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...crowd squirming, Islander defenseman Denis Potvin cushioned New York's lead and dispelled hopes of a replay of Monday night's last-minute Boston heroics. "Denny All-Star," as he is sometimes known among Islander cognoscenti, pulled in a centering pass from Mike Bossy and connected for his first post-season goal...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Islanders Throttle Bruins, 4-2, Advance to Semifinal Round | 4/23/1980 | See Source »

...behind U.C.L.A.'s post-season rush to glory is first-year Coach Larry Brown, who had guided the NBA's Denver Nuggets for five years. The Bruins' third coach in five years, Brown says of the season: "I've been spending a lot of tune trying to correct a situation that I had no control over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Cinderella at the Ball | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

Since the NCAA began its post-season basketball tournament in 1950, it has never issued an invitation to an all-black school. Until this season, Alcorn State wasn't even eligible to get one. Playing Division 2 basketball, the Braves compiled a 181-42 record in the last seven years winning several national scoring titles along the way, but little recognition...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Big-Time Braves | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

...euphemism for yet another angst-producing "moral defeat"--quietly killed any dreams of post-season play that may have survived last Wednesday's crushing sudden-death loss to Dartmouth. Now 6-10-3 in ECAC Division 1 play (7-12-3 overall, in 13th place, five spots out of the playoffs, Harvard can finish at best with an 8-10-3 record if they knock off St. Lawrence and Clarkson on the road this weekend...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Icemen: Still a Stride Away | 3/5/1980 | See Source »

...post-season scheduling dictated otherwise, and the Crimson traveled to Princeton University this weekend only to clinch the cellar position in the Ivy League tournament by losing Saturday's consolation game to Yale...

Author: By Nancy F. Bauer, | Title: Icewomen Fall to Yale, 2-0 At Ivy League Championships | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

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