January 2012 DigiMag

1) GAME 6, WORLD SERIES – The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the 11th inning, 10-9, in Game 6 of the World Series to force a Game 7.

2) USA VS. BRAZIL – Abby Wambach tied the game with a leaping header in the 122nd minute, and the United States captured the match in penalty kicks to advance to the World Cup semifinals. It was a match captured the nation.

3) SUPER BOWL XLV – Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25. The Packers entered the playoffs as the sixth seed, a wild card team in the NFC, and finished the playoffs as the Super Bowl champ.

4) STANFORD, OCTOBER 29 – Stanford won 5648 in a triple-overtime victory against Southern Cal on October 29.

5) FIRST ROUND, NBA PLAYOFFS – The top-seeded San Antonio Spurs lost Game 3 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the No. 8-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in a down-to-the-wire contest, 91-88. The Spurs ended up getting upset in the series, as well.

6) GAME 4, NBA FINALS – Dirk Nowitzki battled through a 101-degree fever to score 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter as the Mavs won the game 86-83 against the Miami Heat, which would help them win the NBA Championship in six games.

7) FIRST ROUND, NCAA TOURNAMENT – In dramatic fashion, No. 4-seeded Louisville lost to No. 13-seeded Morehead State, 62-61.

8) MCGLADREY CLASSIC – Ben Crane beat Webb Simpson in the 2011 McGladrey Classic, winning in a playoff on the second hole. Added to the excitement was the fact that both golfers are friends, and Ben and his wife had a child the next day!

Ben almost pulled out of the tournament before it started because of an injury, but he stayed in and ended up coming back from seven shots off the lead with 11 holes to go, to win.

9) FORD 400 – Tony Stewart beat Carl Edwards in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win the Sprint Cup championship in a tiebreaker.

10) U.S. OPEN – Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3, in the 2011 U.S. Open final.