The Yankee Princess' Worst Sports Moments of the '00s

Everyone is making these damn end-of-decade lists, so I decided to join the party!

Tomorrow I will unveil my best in sports, but today here are my personal worsts of this decade:

10) Boston Dominance- Never did I think I'd see the Red Sox win one World Series crown, never mind two in the same decade! That city did waaaay too much celebrating over the past 10 years for my liking- between the Sox, the Patriots' three Super Bowl wins and the Celtics' NBA Championship, there was a parade almost every year! (Except in 2007...haaaaa!)

9) Annoying Athletes That Tainted Their Respectful Games - Here's looking at you Brett Favre, Alex Rodriguez, Kobe Bryant, Carl Pavano, Curt Schilling, et al.

8) Sports Forgetting About the Fans- Ticket prices went through the roof this decade, not-needed new stadiums popped up across the country, and now only the rich and famous can truly enjoy watching games live. Not fair to those who care most.

7) Tiger Woods- I legitimately loved Tiger Woods. His play captivated me, to the point where I would sit there and actually be into golf (not exactly the most exciting of sports). But he is a scumbag and a disappointment, 'nough said.

6) Steroids- Performance enhancing drugs totally ruined MLB. It's a black eye that still has yet to heal for Bud Selig & Co. Andy Pettitte getting caught was the worst moment for me, but at least acted like a man about it, unlike (insert one of 1,000 names here).

5) 2003 World Series (Yankees/Marlins)- I know haters, I'm just being a greedy Yankees fan. But I can't help it, this one stung. After coming off that miraculous ALCS Game 7, I thought this series was in the bag. The YANKEES weren't losing to the MARLINS, I mean c'mon! But we got out-hit, (definitely) out-pitched, and this started the Yankees downtrend (and yes, in my kingdom, making the playoffs 4 out of the next 5 years without a championship is a failure!)

4) 2003 Wild Card Game (Giants/49ers)- Only the Giants could end up losing a game in which they were leading 38-14 with four minutes remaining in the third quarter. But they did just that, and hold the dubious honor of having blown the second-largest lead in NFL playoff history.

3) Super Bowl XXXV (Giants/Ravens)- The highlight of this game was the halftime show with *Nsync, Britney Spears and Aerosmith. I've tried to delete pretty much every other horrific memory from that evening.

2) The Curse is Broken (Yankees/Red Sox 2004 ALCS)- This may shock some that I put this at #2, but we'll get to that later. I still have not seen a picture or a video clip of the Red Sox celebrating on our field after beating us in Game 7. Nor have I seen any evidence of them winning the World Series that year. I always turn away! (So if I haven't seen it, has it really happened? Hmmmm...) But it doesn't get much worse than October 20, 2004...

1) 2001 World Series (Yankees/Diamondbacks)- ...except when the Yankees lost Game 7 in Arizona. I literally cried over this game and series. If New York ever needed a victory, it was then, only two months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It still hurts to think about, even as I'm typing this out.

So TYPers, what's your worst memory? I know you Dallas Cowboys and New York Mets fans have a Top 30 list you can throw together, HA!