But ask about a sports memory from childhood and you're likely to hear about a game winning hit, or a dropped pass, that, decades later, can still elicit emotion.
Joseph Benigno was born in Garfield in 1953, and his first real sports memory is of Bill Mazeroski's game-winning shot in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series as the Pirates shocked the Yankees.
Among the handful of good reasons to make a point of watching live sports is the hope of seeing something you've never seen before; that happens only rarely, but this game, which Auburn won, 34-28, perhapsd perhaps the most remarkable sequence in recent major sports memory.
In the aftermath of the worst postseason collapse in team sports memory, you could pinpoint any number of plays or decisions made or not made as the defining momentum changer in the American League Championship Series, and who would have the power to prove you wrong?
This week's debates, though, are about altering already-produced statistics, the fundamental building blocks of sports memory.
Unless you happen to be a fan of an Olympic sport, it's likely that your favorite sports memory is of an unremarkable physical act.
