Keep Circulating the Tapes/Real Life/Sports

Many sports fans keep and collect recordings of their favorite teams' games, because subsequent video releases of those same games often chop it into highlights, remove the original commentary, and add "dramatic" music.
- Up until the advent of the NFL Network, classic NFL games were relegated to being shown either as iconic highlight clips or edited NFL Films productions. Even now, the network's classic games reairs haven't gone much past the last ten years.
Formula One racing was really bad for this; the DVD review was the only place for highlights, and they were often "enhanced" with fake commentary and music. There was nothing on the official website, and any old races that appeared on YouTube were immediately pulled. In 2009 there's been a minor turnaround, with videos on the web, and the BBC showing classic races on TV and online.
In many sports, championship games tend to be well-preserved, but there are still a few missing games.
- In American football, as of 2011, Super Bowl II was the only NFL Super Bowl without a complete color broadcast.
- In college football, almost every Rose Bowl game since 1969 still exists in its entirety. The 1971 and 1974 games are missing their first quarter.
- In baseball, every World Series game since 1975 is still completely intact, as are the 1965 and 1968 series.
- In basketball, every NBA Finals series since 1975 is still intact, except the 1978 series, which is missing three games.