Now, that I have published my list of best and worst sports moments of 2022 it is time for me to evaluate which are the worst sports moments of every year of my life and beyond. As a sports history buff, there are stories I have either fallen in love or been devastated by that span back as the 1950’s, so altogether, I have come up with a list of my worst sports moments for every year since 1951. Again, these are not what are necessarily considered the objectively terrible moments of each year, but instead these are my personally least favorite sports moment from each calendar year. Please note that the bolded moments below are my worst sports moment from each decade.
| 1951 | Montreal Canadiens lose Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 1 to rival Toronoto Maple Leafs |
| 1952 | Kentucky basketball is upset in 2nd round of NCAA tourney to St. John’s |
| 1953 | U.S. tennis loves Davis Cup finals to Australia in 3-2 heartbreaker |
| 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals in Game 7 of NBA Finals to pull off first three-peat |
| 1955 | Kentucky basketball gets upset by Marquette in 2nd round of NCAA tourney |
| 1956 | Oregon State football chokes away upset bid of Iowa |
| 1957 | Auburn wins first of two corrupt national football titles |
| 1958 | Tim Tam injures foot in stretch run and loses Triple Crown bid with 2nd place finish in the Belmont |
| 1959 | Louisville blows out favored Kentucky in NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 |
| 1960 | Ohio State wins national basketball championship |
| 1961 | Cincinnati Reds lose World Series to New York Yankees |
| 1962 | Ohio State beats Wake Forest in Final Four game |
| 1963 | Boston Patriots get destroyed in AFL Championship game by San Diego Chargers |
| 1964 | Northern Dancer loses Triple Crown bid with third place finish in Belmont |
| 1965 | UCLA wins second national title with in over Michigan |
| 1966 | Texas Western upsets Kentucky in National Title Game |
| 1967 | UCLA begins basketball reign of terror with first of seven straight national titles |
| 1968 | Ohio State beats Kentucky in Elite 8 with bank shot in the final seconds |
| 1969 | Drake falls just short of monumental upset over UCLA in Final Four |
| 1970 | Artis Gilmore leads Jacksonville to shocking Elite 8 upset over Kentucky |
| 1971 | Muhammad Ali suffers first career loss to Joe Frazier |
| 1972 | Soviet Union screws United States in Olympic Gold Medal men’s basketball final |
| 1973 | Kentucky Colonels lose ABA Finals in seven game series |
| 1974 | Notre Dame beats Alabama in college football national title game |
| 1975 | UCLA beats Kentucky in NCAA Basketball Title Game |
| 1976 | Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X |
| 1977 | UNC-Charlotte’s Cinderella run comes to hearbreaking end in Final Four |
| 1978 | Affirmed Beats Alydar to win last Triple Crown |
| 1979 | Michigan State beats Indiana State in NCAA Title Game |
| 1980 | Kentucky loses another NCAA tourney heartbreaker to Duke |
| 1981 | Larry Bird wins first NBA championship with Boston Celtics |
| 1982 | Clemson football wins national championship |
| 1983 | Wake Forest bball loses heartbreaker to NC State in first round of ACC tourney |
| 1984 | Kentucky basketball plays worst 2nd half ever in loss to Georgetown |
| 1985 | LA Lakers defeat Boston Celtics in NBA Finals |
| 1986 | New England Patriots get destroyed in first Super Bowl appearance |
| 1987 | LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics in last Magic vs. Bird NBA Finals |
| 1988 | Roy Jones Jr. gets screwed out of Olympic Gold Medal in boxing |
| 1989 | Detroit Piston beat Chicago Bulls in Eastern Conference Finals |
| 1990 | Detroit Pistons beat Chicago Bulls in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals |
| 1991 | Giants beat Bills in closest Super Bowl ever |
| 1992 | Christian Laettner shot catapults Duke over Kentucky 104-103 in NCAA Tourney Elite Eight game (pictured below) |
| 1993 | Kentcuky football loses Peach Bowl heartbreaker to Clemson |
| 1994 | Kentucky basketball gets upset by Marquette in 2nd Round of NCAA tourney |
| 1995 | Syracuse basketball chokes away 2nd Round NCAA tourney game to Arkansas |
| 1996 | Greg Norman chokes away best chance at major on U.S. soil at Masters |
| 1997 | Refs screw Arizona State out of Rose Bowl and National Title |
| 1998 | Real Quiet loses Triple Crown in photo finish |
| 1999 | Tennessee football beats Florida State in first-ever BCS Title Game |
| 2000 | Clemson football beats South Carolina with controversial catch |
| 2001 | Tim Henman loses Wimbledon semifinal to Goran Ivanisevic |
| 2002 | LSU football beats Kentucky with “Bluegrass Miracle” Hail Mary |
| 2003 | Cubs and Red Sox blow championship series in consecutive days |
| 2004 | Smarty Jones loses horse racing Triple Crown |
| 2005 | West Virginia basketball beats Wake Forest in 2nd Round of NCAA Tournament |
| 2006 | Gonzaga chokes away Sweet 16 game against UCLA |
| 2007 | Wake Forest fooball loses Orange Bowl game against Louisville |
| 2008 | Undefeated New England Patriots lose to NY Giants in Super Bowl |
| 2009 | Tom Watson loses British Open heartbreaker |
| 2010 | Black Friday of College Football: Cam Newton comeback and Boise FG choke |
| 2011 | UConn beats Butler in NCAA Basketball Title Game |
| 2012 | NY Giants beat New England Patriots in Super Bowl for second-time in 5 years |
| 2013 | South Carolina football loses to Georgia in SEC opener |
| 2014 | California Chrome loses triple crown bid in Belmont Stakes |
| 2015 | Wisconsin beats undefeated Kentucky in Final Four |
| 2016 | Carolina Panthers lose Super Bowl 50 |
| 2017 | North Carolina Bball wins NCAA Basketball title game |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Eagles beat New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII |
| 2019 | Maximum Security gets screwed out of Kentucky Derby |
| 2020 | March Madness gets canceled |
| 2021 | Wake Forest loses ACC Football Championship Game to Pitt |
| 2022 | Mike Leach dies |
Ramblings of the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist 