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Cities & Metropolitan Areas Hosting Finals, 1903-2014
This list counts the World Series (1903-2014), pre-title game NFL Championships (1920-31), the old NFL Championship Game (1932-65), the Super Bowl (1966-2013 seasons, 1967-2014 calendar years, counting...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Pittsburgh -- 2014-15 Edition
Next Tuesday night, the Devils visit Pittsburgh to face Sidney Crosby and the Penguins.I like Pittsburgh as a city very much. I admire the Steelers. I respect the Pirates and the University of...
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Happy Jim Leyritz Day!
October 23, 1996: Game 4 of the World Series. The Braves rock Yankee starter Kenny Rogers and lead 6-0 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. They close to within 6-3, but in the top of the 8th, they are 4...
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October 24, 2004, 10 years ago: A disgusting sporting event takes place -- and I don't mean a World Series game won by the Boston Red Sox, although that happened on this day, too. North London soccer...
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Five Years Since the Yankees Won a Pennant?
October 25, 2009: With a 5-2 victory over the Angels at the new Yankee Stadium, the Yankees win their 40th American League Pennant. The Bronx Bombers, after a 6-year absence from the Fall Classic and 2...
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Great Scott, Marty, It's Don Denkinger Day!
October 26, 1985: Time travel is first demonstrated at the Twin Pines Mall (or is that the Lone Pine Mall?) in Hill Valley, California -- or, rather, is dramatized in the film Back to the Future.The...
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The Curse of Kevin Mitchell: Now 28 Years
October 27, 1986: The Mets win the World Series. I was not happy about this. They have not done so since. I am very happy about that.After a one-day delay, the Red Sox actually seem to be shaking...
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How to Go to a Knicks Game -- 2014-15 Edition
Baseball season is coming to a close, as there are, at this writing, no more than 2 World Series games remaining. It's just as well, as both the Mets (as usual) and the Yankees (by their standards,...
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How Long It's Been: The Mets Won a World Series
October 27, 1986: The New York Mets beat the Boston Red Sox 8-5, at Shea Stadium, to win Game 7 and take the World Series.They haven't won another title since. Indeed, they've only won 1 more World...
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October 28, 1981: A Dark and Dodger Blue Day
October 28, 1981: A dark day in my life, even darker for me than the same day in 1975. One might even say a blue day... Dodger Blue.The L.A. Bums finally beat the Yankees in the World Series, after 2...
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October 29, 1939: In Memory of Babe Siebert
October 29, 1939, 75 years ago: The Babe Siebert Memorial Game is played at the Montreal Forum. It raised $15,000 for his family -- about $257,000 in today's money.Charles Albert Siebert grew up in...
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Last World Championships Won, As Of October 2014
Last won the World Series (MLB), NFL Championship/Super Bowl, NBA Championship or Stanley Cup in calendar year 2014: San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Seattle Seahawks.2013:...
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How to Be a Jets Fan In Kansas City
With all the fuss over the Royals' 1st Pennant in almost 30 years, it's easy to forget that Kansas City is, first and foremost, a football city.And the Jets and the Chiefs have a special relationship:...
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October 30, 1974: 40 Years Since the Rumble In the Jungle
October 30, 1974, 40 years ago: “The Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasa, in the former colony of Belgain Congo, at this point called Zaire, and since 1997 called the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
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How Long It's Been: The New Jersey Devils Won a Shootout
The New Jersey Devils have won a regular-season NHL game in a shootout.Would a "Hell freezes over" joke be appropriate? It's my blog, so I'm saying it is.The Devils trailed the Winnipeg Jets 1-0 at the...
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Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2001: Game 4 of the World Series. It's not just Halloween -- the 1st time a Major League Baseball game has been played on the day, due to the 9/11 postponements -- it's also a night of a...
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November Is the Cruelest Month
"April is the cruelest month." -- T.S. EliotHe was wrong. November is:* November is the first month without baseball that counts since last last March, and you're going to be without baseball that...
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November 2, 1914: A New Jersey Baseball Legend Is Born
So far, the latest date on which a baseball game that counts has been played is November 4. So, only 3 more days of this.Unless you want me to "Remember, remember the 5th of November... "*November 2,...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Detroit
This Wednesday, the New York Knicks will head out west (well, out Midwest) to play the Detroit Pistons. The Brooklyn Nets have already been there this season, this past Saturday. (Sorry, I should have...
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Happy Paul O'Neill Day!
November 3, 1992: On the same day that Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States, the Yankees trade center fielder Roberto Kelly and 1st baseman Joe DeBerry to the Cincinnati Reds, in...
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