Top 5 Sports Dances

While Hammertime Sports is bringing you the impossibly difficult and important tournament of the best college basketball program of all time, I wanted to provide a little levity in the midst of such an influential undertaking. I proudly bring you the top 5 dances in sports. All of these dances are purely my opinion, and I encourage you to weigh in with your comments about what I got wrong or suggestions of you own. Without further adieu…

Too bad this was not a sporting event...

5-James Hahn, Gangnam Style

James Hahn has quietly put together a good year on the PGA Tour in 2013. There was nothing quiet about his celebration at the Waste Management Phoenix Open earlier this year. Shortly after rolling in a nice birdie putt on the notoriously raucous 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale, Hahn broke into the best rendition of Gangnam Style outside of PSY himself. Now, I know Gangnam Style is so 3 minutes ago, but I couldn’t help but be impressed by Hahn’s moves. His Korean roots must have something to do with it.

4-Chad Ochocinco/Johnson, River Dance

As a self-respecting Bengals fan, I could not leave this little jig off the list. Chad Johnson or Ochocinco or whatever he’s going by these days, has no shortage of outstanding celebrations. Among my personal favorites are putting with the pylon and a photo shoot in the end zone with Peter Warrick. You won’t be disappointed with a quick YouTube search of Chad Johnson Celebrations. The man set the bar for celebrations during the prime of career. With all due respect, T.O. and Steve Smith were simply pretenders in the celebration game. Chad hit another high note with this dance. It’s much harder than it looks. I couldn’t pull it off in my living room let alone in front of 70,000 people. It could be that I’m just a bad dancer, but I refuse to believe that’s the case.

3-John Wall, John Wall Dance

John Wall came to Lexington poised to put Kentucky basketball back on the map. During Big Blue Madness, Wall started a phenomenon that took the Bluegrass by storm. After his introduction, Wall did a simple little dance, and his legend was born. Wall had a great season at UK and the dance evened spawned a rap song in it’s tribute by Troop 41. Wall had a nice second half of the season this year in the NBA, but unfortunately for him it seems he’s more known for this dance than anything else.

2-Shaq, Jabbawockeez Dance

I love Shaq. In his prime, the dude was a beast on the basketball court. He also has remained a very relevant figure off the court. This dance really speaks for itself. Shaq cut some rug with the Jabbawockeez at the All-Star Game, and it was awesome!

1-Mike Gundy, The Gundy

After a big win against another top-10 team in Texas A&M, players and staff were understandably fired up in the Oklahoma State locker room. Things start to get good at about the 2:50 mark when #9 gets the dancing started. His peculiar moves may have been good enough to crack this list on their own, but Coach Gundy then enters the room and finds himself in the middle of the infamous dance circle. Instead of chickening out he embraces it, and finds himself at #1 on our list. Gundy’s violent gyrations won me over, and I have added the move to my own extensive repertoire. I did this very dance at a wedding last weekend much to the delight of the crowd. Thank you Mike Gundy, for being a dancing machine.

Honorable Mention

Ray Lewis, Squirrel Dance

His signature move.

Kate Upton, Dougie 

I know she’s not an athlete, but this is at a sporting event, which is good enough for me.

-Andy