Notre Dame sports was on a high in the fall of 1978. The football team won the national title following the 1977 season. Three months later, the basketball program made the Final Four. The 1978 Notre Dame football team was one marked by comebacks—they got off to a slow start in the season itself, and had several games where they had to rally.
This is part of a series of posts previewing each of the four quadrants of the 2014 NHL playoffs. Below are the four teams that comprise the NHL Pacific Division bracket. We open with a big-picture look at each team and then close with brief comments on each first-round series matchup individually.
This is part of a series of posts previewing each of the four quadrants of the 2014 NHL playoffs. Below are the four teams that comprise the NHL Central Division bracket. We open with a big-picture look at each team and then close with brief comments on each first-round series matchup individually.
This is part of a series of posts previewing each of the four quadrants of the 2014 NHL playoffs. Below are the four teams that comprise the NHL Metropolitan Division bracket. We open with a big-picture look at each team and then close with brief comments on each first-round series matchup individually.
This is part of a series of posts previewing each of the four quadrants of the 2014 NHL playoffs. Below are the four teams that comprise the NHL Atlantic Division bracket. We open with a big-picture look at each team and then close with brief comments on each first-round series matchup individually
The NHL playoff format has changed this season, thanks to the realignment into two divisions per conference. It’s now division-based, rather than conference-based. The format works as follows…
There was rebuilding in the Bronx under the watchful eye of general manager Gene Michael, and a young Buck Showalter was the field boss. By the standards of even a few years later, this wasn’t the star-studded lineup we’ve come to expect from the House of Steinbrenner. Don Mattingly was winding down a great career, and while he could hit for average and get on base, a lot of the power was gone from his swing.
The 1994 New York Rangers carried the longest championship drought was the longest in the NHL, and there was no sign of better things to come when the season began. They’d missed the playoffs the previous year and even bringing in a respected coach in Mike Keenan didn’t give reason for anyone to believe a Stanley Cup run was in the offing.
They trailed 86-84 and got the ball to Starks on the final possession for a three-point shot that would’ve sealed his place in NBA history. One year earlier Chicago’s John Paxson had hit a trey in exactly this spot. Olajuwon was having none of it. He stepped out and got a piece of the ball. We were going to a Game 7.
My big-picture issue with the way MLB instant replay is being handled by the managers themselves. Every time a call is close, we see the skipper take a slow walk to visit the umpire, all the while looking back over his shoulder at the bench coach, as the replays are being reviewed, waiting for a signal on whether to challenge or not.
The 1977 New York Yankees season was immortalized in the ESPN movie The Bronx Is Burning, and unlike a lot a cases with this franchise, the ’77 campaign was really worthy of the hype. A exciting, drawn-out AL East race was followed by a thrilling ALCS and then capped off with a World Series moment for the ages.
March Madness might be over, with UConn winning the 2014 NCAA Tournament, but Spring Madness is about to begin. The NHL playoffs are every bit as unpredictable as the NCAA Tournament is, and in the case of hockey, the Madness goes all the way into June. The NHL playoffs begin on Wednesday night, so let’s set the tone with a look at the Stanley Cup betting odds.
