This sports-loving city has seen the best of times and the worst.
But how low is Sunday’s Game 7 loss by the Bruins when compared to other defeats? The 2022-23 Bruins made history in the regular season winning 65 games. They were chasing the Stanley Cup. Now? Were all crying in our beer.
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The team had a wild opening round secured, until with 59 seconds left to go the Panthers tied it up sending the game into OT. That’s where Carter Verhaege scored at 8:35 of overtime to lift Floridians to a shocking 4-3 victory.
This one still hurts. With a perfect season on the line, the Patriots let history slip away with a stunning 17-14 defeat. David Tyree made an improbable helmet catch and the Giants sent the Patriots into history with an 18-1 mark, spoiling what would have been the greatest season in Boston sports.
One sentence sums up this epic collapse: The ball went through Bill Buckner’s legs. After ousting the Angels in the ALCS, a championship was within the Red Sox’ grasp in Game 6 of the World Series when a ground ball went through Buckner’s legs. The Mets won it in seven, and the Red Sox didn’t make it to the World Series again until 2004.
The Celtics battled back to push the Warriors to a Game 6 in the Garden, only to fall to the Splash brothers 103-90. The Warriors became the only opponent other than the 1985 Lakers to clinch an NBA title on the Garden parquet.
You had Carlton Fisk’s iconic home run in Game 6 that forced a Game 7. Add to that an amazing Luis Tiant on the mound and superstar rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice. But Boston fell short to Cincinnati in a 4-3 loss at Fenway Park.
The “Massachusetts Miracle” couldn’t help Democratic presidential nominee Gov. Michael Dukakis push past Vice President George H. W. Bush. Blame it on the worst campaign photo op in history. That’s the day they put Dukakis in a tank while wearing a helmet. Not a sporting event fail, but it sure sums up how we feel today — defeated.
