2006 Sports: Peyton's Party & The Mason Miracle
This article offers a snapshot of 2006 sports, a year that saw Peyton Manning get a long-sought Super Bowl win and a stunning Final Four run by George Mason lead up the year.
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The 2006 Carolina Hurricanes Turn Tobacco Road Into Hockey Country
When it comes to sports, Tobacco Road is known mainly for its basketball, particularly that of North Carolina and Duke. But the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes gave the region a memorable spring where hockey was pre-eminent. The Hurricanes followed a strong regular season by winning the franchise’s first and only Stanley Cup. .
The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals Break Down The World Series Door
The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals were a team rich in irony. The two previous seasons had seen the Cardinals enjoy huge regular season success, winning 100-plus games in both 2004 and 2005. They also had postseason success, winning a combined three playoff series and the 2004 NL pennant. But they hadn’t won a World Series. The 2006 edition of this proud franchise followed a different path—they barely stumbled into the playoffs, but once there, they won it all.
2006 George Mason Basketball: The Ultimate Cinderella Ride
George Mason’s selection provoke an immediate outcry. CBS commentators Jim Nantz and Billy Packer were aggressive in questioning Committee chair Craig Littlepage for the rationale behind the choice. Nantz, an announcer I like and respect, was as rude and arrogant as I have ever seen him behave, acting as though no rational person could possibly agree with the Mason selection
The 2006 Indianapolis Colts & How They Survived A Stacked AFC Playoffs
Indianapolis got off to a similarly strong start in 2006, winning their first nine games, including consecutive road wins at New England and at Denver, who had gotten off to a strong start. But there was an alarmingly familiar to finish. While there was no personal tragedy this time, Indy lost four of its final seven games and finished 12-4.
2005 Illinois Basketball Flirts With Perfection
Illinois was coming off a strong basketball season in 2004, having finished second to Wisconsin in the Big Ten race and then making the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The 2005 Illinois basketball team was poised for more right from the outset.
2004 Sports: The Year That Belonged To Boston
This article offers a snapshot of 2004 sports, a year that belonged to Boston, with a World Series title that was historic and a Super Bowl triumph that was dynastic.
2004 College Football: The Massacre In Miami
The 2004 college football season was marked by two teams that opened the year determined to find vindication, for very different reasons. The USC Trojans and Oklahoma Sooners opened the season 1-2 in the polls, finished it the same way and built to a championship conclusion in Miam
Lightning Strike: The 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning Hoist The Stanley Cup
The city of Tampa Bay might not be the one that pops to your mind when you think of hockey, or of producing a truly outstanding Stanley Cup champion. That’s what the 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning were though, as the produced a great regular season and validated with a run to a championship, culminating in two consecutive seven-game series.
The 2004 Detroit Pistons: Champions Without A Star
You normally don’t think of a team that enters the postseason as a #2 seed in its bracket as a real dark horse. But in the NBA, when you lack a marquee superstar and have to follow a path that leads you through the two-time defending conference champions and two series without homecourt advantage, a dark horse is exactly what you are. That’s the path the 2004 Detroit Pistons rode to a championship.
The 2004 National League Championship Series: An Underrated Epic
When you think of the 2004 baseball season, especially its postseason, what usually comes to mind is the historic comeback the Boston Red Sox put on against the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, en route to Boston’s first World Series title in 86 years. What’s often overshadowed is what an epic battle took place on the National League side that same year. Let’s look back on the 2004 National League Championship Series, as the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros stretched it to the limit.
2003 Sports: Pre-Championship Drama
This article offers a snapshot of 2003 sports, a year that saw the biggest thrills in the playoff rounds prior to the championship battle.