With all of the exciting and ever changing Bruins news last week, I became very nostalgic for my favorite Boston sports photos!

Those great moments that included Fisk, Big Papi, and Manny. The NOT so great moments, the Pedro Don Zimmer video. But wait…BUCKNER. Do we need to be reminded of THAT?

The Bruins Chatter

Last week was a big week for the Bruins. The last time the Bruins WON the Stanley Cup was WAAAAYYY back in 2011.

According to Boston.com, times maybe changing:

And to think, some among us figured Don Sweeney was all done dealing.

That was a reasonable assumption last Thursday, when the Bruins general manager acquired defenseman Dmitry Orlov and right wing Garnet Hathaway from the Capitals for center Craig Smith and an assortment of draft picks, including a 2023 first-rounder. 

One week and a couple of unfortunate injury circumstances later, and Sweeney’s actions Thursday morning — one important trade, one long-awaited signing, revealed within a short time — stood as the greatest confirmation yet of his determination to punctuate this season by winning the Stanley Cup for the first time in a dozen years.

The TOP Seven

These photos are basically the most memorable sports photos of our time in Boston, and New England. I’m sure I have left out many, but these are the pics that perhaps have become the most famous, over the years.

So let’s take a ride back through time and see if you remember some of these amazing Boston sports photos!

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• Tom Brady SPIKES IN SNOW!

  January 19, 2002
  Final game at the old Foxboro Stadium
  
  24yr old Brady rushes for a TD and spikes the ball in the snow. Crowd erupts
  
  Pats now trail by only 3 with 8min to go in the 4th. Trip to the AFC Championship on the line
  
  12yr old me was in the stands with my old man pic.twitter.com/iTCwE8fH5D

  — Michael (@Sigimane) February 7, 2023

  Will we ever see this again from Tom Brady? Perhaps not. But we were lucky, that we did!! Thanks to this Twitter fan for sharing!

• Not Sure If THIS Is The Best

  Today in Sports History:
  1986 - Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner misplays ground ball in the 10 inning, allowing Mets' Ray Knight to score game winning run and forcing a Game seven. Red Sox had a 5-3 lead with 2 outs and no runners on base. pic.twitter.com/82P5cp2fhj

  — Historically Speaking Sports 🎙️🏀⚾🏈🏟️ (@HistoricallySp2) October 26, 2020

  This moment, not funny while it happened, made for a very funny moment in the Jimmy Fallon movie, Fever Pitch. A Mookie Wilson ground ball slipped beneath Bill Buckner’s glove to lift the New York Mets to an unlikely comeback victory over the Red Sox in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.

• Come Fly With Me! Andrew Benintendi Goes For The Fly Ball!

  That ridiculous TD catch by Jeremy Ruckert for @OhioStateFB was Andrew Benintendi-esque.
  
  The ballet leap, the extension, the footwork, the grand stage, everything.#BuckeyeNation #OhioState #B1GFCG pic.twitter.com/JtRLOjsS7E

  — Polar Ginger (@PolarGinger) December 8, 2019

  What a leap! Andrew Benintendi leaped to make a catch to rob the Dodgers’ Brian Dozier of a hit in the top of the fourth inning in Game 2 of the World Series in 2018.

• Celts Larry Bird Celebrates!

  ⁦@Dan_Shaughnessy⁩:…”my all-time favorite O’Brien photo is the one he got of Larry Bird with Red Auerbach’s cigar after the Celtics beat the Rockets for the championship in 1981.” That’s the still great Frank O’Brien, Globe photographer pic.twitter.com/1LyK46IWlX

  — Mike Barnicle (@mikebarnicle) March 3, 2023

  Larry Bird with team president Red Auerbach. The Celtics just beat the Houston Rockets, 102-91, in the final game of the 1981 NBA Championships in Houston.
  

• Jim Rice Caring For A Fan

  Super B-Day to Jim Rice, whose greatest play occurred in 1982 when quick action helped save this young fan's life at Fenway Park after he was struck by a foul ball. pic.twitter.com/pawFYQQH30

  — Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 8, 2018

  Not sure we’d see this today. Red Sox Jim Rice carried fan who was hit by a pop foul by the Sox’ David Stapleton, off the field during the fourth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park on Aug. 7, 1982. The fan was Jonathan Keane.

• GO GO GO!!! Carlton Fisk Homer!!

  Carlton Fisk waves the ball fair to hit a walk off home run in game 6 of the World Series pic.twitter.com/CrxYOSdfly

  — Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) February 11, 2023

  We’ll never forget this one!!

  Carlton Fisk, left, watched his 12th-inning home run against the Cincinnati Reds to win the sixth game of the World Series at Fenway Park in Boston on Oct. 22, 1975.

• ORR!!! Score!!!!

  52 years ago today. #thanksbobbyorr #BostonBruins #Bruins #StanleyCup  #BobbyOrr @BobbyOrr4HOF #Bostonsportshistory #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/hJne6I0a3K

  — Boston Irish Patriot 1776 (@BostonIrish1776) May 10, 2022

  The image of Bobby Orr flying through the air after scoring the game-winning goal in the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals at Boston Garden is indelibly imprinted into the minds of Boston sports fans. 

• EXTRA Bonus Footage

  The Sox-Yankees rivalry at FULL STEAM. Cue it in to 1:10 and BOOM. Not the greatest, proudest moment in MLB history. Watch as one of the Yankees coaches Don Zimmer takes a run at Pedro Martinez.

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