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...worst chance belongs to the football team, because Ivy teams don't go to postseason playoff games. Something about academics, I think...
...Mets are headed for a second consecutive season in the basement of the National League East. The Celtics missed the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade--and didn't even get a good lottery number. And the Islanders looked thoroughly unimpressive in the playoffs. But good sports fans don't just tune out once their teams have been knocked from contention. Instead, they pick the team they like best and root from there. And for New Yorkers and their seven major professional sports franchises, the favored team come playoff time is very often the team playing...
Imagine Bird being booed off the court at the Boston Garden with his team trailing 2-1 in a playoff series...
Yeah, right. If your team was on the brink of playoff elimination and your star player was in a controversy, you don't think you would support him, even if that guy was a moron...
...Crimson (13-22-1 overall, 7-13 Ivy), whose playoff hopes ended long ago, entered the game against a potent Minutemen club (30-15) preparing for the postseason. Yet Harvard started the game strong, seizing a 5-1 lead after three-and-a-half innings...