The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays were a consistent contender. They had won the AL East in 1985 and 1989 and run a close second in 1987 and 1990. What they hadn’t done was complete the job by winning a World Series or even getting there. 1991 saw them return to the top of their division, […]
The 1990 Toronto Blue Jays were cut in the mold of the team’s eight-year run from 1984-91, where they were consistently good, but not quite good enough to win it all. The 1990 edition of the Blue Jays competed right to the very end of the regular season before losing a tough AL East race. […]
We’re down to two weeks left in the college football regular season, and then Championship Saturday on December 2. Here are some thoughts on how the College Football Playoff, the New Year’s Six and the Heisman Trophy race are shaking out… *I think one of the more underrated parts of the CFP rankings are the […]
The Oakland A’s were far and away the best team in the American League from 1988 through 1990. Each year they won the AL West with room to spare and they went a combined 12-1 in ALCS play, capturing three consecutive pennants. In 1989, they won the World Series. But all great runs come to […]
The Pirates were coming off a breakout year in 1990. The five-year rebuilding program under manager Jim Leyland bore fruit with an NL East title. The 1991 Pittsburgh Pirates showed it was no fluke, running away with the East and reaching the NLCS for the second time in what would be a three-year run. A […]
My admiration for Bob Knight is no secret. On any list of my all-time favorite people in sports he’s at or near the top. When he came out and blasted the late John Wooden, the most revered basketball coach of all-time in an interview with Joe Buck that will air tonight, it had a definite […]
When the NFL season began, the New Orleans Saints were slipping into obscurity in the twilight of Drew Brees’ Hall of Fame career. The Saints had missed the playoffs three straight years with a record of 7-9 each time. They were eclipsed in their own division by the last two NFC champs, Carolina and Atlanta, […]
1990 had been a breakthrough year for the Portland Trail Blazers. After four straight years of first-round playoff exits, the franchise broke through under first-year coach Rick Adelman and made the NBA Finals for the first time since their championship year of 1977. The 1991 Portland Trail Blazers edition spent the entire regular season and […]
The Boston Bruins had won the Wales Conference (the East) two of the previous three years, reaching the Finals in 1988 and 1990. Both times, the dreams of a Stanley Cup ended at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers. The 1991 team was cut of a similar mold, rolling up a big regular season and […]
It’s been a long time since “The U” dominated college football the way the Miami Hurricanes did from 1983-92 and again from 2000-03. The ‘Canes joined the ACC in 2004 and promptly fell off the radar. The program hasn’t been to a major bowl game since the Orange Bowl that followed the 2003 season. They […]
Most. Insane. Game. Ever. That was all I could think during and after Game 5 of the World Series, an incredible 13-12 win for the Houston Astros over the Los Angeles Dodgers in extra innings. The momentum swings by themselves were amazing enough. Then you add in just how unlikely it was that this would […]
They were “The Bad Boys”, the rough and tough two-time defending NBA champions. The 1991 Detroit Pistons were as deep as ever, with eight players making significant contributions and future Dream Team coach Chuck Daly masterminding it all. But the combination of a small does of injury problems and a big dose of Michael Jordan […]
