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...season-long battle of surprisingly competent also-rans, Pittsburgh outlasted L.A. for the "Rest of the Norris" Division. Making a series of shrewd deals calculated to get a winner on the ice and fans in the building, the Pens accumulated a not-insubstantial amount of talent that sometimes made life tough for the rest of the league. The Kings, on the other hand, ostensibly rebuilding slowly, managed an unexpectedly respectable year with offensive help from point-freak Marcel Dionne and sophomore Clarkson grad Dave Taylor. Both squads may surprise in the prelims. Detroit, which plummeted, and Washington, which inched forward...
...twelve-year history. But parity on the field was wrought, at least in part, in the rule book. With the regular season expanded by two games to a total of 16, the league shifted to scheduling that pitted top teams against top teams and also-rans against also-rans more often than ever. The new scheme eliminated the sort of scheduling vagaries that in the past often allowed strong teams to feast season-long on weaker opponents...
Harvard coach John Yovicsin's decision to pull season-long starter George Lalich in favor of Champi when the Crimson gained possession late in the first half was clearly a move rooted in desperation. Yale led, 22-0, and Harvard's offense was going nowhere...
...maybe you've been too busy watching semi-goliaths Baggott, Savage Kaseta and Beiling, or maybe you've been too preoccupied tabulating Paul Halas's interceptions this season, but you can't call yourself a Harvard football fan if you've overlooked the strong season-long performance turned in by Crimson cornerback Steve Potysman...
Reggie Jackson, after receiving the series' Most Valuable Player award from Sport magazine, which early in the season printed quotes by Reggie that resulted in a season-long feud between him and Catcher Thurman Munson: "I don't think that the award is ironic at all. They [Sport] deserve to have to kiss my butt...