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OldNavy1988

Fall 1981:

In the young WFL season, London Monarchs rookie kicker Mick Luckhurst is already making an immediate impact for his team and currently leads the WFL in scoring in the first six weeks.
 

stratonapba

Winter 1981: The Charlotte Bid in Major League Baseball heats up as Bruton Smith owner of Charlotte Motor Speedway is planning to take the rights of buying this franchise for the 1985 Major League Baseball Season, the proposed team name for the New Charlotte MLB Franchise will be the Racers after it's NASCAR Heritage (including Charlotte Motor Speedway)

And Speaking of NASCAR: Some Big News in Silly Season occured during the 1981-1982 Offseason

- Neil Bonnett has announced to leave the Wood Brothers to get in the #2 Buick for JD Stacy Racing
- Dale Earnhardt will now run the #3 Wrangler Pontiac for 1982 for Richard Childress due to a Trade with Bud Moore Engineering in which they got Ricky Rudd to run the #15 Piedmont Airlines Ford
- Richard Petty decided to stay with Petty Enterprises to concentrate on racing with his Brother Kyle after turning down to Join Rainier-Lundy Racing in which they get Buddy Baker to run in 1982.
- Wood Brothers hired 1980 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Tim Richmond to drive the #21 Warner Hodgdon/National Engineering Ford
 

stratonapba

OldNavy1988& Nivek: Possibly, So Add that to it!

Winter 1981: During the Winter Meetings in Hollywood, FL (just located between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Two Groups are trying to bring a second (and maybe a third) major league team in Canada the first one will be from Montreal, QU led by Charles Bronfman their proposed team to be called the Expos while another one from Calgary, AB with the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation are trying to get an MLB Team, The New Calgary MLB Team Name will be decided one it's approved for the 1985 MLB Expansion.
 

Colonel Zoidberg

So does MLB go to six divisions instead of four after the expansion? The 162-game season lends itself to three divisions in each league - six games against each team in the other divisions, 18 games against each team within the division. This would also introduce the wild card unless the leagues decide to have two of the division winners play while the other skips to the LCS.
 

OldNavy1988

Here's what the 1985 MLB realignment might look like....

American League
EAST
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Buffalo Bisons
Miami Crocs
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays

CENTRAL
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals

WEST
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland Athletics
Portland Beavers
Seattle Rainiers
Vancouver Mounties

National League
EAST
Atlanta Thrashers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates

CENTRAL
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Braves
Minnesota Giants
New Orleans Pelicans
St Louis Cardinals
Texas Rangers

WEST
Denver Bears
Hollywood Stars
Sacramento Solons
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Seals

EXPANSION BIDS FOR 1985 (Not sure how many are getting in though)
Montreal Expos
Calgary
Phoenix (Arizona Diamondbacks?)
Las Vegas
Charlotte
Tampa Bay
Louisville
Nashville
Indianapolis
 
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stratonapba

OldNavy1988: Good Idea on the Proposed Realignment when we get to 1985, we get there.

Now Back to our Regularly Scheduled Football Reports

Winter 1982: The San Diego Chargers are trying to defend their Gold Cup on January 2nd they beat the New York Knights in the Epic in the Meadowlands 41-38, Then The Following Week the Freezer Bowl took place at Riverfrontt Stadium as Dan Fouts scored 2 TD Passes to Kellen Winslow to win it 24-14, however they are one step closer from Making it back to the Gold Cup.

However for Teri Hatcher's Run as a Featherette: It Ended with a Bang as The Fremont Featherettes from Sunnyvale, CA won the 1982 National Choir Team Championships with Hatcher on Lead Vocalist singing "Dim All The Lights" beating out the Layton Lancelles with lead vocalist Gina Durbano performing in the Kick Category in which she sang "Always Something There to Remind Me" in addition Rhythm Radio broadcast the first National Choir Team Championships in history, ESPN is expected to Televise the Event in 1983 with Universal Cheerleaders Association Founder Jeff Webb calling the Play-By-Play.
 

stratonapba

Who's Who in the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Circuit

Buddy Baker - Will now run the #28 JD Stacy Pontiac for Harry Ranier
Neil Bonnett - Will now run the #2 JD Stacy Buick
Dale Earnhardt - Will now run the #3 Wrangler Pontiac for Richard Childress
Harry Gant - Hal Needham booked him to run the #33 Skoal Bandit Buick with extra sponsorship from 7-Elevven.
Benny Parsons - Will now run for Hoss Ellington driving the #1 Buick sponsored by the Card Game Uno
Kyle & Richard Petty - Both will stay in the #42 & #43 This Season as STP will sponsor for another season.
Tim Richmond - Will now run the #21 Warner Hodgdon/National Engineering FordRicky Rudd - Will now drive the #15 Ford for Bud Moore which is now sponsored by Piedmont Airlines
Darrell Waltrip - Defending Winston Cup Champion in which he is driving the #11 Mountain Dew Buick
Cale Yarborough - Will Now Join MC Anderson driving the #27 Valvoline Buick
 

AltSptHst

College Sports 1981-82

Football

ACC Champ Clemson (12-0) beats Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange Bowl for their first National Championship. In other bowl games, Pitt beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl (on a late Marino to John Brown TD pass), Penn St. beat USC in the Fiesta Bowl, Washington beat the upstart Iowa Hawkeyes in the Rose Bowl, and Texas beat Alabama in the Cotton Bowl.

Basketball

For the first time, the Atlantic-10 Tourney is played at Madison Square Garden (due to Dave Gavitt's vision). In the finals, Georgetown defeats Villanova 72-60. Also, in the EAL final (the site rotates every year. In 1982, it was at the Civic Arena), Pitt beats Boston College 72-70.

1 seeds:

East: North Carolina
Midwest: DePaul
Mideast: Virginia
West: Georgetown

Final Four Teams

Game 1

East: North Carolina (def. Villanova 70-60)
Midwest: Missouri (they beat Boston College 74-67)

Game 2

Mideast: Louisville (they beat UAB 75-68)
West: Georgetown (they beat last year's finalist Oregon St. 69-45)

Final Four

Game 1: North Carolina 78, Missouri 65
Game 2: Georgetown 50, Louisville 46

National Title Game: North Carolina 72, Georgetown 64
 

Colonel Zoidberg

OldNavy1988 said:
Here's what the 1985 MLB realignment might look like....

American League
EAST
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Buffalo Bisons
Miami Crocs
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays

CENTRAL
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals

WEST
Los Angeles Angels
Oakland Athletics
Portland Beavers
Seattle Rainiers
Vancouver Mounties

National League
EAST
Atlanta Thrashers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates

CENTRAL
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Braves
Minnesota Giants
New Orleans Pelicans
St Louis Cardinals
Texas Rangers

WEST
Denver Zephyrs
Hollywood Stars
Sacramento Solons
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Seals

EXPANSION BIDS FOR 1985 (Not sure how many are getting in though)
Montreal Expos
Calgary
Phoenix (Arizona Diamondbacks?)
Las Vegas
Charlotte
Tampa Bay
Louisville
Nashville
Indianapolis
Click to expand...

I'm thinking Charlotte in the NL East, Indy in the AL Central, and Calgary and Phoenix in the West divisions. Also, Denver is the Bears last I checked, unless someone changed it and I fell asleep at the wheel, but other than that, it all fits together.
 

OldNavy1988

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Winter 1981-82

Meanwhile in the WFL, the golden toe of rookie Mick Luckhurst elevates the London Monarchs to the WFL playoffs with a 30-27 overtime win over the Amsterdam Admirals in the regular season finale at Wembley. Across the pond, Archie Manning proved he could still produce, leading the Chicago Blitz to an Eastern Division crown over the New York Stars in Brooklyn. The real Cinderella team in the WFL resided at Sun Devil Stadium, where the hometown Phoenix Firebirds finally clinched the West and triumphed over their tormentors from Tinseltown, beating the Moguls 34-31 in a game billed as the Duel in the Desert.

Wild Card Round
Dutch crowd noise too much for Stars (Admirals 42, Stars 23; Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Holland)

"The Slipper Still Fits!" - The Arizona Republic after the Firebirds defeat the Vulcans 22-21 with just seconds to play at Tempe.

Semifinal Round
"Manning Overboard!" - The Chicago Tribune after the Blitz blow a ten point lead against the Admirals at Soldier Field. 38-28 Amsterdam over Chicago.

"It Ain't Midnight Just Yet!" - The Arizona Republic after the Firebirds upset the Monarchs 17-13 at Wembley.

World Bowl VIII in Los Angeles pits the Amsterdam Admirals, champions of 1978, against the Phoenix Firebirds, who have made it to the World Bowl for the very first time.
 

stratonapba

Winter 1982: With the Anticipation of World Bowl VIII between the Amsterdam Admirals and it's QB Phil Simms taking on the Phoenix Firebirds and their Starting QB Dennis Sproul of Arizona State, The 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series opens the season at Riverside for the 19th Annual Winston Western 500, During the Pre-Race Entertainment, The Cuda Girls (Choir Drill Squad for the NBA's Los Angeles Barracudas) led by a 20-year old Paula Abdul singing the leads performed the National Anthem, after that the 42 Car Field led by Defending Winston Cup Champion Darrell Waltrip (who won the pole on qualifying led the field to the green flag for 119 laps), 2 Canadian Born Drivers who are in the 42 Car Field did really well as Trevor Boys (driving the #84 for Boys Racing in a Pontiac) finished 22nd and Roy Smith drive his Buick #74 for John Edgett finished 24th but The Wood Brothers finally won their first road course race since Dan Gurney won in 1968 as Tim Richmond took to the checkered flag winning the 1982 Winston Western 500 in the #21 Warner Hodgdon Ford, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, Terry Labonte and Joe Ruttman (from Upland, CA) round out the top five.
 

OldNavy1988

Winter 1981-82

World Bowl VIII; The Rose Bowl; Pasadena, CA

In the early 1980's, Phoenix Firebirds quarterback Dennis Sproul was the Kurt Warner of his day, once destined to be Dan Fouts' backup with the San Diego Chargers, now grateful for a starting job in front of the same fans who cheered him on in his college days. His favorite pass targets, Jackie Flowers, coming over from the Vulcans via trade. While Don Macek and Art Kuehn were Phil Simms' personal bodyguards in Amsterdam, Sproul had former SEC standouts Chuck Commiskey and Steve Courson in his corner. Kit Lathrop, Sproul's former college teammate at ASU, was now the leader of the Firebird defense, and in this World Bowl, hounded Simms on every Admiral snap. This World Bowl would prove to be fireworks display of offense, with the upstart Firebirds coming out on top 42 to 38 before a standing room only crowd of 99,500 in Pasadena.
 

Skollar

January 14, 1982

Sammy Davis Jr leverages his business successes in the Las Vegas and Los Angeles area via his investing in real estate to buy a controlling interest in the Harrah's Group that owns approximately 26% of the Las Vegas Outlaws. With his controlling interest in the Harrah's Group and being the head of the Madasin Corporation for the combined business interests of the Rat Pack, Sammy Davis Jr is the de facto controller/owner of 51% of the Las Vegas Outlaws, making him the first African American majority owner of a major sports team.
 

stratonapba

Winter 1982: The Daytona 500 took place in the 2nd Race of the 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Season but they were no Chevrolets in the starting grid since the 1971 Space City 300 in Meyer Speedway at Houston, TX, Bobby Allison led the Most Laps and won that event in the #88 Gatorade Buick, Cale Yarborough, Terry Labonte, Bill Elliott and Joe Ruttman round out the Top 5.
 
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