So long after the millions of dollars from each contract have been spent and long after the unbreakable records have fallen, individual sports moments will survive. Real sports moments are personal adventures, like breaking in your first baseball glove or getting a varsity letter. Those are the moments that define sports and keep it timelessly pure. Frisbee on the Quad. Then using a baseball to get the football down.
Sports is made up of inches, seconds, stats and instants, which is what makes it so hard to define.
But the true value of sports is that it gives us all opportunities to connect on both a personal and vicarious level. The moments are occasionally triumphs or often tragedies but, in some way, they're all special and unforgettable. Matt Hanley is a junior in communications.