Word: play-off
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...addiction can only get worse as the National Football League next year adds two more games to its regular-season schedule, and an additional play-off game as well. A new contract with ABC could mean Howard Cosell on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday . . . terminal logorrhea. The most innovative aspect of the new regular-season scheduling is the matching of teams according to their standings at the end of the previous year. Thus, for example, the Los Angeles Rams, who finished atop the N.F.C. West this year, next fall will play the Pittsburgh Steelers, No. 1 in the A.F.C. Central. Second...
...fans who regularly fill the stadium to capacity for Bronco games, that decision seemed only proper. The Broncos were the Mets of the Mountains through 18 long years - including 13 straight losing seasons. Now they are the proud holders of the best record in pro football and are play-off bound for the first time. In honor of the Broncos' powerful 3-4 defense, the Orange Crush, Denver bakeries sell orange crushcakes, bumper stickers proclaim HAVE A MERRY CRUSHMAS, and to assure that the wish comes true, Denverites are spraying their Christmas trees orange...
...wonder. In his third year as a pro, Payton, 23, has not only broken O.J. Simpson's single-game rushing mark of 273 yds. (275 yds. in November's game against the Minnesota Vikings) but is also helping to keep the rebuilding Bears in contention for a play-off spot. As the season draws to an end this weekend, he has a shot at surpassing Simpson's 2,003-yd. single-year record...
When the Dodgers went into the ninth inning of their third play-off game against Philadelphia trailing 4-3, the long season and all of Lasorda's rah-rah boosting of his team finally paid off. Vic Davalillo, fleet-footed salvage from the Mexican League, bunted safely. Manny Mota-told in the spring that his responsibility was pinch-hitting because "when you open your suitcase, four hits fall out"-doubled off the wall in left field. A flurry of Dodger hits and Los Angeles was one game away from the pennant. Asked what had been his instructions...
...long election night, only three percentage points separated the top four candidates: Koch, 20%; Cuomo, 19%; Beame, 18%; Abzug, 17%. For Koch, 52, and Cuomo, 45, the first-round results meant a tough play-off for their party's nomination. The two come from similar backgrounds, agree on more substantive questions than not, and contrast mostly in their personalities and styles...