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(This was in the days when there were no divisional playoffs, let alone wild cards.
When lured out of retirement a year ago--he was "bored to death" of fishing and golfing--the Pacers had just finished a miserable 39-43 season, had missed the playoffs, and were led by a core of aging, disgruntled players.
The National Football League playoffs are set . The top stories: 1) The New York Jets won their division for the first time since joining the NFL.
In 1995, each league was further divided into three divisions, creating six pennant races, and post-season play was expanded to involve eight clubs, as two "wild card" teams joined the pennant winners in the playoffs.
The regular season and playoffs have eliminated more quixotic teams: The Donald Trump-like Baltimore Orioles, willing to spend endless millions to prove their incompetence; the Alan Keyesian Chicago Cubs, hopeless but mesmerizing; the Reform Partyesque Boston Red Sox, erratic, crazy, but with just enough brilliance to be dangerous.