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...year of scintillating sports theater, the California Angels stood one strike away from clinching the pennant in game five of the 1986 ALCS, now lengthened to a best-of-seven series. But Boston's Dave Henderson hit a stunning two-run home run off Angels reliever Donnie Moore to give Boston a 6-5 lead. The Red Sox won that game, and the next two, to take the pennant. Tragically, Moore never got over that one pitch to Henderson. He committed suicide in 1989. "That home run killed him," said his agent...
...broke Boston's heart once again with a Game 7 walk-off home run to give the Yankees the '03 series. But the following year, the Red Sox enjoyed sweet redemption, becoming the only baseball team in history to return from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven set against the Yanks...
...Neal and his Lakers are up 2-0 in the best-of-seven championship series against the Larry Bird-coached Indiana Pacers. If the Lakers win, it will be the first title of O'Neal's career and the first for the Lakers since 1988 and the "Showtime" glory days of Magic and Kareem. Says Hall of Fame center Bill Walton, no easy grader: "This season he's performing at his highest level by far, at a level few players in the NBA have achieved. He rivals Jordan, Jabbar, Magic, Bill Russell; he's come into the absolute elite...
...Crimson (5-0) moved a step closer to victory in the best-of-seven match with a victory coming at the No. 6 spot as Anthony Barker soundly beat Jeremy Ewert 6-2, 6-3. But even facing a 3-0 deficit, the Cowboys weren't ready to fold...
Second, the Ryder Cup is invariably competitive and intensely stressful. Superbowls often end before halftime, and while the World Series and NBA finals are best-of-seven series, one team often wins well before the seventh game. It has been over twenty years, however, since more than two points separated the Ryder Cup teams. Thus, every single shot, whether on Friday morning or Sunday afternoon, can make all the difference. Moreover, golf demands deliberate and thoughtful, not reflexive and instinctive, activity, so the pressure weighs upon the competitors unlike any other sport...