Word: postseason
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...game into extra periods. After an uneventful first overtime, Northeastern came out strong and rolled over Harvard, finally breaking the draw with a chip over the Harvard goalie for a disappointing finish for the Crimson. On the bright side, the loss has no affect on Harvard's chances for postseason play...
...both Harvard soccer teams are having an off year, Ivy League soccer is not. On both the men's and women's side, the Ancient Eight is reestablishing itself as a league to be considered come the postseason...
...September pennant races. Beginning next year, both the American and the National leagues will be divided into three -- rather than the existing two -- divisions. To create an additional, ersatz round of league play-offs as an offering unto the Gods of Television (ABC and NBC, who will split the postseason telecasts), the owners agreed to let losers stumble into the postseason. Wild-card teams (an affront to purity invented in 1978 by the military-industrial complex that is pro football) will now contaminate baseball. Beginning in 1994, the also-ran team with the best record in each league will...
...Chicago White Sox seemed headed for a division crown in the American League West, but the trailing Texas Rangers still dreamed that Nolan Ryan's farewell tour would climax in the World Series. Only the Philadelphia Phillies -- the 1990s' answer to the bawdy, brawling Gashouse Gang -- appeared certain of postseason play...
Even if the football team were at the championship level, the Ivy league prohibits Ancient Eight teams from participating in postseason competition...