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...winning streak and an overall won-lost record of 9-1. That was good enough to pui them in first place in the Central Division of the American Conference the toughest division in the N.F.L. Their biggest conference obstacle on the way to the Super Bowl is a likely playoff showdown with the rugged Oakland Raiders. If the Steelers survive that, they will probably face either the Vikings or the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl next month in Miami...
Cleveland, who started the second game of the Red Sox' three-game American League playoff sweep of Oakland, will be in the Boston bullpen for the first three games...
Boston ace Luis Tiant, who pitched a three-hitter against Oakland in the first playoff game, will start in the opening World Series game Saturday...
...triumph was Boston's second straight in this best-of-five playoff and left the Red Sox one victory away from a berth in the 1975 World Series. The playoffs continue Tuesday night with Game 3 in Oakland...
Should the Orioles and the Red Sox finish in a first-place tie after all the season games are played, a one game playoff in Baltimore would decide the title. The site was decided by a coin toss in the American League office...