Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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GRANDEST CONCESSION. Australian Greg Norman waving a white playoff towel at Fuzzy Zoeller, who the day before had flapped his towel in mock surrender to Norman. The U.S. Open showed the courtliness of golf and brought a grace note of laughter to sport...
...wonder when playoff tickets go on sale...
...playoff-bound Cantabs soon found so many holes that the Bulldogs looked like they were guarding their half with a sieve, and in the 20th minute, the booters were able to get the only goal they needed...
...twinkle in his eye lost his first start in such an entertaining style that the coach was moved to murmur later, as he had never muttered after a victory, "The thrill is back." Three and three then, the Dolphins finished the regular season 12 and 4 before losing a playoff to Seattle, and Marino was the first rookie quarterback ever anointed to open the Pro Bowl. He began this second year with five touchdown passes against the Redskins, and after ten successes in ten games, the rest of the season may amount to Marino against the league...
Sparky Anderson's "most special team," the American League champion Tigers, led the Kansas City Royals from beginning to end in a playoff reflecting the stunning baseball season in Detroit. Their 107th victory left the Tigers in the position of much of the country, caught up in the exquisite misery of the Chicago Cubs, if less out of sentiment than self-interest. By the grace of stadium lights and glory of television cameras, a Cubs conquest in the fifth game of the National League playoff stood to gain Detroit an extra home date in the World Series...