Search Details

Word: championships (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Hockey Coach Bill Cleary is not asking for an ECAC Championship or an NCAA Tournament crown, things his team seems capable of winning on its own. All he wants for Christmas is a pot of beans...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: All Want For Christmas... | 12/16/1988 | See Source »

Harvard basketball Coach Peter Roby is asking for an Ivy League championship. Of course, he has asked for an Ivy title for the last three years...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: All Want For Christmas... | 12/16/1988 | See Source »

...these players pull together and bring Harvard its first Ivy championship...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: All Want For Christmas... | 12/16/1988 | See Source »

There are his shots. How about Bird's stake-in-the-heart three-pointer in Game 6 against Houston that sealed the 1981 NBA championship? Or that stop-and-pop bank shot that completed the stirring comeback in the Philly series the same year...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Bird Will Fly Again | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

...athleticism. Athleticism? Yeah, that's not Larry's forte, but there's that unforgettable play in the '81 Championship Series against the Rockets when he threw up a shot, ran to grab the rebound along the baseline, then shot the ball lefty to avoid hitting the backboard as he fell out of bounds--all in one motion. "Greatest play I ever saw," Red Auerbach said...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Bird Will Fly Again | 12/14/1988 | See Source »

Previous | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | Next