal, the King of Clay, lost at his home turf at the French Open to Robert Soderling.

I was completely shocked when I found this out. I think this might be one of the biggest upsets in sports history. I suppose Giants>Patriots in 07 was pretty big though. But I think Nadal's loss is still bigger.

 

[D_Force]

Greece winning the European championships was a pretty huge one

 

[RaikouLover]

'85 Villanova Wildcats def. Georgetown Hoyas in basketball. The greatest upset... ever

 

[reyscarface]

The great team Barcelona lost to the mexican team America in a championship i cant really remember. It was one of the bigest upsets in Barcelona lol

 

[Gir!]

Lets not forget the infamous "Mano de Dios" (Hand of God) of Maradonna

 

[Duskie]

This one certainly isn't historical,but it sure was a doosey to see at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL3l3_BIAHc&NR=1

 

[CardsOfTheHeart]

Do you believe in miracles?

 

[Duskie]

Do you believe in miracles?

Damn,the quality of the vid made it hard to truly grasp the momentum going on. =/

 

[art-of-tennis]

It made my sad that Nadal lost as well.

 

[Vineon]

as an mma fan, I will say Matt Serra beating Georges St-Pierre.

That was a real shocker, especially for a huge gsp fan like myself.

 

[Rody]

It made my sad that Nadal lost as well.

Are you kidding me, that totally made my day!
Along with whole Paris, when they showed the results of that match on the other courts every stadium was shouting and applausing xDD

Funny that from all the players, it was Soderling who beat Nadal. Because especially Soderling and a lot of the other players as well, are annoyed by Nadal's 'rituals', touching his pants and socks before every point, that it takes ages before he's ready. Very annoying for some players their concentration.

I cannot disagree however, that Rafael Nadal is one of most sportive players of the tennis tour.

 

[Duskie]

as an mma fan, I will say Matt Serra beating Georges St-Pierre.

That was a real shocker, especially for a huge gsp fan like myself.

Matt serra is win.Not much of a GSP fan myself.

 

[BlueCookies]

It has to be the miracle on ice. The timing of us beating the soviets was perfect politically too, and I actually just wrote a paper on the historical importance of that game along with the Flyers victory over the soviets.

 

[B-Lulz]

How about Brawn GP in Formula 1 currently? After 2 years in the wilderness with god awful cars, and almost falling out of the sport entirely, they are managing to win races and quite possibly the championship this year.

 

[darknite]

It has to be the miracle on ice. The timing of us beating the soviets was perfect politically too

Yeah it probably is the miracle on ice. But to me Chaminade upsetting Virginia ranks pretty high up there. Check this out if you're not familiar with it.

 

[Bungalow Bill]

Steelers toppling the Colts as the 6 seed in 2006.

 

[Diana]

Boise State over Oklahoma seemed to surprise almost everyone in the Fiesta Bowl...

Also, even more recently, Giants over Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Really hard to pick one great one with so many amazing upsets. Both in single games and over a season, 1969 Mets and 1914 Braves come to mind.

 

[darkie]

Warriors over Mavs in 2007.

 

[Isy]

Netherlands beating Dominican Republic in World Baseball Classic.

 

[moi]

In more recent times, my favorite upset was Georgia winning the SEC Tournament in Men's basketball, especially after winning one in OT, and 2 in one day.

Other notables that I remember and like :
Warriros over Mavs
Colorado's World Series Run
Oilers Cup Final Run
Giants over Patriots
Canada losing to Italy in Baseball

 

[Ffancrzy]

As a patriots Fan I must admit
Giants over Patriots

but also

Patriots over Rams
NY Jets over Baltimore Colts

 

[ultimifier]

why has no one mentioned appalachian state beating michigan?

 

[Diana]

why has no one mentioned appalachian state beating michigan?

Because it ripped my heart out and stomped on it multiple times.

Something just popped in my head: Marlins winning the 1997 World Series.

 

[jrrrrrrr]

Biggest upset- New York Giants defeat the then-undefeated New England Patriots thanks to a miracle catch by David "Who?" Tyree in a last minute drive, after New England stormed down the field to take the lead late in the 4th quarter.

Second biggest upset- The Boston Red Sox, down 3 games to 0 and losing in the bottom of the 9th of game 4 of the 2004 ALCS, facing the best closer in the history of baseball...they come back to tie the game, win it in the 12th, then miraculously win the next three games to advance to and win the world series. The biggest comeback in sports history.

 

[ivar]

8th seed Nuggets beat 1st seed Supersonics after being down 0-3 in the series.