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The Amazing Year That Was 1986 Sports

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This is part of a series of sports history articles aimed at preserving the best moments of the modern sports era, from 1976 to the present. The focus is team sports—college & pro basketball and football, major league baseball and hockey. This article offers a snapshot of 1986 sports, a year highlighted by baseball drama, a great Super Bowl champ and two historic college championship battles.

The Road To The 1986 Final Four

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It would be Crum’s last dance on college basketball’s biggest stage. Krzyzewski was just getting started. Their ships passed in Dallas in 1986.

LSU Basketball History & The 1986 Final Four Run

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This post is part of a series of sports history articles commemorating under-the-radar teams and moments in a given year. 1986 saw one of the great moments in LSU basketball history, as the Tigers became the lowest-seeded team to reach the Final Four and took out three straight national powers in the process.