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New York's Top 10 Hockey Teams
Honorable Mention to the 1975-79 New York Islanders. Before the adjustments that made the 4 straight Stanley Cup wins, they got to the Cup Semifinals in 1975, '76, '77 and '79, and the Quarterfinals in...
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Top 10 New York Tri-State Area Soccer Teams
Honorable Mention to New York Tri-State Area teams that won the U.S. Open Cup, the leading competition in the country at the time, prior to the 1967 founding of the original North American Soccer...
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How to Be a Devils Fan in Colorado -- 2019-20 Edition
Next Friday night, the New Jersey Devils visit Denver to play the Colorado Avalanche.Before You Go. The Denver Post is predicting high 40s for Friday afternoon, and low 30s for the evening. Although...
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How to Go to the Army-Navy Game
On Saturday afternoon, December 14, the Army-Navy Game will be played at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. In college football, a sport so rife with at best tomfoolery and at worst corruption,...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Arizona -- 2019-20 Edition
Why would you want to go to Arizona? Well, if you're a New Jersey Devils fan, they're playing the Arizona Coyotes (formerly the Phoenix Coyotes, and before that the original Winnipeg Jets) this coming...
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Ranking the Yankees' Seasons: Part I, #'s 117 to 81
1st of a 4-part series. Key:1903 to 1968: Had to win the American League Pennant to reach the postseason, which consisted only of the World Series, which was a best-4-out-of-7, except in 1919, 1920 and...
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Ranking the Yankees' Seasons: Part II, #'s 80 to 56
80. 2008. 3rd, 8 games out, 6 games out of the Wild Card. The last season for the original Yankee Stadium had its moments, but it was the only time the Yankees finished outside the Playoffs between...
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Ranking the Yankees' Seasons: Part III, #'s 55 to 28
In each of these seasons, the Yankees made the postseason, but did not win the World Series.55. 2015. reached the AL Wild Card Game, lost it to the Houston Astros. There was some optimism going into...
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Ranking the Yankees' Seasons: Part IV, #'s 27 to 1
27. 1937. Won the Pennant, won the World Series over the New York Giants. If it is possible for the Yankees to have a "least meaningful World Series-winning season," this could be it. The previous...
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50 Rules for 50 Years
Ziva David (Cote de Pablo): "Just to be clear: Are there any more of these 'Rules' I should be aware of?"Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon): "About 50 of them."Ziva: "Ha! And I don't suppose they're...
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The Cole Hard Fact: Hal Steinbrenner Wants to Win Now
Gerrit Cole, 2001: He's one of our own!Let the "Cole hard facts" be made to a candid world.The Yankees have signed free agent pitcher Gerrit Cole, a genuine ace, who had helped the Houston Astros win 2...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Columbus -- 2019-20 Edition
Next Saturday, the New Jersey Devils will go to Ohio to play the Columbus Blue Jackets.Before You Go. Columbus can get really hot in the Summer, but this game will be played right before Christmas,...
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New Jersey Five-O
December 18, 1969, 50 years ago: Yours truly is born at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey.The neat thing about being born that week was that it was the only time that...
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What the World Was Like When I Was Born
December 18, 1969, 50 years ago today: Yours truly was born in Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey. This is what the world was like at the time:There was an American League team in Washington, D.C.,...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Chicago -- 2019-20 Edition
This coming Monday, the New Jersey Devils face the Chicago Blackhawks, at the United Center in Chicago. (I'm cutting this one a little close.)Hog Butcher for the World,Tool Maker, Stacker of...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Ottawa -- 2019-20 Edition
This Sunday, the New Jersey Devils travel up to Ottawa to play the reborn version of the Senators. These teams played each other in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 1998 (we lost in the 1st round), 2003 (we...
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Tales of Christmas Past -- Real Ones
A few years ago, because of the length of the post, I decided to split the real and fictional events of Christmas Day up. This year, I'm also taking out the music, the specials, and the sports stuff...
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Tales of Christmas Past -- Fictional Ones
There's early in history, and then there's early in history. Both Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its companion series Xena: Warrior Princess had Christmas episodes, despite taking place centuries...
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Tales of Christmas Past -- Music
These songs debuted in the years in question, but very few did so on a Christmas Day. When that has been the case, I have said so.December 25, 1719, 300 years ago: "Joy to the World" debuts. Isaac...
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December 25, 1851: James J. Thomson is born in Annan, Dumfries, Scotland. A halfback, he was one of the founding players for Glasgow soccer team Queen's Park, who stood as the Scotland national team in...
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