MLB Notebook: League Championship Series Previews
It’s Yanks-Guardians and Dodgers-Mets for the American League and National League pennants. Here’s our preview of each series.
It’s Yanks-Guardians and Dodgers-Mets for the American League and National League pennants. Here’s our preview of each series.
Read a concise summary of how the Yankees, Guardians, Dodgers and Mets advanced.
Analysis and predictions on Tigers-Guardians, Royals-Yanks, Mets-Phils, and Padres-Dodgers.
A look back at the key storylines, as the Tigers, Royals, Padres, and Mets all advance to the Division Series.
A look at all 12 playoff teams–their path to victory, along with what could trip them up.
To wrap up the regular season, we go position by position and pick the best players in baseball for this year.
Denny Crum was an assistant for the great John Wooden at UCLA, when the opportunity arose to take the Louisville job in 1972. Crum inherited a program that had been a consistent winner, but had only made the Final Four in 1959. Crum promptly went to the Final Four in his first season. He went […]
Ralph Miller inherited a program in 1971 that had frequently been competitive, but had slipped under .500 in recent years, and was buried underneath John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty in either case. By 1975, Oregon State was good enough to take advantage of the NCAA Tournament’s slight expansion to include some non-conference champions, and the Beavers […]
Dean Smith had some rebuilding to do. A guy named Michael Jordan had departed from Chapel Hill. After winning a national title in 1982, UNC had continued to produce great teams with Jordan in 1983 and 1984, but there was disappointment in March. The Tar Heels had failed to win the conference tournament—a big deal […]
The 1980s were a great time for DePaul basketball. They had earned four #1 seeds in the first half of the decade. Even though March flameouts became all-too-common, the Blue Demons were on the map as a national power. When Joey Meyer took over the coaching reins from his father Ray in 1985, the son […]
In 1987, Notre Dame basketball was on the upswing. A three-year NCAA Tournament drought came to an end in 1985 with the arrival of heralded freshman point guard David Rivers. The Irish were even better in 1986 and got all the way to the 3-line in the NCAA bracket. But that year ended with a […]
The 49ers look for redemption, the Rams look to keep improving, and the Seahawks and Cardinals look for hope. Our NFL preseason tour ends with the NFC West.