Hmm...let's see...
1) The 1980 Olympic Hockey Team's victory over the Soviets: I was actually in Lake Placid (but not at the game) when this happened. Everyone went crazy...I've never been around a scene like that.
2) Kirk Gibson's homer in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series: It was like something out of "The Natural"...he could barely walk. He was one of my favorite Detroit Tigers back in the day, and I'd followed him going back to his college football days at Michigan State. A great leader and great big-game player.
3) Franz Klammer's 1976 Olympic Downhill victory: If any of you follow ski racing at all, this was one for the ages. He was literally on the edge of taking a tumble the whole way down...at 60+ mph!!
4) University of Michigan defeats Washington State in 1997 Rose Bowl: Not a great game, but a great moment for Michigan fans. My only regret is that it only earned them a share of the national title (it's rumored that Phil Fulmer of Tennessee voted Michigan 4th in the coaches poll because he was so ticked that Peyton Manning lost out to Charles Woodson in the Heismann Trophy race, handing a share to Nebraska in Tom Osborne's last year). Too bad too...with all the popping off that Scott Frost and his mates from Nebraska were doing after the fact, I really wish just once we could have played a "championship" game.
5) Tom Brady wins Super Bowl XXXVI: Second year player (and 6th round draft choice - almost an oversight!!) from Michigan does the improbable and leads his team to victory....the first of three in his first five years in the league.
6) John Elway - The Drive: Need I say more?
7) Jack Nicklaus in the 1986 Masters: I wasn't the biggest fan of Jack prior to that win...but I sure rooted for him that day.
8) Michigan loses to Colorado on final play of game in 1994: Cordell Stewart throws a desperation TD to Michael Westbrook (a Detroit native) to win the game. Was it a great moment? Yes...but I hated that it happened to Michigan.
9) The "Phantom Touchdown" in the 1979 Rose Bowl: In Schembechler Hall at the University of Michigan, they have an enourmous photo of this play. Charles White, still airborne, a ref signalling "touchdown"...and the ball lying at the two yard line. The ball is circled for effect. A "great" sporting moment...greatest screwed-up call of all time IMHO.
10) Cal Ripken Jr breaks Lou Gehrig's record: The reaction of the crowd sent chills down my spine...what a neat moment in sports.
One that I wish I'd seen: