Hard to pick a side in this one, but it’s pretty sad when a franchise gets involved in public bickering with the greatest player that ever wore their uniform.
9. Manchester United Comes Back From 3-0 Deficit to Earn
Draw at Chelsea
I
don’t know much about soccer, but I can say with confidence that it’s not easy
to score 3 goals, and even harder to score 3 goals after
3 goals have been scored against you.
8. Cam Newton and Von Miller Win Offensive and Defensive
Rookie of the Year
I’m
too lazy to research this, but I’ll give a shout-out to anyone who can let No
Credentials know the last time the top two picks in the previous years draft
won the Rookie of the Year awards.
7. Aaron Rodgers Wins 2011 NFL MVP Award
Remembering
that this is a regular season award, the voters
got it right giving Rodgers the MVP and honoring Drew Brees as the
Offensive Player of the Year.
6. Roger Goodell Admits That Eliminating Pro Bowl is an
Option
Kudos
to Goodell for not coming out and defending such an awful event and put out
there that changes
need to be made. This year’s Pro Bowl didn’t even crack last week’s review,
as I didn’t even remember that it was A) on, or B) had happened.
5. Carlos Condit Wins Interim Welter-Weight Title
While
this wasn’t announced, Condit also has earned the right to get
the stuffing beat out of him by Georges St. Pierre.
4. Kevin Garnett Looks Young (For One Day), Leads Celtics
Over Grizzlies
Its
too bad Boston can’t play every game at noon on Super Bowl Sunday. Garnett is
one of the few players crazy enough to get up for a game at that time
of day.
3. Curtis Martin Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
1995 was
the first year that I was truly obsessed with football, and Martin
was the Offensive Rookie of the Year that season for the Patriots. I guess
that means I’m getting old.
2. Audi’s Super Bowl Vampire Ad
In
another weak year for commercials, Audi’s “Vampire Party was easily best in
show. Honorable mention goes to Acura’s Jerry Seinfeld ad.
1. Giants Defeat Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI
I’ll
remember Super Bowl XLVI as one of the weirdest Super Bowl’s
ever. Tom Brady’s first pass attempt resulting in a safety. Feeling like
New York should’ve been up by three touchdowns at halftime, but somehow it was
10-9 Patriots. Wes Welker, Deion Branch, and Aaron Hernandez all having a
really bad case of the drops, and then getting ripped by Mrs. Brady (no
joke, read here!). Madonna looking like she’s at the peak of a steroid
cycle. Lastly, Ahmad Bradshaw scoring the ugliest game-winning touchdown in the
history of football. As a Cowboys fan who hates the Giants more than any other
franchise (sorry Redskins, you’ve been too pathetic for too long), I’ll forever
believe that this game is different if Patriot killer Bernard Pollard didn’t
injure Rob Gronkowski in the AFC Championship Game. 
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