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How Long It's Been: The Kansas City Chiefs Won a Super Bowl
January 11, 1970, 50 years ago: Super Bowl IV is played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. In spite of the New York Jets’ win the season before, the American Football League Champions, the Kansas City...
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The Devils Rebuild
The other day, the New Jersey Devils bottomed out, losing 6-3 their most hated rivals, the New York Rangers, a.k.a. The Scum.They had already fired head coach John Hynes, who had utterly failed. Alain...
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Hammer Drops On the Astros
In 2015, the Houston Astros defeated the Yankees in the American League Wild Card Game.In 2017, the Astros defeated the Yankees in the American League Championship Series, in 7 games. Alex Cora was...
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NFL Postseason Appearances, 1920-2020
On this list, ties are broken by more NFL Championships (not just most Super Bowls), then more NFL Championship Game (including Super Bowl), appearances, then more Conference Championship Game...
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NFL Division Titles, 1920-2019
Includes titles won in the 1920-32 single-division era, and titles won in the AAFC and the AFL. Does not include NFC or AFC Championships won as a Wild Card. Ties broken by most recent.1. Green Bay...
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AFC & NFC Championship Game Appearances, 1970-2020
Note: This only counts Conference Championship Games from the 1970 merger onward, not earlier in the NFL or the AFL.1. San Francisco 49ers, NFC, 16: 1970, 1971, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990,...
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Mets Had to Fire Beltrán, Who's Blown His Hall of Fame Chances
Today, the New York Mets fired Carlos Beltrán as manager, after 76 days and exactly zero games in charge.This follows the firings of A.J. Hinch and Alex Cora as managers of the Houston Astros and the...
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First Thing You Think Of
New York Yankees: 27 World Series, started by Babe RuthNew York Mets: 1969 World Series "Miracle"Chicago Cubs: Wrigley FieldSt. Louis Cardinals: Stan MusialSan Francisco Giants: Willie MaysLos Angeles...
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Programming On Infinite Earths
Last week, TV network The CW finished Crisis On Infinite Earths, its 5-part series where its various superhero TV shows had a "crossover event" that mirrored -- but, thankfully, didn't match -- the...
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You Are a Survivor. Yes, You.
Today is January 20, 2020. One year from today, there will be a Presidential Inauguration.If we do what we have to do, the President inaugurated on that day will not be Donald Trump, or any of the...
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Analyzing the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame Vote
Yesterday, there were 2 new players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America:* Derek Jeter. The Yankee shortstop of 1996 to 2014 getting in surprised no one....
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Baseball Hall-of-Famers By Team, 2020 Edition
With the announcement of the elections of Derek Jeter, Larry Walker, Ted Simmons and Ken Harrelson, it is time to update this list.A player is counted as a Hall-of-Famer with the team if he played at...
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Which Current New York Athletes Will Make the Hall of Fame?
Tomorrow, Eli Manning will hold a press conference and announce his retirement from the National Football League.The question has been asked: Should he be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?Yes....
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Super Bowl Staring Quarterbacks' Records by Uniform Number
Super Bowl starting quarterbacks' records by uniform number:1: 0-1. Cam Newton lost Super Bowl 50.2: 0-1. Matt Ryan lost LI.3: 1-2. Daryle Lamonica lost II, Russell Wilson won XLVIII and lost XLIX (but...
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Top 10 Players Who Just Looked Wrong In Those Uniforms
"This was a bad idea. I guarantee it."Eli Manning retired today. At his press conference, he quoted former New York Giants owner Wellington Mara: "Once a Giant, always a Giant," and added, for himself,...
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Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020
It is 2020. Among the legends of the Los Angeles Lakers, Elgin Baylor is alive at age 85; Jerry West is alive at 81, despite having had some health issues, is alive at 81; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, despite...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame the Philadelphia Phillies for Trading Ryne...
January 27, 1982: The Chicago Cubs trade shortstop Ivan de Jesus to the Philadelphia Phillies for shortstop Larry Bowa and 3rd base prospect Ryne Sandberg.The Cubs had just hired Dallas Green as their...
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NFL Championship Game Appearances, 1932-2020
This list also includes AAFC and AFL Championship Games. Ties are broken by wins, then by more recent.And would you look at that? A New York team is Number 1. Although they're 8-11 in those games.1....
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How Long It's Been: The San Francisco 49ers Won a Super Bowl
I did one of these for the Kansas City Chiefs, for whom it's now been 50 years, half a century. Now, it's time to do it for their opponents in Super Bowl LIV, the San Francisco 49ers, for whom it's...
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Welcome to Earth-2
Kobe Bryant wearing a Lakers "throwback" jersey, 2005...Or is it the regular uniform of the Minneapolis Lakers on Earth-2?In DC Comics, "The Golden Age of Superheroes" was from the 1938 debut of...
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