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What Was the Greatest Team In NBA History?
So ESPN finally finished their miniseries The Last Dance, its return to fawning over Michael Jordan and his team... I've forgotten what they were called.Oh yeah, the Chicago Bulls.It did remind people...
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What Was the Greatest Team In MLB History?
I did this yesterday for the NBA, so I'm gonna do it for the other "Big Four" North American sports.I'll use 1901 as my cutoff point for Major League Baseball, the start of the American League, and...
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What Was the Greatest Team In NFL History?
The 1972-73 Miami Dolphins -- Undefeated -- for the momentToday, it's the NFL's turn. Remember: Super Bowl winners and pre-1966 League Champions only. So, no Atlanta Falcons, no Carolina Panthers, no...
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What Was the Greatest Team in NHL History?
I conclude this series with the National Hockey League. My cutoff point is 1939, the year the Stanley Cup Finals became a best-4-out-of-7 series.Only Cup winners are allowed. Therefore, no Arizona...
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Jerry Sloan, 1942-2020
"Charlie Hustle" has died. No, not Pete Rose. This guy may have had the nickname first. Certainly, he never disgraced his sport, the way Rose did his.Gerald Eugene Sloan was born on March 28, 1942 in...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Leon Stickle for the Philadelphia Flyers Losing...
May 24, 1980, 40 years ago today: The New York Islanders win their 1st Stanley Cup. It was the conclusion of their 8th season of play, and after close calls in the Playoffs in 1975, '78 and '79, they...
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How Long It's Been: The Edmonton Oilers Won the Stanley Cup
And remember: He's not only the Hair Club Team Captain,he's also a client.It's been hard to think about sports during the Coronavirus lockdown. The NHL regular season was entering its closing stretch....
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Ranking the Star Wars Films -- and The Empire Strikes Back Is NOT #1
May 25, 1977:Star Wars -- or, as people born after 1990 know it, Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope -- premieres. It changes the movie industry forever.Note that, while I'm using the date of the...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Eric Lindros for Failing
May 26, 2000, 20 years ago: Game 7 of the NHL Eastern Conference Finals, at what was then named the First Union Center in Philadelphia. (It's now named the Wells Fargo Center.) The New Jersey Devils...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Kerry Fraser for the Toronto Maple Leafs Losing...
May 27, 1993: Game 6 of the NHL Western Conference Finals, at what was then named the Great Western Forum in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California. The Toronto Maple Leafs haven't won the...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Marty McSorley for the Los Angeles Kings Losing...
June 3, 1993: The Los Angeles Kings lead the Montreal Canadiens 2-1, late in the 3rd period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, at the Montreal Forum. The Kings, in the Finals for the 1st time in...
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Losing Is a Disease
Claudell Washington"Losing is a disease, as contagious as polio. Losing is a disease, as contagious as syphilis. Losing is a disease, as contagious as the bubonic plague. Ah, but curable."-- the...
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How Long It's Been: The Houston Rockets Won an NBA Championship
The NBA has announced a plan to restart their season on July 30. The 22 teams that had not been eliminated from Playoff qualification at the March 11 suspension will play 8 more regular-season games....
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June 14, 1870: The 1st "Greatest Game Ever Played"
June 14, 1870, 150 years ago:After 84 consecutive wins since assembling the 1st openly professional baseball team in 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings come to the Capitoline Grounds in Brooklyn --...
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The Comebacks Begin, But Baseball Is Still in the Balance
Slowly but surely, the impact of the Coronavirus is being reduced, and things are starting to open up again.In New Jersey, restaurants are permitted to open with properly-spaced outdoor seating. Next...
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June 21, 1970: Brazil's Masterpiece
June 21, 1970, 50 years ago: The World Cup Final is held before 107,412 fans at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. It was the 1st World Cup televised in color around the world, and, as a recent article...
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June 24, 1995: New Jersey's Champions
June 24, 1995, 25 years ago today: My little hockey team grew up.The National Hockey League approved the sale of the Colorado Rockies to an ownership group led by Dr. John McMullen, a naval engineer...
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How Long It's Been: Liverpool Won the League
Well, as it turned out, they had to wait a little longer than they thought.Usually, the Premier League season begins on the 2nd Saturday and August, and lasts through late Summer, all through Autumn...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Jorge Larrionda for England Losing the 2010...
June 27, 2010, 10 years ago: The World Cup is played in South Africa, in its Round of 16. England have advanced to play Germany, in front of 40,510 at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.England and...
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Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame John Elway for Not Playing for the Baltimore Colts
June 28, 1960, 60 years ago: John Albert Elway Jr. is born in Port Angeles, Washington. His father, better known as Jack Elway, was then the head coach of a high school football team there. Because his...
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