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* Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette, who skated the performance of her life after the death of her mother a few days before her performance. She decided to remain in competetion and ''won bronze'', against Kim Yuna, Mao Asada and Mikki Ando.

* Phil Esposito's speech on national television after Team Canada suffered a humilating against the Soviets in Game 4 of the Summit Series and was booed off the ice in their own home country and further crucified by the media.

{{quote| "To the people across Canada, we tried, we gave it our best, and to the people that boo us, geez, I'm really, all of us guys are really disheartened ... Some of our guys are really, really down in the dumps, we know, we're trying like hell. I mean, we're doing the best we can, and they got a good team, and let's face facts. But it doesn't mean that we're not giving it our 150%, because we certainly are ... We did it because we love our country, and not for any other reason, no other reason. They can throw the money, uh, for the pension fund out the window. They can throw anything they want out the window. We came because we love Canada. And even though we play in the United States, and we earn money in the United States, Canada is still our home, and that's the only reason we come. And I don't think it's fair that we should be booed."}}

{{quote|"To the people across Canada, we tried, we gave it our best, and to the people that boo us, geez, I'm really, all of us guys are really disheartened ... Some of our guys are really, really down in the dumps, we know, we're trying like hell. I mean, we're doing the best we can, and they got a good team, and let's face facts. But it doesn't mean that we're not giving it our 150%, because we certainly are ... We did it because we love our country, and not for any other reason, no other reason. They can throw the money, uh, for the pension fund out the window. They can throw anything they want out the window. We came because we love Canada. And even though we play in the United States, and we earn money in the United States, Canada is still our home, and that's the only reason we come. And I don't think it's fair that we should be booed."}}

** And guess what? ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Canada won the Summit Series in the end.]]''

* During this year's NCAA Tournament, West Virginia's De'Shawn Butler really messed up his knee while playing and was on the floor in tears and apologizing. WVU's head coach Bob Huggins, [[Tsundere|a known]] [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|hardass]], [http://media.nola.com/ncaa_impact/photo/aptopix-ncaa-final-four-wesjpg-178339986c0a8ec6_medium.jpg got down to the floor and comforted his fallen player] showing [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|his tender side]] and [[Papa Bear|how he cares for his players]]. WVU did lose the game, but they gave the public a moment that will cause even the darkest of hearts to brighten up.

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*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAz0fI27Fk Joyce was openly crying at the plate when Galarraga handed him the lineup card]. Even though I hated him about 16 hours previous, I couldn't help but feel bad for him when I saw this on TV today. He handled his job with an amazing amount of dignity and was not afraid to admit that he was wrong, a bit of a plague in baseball umpiring this season. Restores some of the faith I've lost in many sports for being too proud and acting like sportsmanship is a relic of the past.

** [http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2010/06/02/the-lesson-of-jim-joyce/#more-3523 Joe Posnanski said it best] about the three perfect games (he's counting Galarraga's)

{{quote| "Dallas Braden’s perfect game was thrilling. Roy Halladay’s perfect game was art. But Armando’s Galarraga’s perfect game was a lesson in grace."}}

{{quote|"Dallas Braden’s perfect game was thrilling. Roy Halladay’s perfect game was art. But Armando’s Galarraga’s perfect game was a lesson in grace."}}

** Also, Galarraga finished his game off by retiring the first batter after the blown call. You guessed it, people are congratulating him on pitching a ''28-out perfect game''.

** And as a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], on August 20, 2010, Galarraga faced the Indians for the first time since the near-perfect game and tossed 4 2/3 innings of perfect baseball before giving up a hit (finished with a seven-inning shutout). A reporter asked Galarraga how many Indians he retired in row, and Gallaraga smiled and said, "Forty-two," while pointing at a plaque in his locker commemorating the 28-out game.