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Twenty-four hours earlier, the Giants had edged the hated Cowboys in overtime to keep their playoff hopes alive. On Sunday, the Jets' thrashing of Green Bay qualified the Giants for football's second season, their first appearance in 18 years...
...Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco 49ers yesterday joined the San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League's semi-final playoff round--the last step before Super Bowl XVI, January 24 at the Pontiac, Mich., Silverdome...
...hockey lost the lustre that came with 15 straight playoff berths, five ECAC championships and three national titles in the past two decades. Successive ECAC ledgers of 8-14 and 10-12 have turned the Terriers into just another hockey team, mired in the pack with the Princeton's, the RPI's and the Harvard...
...only recently--as recently as last Sunday--that the Terriers have shown signs of revitalization. A 5-3 loss on the road to a Providence College squad nationally ranked in both polls showed that the Terriers (1-1-1 overall this year) are capable of playoff-caliber hockey, a boast coach Jackie Parker hasn't been able to make recently...
...defense peaked during a seven-game skein surrounding the Beanpot tournament, when Lau tended the net with authority, turning in the best hockey of his three-year career, and allowed just 14 goals in the 5-2 streak that put the Crimson in the thick of the ECAC playoff picture...