The Road To The 1986 Final Four
It would be Crum’s last dance on college basketball’s biggest stage. Krzyzewski was just getting started. Their ships passed in Dallas in 1986.
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The 1986 Boston Celtics: Bird’s Best Championship Team
The 1986 Boston Celtics were the third and last of the championship teams led by Larry Bird. They were also by far the best. The Celtics drive to a third NBA title in six years was so overwhelming it seemed almost a foregone conclusion much of the way.
The 1980 MLB Season: The Playoff Teams & October Battles
The Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees were LCS regulars from 1976-78. All three teams took a step back in 1979, but the 1980 MLB season saw them all again win their divisions and return to the League Championship Series. This time though, the plot had a different ending.
The 1978 Baseball Season: The Playoff Teams & October Battles
The 1978 baseball season can be boiled down to a Monday afternoon in Fenway Park. The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox were the best two teams in baseball and their race for the AL East title would be settled with a one-game playoff.
Patrick Roy Emerges With The 1986 Montreal Canadiens
The 1986 Montreal Canadiens entered the season having failed to win a Stanley Cup the previous six years. That’s nothing for any other franchise but for the NHL’s proudest team, one who had won four straight Cups as recently as 1976-79, it was an interminable wait. 1986 saw a surprise return to the top led […]
1975 MLB Season: One Dynasty Ends & Another Begins
The 1975 MLB season was a year where mostly traditional teams won division titles and advanced to postseason play. But it was also a transitional year, in which October saw one dynasty end and a new one begin.
1999 San Antonio Spurs: The Championship That Ushered In The Duncan Era
The NBA was apparently so distraught by the end of the Michael Jordan era following the 1998 NBA Finals that they didn’t want to play anymore. The owners locked out the players, the start of the season was delayed and a 50-game schedule was put in place upon their return. It turned out a new dynasty, albeit one of a different kind, would be starting with the 1999 San Antonio Spurs.
The 2003 San Antonio Spurs End The Shaq-Kobe Era
The San Antonio Spurs had won the first championship of the Tim Duncan era back in 1999, but the previous three seasons had been dominated by the Shaq-Kobe Lakers. The 2003 San Antonio Spurs made two big additions—20-year-old Tony Parker and 25-year-old Manu Ginobli, to strengthen a cast where 37-year-old center David Robinson was in decline.
The 2005 San Antonio Spurs Make It Three Rings In Seven Years
Duncan was in the prime of his career, at age 28. Ginobili was 27 and Parker was only 22. The Spurs of recent years have become renowned for their depth. In 2005 they had some veteran help in Bruce Bowen and Robert Horry, but the Big Three played a more disproportionate role, in both minutes and production, then would the excellent teams we’ve seen over the last few seasons.
The 2007 San Antonio Spurs Build On Their Quiet Legend
The San Antonio Spurs had established themselves as the most consistent franchise in the NBA. They had won titles in 1999, 2003 and 2005 behind power forward Tim Duncan. The previous year the Spurs had the best record in the NBA, but lost a Game 7 heartbreaker at home to the Dallas Mavericks. The 2007 San Antonio Spurs came back for more, and got over the top for the franchise’s fourth title.
The Game-By-Game Narrative Of The 1986 Los Angeles Rams
The 1986 Los Angeles Rams were coming off a breakthrough year, one in which they displaced the San Francisco 49ers atop the NFC West and reached the conference championship game. They spent much of ’86 looking to build on it before a late fade left them going into the offseason with a sour taste in […]
The 1986 San Francisco 49ers Rally To Win The NFC West
After winning Super Bowl titles in 1981 and 1984, the 49ers organization took what was for them a step back in 1985. They settled for a wild-card berth in the playoffs. The 1986 San Francisco 49ers spent much of the season on that same trajectory before they rallied at the end for a division title. […]