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...spent last Friday evening watching the Toronto Raptors celebrate their playoff win at expense of my New York Knicks. Although it was the Knicks’ first first-round playoff exit in 10 years, it wasn’t surprising. The Knicks were without starter Larry Johnson, and were hardly prohibitive favorites to begin with...
Events like Camby’s ordeal put sports in perspective. The healing process his family has to endure from this point on transcends the importance of any playoff series, and anyone who faults Camby for his ineffectiveness or his Game 3 absence needs a head examination...
With the Knicks, there’s always something. Last year, Ewing was injured during his final Knick playoff run, and the Indiana Pacers’ frontcourt dominated the glass to advance to the NBA Finals. The year before that, Ewing tore his achilles during the playoffs, but the Knicks miraculously made it to the championship series, anyway. Fans began to talk about how much better the team was without Ewing-until San Antonio Spurs’ tandem of Tim Duncan and David Robinson made them realize that sometimes, even a sullen, aging center is better than none...
...their annual meeting on May 16, the athletic directors of the ECAC will be voting on a proposal to change the current playoff format to allow all 12 men’s hockey teams into the postseason. To avoid making the ECAC even more of a laughing stock of a conference, I urge Harvard Athletic Director Bill Cleary ‘56 and all of the other headmen to please vote...
...Generally speaking, more teams experiencing the playoffs and Lake Placid is positive,” he said. “It’s nice for the kids to have playoff experience and to know that, even if a particular team goes through a tough stretch during the regular season with injuries or other problems, they still have a chance to make it a really successful season...