When the biggest news on ESPN.com is the Rays beating the Red Sox (that’s baseball for all you who forget the season was still going on) you know it’s a boring day in the world of sports. That gives me an excuse to pull out one of my world famous lists. A while back we did the top ten sporting events I’d like to attend. Today, it’s the top ten trophies I’d like to win. The list is based on a combination of things. It takes popularity into account (like obviously the NFL is more popular than hockey), coolness of the trophy (but obviously the Stanley Cup is cooler than the Lambordi Trophy) and personal feelings. Team championships were worth more than individual trophies unless the trophy was really cool. So what is the most conveted sports trophy? Read on to find out.
Honorable mention: The Master’s green jacket (the only time people can’t make fun of you for wearing a green sports coat), the Claret Jug (like a mini Stanley Cup), an ESPY (just to be in that room would be cool), NASCAR’S trophy whatever it’s called (I could care less about racing but the trophy is huge) and my fantasy football league trophy (either one, even if it is just a mythical, cyberspace trophy).
10. The Commissioner’s Trophy (World Series) - Came in behind NBA and NFL because if I had to list what championship I’d want Cleveland teams to win, it’d be the Super Bowl, the NBA Championship, then the World Series.
9. Larry O’Brien Trophy (NBA Championship) - Not the best looking trophy (the World Series trophy is much cooler) but I want to grab the ball at the end of a dramatic Game 7 a la Michael Jordan, and then cry on the trophy like Jordan. I guess I wanna be like Mike.
8. Wanamaker Trophy - How come the least important major in golf has the coolest trophy? The thing is massive.
7. A Gold Medal - Just think of what a gold medal would bring to you? Fame, fortune, getting put on a Wheaties box, and I would defiantly wear it all the time like a necklace.
6. Heisman Trophy - How sweet would this look on your mantle? Or as a car ornament? Just a sweet, sweet trophy and who doesn’t want to be linked to Jason White, Chris Weinke, Danny Wuerffel, Rashaan Salaam and Eric Crouch?
5. BCS Championship - Does any other trophy have a removal part that you could throw around? I’d love to play catch with that crystal football as long as I wasn’t throwing it to Braylon Edwards.
4. Final Four trophy/net - The trophy itself isn’t anything special, but the tournament is one of the greatest sporting events of the year. But if you got to keep the net, it would make it a lot cooler.
3. Heavyweight Championship Belt - It’s not what it once was, but come on. To say you are the heavyweight champion of the world is something only like 148 guys can say.
2. Lombardi Trophy (NFL) – Winning the biggest game, in the biggest sport (in America and really isn’t that all that matters), in the most watch event of the year, and you get to raise the trophy. Got to be a sweet feeling.
1. Stanley Cup (NHL) - There’s just something about it. The history, the size, how tough it is to win, the fact you can drink beer out of it. You know how each member of the winning team gets it for a day, well I’d kidnap the Cup so we can spend the rest of our lives together.
i agree mostly with the list.. and by the way this is a much better post than yesterdays bullshit. I would def have the world series trophy much higher, but i understand you dont like baseball… and i saw the green jacket in the honorable mention list?!?!? come on!! thats gotta be in the top ten, fuck the heavyweight championship belt…
Umm…i read this same article on ESPN about 2 weeks ago and in that one he weighed individual aas more than team championships. I would have to agree with that because what is cooler something you got by yourself or somehting you have to share with 12-53 other guys. Heismann and Gold medal by far the top two with Wimbleton somewhere in the top 5 or 10. Your list is the top ten best trophies you want to win but you list the Final Four and give the reason “The trophy itself isn’t anything special, but the tournament is one of the greatest sporting events of the year.” The first part of the sentence says that this shouldnt be in your list. Be consistent.
The “belt” concept is fantastic. The Nathan’s Hot Dog belt and WWE Championship belt would be excellent to own.
I also enjoy anytime that a crown is involved.
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good Seal vs Graig fight. What’s up with that?
very true, it has been awhile huh damman? not sure why, but it must be from the terrible topics of billy thomas that we have to chose from to argue about…
Hi Graig! oh yeah, Hi Beanie!
Well, let’s be honest, you can’t really argue about the Browns right now. They were the topic of some of our most heated debates.
Hi Seal!!!
Scott – I had to give love to the best tournament in sports. That wins out over “coolness.” You don’t like my reason, then screw you. It’s my list.
Graig – you are right. Not much to argue over right now. I think there will be plenty come week of October 19. But in the meantime, this should cause some argument: Who has been more disappointing this year, the Indians or the Yankees?
I say the Yankees simply b/c they make the playoffs every year. The Indians at least can look forward to one of their players winning the Cy Young. The Yankees can look forward to playing their last games in the most famous ball park in the world and having them meaning nothing and no one will even care.
Ah yes, but no one picked the Yankees to go to the World Series. Peter Gammons and others picked the Tribe.
Peter Gammons also picked he wouldn’t have a stroke. That didn’t work out either.
The Tigers take the title of most disappointing season, in my opinion.
Agreed…on the Tigers!