Highlights of Women's Artistic Gymnastics

                                                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxksqLxGV0Y

                  "The combination of the beauty of dance and acrobatics"

The sport includes four events for Women which include Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and the Floor Exercise. For women, floor routines are choreographed to music without words. Depending on the event routines range from thirty to ninety seconds with the exception of Vault, only being a couple seconds. Additionally it is one of the oldest Olympic sports.

Nadia Comaneci:                                                

At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal Nadia Comaneci from

Romania was the gymnast, male or female to earn a perfect score of a 10.0 at the age of fourteen. Her breathtaking performances additionally did not only earn her one perfect score but seven throughout the entire competition leading her to take home the Women's All-Around, Uneven Bars, and Floor Exercise title.

Mary Lou Retton:

At the 1984 Games in Los Angeles Retton was the first American woman to take the title in the All-Around at the Olympics. She became a sensation overnight and was the first women also in history to ever be featured on a Wheaties box. Sadly however, some argue Retton may have not truly been the best for the title because at this time the Soviet's boycotted the Olympics, which possessed some of the best gymnasts.

Magnificent Seven:

The Women's Olympic team of 1996 was the first to win the Gold in Atlanta. The team consisted of Kerri Strug, Dominique Dawes, Amanda Borden, Shannon Miller (brought home the gold for All-Around), Amy Chow, Jaycie Phelps, and Dominique Moceanu. After Moceanu took a fall on Vault, Strug bravely vaulted on a broken ankle and stuck it leading team USA to victory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFn47a_Ny0Y

Carly Patterson:

After not bringing home on medal in the 2000 Olympics at Sydney Patterson rejuvenates the success for USA by earning the gold not only on Balance Beam but the All-Around as well. Some say this was an extremely prominent even in gymnastics history because unlike Retton's win, Russia was involved in the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Nastia Liukin:

As a member of the 2008 Olympic Team Liukin took home the gold on Uneven Bars and surprised many by pulling in front of her teammate, Shawn Johnson in the All-Around and taking that title as well. Along with Shannen Miller, a member of the 1996 Olympic team she is the most decorated gymnast in World Championship competition.

Derek Jeters Greatest Moments

Derek Jeter : A Legend Is Born

Derek Jeter is probably one of the best known people in baseball. In fact, he’s probably one of the best known athletes in sports. A boy from a small town in Michigan called Kalamazoo, Jeter would go on to play for the New York Yankees in the 1996 season and officially begin his Hall of Fame career. Heres a look at some of Jeter’s greatest moments as a Yankee.


                                                            1996 Rookie Season

In 1996 Derek Jeter officially started his career with  the  Yankees in 96. He went on to win the rookie of the year award this year with 183 hits and a .314 batting average. They also go on to win the world series this year.

Derek Becomes Mr. November

Due to the September 11 attacks on New York City, the baseball season was stretched out longer than originally anticipated.As a result, the World Series entered a month it had never seen before during a magical Game Four in the Bronx. As the clock struck midnight during an extra inning game, it had officially become November 1, 2001. Jeter then deposited an offering from Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim over the right field wall for a walk-off homer earning him the nickname, Mr. November

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19792191&c_id=nyy

The Flip

Jeter made his greatest defensive play as a Yankee during Game Three of the 2001 ALDS against the Oakland Athletics. It became known across baseball as "the flip".After a double down the right-field line, Yankees outfielder Shane Spencer badly overthrew the cutoff man while attempting to stop a critical run from scoring.Jeter came out of nowhere to scoop up the errant throw and ultimately saved the Yankees from elimination by shoveling it to Jorge Posada for the out.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19792193&c_id=nyy

The Dive

One of Derek’s greatest moments is when he dived into the stands on July 1st 2004 to catch a fly ball and get the out during a game against the Boston Red Sox. And everyone knows we hate the Red Sox.  He is later quoted as saying he “had to make that play”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28NjeVnoORc

Captian 3000

 With a sellout crowd of 48,103 chanting his name in unison because his first-inning single had drawn him to within one, Jeter reaches down for a 3-and-2 curveball from Tampa Bay left hander David Price and blasts it for a third-inning solo home run giving him a career 3000 hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Se0Z34VT2s

Michael Jordans Greatest Moments

#5: 40 years old, 43 points
Michael Jordan at the age of 40, scores 43 points in a game becoming the first 40yr old
to score over 40 pts in an NBA game. While Michael Jordan wasn’t the same player
when he came back to play for the Wizards, his performance against the New Jersey
Nets despite his age and against competition 20 yrs younger than him demonstrates how
dominate of a player he was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TkvX356cpQ&feature=player_embedded-t=0s

#4: 63 Points Against the Celtics

You can make a really good argument that the 1986 Boston Celtics were the
greatest team in NBA history. One of their guards, Dennis Johnson, was arguably
the best defensive guard in basketball history. Nobody told Michael Jordan.
In a thrilling double-overtime loss to the eventual champions, Jordan dropped
63 points and set the NBA record for most points in a playoff game. In 26
years since, that record remains unbroken

. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COFAI4GLcMQ&feature=player_embedded

#3. The Shot

When you really think about it, isn't MJ's shot over Craig Ehlo one of the most
incredible shots in NBA history? Jordan's momentum is bringing him left, yet he
jumps straight up, keeps his body squared to the hoop and releases the ball on his
way back down to the ground, all while he has Craig Ehlo's hand in his face. If
Jordan misses, the Bulls are bounced from the playoffs and the Cavaliers go on to
face the Knicks. However, Jordan nails the shot and sends the Bulls to the Eastern
Conference semifinals. Not bad for a 25-year-old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5WUOnTxwPw&feature=player_embedded

#2. The Flu Game

When most of us have the flu, we lay in bed, sweat profusely, take a boatload of
medicine and maybe have one or two bowls of soup. When His Airness has the flu,
he plays 44 minutes and drops 38 on the Utah Jazz in the NBA Finals to give the
Bulls a 3-2 series lead with a 90-88 win. This game gave us one of the most famous
images of Jordan's careers. After dismantling the Karl Malone's Jazz and willing
the Bulls to a win, Jordan collapsed into Scottie Pippen's arms. The Bulls would
go on the win the next game in Chicago and win their fifth NBA Championship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2os-hfXSUlA&feature=player_embedded

#1: Jordan”s Final Shot

In the history of the NBA, there are certain moments that stand out as "iconic." These
include Magic Johnson's hook shot, Larry Bird's steal against the Lakers, Willis
Reed playing hurt, Derek Fisher's catch-and-shoot with 0.4 seconds on the clock and
that time Kwame Brown threw a cake at a fan. However, all these moments pale in
comparison to Jordan's dagger against the Jazz in 1998. Jordan, isolated one-on-one
with Bryon Russell, dribbled, busted out a devastating crossover that caused Russell
to slip and fall (partly because Jordan gently pushed him, but whatever) and knocked
down a game-winning jumper to cap off a 45-point night. Bob Costas said it best on
the broadcast: "If that's the last image of Michael Jordan, how magnificent is it?"
While it wasn't, Jordan's jumper against the Jazz to win one last title was the most
spectacular moment of his career. With a career like MJ's, that's saying something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyL0FxS-F6E&feature=player_embedded