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	Fantasy Hockey - Fantasy Hockey News from Rotoworld.com
		Before moving to Calgary for the 1980-81 season, the Flames spent their first eight seasons in Georgia.
		Here are Barry Chobotar's suggestions for waiver wire pickups for week six of the NHL season.
		After hosting the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2000 and the NBA extravaganza last year, Atlanta entertains the best the NHL has to offer for the first time.
	www.rotoworld.com /content/story.asp?sport=NHL&storyid=543 (305 words)

	ESPN.com - ESPN 25 - City standings: Philadelphia
		Moses Malone came over from the Rockets and led the Sixers, who had lost in the NBA Finals to the Lakers in 1980 and 1982, to the championship.
		The Eagles went 7-9, the Phillies plummeted to 54-61 in the strike season (a year after reaching the World Series), the Sixers went 25-57 and the Flyers missed the playoffs by going 35-39-10.
		But Cunningham's 1990 season had never before been seen in the NFL: 3,466 yards passing with 30 TDs and only 13 interceptions...
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/espn25/story?page=city/philadelphia (332 words)

	Amerks close out 2005 with two games this week - OurSports Central
		The point total broke the team's single-season record of 111 points set by the 1998-99 Amerks.
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		This past year, Rochester reached the playoffs for the 16th straight time and also finished with a league-high 112 points (51-19-4-6) to clinch its first Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy (league's points champion).
	oursportscentral.com /services/releases?id=3252661 (885 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Magic Johnson
		After missing much of the 1980-81 season with a knee injury, Johnson played for four more championship teams, in 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988, and he was named the league's most valuable player in 1987, 1989, and 1990.
		He was chosen by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 1979 NBA draft and was named to the league's all-rookie team in 1980, when he helped lead the Lakers to an NBA championship.
		A first-team All-NBA performer nine years in a row, from 1983 through 1991, Johnson shocked the sports world in 1991 when he announced that he had contracted the AIDS virus through heterosexual contact.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/johnsonmagic.shtml (386 words)

	NBA's Greatest 50 Players: MOSES MALONE
		Malone's other achievements include NBA MVP (1979, '82), All-NBA first team (1979, '82, '85), All-NBA second team (1980, '81, '84, '87), NBA All-Defensive first team (1983) and NBA All-Defensive second team (1979).
		Malone is recognized today not only for greatness as an all-around player, but also for his longevity, as he has played for two ABA teams and eight NBA teams and for 22 years.
		Matched with Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, Bobby Jones and Andrew Toney in the 1982-83 season, the 76ers led the league with a 65-17 regular-season record and won the championship.
	freemansweb.net /sixers/moses50.html (386 words)

	Houston Rockets Tickets - Rockets NBA Basketball - Rockets Ticket Brokers
		Malone won the most valuable player (MVP) award in 1979 and placed first in rebounding and second in scoring during the 1980-81 season.
		The Rockets reached the NBA Finals in 1981 and 1986 but lost to the Boston Celtics both times.
		Houston was again defeated in the NBA Finals by the Boston Celtics.
	www.coasttocoasttickets.com /nba/rockets_article.shtml (386 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Worst Pro Teams of All-time
		But in 1980-81, the team's second NHL season, they set both an NHL and a modern major pro sports record by going 30 games without a win in November and December.
		Which was probably why the Mavs managed to avoid being lumped in with the 76ers for the worst season record in NBA history.
		They began the season with 15 straight losses, and also recorded losing streaks of 20, 14, and finally 13 to end the season.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/list/worstproteam.html (1430 words)

	Kevin McHale Biography
		From 1980-81 through the 1991-92 season, Kevin McHale teamed with Larry Bird and Robert Parish to form one of the greatest frontlines in professional basketball history with the Boston Celtics.
		McHale, who was Boston's first choice (third overall) in the 1980 NBA Draft, retired from the Celtics following the 1992-93 season.
		Noted for his high-percentage shooting (.554-ninth best in NBA history), McHale was the first player in NBA history to shoot 60 percent from the field and 80 percent from the foul line in the same season.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/McHale.htm (629 words)

	Basketball information from Answerbag
		The new shot was such a hit that the NBA adopted the 3-pointer permanently for the 1980-81 season, and with the exception of the 1994-95 and 1995-96 season when the 3-point line was a uniform 22 feet from the hoop, the 3-point line hasn't moved from where it debuted 25 seasons ago.
		While the shot had its genesis in the old, forgotten American Basketball League (1961-63) and was a permanent part of the American Basketball Association (1967-1976), the NBA three-pointer made its debut during the 1979-1980 season, and then, only "under a trial basis during the regular season." Chris Ford (Boston Celtics) made the first official 3-pointer.
		They were the U.S. basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics; it was the first time non-amateurs were permitted to represent the country.
	www.answerbag.com /c_view.php/222 (2404 words)

	NewStandard: 11/23/96
		In between Cleveland and New Jersey, Fitch coached Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics to the NBA title in the 1980-81 season, and coached the Houston Rockets into the NBA Finals in the 1985-86 season.
		Clippers head coach Bill Fitch says his first NBA loss in 1970 was as distasteful to him as his 1,000th was Thursday night.
		Fitch also coached the expansion Cavaliers for nine struggling seasons from 1970-79, and guided a bad New Jersey Nets team for three seasons during the early '90s.
	www.s-t.com /daily/11-96/11-23-96/c03sp135.htm (506 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Calvin Murphy
		Murphy led the NBA in free throw shooting percentage with.958 in 1980-81, an NBA record, and.920 in 1982-83, his last season as a player.
		Murphy averaged 20.4 points a game in 1973-74, the first of five seasons in which his average was above 20 points.
		In 1,002 regular season games, Murphy scored 17,949 points, an average of 17.9 per game, and had 4,402 assists and 1,165 steals.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/murphycalvin.shtml (354 words)

	AllSports' NBA News - Grizzlies coach Lowe resigns; Hubie Brown named successor
		He led the Hawks to three playoff appearances and a division title in five seasons, compiling a 199-208 overall record from 1976-77 to 1980-81.
		The 69-year-old Brown, a former coach of the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks, has been working as an NBA analyst for Turner Sports since he was fired as Knicks coach during the 1986-87 season.
		Brown took the Knicks to the playoffs twice in four full seasons before being fired 16 games into the 1986-87 campaign and was 142-202 overall.
	www.allsports.com /cgi-bin/showstory.cgi?story_id=36335 (890 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Bob McAdoo
		A knee injury limited McAdoo to only 16 games in 1980-81, when he was with Detroit and the New York Nets, and it forced him to become a part-time player for the rest of his career.
		McAdoo was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1981 and he spent four seasons with them.
		He also led the NBA with 1,155 rebounds in 1974-75, when he was named the league's most valuable player.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/mcadoobob.shtml (890 words)

	MAGIC JOHNSON
		1980-81: Magic missed 45 games due to torn cartilage in his left knee, but returned for the Laker's best-of-three playoff series loss to the Houston Rockets.
		1989-90: For the second consecutive year and third time overall, Magic was the NBA's MVP, but the Lakers suffered their earliest playoff loss in 9 years to Phoenix in the Conference Semis, despite having the best record in the division in the regular season.
		Magic also had his career high of 23.9 points per game in the regular season that year.
	grove.ufl.edu /~cwarner/people/Magic.html (592 words)

	East Valley Tribune Daily Arizona news for Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale
		That team handed No. 1-ranked Oregon State its only regular season loss during the 1980-81 season.
		It took them a long time to get a coach as good as he was." Wulk's last great team featured future NBA players Lever, center Alton Lister, guard Byron Scott and forward Sam Williams.
		"Coach Wulk stood for loyalty," said Lever, the last all-conference player Wulk coached at ASU.
	www.eastvalleytribune.com /?sty=13175 (592 words)

	AllSports' NBA News - Grizzlies name Fratello coach
		Brown was hired as an assistant by Brown in 1978 before becoming a co-interim coach of the Hawks with Brendan Suhr, replacing Brown 79 games into the 1980-81 season.
		The Grizzlies are the third team for Fratello, who last coached in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1998-99 and has a career record of 592-499 in 13 seasons.
		Fratello, 57, has been working in TV as an analyst with TNT since leaving Cleveland in 1999 and became known as "The Czar of the Telestrator." He also worked as an analyst for the Miami Heat on the Sunshine Network.
	www.allsports.com /cgi-bin/showstory.cgi?story_id=52073 (753 words)

	Mavericks
		The Mavericks began NBA play in the 1980-81 season...
		The Calgary Mavericks are associated with the Calgary Midget Football Assoc, Calgary Bantam Football Assoc and Calgary and Area Pee Wee Football Assoc.
		Located in Columbia, Missouri the Mid-Missouri Mavericks is a professional minor league baseball club and a member of the Frontier League.
	www.webmavericks.com /8/mavericks.html (753 words)

	RealGM: Wiretap Archives: Duncan's MVP Award Official
		With 57 first-place votes and 954 total points, Duncan edged New Jersey point guard Jason Kidd (45 first-place votes, 897 points) in the fifth-closest vote since the league started using media voting in the 1980-81 season.
		San Antonio Express News - Dressed in his typical understated fashion — red Nike T-shirt, jean shorts and sandals — Duncan accepted the Maurice Podoloff Trophy from NBA commissioner David Stern to officially join Robinson as the only Spurs players to be named league MVP.
	www.realgm.com /src_wiretap_archives/15870/20020510/duncans_mvp_award_official (163 words)

	NBA History: Bill Laimbeer Bio
		Laimbeer then returned to the United States, put in a solid year for the Cavs in 1980-81, and was traded to Detroit in February 1982 with Kenny Carr for Phil Hubbard, Paul Mokeski and two draft picks.
		Laimbeer left as the Pistons' all-time leader in rebounds, with 9,430, and in games played, with 937 (which was surpassed by Thomas later in the 1993-94 season.
		Laimbeer was raised in the affluent Chicago suburb of Clarendon Hills.
	www.nba.com /history/players/laimbeer_bio.html (1129 words)

	Dallas Mavericks Tickets Nba Ticket - Buy Cheap Dallas Mavericks Tickets
		But Vandeweghe refused to play for the expansion Mavericks, staging a holdout that lasted more than a month into the 1980-81 season.
		Dallas used that pick in 1984 to select Sam Perkins, who gave the club six solid seasons at power forward and center.
		Instead the franchise went with youth-18 of the 22 players chosen by Dallas had less than three years of NBA experience.
	www.onlineseats.com /nba-tickets/dallas-mavericks/index.asp (791 words)

	MAGIC JOHNSON
		1980-81: Magic missed 45 games due to torn cartilage in his left knee, but returned for the Laker's best-of-three playoff series loss to the Houston Rockets.
		Magic Johnson was picked first in the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
		Johnson also had his career high of 23.9 points per game in the regular season that year.
	schoolweb.missouri.edu /ashland.k12.mo.us/ka/03page/magicj.htm (689 words)

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