Year of award | Game or event | Date(s) | Competition or league | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score or result |
2004 | 2004 NBA Finals | June 6, 2004 – June 15, 2004 | National Basketball Association | Basketball | Detroit Pistons | Los Angeles Lakers | Four games to one in best-of-seven-game series |
2005 | 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament first round | March 18, 2005 | National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I | Basketball | Bucknell Bison | Kansas Jayhawks | 64–63 |
2006 | Not awarded |
2007 | 2007 NBA Playoffs, Western Conference first round | April 22, 2007 – May 3, 2007 | National Basketball Association | Basketball | Golden State Warriors | Dallas Mavericks | Four games to two in best-of-seven-game series |
2008 | Super Bowl XLII | February 3, 2008 | National Football League | American football | New York Giants | New England Patriots | 17–14 |
2009 | 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal | June 24, 2009 | Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) | Soccer | United States men's national soccer team | Spain men's national soccer team | 2–0 |
2010 | 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament second round | March 20, 2010 | National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I | Basketball | Northern Iowa Panthers | Kansas Jayhawks | 69–67 |
2011 | 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Southwest Regional Final[1] | March 27, 2011 | National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I | Basketball | Virginia Commonwealth Rams | Kansas Jayhawks | 71–61 |
2012 | 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs | June 12, 2012 | National Hockey League | Ice hockey | Los Angeles Kings | Vancouver Canucks St. Louis Blues Phoenix Coyotes | Defeated the top 3 seeds in the Western Conference to reach the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals as a #8 seed (Los Angeles later defeated the New Jersey Devils in six games to win the Stanley Cup) |
2013 | 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament South Regional 2nd Round | March 22, 2013 | National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I | Basketball | Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | Georgetown Hoyas | 78–68 |
2014 | 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Midwest Regional 2nd Round | March 21, 2014 | National College Athletic Association Division I | Basketball | Mercer Bears | Duke Blue Devils | 78–71 |
2015 | Regular season Southeastern Conference game | October 4, 2014 | National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I | College football | Ole Miss Rebels | Alabama Crimson Tide | 23–17 |
2016 | UFC 193 | November 14, 2015 (US time) | Ultimate Fighting Championship | Mixed martial arts | Holly Holm | Ronda Rousey | Holm knocked out the previously–undefeated Rousey in the second round of their bout to win the UFC women's bantamweight championship |
2017 | 2017 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four | March 31, 2017 | NCAA Division I | College basketball | Mississippi State Bulldogs | Connecticut Huskies | Morgan William hit a pull-up jumper as time expired in overtime to give the Bulldogs a 66–64 win over UConn in the national semifinals, ending the Huskies' 111–game winning streak, the longest such streak by any men's or women's team in college basketball history. |
2018 | Not awarded |
2019 | Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. | June 1, 2019 | Various organizations | Boxing | Andy Ruiz Jr. | Anthony Joshua | Ruiz knocked out the previously-undefeated Joshua in the seventh round to win the WBA, IBF, WBO, and International Boxing Organization heavyweight titles. |
2020 | Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
2021 | Not awarded |