1990 Colorado-Nebraska: The Buffaloes’ 4th Quarter Turnabout
Read about the 1990 Colorado-Nebraska game that settled the Big Eight, from the backdrop to the game itself to the aftermath.
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1989 Nebraska-Colorado: Battle For The Big Eight In Boulder
Read about the 1989 Nebraska-Colorado game that settled the Big Eight title, from the backdrop to the game itself to the aftermath.
The Seasonal Narrative Of The 1978 Cincinnati Reds
The Big Red Machine was the National League’s pre-eminent team in the 1970s, including World Series titles in 1975 and 1976. In ’77, they took a step back and came up short of the postseason. The 1978 Cincinnati Reds were another good team, but when they too came up short, the organization changed course and […]
1978 Purdue Football: A Breakout For Jim Young & Mark Herrmann
Jim Young was in his second year as the Purdue head coach, taking over a program that had fallen off the radar and producing very good teams from 1966-69, including a Rose Bowl entrant in ’66. The 1978 Purdue football team would have a breakout year and start a short run of success for the […]
1978 Ohio State Football: A Tough Season & The End Of Woody Hayes
Ohio State came into the 1978 college football season hoping to arrest a modest downturn. After four straight Rose Bowl appearances earlier in the decade, the Buckeyes had lost to archrival Michigan in both 1976 and 1977. The ’77 season ended with a Sugar Bowl humiliation at the hands of Alabama and Ohio State’s final […]
The 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates Become A Contender
After two years of improvement, the 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates made a legitimate run at the postseason before falling short. Read the season-long narrative.
The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates Improve In Jim Leyland’s 2nd Year
Read the season-long narrative of how the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates, after two terrible years, made a big jump forward and set the stage for bigger things ahead.
1986 Pittsburgh Pirates: Jim Leyland’s Rebuild Begins
The 1986 Pittsburgh Pirates represented the start of a new era. Chuck Tanner’s nine-year tenure as manager–one that included a World Series title in 1979–had come crashing down in a 1985 season that saw the team lose 104 games on the field and go through embarrassing drug revelations off it, came to an end. Jim […]
The Top 6 Stories Of 2008 Big Ten Football
It was a year that produced Joe Paterno’s last major bowl, a prime-time battle in Columbus and a new era in Michigan. Read about 2008 Big Ten football.
1978 Clemson Football: The Tigers Get Back On The Map
Clemson football had been in a funk for about a decade. The great Frank Howard had built the program to greatness in the mid-20th century, but the end of his career in the 1960s was marked by a slow decline. Two successors tried to achieve a restoration, but more mediocrity followed. Then Charley Pell arrived […]
The 1990 New York Mets Come Up Just Short & And An Era
The 1984-90 run in old Shea Stadium was the best in Mets history. The 1990 team was the last edition of those excellent teams. Here’s their story.
John Robinson & Eric Dickerson Lead The 1983 Los Angeles Rams Back To The Playoffs
A new head coach in John Robinson and a dynamic rookie runner named Eric Dickerson ended a two-year playoff drought in L.A. Read the game-by-game narrative.