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     MIRACLE ON ICE
5th Place March 09 This is another entry that has been nominated a few times. Granted, we live in a hockey town, and spend a lot of hours at the rink. AwesomeOff in general is not a place to celebrate traditional sporting awesomeness, we feel there are millions of fans, packed stadiums and billions of dollars that give pro athletes all the love they really need. But the 'Miracle on Ice' stands out in our minds. Never was there a game that had more riding on it, that was a bigger upset, that had a more improvable outcome than this game. If you are American, its the single greatest moment in the history of the olympics. If you are Russain, maybe it was they day you started to wonder if the Soviet Union was long for the earth. If you have seen the recent film on the subject, great. But this is not an event that really needed to be dramatized. Hollywood to this day has never dreamed up a story as great as this game. We recommend the 2001 documentary 'Do You Believe in Miracles'. It does such a great job of capturing the scene, the mood, the times, and spends a good deal of time with the Russian players as well as the Americans.
Nominated by Franky
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Miracle On Ice was voted MORE AWESOME than:
 Bukowski  The Couch Dress  Moustache Balaclava  Shaved Ball Cap  Giant Nintendo Controller  Jesus Christ  Little Superstar  Meat Suitcase  Sasquatch  Stallone - Over the Top  General Lee 01  Mock Apple Pie  BigDog Robot  Boyfriend Pillow  Mister Rogers doing The Wave  The Hamburger Bed  Flying Spaghetti Monster  Liquor and Guns Drive Thru  Tater Tots  Ronald Jenkees  Kryptonite  Ski Dubai  Toothpick Beard  Rock-Afire Explosion  Hot Chicks with Guns  Beer Maids  Hedgehogs  Bubblewrap  WAKE n' BACON  The Greening of the Chicago River  The Irish  Brand New White Socks  White Zombie  Subdermal Implants  Phuket Vegetarian Festival  Ralph Wiggum  Bowling  Jesus Pan  Scraper Bike  Sandcastlematt  Zombies Zombies  Johnny Cash  Library of Congress  Chuck Norris vs. Bruce Lee  Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka  Les Claypool Miracle On Ice was voted LESS AWESOME than:  Chewbacca  Moonshine  Theo Jansen's Art  Nikola Tesla  Crop Circles  Robocop on a Unicorn  Roller Derby  Freerunning  President Obama  Wingsuit Base Jumping  Aurora Borealis  Badass Mountain Men  Centaurs Beer Maids Beer Maids The Greening of the Chicago River  Rollerman  The Brick Testament  Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton  The Man with No Name  Banksy  Teddy Roosevelt  Death Star  Hunter S. Thompson  MST3K  Mark Twain  Jesus Riding A Dinosaur
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        ROLLER DERBY
December 2008 Champion This has to be the most unique sport ever! I can't quite put my finger on it... roller skating, quarky fashion, maybe bowling league, www wrestling?...
Nominated by Ivana B. Awesome
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Having been a fan and follower of this sport since 2004, I can say without any reservation that it is the most exciting, hard hitting, and awesome sport to watch. It's got something for just about everyone: amazing action, speed, hitting, strategy, beautiful women of all shapes and sizes, and it's totally DIY - almost universally skater owned and operated! Roller derby is the sporting incarnation of awesome itself!
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hell yes!! roller derby is life!
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Rollerderby is here to stay!
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Roller Derby is the most awesomest of the awesome! I play this wpnderful sport and love everyday of it!
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