Bad Conduct | The sporting event you would have liked to attend: your answers!

Once again, it’s a pleasure to read your suggestions for our Bad Conduct for the week. Here are some of your answers.

Super Bowl LIV in 2020 in Miami! Chiefs-49ers (my team for 40 years)! Victory for the Chiefs with the new prodigy Patrick Mahomes! Disappointed, of course, with the performance of my team, but very happy for Laurent Duvernay-Tardif! First native of Quebec to win a Super Bowl.

Francois Savoie

My “Nordiques” during the Stanley Cup victory (in 2001) and see Raymond Bourque receive the trophy from Joe Sakic. Just writing it down, I still have chills. Then, yes, the first game against the Russians at the Forum in 1972 and all games in Russia to see Paul Henderson score his winning goals!

Jean Renaud

Mr. Brunet,

I share your opinion about the importance and irony of Jesse Owens’ victories. Do you know the novel Crystal summer, by Philip Kerr? There you will find a description of Jesse Owens’ race as well as an eloquent picture of the historical context of the event as you mention it. It is a historical noir novel. Here is a small extract found on the internet:

“Jesse Owens, after a lightning start, stood out clearly in the first 30 meters. The bourgeoisie was once again on its feet. She had been wrong, I thought, to describe Owens as a gazelle. Seeing with what grace the Negro gradually accelerated his course, ridiculing at the same time all the crappy theories on Aryan superiority, I told myself that Owens was nothing but a Man. Running like that made sense to all of humanity, and if a superior race were to exist, they certainly couldn’t exclude an individual like Owens from their ranks. ”

And thank you for your passionate work!

Alain Lefebvre

The choice of Mathias Brunet is unbeatable: Jesse Owens in 1936 in Berlin, as much for the sports performances as for the context. Another beautiful moment that can easily be seen on YouTube is Billy Crystal’s tribute to his good friend Muhammad Ali during the latter’s funeral. A great imitator and artist of the Jewish religion who honors a great sportsman and great man of the Muslim religion. To hear him talk about their friendship, imitate Ali and Howard Cosell by reminding us of the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” in Africa, it is as funny as it is touching for those who knew the protagonists of the time. It must be about as good as attending it in person.

Donald St-Pierre

The first Grand Prix won by Gilles Villeneuve at Île Notre-Dame.

Philippe Derome

Without a doubt the Men’s 4 x 100m at the 1996 Atlanta Games. A historic Canadian victory (and American loss).

Claude Giroux

I would have liked to be at the Stade de France on July 12, 1998 for the World Cup final. I was already in France at the time for my studies and I was able to fully experience all the stages leading to this final: the doubt surrounding the coach Aimé Jacquet, the critics on the attack on France, the French who moan that it is impossible to obtain tickets, the difficult preparatory matches… And as the competition progressed, the France team found a way to win. the golden goal de Blanc in 16^es final, Thuram’s two goals against Croatia in the semi-finals, to first fix his blunder and then give his team the victory, looking thoughtful. Finally, this dream final against Ronaldo’s Brazil, in a magnificent ultramodern stadium. I would have been stressed until Zidane’s first goal, magnificent, then I would have screamed my life in the second. Seeing the player with the best ball control in the world demolishing Brazil with his header has a je ne sais quoi that makes the story even more incredible. And I don’t know how many tours I would have paid to my neighbors after the third goal, that of Emmanuel Petit, but it was not me who would have driven the metro to go do the party on the Champs-Élysées!

Vincent Laniel

Of course, I would have liked to have attended one of the games of the Series of the Century in 1972. We had actually watched one in the math class on a beautiful afternoon in September, but at that time, I was only 11 years old, could not plan such an outing. On the other hand, I do not yet understand why, in 1976 during the Olympic Games, when that summer I was 15 years old, I did not attend any competition. My dream would have been to see Nadia Comaneci win. At that time, I corresponded with a French woman from the suburbs of Paris and she found me lucky to be in Montreal to experience that. I never confessed my inertia to him. Little regret of youth.

Carole Racette

In the middle of COVID-19, overtime victory against Vegas! Twenty-eight years after his last appearance in the final, the Canadian is making a comeback with this victory. Artturi Lehkonen is the hero of the Habs fourth victory. Simply happiness!

Benoit Rivard

The seventh game of the Series of the Century. On the other hand, I attended the inaugural Expos game in 1969 …

Pierre Martin

I would have loved to be there and see Paul Henderson’s goal against the Russians in Game 8 of the Century in 1972!

Stephan mathieu

It happened in August of this year, a game where dream meets reality: the game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees on the field created for the film. Field of dreams in Iowa. A magical moment. They built it and they came!

Raymond Cloutier

For me, the England-Argentina match at the 1986 World Cup is truly a unique event. The two mythical goals of Maradona against the backdrop of the Falklands War which was far from being forgotten. It is perhaps the most famous match in history on the planet.

Robert gamache

Belmont Stake, 1973, last race of the triple crown where Secretariat, led by Ron Turcotte and trained by Lucien Laurin (native of Joliette), had flown over the track like a rocket, a race to be seen and reviewed. Total domination that will never be matched.

Richard giard