Bobby Bowden had the Florida State football program established as a national power by 1992. The Seminoles had won major bowl games in each of the previous five years and finished in the Top 5 nationally each time. But they were coming off a particularly heartbreaking end to the 1991 season. A year that looked […]
The 1978 World Series was a rerun, and one the networks were happy to carry, as the two biggest markets were again on center stage. The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers met in a rematch of the 1977 Fall Classic, and once again the Yankees brought home the title in six games, making a little history in the process.
The 1998 Tennessee Volunteers gathered for what looked to be a year of re-tooling. The previous four years had seen a quarterback named Peyton Manning at helm, but with his departure for the Indianapolis Colts, a new signal-caller had to be found. And while the Vols had won the SEC title the prior year and gone to the Orange Bowl, they did have a bugaboo to overcome—they’d lost to Florida five straight years and this at a time when the Gators and Vols dominated the SEC East.
It was business as usual for the 1992 Nebraska football team. Since Tom Osborne had taken over as head coach in 1974, the program had reached 13 major bowl games and were a consistent national contender. They also hadn’t won a national championship. Both patterns continued in ‘92. GREAT 1980s SPORTS MOMENTS Start reading today. A […]
The Baltimore Ravens had enjoyed a nice nine-year run under head coach Brian Billick. During his 1999-2007 tenure, Billick put the franchise on the map after the controversial relocation from Cleveland prior to the 1996 season. He made the playoffs four times and won a Super Bowl in 2000. But after two losing seasons in […]
Dent’s home run has earned him the nickname “Bucky (expletive) Dent” in New England, but there was more drama packed in these final three innings then there were in the first six.
There was something magical about the third year of a Notre Dame football coach’s tenure. Ara Parseghian and Dan Devine had each won a national championship in Year Three. Brian Kelly reached the BCS National Championship Game in 2012. The 1988 Notre Dame football team is a part of that third-year magic, winning a national title for Lou Holtz.
This post is part of a series of sports history articles commemorating under-the-radar teams and moments in a given year.
There were two great races in the 1998 MLB season. The one that captivated the nation at the time, the Great Home Run Race, has been marred by subsequent developments. There was another race—a furious three-team battle for the NL wild-card spot—that was mildly under the radar at the time, and has been all but forgotten by history. This is a race that deserves a better historical fate.
Herschel Walker has enjoyed a storied career. He led the Georgia Bulldogs to their only national championship as a freshman in 1980. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1982. He was one of the first big-name players signed by the fledgling United States Football League out of college, temporarily spurning the NFL to play for […]
The Alabama football program is such a machine that the story is no longer what they might do during a given season, but who they’ll do it with. There’s no serious conversation about whether they’ll make their fifth College Football Playoff in the event’s first five years. That’s a given. The only question is what […]
Clemson’s bid for a fourth straight trip to the College Football Playoff is going to rest heavily on the defensive line’s performance. And that’s a litmus test that should be just fine for Tiger fans, because this front four is as good as it gets. Remember the names Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant on the […]
