Word: postseason
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Murray ended an 0-for-29 postseason drought, dating back to the 1979 World Series, with a three-run home run in the first inning and was involved in the second of two bench-clearing disputes in Baltimore's two-run fifth...
...managed seven February wins (including five shutouts by goalie Cheryl Tate) and has dropped only two games. En route to its current 11-7 mark, Harvard snatched its second straight Beanpot championship and has wiggled its way into a tight race for what could be the squad's first postseason tournament bid ever...
After 57 days of an inglorious strike, the National Football League players settled last week for far less than they wanted but much more than they had before, and play resumed over the weekend. With the regular 16-game season trimmed to nine, a postseason Super Bowl tournament was devised in fairness to all 28 teams, but particularly to those with 0-and-2 records (including the world champion San Francisco 49ers). After only twelve teams are eliminated, eight entries from each of the two conferences will begin playing off Jan. 8 for the Super Bowl Jan. 30. The only...
...teams last year, there were no takers. Why would a franchise pay a premium for Payton (and give up two draft choices) when its profits scarcely change, win or lost? In fact, a team may fatten its bottom line by not making the playoffs. All 28 teams split the postseason television money even for the Super Bowl, and not participating saves expenses...
...take a couple of years. U.C.L.A., the school with the most honored initials in college basketball-U.C.L.A., like plucked strings-struck some bad notes a few years ago but is just facing the music now. For past recruiting violations, the Bruins have been pre-eliminated from the N.C.A.A. postseason tournament. Also, they were obliged to return the runner-up trophy from 1980, which prompts the awful thought of possibly one more No. 1 1981 football team yet to come, perhaps a year and a half from...