Top 10 Dramatic Regular Season Finales in Sports History
The regular season finale can offer up some drama. With playoff spots on the line, teams will look to win and hope for other contending teams to lose. These are some of the most dramatic finales to a regular season ever.
The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball as a member of the American League East division.
Manchester City Football Club, commonly known as City, is a football club in Manchester, England. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's, it became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. Oh yes, very dramatic.
The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season.
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference East division.
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference West division. So there were six teams in the AFC (Bengals, Broncos, Chiefs, Jaguars, Jets, Titans) all vying for the final two playoff spots. While the Jets had no trouble securing a win over the Oakland Raiders, the Chiefs had to beat the Jaguars while hoping for a Titans loss to the Patriots, a Bengals loss to the Steelers, and a Broncos loss to the 49ers. The Titans loss to an already clinched Patriots teams while the Steelers upset the Bengals in overtime. Then, the Broncos were knocked off by the 49ers, a game that also ended in overtime and the Chiefs were in.
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League.
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York City, New York, that competes in Major League Baseball. Having overcome a 14 game deficit to the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees maintained a one-game lead with seven games to play, the Yankees kept that lead with six wins. But they failed to defeat the Indians in the 162 game. Boston had won seven games and forced a one-game playoff. Yet, the Yankees would win the tiebreaker 5-4.
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Lions compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference North division. ...read more.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League West division.
The San Francisco Giants are a professional American baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball as part of the West division of the National League. They play their home games at Oracle Park in downtown San Francisco.