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Major Sorting Events Of The 80s
By Marc "Devil Dog Of The Web" Iseli / Updated Dec. 2025
The 1980s were basically a highlight reel on steroids: Lakers running the NBA like it was their own private disco, 49ers turning football into a West Coast ballet, and Gretzky making the Oilers look like they were playing against a bunch of peewees. The '84 Olympics? Mary Lou Retton and Carl Lewis collecting medals like Marines collect bad decisions on liberty. Mike Tyson was out there turning heavyweights into pudding, and the Mets and Red Sox gave us a World Series so wild, even the mess hall chow tasted better that week.

Some of the wildest sports moments in history happened while I was busy playing Marine. First up: Steelers vs. Cowboys, Super Bowl XIII, 1979. 35-31, Steelers win, and somewhere in Pittsburgh, a Terrible Towel was probably used to mop up spilled Iron City beer. Fast forward to 1980: my Phillies finally make it to the World Series after a lifetime of heartbreak, and where am I? Pulling night crew mess duty, listening to the games on a radio older than most of our NCOs. The 'Miracle on Ice'? We all crammed into the rec room to watch a bunch of college kids skate circles around the Soviets, and for once, nobody cared that the coffee tasted like JP-5. Pretty sure I was TAD for every Super Bowl after that, Shaw AFB, Eagles vs. Raiders, and I still owe Mike Matelski 20 bucks from that game. Semper Fi, and pass the remote.

Alright, you glorious Rat Phixers and Phlyers, if we ever survived a TAD, a Det, or a BOHICA, who haven't, and you didn’t think I was the biggest gaff off in the squadron. Got a sea story, or some grainy photos your ex didn’t set on fire, and they’re only slightly illegal? Send ‘em by email, snail mail, or safety wire it to a carrier pigeon. I collect ‘em all, just nothing that would incriminate me.
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