Postage Stamp moment

One thing that I had to do for my sports in society class was to come up with some postage stamp moments in sports history during my lifetime.

This was a very difficult task. I had to think of moments in sports that we so big, that they would go on a post stamp.

This isn't something small like a Super Bowl victory. This is a big moment, like Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier.

We had to come up with two moments, so I picked two.

The first was the 1999 Women's World Cup Team. Soccer is not a popular sport in America and female sports don't usually get a lot of spectators, yet that team packed the Rose Bowl with over 90,000 people to see the Final game against China. Brandi Chastain's picture is the picture that I chose for the stamp, as it is a picture that represents so much. I felt that this was an important event because so many young girls looked up to those players on that team as role models. It's evident when you read the media guides of women's college sports teams.

The other moment I chose was the death of Dale Earnhardt. (It's back to Women's Soccer and NASCAR in the same post) I felt that that was a unique moment in sports. The most popular athlete in the sport died while competing. It changed safety in NASCAR. Earnhardt was a hero to so many people in the south and rural areas. He was a working class hero. Most people in the northeast have no idea what an iconic figure Earnhardt represented to many in this country. It hit the south really bad. Life stopped for his funeral. School was canceled for some school systems. Earnhardt had passionate fans who would go as far as shaving the number three into their backs (disgusting picture in your head right now) or to paint their car black, put a three on it's side and get all of the sponsors decals right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2A0yE4GSI0&feature=related

I think Tony Dungy and the 2004 Boston Red Sox would qualify as things that could go on to a postage stamp one day. It's possible that Lance Armstrong could. Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan definitely should. I think postage stamp moments are a cool subject...and if you think of any, post them.