High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980–81 Phoenix Suns season was the 13th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. At 57–25, the team had finished with its best regular season record. For the Suns, they had appeared in their first Finals five years ago but never could claim a divisional title as their own. Atop the Western Conference standings for the first time, the Suns had earned a bye in the first round of the playoffs. The offense was highlighted by balanced attack, with four starters averaging 15 points or more a game, but none greater than 19. This, despite a trade that meant the departure of four-time All-NBA Paul Westphal, who was swapped for fourth-year All-Star guard Dennis...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980–81 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars` 14th season. Although the North Stars finished the season with one less win and one less point than the previous year, they made a surprise appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals against the New York Islanders, which they lost 4 games to 1.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980–81 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies`s fifth season, and seventh season of the franchise. Like five of the previous six seasons, the Rockies did not qualify for the playoffs.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks season was the fifty-fifth season of operation of the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980–81 New York Rangers season was the 55th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Patrick Division with 74 points and earned a berth in the playoffs. New York won series with the Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues to reach the NHL semi-finals, where the team was defeated by the New York Islanders in a four-game sweep.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980–81 NCAA Division I men`s basketball season began on November 28, 1980, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1981 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 30, 1981 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. The Indiana Hoosiers won their fourth NCAA national championship with a 63–50 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1980–81 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the Toronto Maple Leafs 63rd season of the franchise, 53rd season as the Maple Leafs.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Belgian Grand Prix of 1981 was marred by two serious incidents involving mechanics, one fatal. In Friday practice a mechanic from the Osella team, Giovanni Amadeo, stumbled off the pitwall into the path of the Williams of Carlos Reutemann. Reutemann was unable to avoid the mechanic, who suffered a fractured skull. He died from his injuries on the Monday after the race. Before the start of the race the mechanics of all the teams staged a protest over the safety measures protecting them, which was soon joined by several drivers who left their cars. The race organisers nevertheless flagged the warm-up lap at the normal time, leaving several cars delayed on the grid, either stalled or with...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire. The British and Italian Grands Prix are the oldest continuously staged Formula One World Championship Grands Prix. Grand Prix motor racing was first established in Britain by Henry Segrave at Brooklands in 1926 after his winning of the 1923 French Grand Prix and the San Sebastian Grand Prix the following year, which raised interest in the sport. The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Senechal driving a Delage 155B. The second British Grand Prix was held at...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 17, 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The United States again hosted the final round of the Formula One season in 1981, but in Las Vegas, not at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course in upstate New York. After twenty years on the GP schedule, the organizers at Watkins Glen were unable to fulfill financial obligations for 1980, and so a track was created on the grounds of the Caesars Palace hotel. The track provided speeds averaging over 100 mph, and with the counter-clockwise direction straining the drivers' necks unusually, it was clear the drivers' endurance would be tested in the extreme all weekend. Even in practice, Piquet...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Results from the 1981 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Dijon on July 5, 1981. The French Grand Prix (1906-1967: Grand Prix de l'ACF, 1968-2008: Grand Prix de France) was a race held as part of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One automobile racing championships. Grand Prix motor racing originated in France and the French Grand Prix, open to international competition, is the oldest Grand Prix race, first run on 26 June 1906 under the auspices of the Automobile Club de France in Sarthe, with a starting field of 32 automobiles. The first World Championships were organized in 1925 with the French Grand Prix, the Italian Grand Prix, the Belgian Grand Prix and the...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 65th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 24, 1981. A hectic month of May was interrupted several times by rain. Bobby Unser took the checkered flag as the winner, with Mario Andretti second. The following morning, USAC officials ruled that Unser had passed cars illegally while exiting the pit area on lap 149, and issued him a one-position penalty. The official posted results scored Unser finishing second, and declared Andretti the winner. After a lengthly protest and appeals process, the penalty was rescinded, and Unser was reinstated the victory on October 9. The race is widely considered one of the most controversial races in Indy history....
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Results from the 1981 Formula One Dutch Grand Prix held at Circuit Zandvoort on August 30, 1981. The Dutch Grand Prix (Grote Prijs van Nederland) was a Formula One automobile race held at Circuit Zandvoort, from 1952 to 1985. 1985 was its final running, as the company that commercially ran the circuit (CENAV) went out of business, marking the end of Circuit Zandvoort. The track, owned by the municipality of Zandvoort, was not used for some time and part of the grounds and approximately half of the track was sold in 1987 to Vendorado, a bungalow park developer at that time. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 NBA Draft took place on June 9, 1981. It featured NBA teams selecting college and other players in a pre-decided order based on their record in the previous season. The draft consisted of 10 rounds. Two players drafted in the final round went on to have very successful careers in other sports. Tony Gwynn had a baseball career that eventually put him in the Hall of Fame as an outfielder with the San Diego Padres, while Kenny Easley had a long and productive NFL career, that included five Pro Bowl selections with the Seattle Seahawks. The 31st pick, Danny Ainge, played baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays, but had a much longer and more successful career in the NBA. Данное...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament which followed National Basketball Association's 1980-81 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics winning their 14th overall championship by defeating the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets in the 1981 NBA Finals. Boston's Cedric Maxwell was awarded NBA Finals MVP. The playoffs were notable for being the only time, to date, that a team with a losing record has ever advanced to the NBA Finals, as the Rockets won their first Western Conference championship, despite finishing with a record of 40-42. The Kings' playoff series victories over the Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns were the...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium, an outdoor facility on campus in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Criner and were the defending champions of Division I- AA. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl XVI when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on an 5-10-1 season. The team was considered to be superior to the 1979 team that finished the season one game shy of the Super Bowl. With the running game and special teams ineffective, the Buccaneers depended heavily on the pass, and particularly on the big play.Jimmie Giles returned to form, establishing numerous team receiving records. Doug Williams became the second active quarterback to need only four seasons to reach the 10,000 career passing yards mark. The defense improved over the previous season, a change that McKay attributed to less reliance on blitzes, and a general improvement in speed due to changes in...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 52nd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on August 9, 1981, at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, the home of the Cleveland Indians of the American League. A series of fielding blunders by Yankee 2B Willie Randolph resulted in the National League defeating the American League 5- 4. The game was originally to be played on July 14, but was cancelled due to the players' strike lasting from June 12 to July 31. It was then brought back as a prelude to the second half of the season, which began the...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1981 Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Hurricanes from the University of Miami at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 2, 1981. The game was the final contest of the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 20-10 victory for Miami. Another game by the same name followed the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season and was played in December, 1981. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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