By 2018, they were again baseball’s best team, a 108-win juggernaut that rampaged past the Yankees, Astros and Dodgers en route to their fourth World Series title since 2004. The Ravens have a Super Bowl victory this decade and the Steelers lost their lone appearance. In 2010, Beast Mode was born. Pittsburgh could make its seventh if it can secure the AFC’s final wild-card spot. He dazzled an appreciative home crowd, scoring on his second shift and finishing the night with two goals and two assists.For the first eight years of the decade, the Blackhawks were the NHL’s top team. On one hand, they’ve won seven straight division titles, piled up the second-most regular-season wins this decade and advanced to the NLCS or beyond four times. New England (14-2) deployed its typical bend-but-don't-break defense (first in scoring). The Patriots couldn’t possibly rally from a 28-3 third-quarter deficit against Atlanta in Super Bowl LI, right? When they clinched the first of seven straight division titles in mid-September, the Dodgers infamously celebrated by splashing in the D-Backs’ pool.3. If the Seahawks beat the rival 49ers on Sunday, they’ll claim their fifth division title of the decade. Earlier this week we looked back fondly at the best non-title teams of the decade. 2. They’ve made 22 consecutive playoff appearances under coach Gregg Popovich, reaching at least the Western Conference finals 10 times. It went underneath Flyers goalie Michael Leighton but got stuck underneath the pad of the net, delaying a celebration decades in the making while everyone figured out what happened. They (again) thrived in January, dominating the Chargers; The only 600-point offense in NFL history took Peyton Manning's legend to another level, with the limited passer piloting Adam Gase's turbocharged offense into unexplored territory. They’ve appeared in eight conference title games and five Super Bowls this decade, winning three of them.
Joining a second-ranked defense that had six Pro Bowlers, Colin Kaepernick gave the 11-4-1 49ers another dimension. Pittsburgh didn’t reach the Stanley Cup Finals in the 2010s until a string of playoff flameouts forced a change in coaches and general managers and a roster overhaul. The second-year passer escorted the 49ers to the No. Edgar Renteria blasted a go-ahead 3-run homer and Brian Wilson struck out the Rangers’ Nelson Cruz to clinch the franchise’s first World Series title in 56 years. Here are the 25 best NFL teams from the 2010s: Two massive what-ifs come with this team.
PFF's 2010s All-Decade Team Correctly Distinguishes Best Patriots Players of Past Decade. Sidelined for more than 10 months as a result of a severe concussion, Sidney Crosby made a magical return to the Penguins’ lineup on Nov. 21, 2011. In a rare underdog role, Tom Brady led a dramatic overtime touchdown drive to beat the host Chiefs in last January’s AFC title game.Eagles' Doug Pederson becomes second NFL coach to test positive for COVID-19The Red Sox's David Ortiz celebrates with teammates after Game 6 of the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The first of the Seahawks' four straight No. As a result, it’s hard to make a case to include either the Cavs or the Heat on this list, yet it’s also impossible to ignore the accomplishments of the greatest basketball player of his generation. Emailed daily. In the end, the Dodgers made the cut thanks to seven years of sustained success, a run that began with the 2012 sale of the team from cash-strapped, wildly unpopular Frank McCourt to the deep-pocketed Guggenheim Group. The 25 best college football teams of the 2010s. Let’s call it a tie between two of the most memorable swings in Giants history.
Four minutes into overtime of Game 6 of the 2010 Finals, Patrick Kane cut hard to the net and fired a low shot from a bad angle. His supporting cast was wholly unexceptional, so LeBron almost won an NBA Finals game by himself. The Dodgers appeared to be on the verge of tying the 2018 World Series at two games apiece until pinch hitter Mitch Moreland made Dave Roberts pay for yanking Rich Hill too soon. The 39-year-old passer shattered his own completion percentage record (74.4 percent), and statement midseason wins over the Eagles and Rams moved the Saints to 10-1. The Spurs might still be annually contending for championships today were it not for the rift that formed between Leonard and the organization. Kawhi Leonard blossomed into maybe the NBA’s best two-way player, helping the Spurs make the NBA Finals in 2013 and then avenge the previous year’s heartbreaking NBA Finals loss to Miami in 2014. The 49ers nearly erased a 22-point Super Bowl deficit, but a Creating one of the easiest MVP decisions in NFL history, The weirdest team on this list, the Giants were outscored in a 9-7 season. Especially impressive how Bochy deployed a bullpen highlighted by the core four of Jeremy Affeldt, Sergio Romo, Javier Lopez and Santiago Casilla1. After trading The run began in 2010 after Chicago added established veterans Marian Hossa and John Madden to a young core that had reached the Western Conference finals the previous season.
James White’s overtime touchdown run completed a crazy comeback.