Best teams of the decade
Best teams of the decade
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Best teams of the decade
From the professional ranks to the collegiate battles throughout all the divisions, some teams just had a better decade than others.
From the professional ranks to the collegiate battles throughout all the divisions and sports—looking at you, lacrosse and swimming—some teams just had a better decade than others. They may not have won it all, all the time. However, these schools and professional franchises either stood in the way of glory more often than not or totally reigned from atop Championship Mountain as a perennial 2010s juggernaut.
A quick note: We’re looking for the best here, and that means wins and titles! So if your baseball team crushed the regular season each year but bombed in the Divisional Series, it’s probably not making the cut—and no, I don’t hate your football team.
Here we go!
New England Patriots
Whether you like to admit it or not, the New England Patriots were the NFL’s 2010s. The full hot order. Count ’em out? That’s what coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady loved for the general masses outside of the Boston area to do. And then, they’d pull it together and outthink, out-scheme—out videotape?—your team on their way to Super Bowl Sunday. Half of the decade featured the Patriots in the Grand Finale, with the team winning three times.
Best sports social media moments of the year
Best sports social media moments of the year
Best sports social media moments of the year
From the zany to the unbelievable, the heartfelt to the inspiring, these were some of the best social media moments of 2019.
When it comes to a worthy sports moment, social media provides us with a unique feature: we can see a play, an iconic feat, a touching tribute, and so much more, from different angles and personalities—even the athletes themselves—with each one capturing and adding a different feel to the experience. The incredible moments you missed, for whatever reason, are then stored forever across multiple platforms, in scrollable, like-inducing infamy.
This year’s top moments were creations of legend, both topical and heavy on the funny. From Baby Yoda to Taco Tuesdays, World Cup dominance to Auburn’s shrubbery and a good-luck hockey dog named Barclay, it was quite the digital smorgasbord. So, let’s thumb up, and take a look back at some of the best sports social media moments of 2019.
This “bears” repeating
SWEET, CUDDLY MAYHEM IN HERSHEY! The @CommunityAidPA and @abc27News Teddy Bear Toss is underway! #TeddyBearTossHershey #HBH pic.twitter.com/n133xqksIb
— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) December 1, 2019
The power of social media at the very tip-top best, the Hershey Bears—a minor league affiliate of the Washington Capitals—set a record during a wonderful cause. They reminded all fans that the annual “Teddy Bear Toss” was happening, and urged them to bring a stuffed animal to the game against the Hartford Wolf Pack. The toss, as advised by the team, was scheduled to occur after the first Bears’ goal. And when that puck hit the back of the net…what a sight—over 45,000 teddy bears rained down in a smile-inducing frenzy!