Late Playoff Qualifiers Unlikely to Go Far
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The Jets, Vikings and Rams made it into the NFL playoffs Sunday. The way they played, they might be out in a week. New York and Minnesota backed in. The Jets lost 32-29 in overtime at the Rams, and the Vikings lost 21-18 at the Redskins.
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It is not as though they need any more reminders. It is not as though they are not aware of the consequences. Boston College has Rutgers and Mississippi State and, to an extent, Pittsburgh as prime examples of what can happen to a Division 1-A team on any given day against a Division 1-AA opponent.
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The Sporting News - Plenty of postseason "truisms" will be trotted out until the end of the World Series, but in reality some of the better-known ones aren't all that true.
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After a 0-4 Start, Buffalo makes a playoff run, but is it too late?
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As Saturday nightâs game against the Patriots showed, the Giantsâ inability to finish big games is a big issue as the playoffs arrive.
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Anything can happen come tournament time. The MIAA tournament breeds upsets, as the highest and lowest seeds alike are eliminated by a single loss.
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer. take long for that to happen. And we want to keep it high. I don&#39;t have a. problem with that.
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Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season...
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The end of the MLS regular season featured some dramatic situations as teams contended for playoff spots. The Revolution, though, clinched a playoff berth last month and have since been preparing for their postseason, which begins tonight against the New York Red Bulls.
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The third straight week of this FedEx Cup finale is starting to yield more evidence that the PGA Tour Playoffs aren't like the postseason in other sports.
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On the court and off, the Mystics season has been one of disappointment, but the playoffs are still a possibility.
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The Eastern Conference playoff picture got a bit tighter and a lot more intriguing in a matter of hours.
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A confident American team enters the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship on an impressive run but some familiar faces are blocking the US path to reclaiming the global throne.
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A coherent argument can usually be made in support of the view that the World Cup doesn&#39;t really begin until the knock-out stages get going.
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When Phil Mickelson visited Kauai about eight months ago on a family vacation, he was determined to return. But with his 0-46 record in major championships as a pro and amateur, qualifying for the PGA Grand Slam of Golf seemed unlikely.
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Each time I leave one of these football championship games, I am not convinced that the right teams have reached the championship round. The current system needs to be fixed.
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San Diego -- The sports cliche about taking them one game at a time does not apply in a final-week drive for the playoffs. That, the players say, is looking too far ahead.