USA Today is out with a list of the Top 5 sports losses of 2008, and at the top of the list is Roger Federer's loss on Sunday to Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon on Sunday:
Federer had to be crushed not to get his sixth consecutive Wimbledon title. Still, he and Nadal have created a rivalry that will lift them both. If the loss stirs Federer to come back stronger his legacy will be huge. As it was, his comeback from two sets down in the four hours, 48 minute classic will be talked about for a long time.I have no real argument with that, but there's a loss that happened less than 24 hours earlier that deserves to at least be in the Top 5.
I'm talking, of course, about Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's loss to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86. That fight, in which Griffin took Jackson's light heavyweight title by a close unanimous decision, was probably my single favorite sporting event so far in 2008, and I haven't seen anyone in any sport fight harder in defeat than Rampage did Saturday night.
