Being There: The most memorable sports game you've attended

We've all done it at some point.

You know, sitting around with your buddies talking about the most memorable game you've ever seen.

Most of our conversations talk about games on television -- Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Kirk Gibson's home run against the A's, Joe Montana's throw to John Taylor in Super Bowl XXIII, Michael Jordan's shot over Craig Ehlo ... there are so many of them.

Eric Mirlis and his buddies did the same thing -- but he took it a step further.

Mirlis, who has been working in the sports business since 1990 and is currently an editor for CSTV.com, started discussing the topic of the most memorable sporting events ever witnessed LIVE. It began among friends, made its way to his personal website and then moved to the Yankees press box one night when he wasn't even there!

Rich Ackerman, who works for WFAN Radio in New York, told Mirlis that if it was done right, it could end up as a great idea for a book.

And so it did.

Mirlis published his first book earlier this year called Being There, featuring 100 sports professionals.

"It enabled me to hear some stories that really touched home and were fascinating to listen to," said Mirlis. "The story I love to tell people is the one Ernie Accorsi tells about the Gale Sayers speech about Brian Piccolo. When he was telling me that story on the phone, I was awestruck because there were so many layers to that story."

So here is the challenge to you -- we want to hear what games were most memorable; the only rule is it has to be one you attended.

It can be fantastic finishes, something you saw that you will never forget, taking your kid to his or her first game, watching Anna Kournikova wave to you in the stands -- anything you want. It's not about the score, it's about actually being there instead of watching it on TV.

Why, you ask?

"The atmosphere. Soaking in the whole aura of one of these events," Mirlis said. "It doesn't even have to be an event that is unforgettable. There is nothing like seeing a sporting even in person. Obviously watching it on TV, you see the game, but going in person you see more than just the game. It's an experience and something you never know what you are going to catch in the periphery."

An excerpt from Mirlis' book Being There:

Tiger Woods at The Masters, April 10, 2005. (Getty Images)

Verne Lundquist, CBS Sports Broadcaster, Tiger Woods, The Masters, April 10, 2005: In terms of one specific moment, this was the greatest shot I've ever seen. I think as the years evolve and his accomplishments grow, the remembrance of the chip shot on 16 in 2005 will probably be more recognizable to the general public than Jack Nicklaus' putt in 1986. Obviously, it was a much more difficult shot. It took a lot of creativity and imagination to just get the ball close. Alot of it has to do with the fact that it was Tiger making the shot, of course; if it were another player, we porbably wouldn't be talking about it in these terms. But if was, and it will grow in proportion with his continued accomplishments.

As the ball was hanging on the lip of the cup, I think years of reminding myself to not overreact played into things. I just waited for things to unfold but was in disbelief as the ball just sat there. Afterward, somebody put a clock on it and said it sat there for two seconds, which sounds about right. When it finally went in, all I could say was, "Oh, wow!!!"

You just react, and that is all I did. People have asked me if I thought about what I was going to say, but you really can't plan for moments like these. I do remember a passing thought I had, though, that Nike was going to love this. That was definitely in my thought process. I let things play out for a moment and then asked, "In your life, have you ever seen anything like this?" That was all I could think of, because what we had witnessed was so unimaginable.

Adam Morrison breaks down, March 23, 2006. (Getty Images)

Gus Johnson, CBS Sports Broadcaster, Gonzaga vs. UCLA, March 23, 2006: This game was over. Adam Morrison and Gonzaga were just killing UCLA. The Bruins had no offense and were losing by as much as 17 at one point. This game was over.

But all of a sudden, the Bruins started hitting shots, D-ing up, hitting shots, D-ing up, hitting shots, D-ing up, and the next thing my partner Len Elmore and I know, we looked up and they were down by one. Gonzaga got ready to inbound with 19.7 seconds left, and you figure they will get fouled, make their free throws since they are a good free throw shooting team, and win, right? Wrong.

They inbounded to Morrison, but he didn't get fouled and instead threw a cross-court pass to J.P. Batista, and Jordan Farmar came over and stole it from him. He passed it inside to freshman Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (I couldn't even pronounce his name -- I just called him "the freshman" because I didn't want to mess it up; I knew this was going to be one of those historic calls), and he laid it up to go ahead 72-71 with eight seconds left on the clock.

Morrison just melted down on the court, breaking down in tears before the game was even technically over because he knew the game had just ended. Gonzaga got caught sleeping and UCLA took advantage to come back and win the game. I love the kid for crying, because it showed just how much that game meant to him.