Homer boxing, Bart and his skateboard, Marge’s gambling, Lisa the goalie, Maggie bowling a perfect game, and even Santa’s Little Helper at the dog track — “The Simpsons” regularly packs more memorable sports moments into its episodes than some MLB teams do in a season. Trimming the 14-plus seasons worth of moments down to a Top 100 was a painstaking process that involved viewing dozens of episodes, along with more time on the Internet reading about a cartoon than any grown man has the right to spend. The parameters were broad, and to keep from using only a few episodes for all 100 moments (because “Homer at the Bat” has at least 25 “moments”), all elements from a sports-themed episode were included in one entry. The only other rule was, if it’s shown on ESPN, it counts as a sport. Today, moments 100-75 have been revealed. ESPNs Page 3 will count down 25 more moments each day until the No. 1 choice is revealled on Friday. Read More >>>
