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The Sports Archives – NHL and Violence; Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cooke gets Cooked!

It seems that the NHL is finally starting to take a closer look at all the hits that are giving the game a bad name. Sure, we are bloodthirsty and we like the hard hitting, the occasional fight and the … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – 2003 March Madness – Syracuse and Carmelo Anthony

One of the greatest moments in sports archives history, especially for the Syracuse Orange and Coach Jim Boeheim, occurred at the 2003 Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament (March Madness) final between Syracuse and the Kansas Jayhawks. Syracuse had to beat … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – 1996 March Madness – Princeton upsets UCLA

One of the greatest upsets in sports archives history occurred at the 1996 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament (March Madness) between the Princeton Tigers and the UCLA Bruins.  Gus Johnson of CBS was working his first NCAA tournament and … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – 1991 March Madness – Duke upsets UNLV

One of the greatest upsets in sports archives history occurred at the 1991 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament (March Madness) between the Duke Blue Devils and the University of Nevada Las Vegas Runnin’ Rebels.  UNLV was undefeated going into … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – 1985 March Madness for #8 Villanova

One of the greatest upsets in sports archives history occurred during March Madness at the 1985 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament between the Villanova Wildcats and the Georgetown Hoyas.  Number 1 Georgetown, led by Patrick Ewing, came into the … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – 1983 Phi Slamma Jamma March Madness

Phi Slamma Jamma sounds like the name of some rare pokemon.  If it were a pokemon, it would’ve been a very tall one with an extreme power to dunk a basketball.  This was the name attributed to the University of … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – 1982 Michael Jordan March Madness

The 1982 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was a very special year for March Madness.  The championship game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the North Carolina Tar Heels featured a gold mine of players that went on to become … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Boston Marathon Hall of Shame

One of the greatest moments in sports archives history was a not-so great moment that occurred during the 1980 Boston Marathon. Take a second and visualize a runner emerging from a crowd of people standing on the sidelines about a … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives – Dodgers Legend Duke Snider

Duke Snider, also known as “The Silver Fox” and “The Duke of Flatbush” played center field for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers for the majority of his career.  He played in the shadows of center field greats such as … Continue reading

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – 1937 Indianapolis 500

There was an old commercial that stated that a particular brand of coffee was ‘good to the last drop’.  This might have been the slogan Wilbur Shaw could have used for his Maserati 8CTF after winning the 1937 Indianapolis 500. … Continue reading

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