Top 5 sporting events from 1999
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1. The Temple victory over Boston College on October 9th, represented the first time I saw Temple win a college
football game since September 24, 1994. The Owls were on an 0-16 drought. It was also the first time I saw the Owls
win at home since October 27th, 1990.
2. The Niagara - St. Peter's game on January 30th is the only time I've seen a college basketball contest go double
overtime.
3. I went to the St. Peter's - Manhattan men's basketball game in the Bronx five years in a row from 1996 - 2000. This
is the only year St. Peter's won.
4. The June 26th Major League Soccer game between the San Jose Clash and Miami Fusion is the first time I've ever
been to a soccer game.
Date Visiting Team Home team Sport
1/3/99 Iona 63 Fairfield 73 WCB
1/6/99 Niagara 92 Fairfield 82 CBB
1/10/99 Jacksonville Jaguars 24 NY Jets 34$ NFL
1/14/99 Canisius 70 Fairfield 71 CBB
1/17/99 Manhattan 64 Fairfield 83 CBB
1/24/99 Manhattan 57 St. Peter’s 79 WCBB
1/26/99 Marist 45 St. Peter’s 56 WCBB
1/29/99 Iona 54 St. Peter’s 65 WCBB
1/30/99 Niagara 103 SPC 106 2OT CBB
2/3/99 Manhattan 39 St. Peter’s 64 CBB
2/7/99 Vancouver Canucks 3 NY Islanders 3 NHL
2/9/99 Rider Broncs 70 St. Peter’s 83 WCBB
2/12/99 Nashville Predators 2 NY Islanders 1 NHL
2/13/99 Iona Gaels 77 Manhattan 61 CBB
2/14/99 Loyola Greyhounds 80 St. Peter’s 65 CBB
2/17/99 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 NY Islanders 3 NHL
2/18/99 Iona Gaels 96 Fairfield 67 CBB
2/19/99 Siena Saints 98 St. Peter’s 87 CBB
2/20/99 Canisius 62 St. Peter’s 75 WCBB
2/21/99 St. Peter’s 68 Manhattan 66 CBB
2/25/99 Minnesota Wolves 113 NY Knicks 115 OT NBA
2/28/99 Temple Owls 49 Massachusetts 57 CBB
3/2/99 Ottawa Senators 4 NY Islanders 2 NHL
3/4/99 Georgetown Hoyas 54 Miami 65 * CBB
3/4/99 Rutgers 62 St. John’s 77 * CBB
3/6/99 St. John’s 63 Connecticut 82 * CBB
3/7/99 New Jersey Devils 4 NY Islanders 2 NHL
3/12/99 Buffalo Sabres 3 NY Rangers 2 OT NHL
3/14/99 Charlotte Hornets 86 NY Knicks 94 NBA
4/8/99 Washington 0 NJ Devils 1 NHL
4/12/99 NY Islanders 4 NJ Devils 2 NHL
4/6/99 Orlando Magic 81 NY Knicks 72 NBA
4/24/99 Toronto Blue Jays 4 NY Yankees 7 MLB
4/27/99 Miami Heat 95 NJ Nets 76 NBA
5/5/99 Miami Heat 88 NY Knicks 101 NBA
5/7/99 Seattle Mariners 1 NY Yankees 10 MLB
5/12/99 Miami Heat 73 NY Knicks 97& NBA
5/14/99 Miami Heat 87 NY Knicks 72& NBA
5/15/99 Chicago White Sox 12 NY Yankees 4 MLB
5/16/99 Chicago White Sox 1 NY Yankees 2 MLB
6/26/99 San Jose 2 Miami Fusion 1 MLS
8/13/99 Minnesota Twins 2 NY Yankees 14 MLB
8/14/99 Minnesota Twins 6 NY Yankees 3 MLB
8/20/99 Philadelphia Eagles 9 NY Jets 10! NFL
8/21/99 Jacksonville Jaguars 20 NY Giants 27! NFL
8/28/99 NY Jets 16 NY Giants 10! NFL
8/29/99 Miami Hurricanes 23 Ohio State 12+ CFB
9/1/99, 9/5/99 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament Tennis
9/2/99 Maryland Terps 6 Temple Owls 0 CFB
9/3/99 Minnesota Vikings 17 NY Jets 38! NFL
9/12/99 New England Patriots 30 NY Jets 28 NFL
9/18/99 Canisius 22 St. Peter’s 33 CFB
9/19/99 Washington Redskins 50 NY Giants 21 NFL
9/26/99 Washington Redskins 27 NY Jets 20 NFL
10/8/99 Iona Gaels 20 St. Peter’s 15 CFB
10/9/99 Boston College 14 Temple Owls 24 CFB
10/11/99 Jacksonville Jaguars 6 NY Jets 16 NFL
10/17/99 Indianapolis Colts 16 NY Jets 13 NFL
10/18/99 Dallas Cowboys 10 NY Giants 13 NFL
10/22/99 Georgetown Hoyas 14 St. Peter’s 3 CFB
10/24/99 New Orleans Saints 3 NY Giants 31 NFL
10/30/99 Rutgers 28 Temple Owls 56 CFB
11/6/99 Temple Owls 10 Syracuse 27 CFB
11/7/99 Arizona Cardinals 7 NY Jets 12 NFL
11/14/99 Indianapolis Colts 27 NY Giants 19 NFL
11/14/99 Miami Heat 114 NY Knicks 98 NBA
11/20/99 Virginia Tech 62 Temple Owls 7 CFB
11/20/99 Charleston Southern 71 St. Peter’s 84 CBB
11/21/99 Buffalo Bills 7 NY Jets 17 NFL
11/23/99 Radford 80 St. Peter’s 68 CBB
11/28/99 Arizona Cardinals 34 NY Giants 24 NFL
11/29/99 UMES 70 St. Peter’s 83 WCBB
12/2/99 Manhattan 90 St. Peter’s 72 CBB
12/4/99 Temple Owls 72 Wake Forest 77 CBB
12/5/99 New York Jets 28 NY Giants 41 NFL
12/8/99 Edmonton Oilers 1 NY Rangers 2 OT NHL
12/12/99 Miami Dolphins 20 NY Jets 28 NFL
12/18/99 Wagner 76 St. Peter’s 69 CBB
12/22/99 Monmouth 77 St. Peter’s 83 CBB
12/23/99 Colgate 76 Manhattan 68 CBB
12/26/99 Minnesota Vikings 34 NY Giants 17 NFL
$ Second round NFL Playoff game.
* Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden
+ Kickoff Classic from Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
! Exhibition game
& First round NBA playoff game
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5. February 25th, 1999 -- New York Knicks 115, Minnesota Timberwolves 113 (OT): This might be the best
regular-season NBA game I've ever been to, although the Knicks double overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks
two years later certainly rivals it. Allan Houston's three-pointer with 4.6 seconds left in the extra session provides the
final points of this contest and caps a 26-point night for the Knicks guard. The Knicks trailed 54-38 at one point in the
second quarter. The final score represented the most points the Knicks scored and the most scored by a Knicks
opponent in this shortened season.
4. February 21st, 1999 -- St. Peter's Peacocks 68, Manhattan Jaspers 66: This is the game that launched my
career. While I had done radio engineering in the past, I hadn't done it to any great extent -- it was pretty much limited
to Temple Athletics, and the work I did at other games was limited to just stats and reporting -- fun work but I knew I
could expand my horizons and play a greater part in the games I attended. After meeting a contact at Manhattan
College, I felt like a door had been opened and I would start to engineer radio broadcasts at events of all kinds. Next
thing I knew, this contact had me engineer radio broadcasts at the Big East Tournament -- a new era had begun. Oh, by
the way, St. Peter's won this game on a three-point shot by Kalief Allen at the buzzer. The Peacocks led for most of
the way, but Manhattan rallied late to take a one-point lead before the Peacocks' final possession.
3. December 8th, 1999 -- New York Rangers 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (OT): For all intensive purposes, this is the first
time I played any part in a radio broadcast of a professional sporting event as I was hired to engineer on-site for the
Edmonton Oilers radio network from Madison Square Garden. I got to the 7:30 game at 3:45 and it took me over two
hours to set up the broadcast (a set up similar to tonight's now only takes me about 20 minutes). The scariest part was
after I set up the radio station initially said they said they weren't receiving our feed -- and I wasn't hearing the radio
station. My first broadcast of this "magnitude" and it's going to be screwed up. Well, it turned out to be a simple fix,
and it was actually the station's fault, not mine. But I was mightily stressed out when this night was over. What also
didn't help was the game went in to overtime before Adam Graves' goal ended it 3:15 in to the extra session. But the
broadcast went well, and I survived.
2. May 14th, 1999 -- Miami Heat 87, New York Knicks 72: This game proved that home field advantage means
nothing when these two teams meet. The Knicks held a 2-1 series lead heading in, had beaten Miami in game three by
a whopping 24 points after going on a 32-2 run to break it open and then take a 51-40 lead in the opening minutes of
the third quarter in this contest. But Miami hangs in there, and after trailing 62-58 after three, surge ahead in the fourth
with a 23-4 run. The Knicks wind up scoring just 28 points in the second half Alonzo Mourning and Terry Porter
each scored a game-high 16 points for Miami; Mourning also had 13 rebounds.
1. January 10th, 1999 -- New York Jets 34, Jacksonville Jaguars 24: I wasn't going to be stopped from attending
this game. I had the fifth and final surgery on my leg on December 17th and was recovering in New Haven, Ct. with my
family. But I had never been to an NFL playoff game, had missed the Giants playoff game from the year before, and
had been going to Jets and Giants games regularly since 1995. What helped my cause was the Jets had a bye week
before playing, giving me an extra week to recover. It made a difference and I was on my way to this game, with crutches
and all. As for the game, Jacksonville trailed 31-24, then intercepted a Vinny Testaverde pass in the end zone late in the
fourth to set up a potential game-tying drive. It wasn't meant to be as the Jaguars turned the ball over on downs and John
Hall sealed the win with a 30-yard field goal. The Jets had gotten out to a 17-0 lead in the contest before Jacksonville got
on track just before halftime with a Jimmy Smith 52-yard TD reception from Mark Brunell.