In 2011, fans made hundreds of animated GIFs of the best, worst, silliest, and most amazing moments in the world of sports. Here are the 50 greatest animations we saw all year.
50. Troy Tulowitzki catches a ball with his bat
49. Bulls fan is shamed out of wearing his snappy hat
48. LSU's Sam Montgomery hugs official after fight
47. Aldon Smith hurries back to bench to avoid another 'unsportsmanlike conduct' call
46. Andy Dalton throws ball in completely wrong direction
45. Jarius Wright's nutso catch
44. Patty Mills' towel wave
43. LeGarrette Blount goes beastmode
42. Hot sauce is great on everything
41. Derrick Rose on the court with Michael Jordan
40. Booger protocols
39. The most 'leading 8-1' GIF of all time
38. DO SOMETHING, GARY BETTMAN
37. An important moment in every young man's life
36. Florida punter springs into action after football fails to punt itself
35. DOUBLE KILL
34. 'High five, nobody!' - everybody
33. Matt Forte has to go now, his planet needs him
32. Cliff Lee declines to run out his own grounder
31. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH
30. Nick Novak becomes probably the first person ever to urinate on live American network television
29. This man hit .303 last year
28. The dancing referee
27. Baseball's Winter Meetings are super-interesting
26. Daniel Sedin, pacifist hero
25. 19th-inning July baseball
24. Nothing to be ashamed of, sir
23. Fedor Emelianenko's poor translator
22. blaaaah hahaha what are you gonna do about it hahaha
