Robert Weintraub

Decatur

Football Writer at Football Outsiders

NYC1000 https://t.co/3E6lVM1ANj Supervising Producer, The Weather Channel Contributing Writer, @Cincinnatimag, @Fboutsiders Author of four books

Articles

“HUDSON’S YARD” and “THE RUBBER MATCH”

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718. NEW YORK YANKEES VS OAKLAND A’SAMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIESGAME TWOOCTOBER 11, 2001YANKEE STADIUMQUALITY OF PLAY—6.93DRAMA—6.68STAR POWER—7.84CONTEMPORARY IMPORT—7.95HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE—7.12LOCAL IMPACT—8.05TOTAL: 44.57“HUDSON’S YARD”“Go shopping” was the insipid advice coming from the White House after the terrorist attacks of September 11 paralyzed the nation with fear.
“UNLEASH YELLOW” and “NOT VERY FUNNY”

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720. NEW JERSEY NETS VS DENVER NUGGETSABA FINALSGAME SIXMAY 13, 1976NASSAU COLISEUMQUALITY OF PLAY—8.67DRAMA—9.05STAR POWER—8.02CONTEMPORARY IMPORT—6.40HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE—6.66LOCAL IMPACT—5.75TOTAL: 44.55“UNLEASH YELLOW”In the spring of 1976 Saturday Night Live was finishing up its instantly-legendary debut season, its cast having transformed seemingly overnight from an unknown troupe of out-of-towners into household names.
“HOME RUN AND THE CHIEF” and “NO-NO NO. 1”

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722. NEW YORK GIANTS VS PHILADELPHIA A’SWORLD SERIESGAME ONEOCTOBER 7, 1913POLO GROUNDSQUALITY OF PLAY—6.24DRAMA—6.04STAR POWER—6.67CONTEMPORARY IMPORT—9.05HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE—7.34LOCAL IMPACT—9.19TOTAL: 44.53“HOME RUN AND THE CHIEF”One of baseball’s more unheralded dynasties is the 1910-13 Philadelphia A’s.
Long‐Term Outcomes of Repair of Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect and Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries

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Edward Buratto Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Heart Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author
“BECOMING THE BIG O” and “FIVE IN A ROW”

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724. SETON HALL PIRATES VS CINCINNATI BEARCATSJANUARY 9, 1958MADISON SQUARE GARDENQUALITY OF PLAY—8.29DRAMA—5.51STAR POWER—9.42CONTEMPORARY IMPORT—6.37HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE—8.86LOCAL IMPACT—6.06TOTAL: 44.51“BECOMING THE BIG O”During the Golden Age of college basketball in NYC, many stars were invited to play at Madison Square Garden in showcase games that were highly anticipated by local hoop fans and media, who seldom got to see these greats in person.
“BAD NEWS FOR THE DOCTOR” and “THE SWEATER GAME”

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726. NEW JERSEY NETS VS ST. LOUIS SPIRITSABA EASTERN DIVISION SEMIFINALSGAME FIVEAPRIL 15, 1975NASSAU COLISEUMQUALITY OF PLAY—7.23DRAMA—8.67STAR POWER—7.19CONTEMPORARY IMPORT—7.15HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE—7.17LOCAL IMPACT—6.88TOTAL: 44.49“BAD NEWS FOR THE DOCTOR”In all the annals of team sports, there has perhaps never been a squad quite like the St. Louis Spirits of the old American Basketball Association.
“THE SURE THING” and “(UN)NATURAL DISASTER”

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728. NEW YORK RANGERS VS PHILADELPHIA FLYERSEASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALSGAME SEVENAPRIL 30, 2014MADISON SQUARE GARDENQUALITY OF PLAY—8.66DRAMA—8.52STAR POWER—6.11CONTEMPORARY IMPORT—6.75HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE—6.57LOCAL IMPACT—7.86TOTAL: 44.47“THE SURE THING”New York Rangers—clutch franchise? It’s hard to use that descriptor for a club that has won just a solitary Stanley Cup in 85 seasons. But in a particular slice of big moment import, they were unbeatable.
“SUPER STREAK” and “COLISEUM CONTINUANCE”

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730. NEW YORK RANGERS VS PITTSBURGH PENGUINSAPRIL 9, 1993MADISON SQUARE GARDENQUALITY OF PLAY—7.16DRAMA—5.43STAR POWER—9.46CONTEMPORARY IMPORT—7.65HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE—8.47LOCAL IMPACT—6.28TOTAL: 44.45“SUPER STREAK”On New Year’s Eve, 1988, the great Mario Lemieux became the only player to ever score five goals in five ways—even strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot, empty net—in a single game, against the Devils in Pittsburgh.
“RHODY GETS RAMMED” and “DREAM SEASON ON THE BANKS”

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732. DUKE BLUE DEVILS VS RHODE ISLAND RAMSNCAA TOURNAMENTEAST REGIONAL SEMIFINALMARCH 24, 1988BRENDAN BYRNE ARENAQUALITY OF PLAY—7.27DRAMA—7.44STAR POWER—7.46CONTEMPORARY IMPORT—8.25HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE—7.19LOCAL IMPACT—6.82TOTAL: 44.43“RHODY GETS RAMMED”The University of Rhode Island Rams hoops team in 1988 was coached by “Turnaround Tom” Penders, who was just beginning to build his reputation as a quick builder of programs.
Bengals Moaning Season Is Upon Us Again

1 month ago | cincinnatimagazine.com | Robert Weintraub

All you’ve heard these past few weeks when it comes to the Bengals is moaning. “What are we doing???!!!” “Shemar Stewart??!!” The general feeling seems to be that it’s been another fallow free-agency period and another questionable draft. “What is this, 2017?”That’s what happens when the team gets such incredible seasons from its stars and somehow misses the playoffs.