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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.
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** 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)
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** 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.
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