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...answer, sad to say, was "Not much." When the Dolphins lost to the Buffalo Bills by a score of 37-22 in a Dec. 30 play-off game, their season, which had begun with such promise, was over. In the off-season, Shula spent $12 million of Huizenga's money in free-agent bonuses, and when the Dolphins jumped off to a 4-0 start, the folks in the Miami area were not only talking Super Bowl, they were talking '72, the year the Dolphins went undefeated. But beginning Oct. 8, Miami lost six of its next eight games, then...
...Houston Rockets defeated the Orlando Magic 113-101 to finish a four-game sweep and retain their N.B.A. title. Seeded sixth among eight Western Conference play-off contenders, the Rockets outperformed the teams with the league's four best records en route to winning a record nine play-off games on the road...
...culminated in the Catch, a 6-yd. pass to wide receiver Dwight Clark at the back of the end zone. Three times Montana would be the Super Bowl mvp. After he was traded to the Chiefs in April '93, Montana added to his legend by leading them to stirring play-off victories over Pittsburgh and Houston. Ismay, Montana (pop. 22), even changed its name...
...next day, I went to the wrestling match, probably more excited than ever. But on the way there I heard the Masters' results on the radio. Larry Mize, a local Georgian, had won the green jacket with a 120-foot chip shot in a sudden death play...
...most-watched regular-season N.B.A. game in history. Three nights later, in his final appearance in the soon-to-be-scrapped Boston Garden, he scored 27 points in just 26 minutes. His performance was nearly as impressive as the 63 points he scored in a 1986 play-off game on the same parquet floor...