\n– Discussed before TFC’s victory.\u00a0 We discuss Toronto FC as the greatest MLS Team of all time.\u00a0 And what the consequences would’ve been if they couldn’t have sealed the deal.\u00a0 Luckily for us, Toronto proved that the season was not a fluke, as the most dominant MLS season in history concluded with it’s Crown Jewel.<\/p>\n
#7: ‘Houston, we have a title’
\n– In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the city of Houston was demolished.\u00a0 Looking for something to rally behind, the people of Houston were handed disappointment after disappointment as their sports heroes couldn’t deliver a moment.\u00a0 In the midst of all of that, the long beleaguered Astros finally broke through and gave a hurt city a moment worth celebrating.<\/p>\n
#6: ‘Take a Knee’
\n– Colin Kaepernick took a stand against racial injustice by taking a knee during the pregame national anthem of all of his NFL games in 2016.\u00a0 Largely avoided by teams for his political statements, the issue took on a life of it’s own this year as players kneeled in solidarity of the absent Kaepernick.\u00a0 The media warped the narrative away from racial injustice to a hatred of America and it all culminated with the Golden State Warriors being barred from the White House.<\/p>\n
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\n–\u00a0Hockey doesn’t work in the south<\/em> is almost a Canadian trueism.\u00a0 We have always hated that it felt like our beloved franchises were dragged to the desert where no one cares.\u00a0 Amidst all these negative feelings, community involvement and a huge marketing push created a team identity for the Predators.\u00a0 Long after they were created, we finally had a media eye on Nashville and we finally got to see what a well built franchise looked like.\u00a0 Paired up with the Goliath that was the defending champion Penguins, we got to enjoy one of the best and most fun Stanley Cup Finals in what feels like forever.<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0“Sometimes a sports team needs to carry a city’.<\/em>\u00a0 A violent mass shooting in Las Vegas cast a dark shadow over the debut of the NHL’s newest team.\u00a0 An expansion franchise built of mismatched parts, the Golden Knights have come together in a way that we’ve never seen a team come together before.\u00a0 Vegas refuses to lose, because the city needs them to win.\u00a0 Despite being injured and broken in a way that would destroy a team’s chance at success, Vegas is dominating an NHL that wrote them off before the season began.<\/p>\n
\n– Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather worked together to put on the pre-fight of the century.\u00a0 The fight itself was a mess but that didn’t matter, the fight was the sideshow.\u00a0 The actual event was the spectacle.\u00a0 The trash-talking was the point.\u00a0 It was an example of the two greatest wordsmiths in fight selling history just going after each other for the sake of comedy.\u00a0 It might’ve ended with a mediocre fight but it was built up to with some of the most ridiculous spectacles the fight world had ever seen.<\/p>\n
\n– The Peongchang Winter Olympics were in a state of crisis.\u00a0 No NHL at the games, North Korean threats, travel concerns and dwindling ticket sales made it look as if Asia’s first Winter Games since 1998 will be an unmitigated disaster.\u00a0 (Update:\u00a0 Since we talked about this story some pretty fantastic news has come out about these Winter Games so that’s nice.)<\/p>\n
\n–\u00a0 Tom Brady will go down as the greatest quarterback to ever play football.\u00a0 Capped off by the 2017 Super Bowl where he led his Patriots back from 25 points down against the MVP Matt Ryan led Atlanta Falcons.\u00a0 Possibly the greatest championship comeback in all of sports history, the boxscore almost reads like a fever dream.\u00a0 Giving up an 82 yard Pick 6 early on it seemed as if Brady was off his game and outmatched.\u00a0 Despite being the odds on underdogs the surprisingly scrappy Patriots banded together for one of the greatest comebacks of all time.<\/p>\n![\"Play\"](\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" "\\"Play\\"")
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