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Is 2011 the worst year in the history of sports?


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Just look at some of the horrible things that have marred this year.

NFL Lockout almost disrupts season.

Dan Whealdon death

Lokamotive Crash

Penn State Sex Scandal

Possible loss of the 2011/12 NBA Season.

NHL Enforcer Deaths.

Ohio State Scandal

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We had a great World Series, an NBA finals where the good guys won, and not to many people really care about the NBA lockout. The Packers got back on top of the NFL, and the lockout did not do a lot of harm to that sport. Plus the MLB enjoyed the best last two weeks in a long long time. Sports has not been that bad this year.

 
 
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Nah not really. The NHL finals went to 7 games and good overcame evil in that particular venue, likewise with the NBA finals. The world series, despite my hatred of the winning team, was very exciting. The NBA lockout is meh, I think the NBA isn't missed too badly on my end. I would've liked to see how the Bulls were coming along, but not seeing highlights of LeBron/Wade/Bosh every night is refreshing. I'm hoping for an exciting NCAA basketball season and exciting finish to the NFL season.

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Yeah let's not get carried away. Plenty of other auto sport stars have died in the past, most years have some type of scandal (the NCAA hasn't felt the need to disqualify a program this year), we've had pretty exciting NBA, NHL and World Series finals. The NFL season is building nicely.

Overall you could ask if there has ever been a better year for sports.

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Tank is forgetting Crosby's concussion issues...

Hey I could argue this was a great year in sports.

7-game World Series

Final day of MLB regular season

7-game Stanley Cup Final

Nowitzki leading Mavs to NBA title

VCU and Butler making Final Four

Japan winning Women's world cup

Packers run to Super Bowl title as Rodgers emerges from #4's shadow.

Novak Djokovic's run this year.

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Tank is forgetting Crosby's concussion issues...

Hey I could argue this was a great year in sports.

7-game World Series

Final day of MLB regular season

7-game Stanley Cup Final

Nowitzki leading Mavs to NBA title

VCU and Butler making Final Four

Japan winning Women's world cup

Packers run to Super Bowl title as Rodgers emerges from #4's shadow.

Novak Djokovic's run this year.

On the fields of play a lot of great things happened, but in and around sports a lot of lives were ruined.

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Just look at some of the horrible things that have marred this year.

NFL Lockout almost disrupts season.

Dan Whealdon death

Lokamotive Crash

Penn State Sex Scandal

Possible loss of the 2011/12 NBA Season.

NHL Enforcer Deaths.

Ohio State Scandal

For the few that follow Moto GP, the death of rider Marco Simoncelli (below around the :15 sec mark)...the wreck is a bit confusing, but he is the rider lying motionless on the ground. His helmet came off when colliding with another bike.

He died only a week after Whealdon

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Tank is forgetting Crosby's concussion issues...

Hey I could argue this was a great year in sports.

7-game World Series

Final day of MLB regular season

7-game Stanley Cup Final

Nowitzki leading Mavs to NBA title

VCU and Butler making Final Four

Japan winning Women's world cup

Packers run to Super Bowl title as Rodgers emerges from #4's shadow.

Novak Djokovic's run this year.

On the fields of play a lot of great things happened, but in and around sports a lot of lives were ruined.

How was Japan winning the womens world cup a good thing? Atleast from an americans point of view.

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I nominate 2007:

-Michael Vick dogfighting trial.

-Tim Donaghy's ref fixing allegations come out.

-Spurs and Ducks win NBA and Stanley Cup titles to their lowest ratings in history (both got beat by Cosby Show reruns).

-Peak of the steroids investigations (Mitchell Report).

-Barry Bonds breaks HR record of 756* HRs.

-Kobe nearly gets traded away and nearly destroys all of Los Angeles.

-The first full year which ESPN does their reporting TMZ-style (Red Sox, Favre, LeBron, Duke, etc).

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