The Best Video Highlights

Goal Line Stand vs. Washington, October 3, 2009

2009-10-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

Golden Tate Highlights

2008-11-08T09:15:00.000-08:00

Golden Tate is currently a sophomore at the University of Notre Dame. He is a graduate of Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, TN.

1. Here's a catch he made in ND's game against Pitt:

2. TD against Michigan in 2008:

3. In the same game against Michigan, Tate takes a simple slant pattern and makes it something special with a great run:

4. In this home opener against San Diego State, Golden scores the go ahead TD:

Best of the Eagles

2007-12-08T18:46:00.000-08:00

The Eagles were a phenomenal group, with excellent musicianship and harmonies. Here are my three favorite Eagles songs:

1) Last Resort: Off the Hotel California album, this is a particularly poignant song about "How the West was Lost"

2) Desperado: Fantastic song--nothing more needs to be said

3) Lyin' Eyes

Best of Gordon Lightfoot

2007-11-28T16:16:00.000-08:00

Gordon is hard to find on YouTube.

1) His best song ever, "If you could read my mind"

2)Sundown

3) It may be sacriligeous to say it, but I think Peter, Paul and Mary improved what Gordon wrote. Here's PPM singing Gordon's "That's What you Get for loving me"

Best of Cat Stevens

2007-11-28T16:02:00.000-08:00

This guy wrote fantastic music that has stood the test of time. Here are a few of his classics:

1) Father and Son

2) Wild World

3) Hard Headed Woman

4) Where Do the Children Play?

5) Peace Train

Best Sports Bloopers Videos

2007-07-21T22:41:00.000-07:00

Highlights or Lowlights? These are just funny sports videos.

1) A great compilation here:

2) To the tune of "You had a bad day". These are really funny--especially the guy who proposes at center court....and she says no!

3) Ok there are atleast three laugh out loud moments in this compilation, but here's a fair warning--look the other way when the kick-boxing part comes up!

Best Sports Meltdowns

2007-07-21T20:48:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure we should call this blog the BEST Sports meltdowns or the worst, but keeping with the theme of the blogsite, these are a few of the best coaching meltdowns I remember:

1) Who can forget Dennis Green's "The Bears are who we THOUGHT THEY WERE?"

2) This is a compilation of some of the more famous baseball melt-downs. I think the funniest is Carlos Perez wearing out the coolers with his bat!

3) Hal McRae goes nuts in a post game interview. The longer he talks, the madder he gets.

Best Dunk Hightlight Videos

2007-07-21T20:12:00.000-07:00

Everybody likes watching dunks. Here are some of the best videos of NBA stars dunking--lots of fun!

1) Kenny and Charles' Top Ten NBA dunks. They rate it second, but I think Dr. J's rock the cradle dunk is the most impressive.

2) A collection of all the best dunkers--Vince Carter, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant--but the one I like best in this clip is Penny Hardaway throwing it against the glass in traffic and finishing:

3) Old School! This one features some current stars, but also Chamberlain, Dr. J, Daryl Dawkins, Dominque, John Starks, Clyde Drexler and many others. Pretty incredible stuff:

Best Springsteen Videos--In Tandem

2007-07-20T15:14:00.001-07:00

Here's a collection of videos from one of the greatest performers of all time--Bruce Springsteen--but with a twist--these are sung in tandem with other singers, a little off the traditional. Still, can you really go wrong with the Boss?

1) Thunder Road with Melissa Ethridge. Thunder Road may be one of the greatest songs ever written. Here Bruce sings it with Melissa and it's surprisingly good:

2) The River, sung with Sting. Well done!

3) Bruce sings "Blowing In the Wind" and "Bad Moon Risin"--OK, he's not singing in tandem, but he's doing Dylan almost as well as Dylan, and it's a great version of CCR's song.

Best David Beckham Video Highlights

2007-07-20T14:38:00.000-07:00

He may be the biggest sports icon in the world today. Here's a collection of David Beckham's best videos:

1) Beckham and the crowd: I like this video because it includes a lot of Beckham's best plays but also the reaction and adulation of the fans.

2) He's recognized as one of the best free kickers to ever play the game. Here's ALL his free kicks! It's amazing how he bends the ball:

Best Zidane Video Highlights

2007-07-20T07:33:00.000-07:00

He's arguably the best soccer player of all time. Watching his highlight videos are a lot of fun!

1) Here's a very high quality video--a full nine minutes of spectacular ball handling, passing and shot-making--best I found:

2) Who's better: Zidane or Ronaldinho? This video compares their highlights, side by side:

3) I like this video because it does a lot of slow motion replays of his moves, set to some nice music. Makes you appreciate him all the more!

Best Michael Vick Video Highlights

2007-07-19T20:44:00.000-07:00

So Vick's life has "gone to the dogs". Bad joke, I admit. If he's guilty, what a waste. He remains as one of the most spectacular athletes to ever play in the NFL. Here are the 3 best videos I've found on Vick.

1) ESPN's Top Ten Vick Plays:

2) Best Plays While at Virginia Tech:

3) Funny Power Ade commercial. Something tells me his endorsement income is about to dry up for a while. But this one is hilarious:

Best Reggie Bush Video Highlights

2007-07-17T20:22:00.001-07:00

This guy is amazing. And speaking for Notre Dame fans everywhere, I am glad he's now in the NFL!

1) Nice mix of career highlights here:

2) Reggie, "Going the Distance"

3) Reggie in High School. This is my favorite clip of all. The high school kids had NO chance with this guy.

Best Football Catch Videos

2007-07-17T13:58:00.000-07:00

1) Who can forget the amazing catch of Tyrone Prothro at Alabama--the over the opponent's shoulder catch? ESPN voted it the catch of the year:

2) Chris Moore of WVU in 1992 made an amazing catch off his legs, heals, rear and then secured it between his legs. It was also the ESPN play of the year in the first ever "ESPY's"

3) Calvin Johnson's one hand snag against NC State is one of the most memorable I've seen. He's going to be great in the pros:

Best LeBron James Video Highlights

2007-07-16T16:56:00.000-07:00

He is the new face of the NBA and rightfully so! Here are the best Lebron highlights I've found:

1) Five minutes of glorious play-making:

2) Top 10 plays from 2005

3) Not just dunks! One of the things that makes Lebron special--more than simply a prolific dunker like Vince Carter--is his amazing court vision. This clip brings that out clearly:

Best National Anthem Videos

2007-07-12T16:53:00.000-07:00

We hear it before every sporting event, and most of the time, it's not too memorable. But these are the best sung national anthems I've ever heard:

1) Who can forget Whitney Houston's rendition for the 1991 Superbowl-- made all the more powerful because we were at war? I believe it's the best ever

2) In the 2003 Superbowl, the Dixie Chicks performed a remarkable rendition:

3) And Beyonce does a great job here, with soul:

Best Walter Payton Video Highlights

2007-07-12T16:35:00.000-07:00

Walter Payton was the best combination of power and finesse at running back the NFL has ever seen. And he played most of his career on a very mediocre team, with defenses keying on him Sunday after Sunday. Here's three of the best clips I've seen on the guy who came to be known simply as "Sweetness":

1) ESPN Sports Tribute, on the occasion of his premature death:

2) Great Payton Clips (and a great music track, too):

3) Walter and Barry Sanders: Contemporaries, and two of the best all time:

Best Michael Jordan Video Highlights

2007-07-12T16:08:00.000-07:00

He's the greatest player to ever play the game. Here are three of the very best clips I've ever seen of him:

1) Ten Best Dunks (incredible!)

2) Ten Top Buzzer Beaters (clutch!)

3. Ten Most Acrobatic Shots

Best Tiger Woods Video Highlights

2007-07-12T15:46:00.000-07:00

It's hard to sort through the zillions of videos people have made of Tiger during his brilliant professional career, but here are three of the best clips of all:

1) Augusta, 2005, the chip shot:

2) The Nike commercial. The ball looks like it's tied to his iron like a yo-yo

3) A Tiger Montage...great stuff

Best Ronaldinho Video Highlights

2007-07-12T15:25:00.000-07:00

He's the best in the world, and there's really no argument. Here are three amazing Ronaldinho clips:

1. The Nike commercial:

2. Pretty incredible highlight video.

3. I particularly like this video because it goes through some of his amazing moves in slow motion, making us appreciate the artistry all the more:

Best Folk Song Videos

2007-07-12T00:11:00.000-07:00

Here's three classic folk tunes, brought to you via You Tube with astonishing clarity:

Peter, Paul and Mary redid this classic Gordon Lightfoot in a hauntingly beautiful way:

And speaking of Lightfoot, I've always loved this Trilogy, chronicled in his first greatest hits album and shown here in person from 1970. Click on this link.

Finally, though I don't think we can call this truly a "folk" song, it's nevertheless performed, in the original, from the most original folk artist there ever was, Dylan:

Best Classic Rock Videos II

2007-07-11T23:56:00.000-07:00

Today I'm bringing you three more fantastic rock videos of songs from the 1970's:

OK, this one was performed in 1991, but it was written in '72 as part of the "Eat a Peach" album. It represents the one of the best ever from the genre of Southern Rock:

How many times have men hummed this song to themselves?

And again, a little lesser known--from from arguably the greatest rock album of all time, "Who's Next".

Best Classic Rock Videos I

2007-07-11T22:58:00.000-07:00

You Tube is a literal treasure chest of Classic Rock performances. Today I bring you Part I of the three of the best from the 1970's:

1) No one gave a live performance like Bruce Springsteen. Here's a classic from 1975:

2) "What song is it you want to here?" Every rock band of the era had to know this song. Here's it is from Skynard themselves. The end still ranks as one of the greatest guitar solos in rock history:

3) And a little more esoteric here, from Niel Young's classic Harvest album I was astonished how full the sound is from just Niel on the piano: