„… Perspektive Prof. Dr. Peter W. Heermann, LL.M.* Einleitung Spätestens seit den 1980er Jahren hat die …” „… abschließenden Playoffs den Meistertitel erringen, im Durchschnitt größer ist als in der Bundesliga. Nur …” „… NFL-Teams sowie ge‐ gebenenfalls nach dem Erfolg in den Playoffs, jeweils erzielt in der Vor‐ saison. Je …”

„… , Lauren, 82Bahr, Matt, 93; 1980 season, 140–141Baltimore Colts, 23; mid 1970s playoffs70, 79–80; 1978 …” „… early 1980s playoffs, 150–151,153; NFL early 1970s seasons, 33–36,37–40, 40–42, 46–50; NFL early 1980 …” „… 1980s seasons, 140,141–142, 144, 145, 146; late 1970sseasons, 83, 84, 91; late 1970s playoffs,84, 85–86 …”

„… fine in the 27–3 romp.17THE 1974 PLAYOFFSFor the third consecutive year, the Steelers made the playoffs …” „… that Bradshaw re-ceive equal air time to make his case for being intelligent.18The playoff game …” „… football-frenzied Pittsburgh.Prior to the next playoff game, the media coverage of Bradshawdiffered from the …”

„… Bradshaw sensed during the loss to Denver in the last playoffs:“Their team was different. They’ve thrown it …” „… divisional playoffs. This time, they were set to do battle atMemorial Stadium in Baltimore. Almost 1,000 $12 …” „… in the playoffs, with the Steelers journeying toOakland. Pittsburgh would have to play with half of …”

„… Jones, for-mer NFL quarterback1Terry Bradshaw spent a significant amount of time during the 1980and 1981 …” „… dinners for various clubs. In Hartford, Connecticut, during thewinter of 1980, Bradshaw admitted to being …” „… counter.Thousands had attended the Super Bowl in January 1980, despite itbeing held far from Pittsburgh. Now fans …”

„… to provide rare insights.”—William Taaffe,columnist1After years of participating in the NFL playoffs …” „… , the Steelers finishedthe 1980 season with a 9–7 record, situating them in third place in theCentral …” „… upcoming playoffs. As the quarterback described it,“I wore a cowboy hat and sang ‘On the Road Again,’ and …”

„… fora generation of fans from the late 1960s through the early 1980s.In recent years, as cohost of Fox …” „… expect that their teams will wingames. Fans believe winning will get the team into the playoffs …” „… the division title and make it to thefirst round of the playoffs; however, he couldn’t help the team …”

„… 1980s. Some sportswriters recalled waiting for stars likeBradshaw to exit the locker room, after which …” „… becamethe first female director for NFL games in the late 1980s. She thoughtthat for a female announcer to …” „… , the NFL universe was pre-paring for the playoffs, followed by the Super Bowl in January 1991.Meanwhile …”

„… , “Steelers’ Long Playoff Run Nears an End,” NewYork Times, December 6, 1980, 17; “Steelers Rally, Beat Chiefs …” „… , 1921–1996 (Shreveport, LA: 14-0 Publications,1997) ; Eddie Jenkins, “Playoff and Title Game Appearances and …” „… Pittsburghin the 1980s,” honors thesis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey,2012 …”

„… . The New South, 1945–1980: The Story of the South’s Modernization.Baton Rouge: Louisiana State …” „… Deindustrialization of Pittsburgh in the 1980s.” Hon-ors thesis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2012 …” „… , http://www.history.rutgers.edu/undergraduate/honors-program/honors-papers-2012/400-solidarity-lost-the-deindustrialization-of-pittsburgh-in-the-1980s/file (accessed …”

„… 1960sto the mid-1980s, CBS, NBC and ABC aired the most popular of thevariety talk shows of the era …” „… create more congregants. The growth in church mem-berships only started leveling out in the late 1980s …” „… toassume production responsibilities for the forthcoming Bradshaw al-bum. By the time of the 1979 playoffs …”

„… games yet narrowly miss the playoffs.It all started with the 2004 NFL Draft when Butch Davis was still …” „… be one and so over the years the fandom grew. If it wasn’t the Kardiac Kids of the early 1980s or the …” „… Bernie Kosar Browns of the late 1980s, the Orange and Brown provided so many great memories for their …”

„… the playoffs.Speaking of Miami, the Browns lost to them in their only MNF appearance in 1973, a 17–9 …” „… playoffs.The 1979 season began on a high note for Cleveland as they started the season 3–0, as they welcomed in …” „… the 1980s and 1990s, I’ll never forget how cool it was watching those helmets collide right at 9 p.m …”

„… Chapter 5: Playoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Part II …” „… AFC Playoffs following the 1986 regular season. It happened just days before my fifth birthday and it …” „… spell away from the playoffs in the 1970s, to give fans one of the most thrilling seasons in franchise …”

„… Trust!’ His guidance and leadership got them to the playoffs.”The Royals kicked off the ’14 postseason …” „… , and the American League Most Valuable Player award in 1980. Perhaps out-side of Kansas City, Brett is …” „… . He really willed the Royals to win that game, and now we’re back in the playoffs. if we lose that …”

„… back-to-back Stanley Cups, but the “brotherly love” wouldn’t be fully restored until the 1980 World Series …” „… Carlton’s 1980 title all but dried up by the likes of Baltimore’s Rick dempsey in ’83 and Toronto’s Joe …” „… 2008, the team’s first World Series championship since 1980.FAMiLiAR FACeS in neW UniFoRMS And oLd …”

„… .shtml?redirwww.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rai/playoffs.htmwww.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24606514/as-sign-lease-with-oco -coliseum-will-stay-put-for-10-yearswww.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id …” „… -year-old-frank-olivo-loves-philly-teamswww.mainlinetaxi.com/sportsinphiladelphia.aspwww.philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/story/ballparks.jspwww.home.comcast.net/ghostsofthegridiron/stadiums.htmwww.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/playoffs.htmwww.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1983 …” „… .shtmlwww.baseball-reference.com/teams/PiT/www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/ThreeRiversStadium.htmwww.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1980&t=phiwww.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHi/1980 …”

„… Astrodome, the Astros qualified for the playoffs six times, including two national League Championship …” „… from 1980 to 1988. nolan Ryan, baseball’s all-time strikeout leader, threw a record seven no-hitters …” „… nuisance for the time they are there. it even happened in one of the playoff series against the Yankees at …”

„… that made a lasting impression on me. The Dodgers had not made the playoffs the previous season, and I …” „… asked him if he watches the playoffs and World Series even if the Dodgers weren’t involved and he wasn’t …” „… doing it for illumination but for support.”From the time I met him in 1980 in my first year of MLB play …”

„… strong offensivepresence in other rounds of the playoffs—particularly in the 2009NLCS, when he hit .368 …” „… the playoffs witha wild card berth and fell behind the Yankees in the American LeagueChampionship …” „… Series to the White Sox in 2005, and missing the playoffs thefollowing year, Boston completed its second …”

„… 33922NEW YORK YANKEES1996–2000After the “Bronx Zoo” era of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the …” „… without a playoff berth. In an effortto rebuild a winner, owner George Steinbrenner consistently …” „… a scorecard just to keep up with the influx of managers andcoaches. During the 1980s, the Bombers …”

„… in the playoffs, posting a .444 average, butMcRae lost his stroke, managing a meager .125 mark. The …” „… 1, the two teams remained deadlocked atop the AL East. Aone-game playoff in Boston pitted hurler Ron …” „… walks during his career. He ledthe league in that category during the 1980 slate with 119. On the …”

„… . After makingquick work of the Phillies in the NL playoff, they squared off against therejuvenated …” „… washeaded in, Joe Morgan returned to the Astros in 1980. Although JohnnyBench remained a lifer in Cincinnati …” „… earned him a reputation as a bit of a bully.His fight with Bud Harrelson in the 1973 NL playoffs …”

„… . During his last season inToronto, he guided the team to a playoff berth. The Jays met the Royalsin the …” „… campaigns, the ALEast was a notoriously tough division, and the Blue Jays failed to makethe playoffs. By …” „… that season. He retiredas a player after the 1980 slate and served as Blue Jays hitting coachfrom …”

„… reminiscentof the 1951 campaign, a three-game playoff was arranged to decide thepennant. The Dodgers split the …” „… several teams. In1980, he replaced Mariners manager Darrell Johnson, guiding the clubto a lackluster 20–38 …” „… final postseasonappearance in the 1969 playoffs. He finished his career with the Sena-tors in 1970.From …”

„… sold the club during the 1980 campaign,he was universally disliked by those inside the baseball …” „… attendancedropped off sharply. When Finley sold the franchise in August 1980, hisname was in ill-repute.Few …” „… occasions. He helped theBrewers to a playoff appearance in 1981, and a World Series berth thefollowing year …”

„… hisduties in New York, Billy Martin took over the helm in 1980, andturned the team around. Four Athletics …” „… level,ushering in an era of rippling biceps and tape-measure homers. In the1989 playoffs, Canseco hit a ball into …” „… , theirnames are inextricably linked to the success of the Oakland A’s in thelate 1980s and early 1990s. Dennis …”

„… playoff. He posted a 5–1 record and 2.20 ERA in 14appearances that year, finishing third in Rookie of the …” „… Flatbush, was released in the 1980s. He passed away in2011, at the age of 84.FAST FACT: From 1952–1956, the …”