What’s the Most Painful Moment in Your Life of Being a Sports Fan? | The Rich Eisen Show | 5/7/21

Rich Eisen and the guys revisit their most painful moments of being a sports fan including Reggie Miller bombing the Knicks, Aaron Boone crushing the Red Sox and Dez Bryant's catch that wasn't a catch.
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[@aaroncorbett6352]

I was at the 2018 AFC Championship game. When the Pats won I've never seen a stadium so quiet. We were half frozen, we were exhausted, and we all just walked to our cars without speaking to anyone. Just 70k broken people.

[@Nautilus1972]

Beautiful.

[@aaroncorbett6352]

@Beautiful Gorgeous that game taught me a valuable lesson. Never leave it in the hands of the officials. People were blaming the refs, but the refs weren't the ones who didn't play offense in the first half. The refs weren't the ones who couldn't get off the field in 3rd down even when everyone knew where Tom was going with the ball.

[@Metalthrashingnate]

I feel like Rich could fill out an hour or two with just Jets moments.

[@carlosinda3553]

Butt fumble Fake spike Mono Adam Gase Winning by accident

[@balamkinich7968]

Sean Taylor's passing. No game loss could ever compare. R.I.P... would have been a lock for the Hall and would have given Troy and Ed a run for Best Safety of the Era title.

[@haydennyagah706]

as a Miami sports fan, I haven’t had any moment thats hurt me much. But as a sports fan, 28-3 lives rent free in my head

[@karenwinston8911]

As a Hurricane fan, I have to disagree with you. The Sharpe pass interference call during OT in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl is THAT moment for me.

[@Recovery305]

The 2011 Finals always piss me off. Damn LeBron ...

[@LeVeonBruvx]

Derrick Rose blowing ACL in dying moments against Sixers in the playoffs.

[@johcoh1]

D.Rose was my first thought, but the double doink against Philly by Parkey did it for me. Turned the game off and sat there for about 10 minutes just numb.

[@dravens8337]

Lee Evans dropping the go ahead touchdown in the 2011 AFC championship game. And in a close second Billy Cundiff missing the game tying field goal in the 2011 AFC championship game.

[@harriso575]

Pain.

[@nickulrich2772]

Amen.

[@troysimpson997]

Yesss 😭 😭

[@swishersweet5219]

Omg bro I call billy something else add a T to that last name lol

[@joelbiju5483]

The David Tyre catch, that was the first year of me really getting into football and I have still never experienced such heartbreak. 2010 Finals G7 comes close.

[@PhantomObserver]

Well, there's Super Bowl 49. "Shoulda run the ball, Pete."

[@kylecostiloe5605]

As a Chiefs fan, I screamed at my tv!

[@anthonydooleyii7678]

The greatest interception in NFL History, Let's Go Pats!!!

[@paulobrien9572]

Yeah he did more for the Pats with one play than he ever did as their head coach and we thank him for that gift of redemption

[@stealthytrooper9233]

Hurts my stomach just remembering. But the NFC Championship game was one of the best games of football I have ever seen!

[@vanadyan1674]

Wide right. It still hurts.

[@TheKindredblades]

November 23, 2008. Grey Cup match up (Canadian Football League's super bowl) between the Calgary Stampeders and the Montreal Alouettes. The game was IN Montreal that year (they are doing a rotation, just like the NFL Superbowl). They had the chance to win it all, AT HOME. Been a fan of the Alouettes since I was a little kid, and my dad got us tickets for himself, my brother and me to be at the game. A true surreal experience for me. And they lost...... To this day, my father and I always refer to Calgary's team as ''les chiens sales'' which would translate to ''dirty dogs''. I'll never forget that one.

[@TheKindredblades]

in the NFL, I would have to say it's watching Peyton Manning's Broncos getting crushed by the Seahawks in the Super Bowl. I'll always hate the Seahawks for that one.

[@joescott778]

Finding out about how the Astros stole title and almost the last chance my dad had to see the Dodgers win.

[@RyTrapp0]

You mean finding out they got caught, right?

[@joescott778]

@@RyTrapp0 I mean finding out the Astro's were stealing signs using a camera and signaling the batter about the pitches. Then learning that was what got them to and helped them win against the Dodgers. And then he almost had a heart attack again when the league did absolutely nothing to the Astro's including letting them keep their "championship". In his opinion the Astro's should not have allowed to continue as a team at all. He was all, "Burn them down! force the owners to sell, and disburse the team around the league!" Then to make the new owners go though the regular expansion team process, is what he was hoping for.

[@RyTrapp0]

@@joescott778 At some point you've gotta realize that EVERYONE is doing something. Either that or they likely aren't all that competitive. It's baseball dude, none of our other major sports has such a historic cheating culture as baseball has.

[@treefiddy209]

The tuck rule. I'll never forgive NFL 'officiating' for that sell out.

[@nimadresvlog]

Manning being interecpted against the Saints. I cannot rewatch anything about that Super Bowl without feeling hurt.

[@johnault2649]

Cleveland fan: the drive, the fumble, and the shot. Plus Jose Mesa blowing the world series! :(

[@michaeldougherty2807]

The rain delay against the Cubs. Older fans, Red Right 88.

[@masonmcconnell9375]

watching my 49ers lose there last 2 super bowl appearances they day i watch them hoist that Lombardi i can die happy ive been a fan since i was 8 years old 32 now but i wasn't alive for the gold standard era of the 49ers.

[@Nautilus1972]

I'm a Bears fan. Joe Cool was better than Brady.

[@patsnation654]

@@Nautilus1972 what would a bears fan know about good QB play

[@mrvy33]

The pain has been mitigated by 2010, 2012, and 2014, but I didn't sleep after Scott Spiezio in 2002 for about a month. Brutal...

[@cato256]

Brutal💔

[@TheBigBigSean]

1989 hurt more for me. I was 9 and in attendance. Decades of A's fans rubbing it in my face came to an end in 2010.

[@adanramirez3092]

When the Chargers fumbled the game-sealing interception in the 2006 Divisional against the Patriots, that entire 14-2 season down the drain, that’s heavy pain as a San Diego sports fan

[@ptherochannel-main]

For Atlanta Falcons fans, *28-3*

[@jey4908]

Im a Giants fan, so DeSean returning that punt. That hurt.

[@daboob24]

Miracle at the Meadowlands... I was there for that, will never forget it. Ugh. KICK IT OUT OF BOUNDS!!!!

[@rayfinkle5048]

Literally only got to see that play because of where I lived. They switched to that game after another and I will never forget that

[@garretthedden5743]

Thank God for that next year.

[@conrailhbgline]

Philly Sports fan - Joe Carter. Over my friends house, senior year of HS, about 6 of us watching it. I remember saying right before the pitch "Don't shake him off, Mitch" and then we all sat there in stunned silence for who knows how long.

[@tyronpouncey5985]

Life long patriots fan. 07 superbowl and 2010 jets divisional round lost haunts me to this day. Life long lakers fan; 04 finals Yankees fan, 2019 altuve walk off, and 2018 wild card lost to redsox

[@DARYDARKO]

Wild Card 2012. Overtime. Tim Tebow to Demaryius Thomas..... Denver(8-8) 29...Steelers(12-4) 23

[@jefferytokarsky1930]

... in Denver! 12-4 Steelers had to travel to 8-8 Denver. Should have sit Ben and let Charlie play the last regular season game. Also, whatever they shot Ben up with at half time, they should have given him before the game.

[@Reefism]

The Tuck rule game and the Celtics beating the Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals!

[@ajbianchi85]

18-1, 03 alcs, 19’ SCF, 10’ nba finals. Cant really complain about being a boston fan in the 21st century. My dad experienced much worse loses like bucky dent, buckner, sugar bear hamilton and the 85 finals. Cleveland probably has the worst losses I can think of

[@garret4466]

I acknowledge your pain, as a MN fan I don’t feel too bad for you though! 🤣🤣 good comment

[@miles4270]

The vikings losing to the eagles in 2017 with a potential home superbowl.

[@edupbeat]

Hawks not running the ball will be the greatest let down in sports history! And I’m a bears fan! 2nd place, Bartman.

[@2128jrandall]

Lol bears fan too and I agree! Dumbest call ever.

[@kenmahoney5255]

That damn tebow throwing the go-ahead td pass against my beloved Steelers 😥

[@joedufourhowboutdemcowboys4067]

Roger Staubach retiring....The Catch...Danny White fumble...Wilbert Montgomery playoff game....Blue jerseys...1st quarter mistakes vs Niners Jimmy Johnson quiting..And Dez caught that damn ball..And the Eagles winning a Superbowl...

[@geeskin5750]

The white sack n fumble still hurts

[@metaldrummerseb7070]

Marlon McCree intercepting Tom Brady in the playoffs only to lose the takeaway by fumbling the football and resetting the downs. Heartbreaker

[@random-nz7dy]

Chargers fan. That one is hugely painful. We would have gone all the way, I truly believe.

[@pyrokm4751]

Worst part was before the game Marty told him . “When you get the game winning interception take a knee” smh 🤦‍♂️

[@bradg3920]

Top 3 most hated by Knicks Fans (per Rich): 1) Larry Bird (Indiana St.) 2) Reggie Miller (Indiana Pacers) 3) Isiah Thomas (Indiana Hoosiers)

[@TROLLINGB4U]

Dont feel as bad now (Since we got even :D )but the time eagles lost to the pats in 2004 superbowl.

[@pmendez1991]

The Tuck Rule game.

[@craignelson3756]

David Tyree. The game was a lock. I've never watched it again. Rodney Harrison was the hardest hitter in our defensive backfield. He shoulda hit low, flipped Tyree and the ball hits the ground. I'd trade 2 for that 1 as well.

[@mathewphelps9933]

Boone man. I cried in my room. I was 11 but god I can still remember my fathers face of disappointment

[@charlesblack9959]

WCF, Ducks vs Blackhawks. We scored 3 goals in 30seconds just to lose the game and later the series. We really could've won the cup that year.

[@ChrisG87]

2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs ECQF between Blue Jackets and Lightning. Although the blow has been softened, it will truly never go away.

[@patrickeaton9350]

How is the Malcolm Butler interception not being mentioned? I am still scarred by that.

[@chrisclark2747]

2010 NFC Championship, watching Favre's storybook run with the Vikings come to an end. This will always be the greatest game to me in terms of drama for the rest of my life.

[@paulhamilton7854]

2010 Olympics. Gold medal hockey game. Canada takes a 2-0 lead. USA cuts the deficit to 1 with just over 7 minutes remaining in the second. Then, with less than 30 seconds remaining in the third, Parise scores to force overtime. As an American and Devil's fan, I couldn't be happier. This is the fairytale USA comeback story. This will be a movie. Then, in overtime, Crosby scores the golden goal. It's over in the instant it takes for the puck to leave his stick and cross the line. You could have blinked and missed it.

[@Hoosier3091]

Packers-Seahawks NFC Championship Game. Sat in silence for about 15 minutes after it was over. Still haven't ever watched the full highlights of the game

[@vinceniederman]

Wow and I Bet U Were Upset!

[@pheonox14]

1997 World Series, game 7. It is still the only time in my sports fan life I have ever shed a tear. Sad thing is most Marlins Fans don't remember that WS, they remember 2003 cause it was Yankees 😒

[@mattmirelez5121]

Armando Galaragga getting his perfect game robbed, Lions vs Cowboys 2014 wild card, and basically my entire life as a fan of Michigan football

[@vinceniederman]

To This Day I’m Still Not Over The 2 Philly Sports Losses The 2010 Cup Finals Game 6 Loss To Chicago and The 76ers Game 7 Loss To Toronto in 2019 Also The Year Before in 2003 Navy Became My Favorite College Football Team The 2002 Win Vs Army Until 2016 When Army Did Break The Streak Which Made Me So Upset!

[@charlesoshea4803]

Painful Duke basketball losses: the 1986 final loss to Louisville; the 1998 elite 8 loss to Kentucky; the 1999 championship loss to UCONN; the 2002 loss to Indiana in the sweet 16; the 2004 final four loss to UCONN; the 2006 sweet 16 loss to LSU; the 2019 loss to Michigan State in the regional final....all of which were potential national championship teams.

[@8ballsix27]

Mine is pretty recent. UCLA-Gonzaga Final Four. Also throw in Mexico vs Netherlands in the 2014 World Cup.

[@nimadresvlog]

I second that Mexico loss.

[@14thStreetProductions]

Travis Ishikawa hits one into right ...just pure pain.

[@sarahpoisel6734]

Missing the moment my dad at a high school football game got to tell my 7th grade football coach (that told my dad and I that I wasn’t good enough talent to play) that I was play collage football in Wisconsin. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BariCM]

There’s a few. The most recent one I remember was the season finale of the 2017 season for my Ravens. Just sitting in silence for a good 5 minutes. Honorable mention: Texas losing to TTech in 2008. Rough.

[@jeshopgim]

1. “A steal by Bird, underneath to DJ...” 2. The Stoyanavich miss against the Chargers in the 94 playoffs 3. The Monday Night Miracle

[@boldtaa]

Scott Norwood missing the FG in SuperBowl 25

[@davidcanizares4598]

That Seattle Mariners Yankees game 5 was a satisfying moment for everyone outside of new york. Griffey got to beat the team we all hated the most

[@DucksGamedayBreakdown]

For me I want to forget the 2010 NFC Championship game. My Chicago Bears blowing it with 28 seconds to go. Rodgers throws a bomb to Cobb and the Bears secondary was no where to be found. Not to mention Jay Cutler not doing squat with two timeouts to go with great field position. Ugh

[@stephensemp8634]

Broncos SuperBowl loss in 2013-14 season. My first SuperBowl after moving to Seattle.

[@mikemaloney2120]

Double Doink... I was at that game. I still hear the noise sometimes.

[@BradonFoot]

I'm a Falcons fan that lives in New England.. I'll just leave it at that

[@jlateralus21]

For me it was the Saints onside kick after halftime in the superbowl vs the Colts. It was a dagger in our hopes. And runner up was the Bartman foulball in the NLCS. Cubs vs Marlins.

[@EMo-rx7pm]

Hank Baskett. That is mine also. I am so a cubs fan, but since they won the title, I let Game 6 and 7 against the Marlins go.

[@HotHoncho]

Game 6 of the 2019 NBA finals, Klay thompson tears his ACL right after durant tore his achilles the game before and the warriors lose the 2019 NBA finals in a year we knew the team would fall apart after it was over. Such a bittersweet end to an amazing run, never feels good to see your favorite players hurt and lose a championship in the process. Also having the opposing fans cheer for durants injury just made it all the more worse.

[@JasonALyons]

the double whammy of the Drive then the Fumble

[@lokimanezero]

Game 5 of the 2020 World Series. The walk off from the Rays and the crucial error by the Dodgers will continuously hurt my soul until the end of time.

[@mrgreekgm754]

Are you confused? The Dodger won the series...

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

Same series, but Ewing missing that layup. It was still a series, but he had that finger-roll right there!

[@FrameCounting]

Seeing Kyrie hit that 3 in game 7 during the 73 win Warriors season was the most painful thing ever for me. It was supposed to be the greatest season in NBA history. But getting Durant after that sure helped the pain.

[@TheBigBigSean]

1989 World Series and 2012 Super Bowl.

[@vinceniederman]

I Suppose Your a San Francisco Sports Fan!

[@willdcampbell7766]

Seahawks fan and mine was the one yard int by Butler. Every time and I would have like to take the Pats Ring

[@T-Swerve03]

The sharks losing the 2016 stanley cup to Pittsburgh. The tv went off as soon as the buzzer sounded

[@bw1453]

1990 NFC Championship. Leonard Marshall crushing Joe Montana and essentially ending his career with San Francisco. Roger Craig fumbling with the 49ers up by a point and trying to run out the clock or add to their lead. Matt Bahr kicking the game-winning field goal for the Giants as time expired. Pat Summerall saying "There will be no three-peat."

[@Mike-ge7pe]

Doug Brien versus the Steelers. The Jets have been so bad that it gets buried amongst the other lowlights, but it was so bad they drafted a kicker in the second round the following year

[@michaelrudolph239]

For me it's prob the Jacksonville Jaguars playoff game in 2017 for my Steelers, which at a second level includes the Jesse James caught it event against the Pats that regular szn

[@christiancanalez3689]

russ throwing a pick instead of running beast mode. go hawks

[@kylecostiloe5605]

For me, the Kansas City Chiefs to lose to Indianapolis after being up by about 28 points in the half and lost 44-45. Closest I’ve ever come to crying over a game because they hadn’t won a playoff game in almost 20 years prior to that lol

[@monkeywrench7351]

Wide Right 91’ & Skate in crease 99’

[@Luke-yu1wx]

That kawhi shot still hurts me as a sixers fan

[@maxforstag]

The Indians blowing a 3-1 lead - more specifically, Jason Kipnis' long foul ball with game 7 tied in the bottom of the 9th and a chance to walk it off. My heart literally stopped.

[@bobbybolan5516]

double doink was brutal

[@JGKrump]

The Chicago Bears 21-17 playoff loss to Redskins Jan. 1988 still hurts. 2nd Super Bowl title for Bears was there for taking. Game at Soldier Field and with win would have hosted NFC Championship vs. Vikings (which upset SF day before). Blew 14-0 lead. Walter Payton's last game.

[@j.d.6915]

2009 Superbowl. His toes weren't in!!!! Along with Horry check of Nash into the boards, I mean, errr..Horry bumping Nash into the scoring table.

[@mikelitty552]

The wasting of Berry Sanders career.

[@shyguy23000001]

David Tyree helmet catch. Or the loss to the Rays 2011 collapse

[@23Robusto]

A tie between Phi Slama Jamma losing to NC state in the NCAA finals and the Houston Oilers blowing a 38-3 halftime lead to Buffalo in '93

[@reason18]

- "wide right" - Tyson losing to Buster - RJJ getting KO'd by Tarver - Webber and Michigan losing back-to-back NCAA Finals - all the other bills superbowl loses - Undertaking beating Hulk Hogan I'm glad i'm grown up now and am incapable of being that into sports anymore. The only way i could ever reach that level of fandom again, is if my son becomes a boxer and fights for THE title

[@MrKegan321]

Peyton Manning ends a QB drought in Denver and orchestrated one of the best offenses in NFL history. They reach their first SB since the 90s, and the game starts with a safety....worst game I have ever seen.

[@bobbyclark8239]

Anderson’s missed field goal

[@daschawk]

Mine is the 2014-15 NFC Championship game when GB lost in overtime to go to the Super Bowl. :( Bostick's dumbass trying to catch that is something that haunts me to this day.

[@stevenepstein6454]

Jalen Hurts SB fumble last year bc I knew that in the last 20 years only one team (Pats/Falcons 26-3 game), the Pats, had allowed a defensive TD and still won the SB. I just knew that game was over right then.

[@jamesweldon8118]

2019 nlds ten runs in the first inning. Was there with my dad

[@GilbertVision]

43-8

[@christiancanalez3689]

go hawks!

[@adamc1463]

2011 World Series. Game 6. Can't do it.

[@1daddy57]

Pirates vs Braves. Gm7, 1991. Two franchises would never be the same since. I was 18 months old when the Pirates won the World Series, I am now 43.

[@eyeofhorus99]

The 1992 NLCS Game 7 was more painful for me. A former Buc in Sid Bream beating out Bonds’ throw. Then seeing that as a mural at Turner Field when I went to see the Pirates play the Braves a few years ago.

[@mactheknife7049]

I grew up in Youngstown, Ohio. I pulled for the Pirates and Indians - which combined haven't won a World Series in 115 seasons. My father took me to Game 7 of the '79 World Series. Drove 11 hours to get there. My father said, "Enjoy this, because it may never happen again." I was 9. I've seen the Indians drop two WS in heartbreaking fashion since, and then... the Pirates. I'll die or see those teams move before I ever see either one win a World Series, I reckon.

[@eyeofhorus99]

@@mactheknife7049 I grew up in Akron and rooted for both too. That 97 World Series was bitter sweet for me, disappointed the Tribe lost, but was happy to see Jim Leyland win a World Series that he should have with the Buccos.

[@robertchassin1056]

The injury to my idol as a kid, Bo Jackson. Then the next weekend the Raiders came to my hometown to play the Bills in the AFC Championship. I sat with my dad in the end zone seats watching the Bills just destroy my Raiders.

[@shawnromero4143]

Niners vs Giants 2011 NFC Championship. Muffed punt return in overtime. Pain.

[@jason113388]

Niners against the giants, niners against the ravens, niners against the Seahawks, niners against the chiefs. Started watching in 2002 and when i was like 7.

[@aaronchizmar5944]

I’m born and raised in northeast Ohio so I’m a diehard Cleveland pro sports fan. That being said, the most painful moment for me is when LeBron first left in 2010 for Miami, and when the Indians lost to the Cubs in extra innings of game 7 of the 2016 World Series.

[@joedufourhowboutdemcowboys4067]

Til this day i have never seen Florida Marlins celebrating their WS game 7 win vs the Indians.I still turn my head or shut tv off and still cuss Mike Hargrove out in my mind.

[@surfin392]

The Eagles tanking the last quarter of their last game last year is pretty recent, but still very painful.

[@TofuLang]

2014 Season (tech 2015) NFC Championship. Onside kick. FML.

[@tomjones2121]

Jean Beliveau retiring and losing my EXPOS ..

[@mike11indy]

The Catch

[@eyeofhorus99]

1992 NLCS Game 7 then 21 years of losing.

[@broncodeviltexas]

Oilers season ticket holder. Up 35-3 at halftime. Bills win 38-41 in OT.

[@auggieeast]

It's a tie between the 6th game of the 1986 World Series and the 2008 Super Bowl.

[@carlosinda3553]

Being a Dodgers fan, you should know what hurt me.