1973

Managed by 48-year-old Hall of Fame New York Yankees' catcher Yogi Berra, the 1973 New York Mets were 12 games out of first place on July 8.

If you lived anywhere near the Alabama border on the Gulf Coast in the early 1970s you were expected to become a fan of Alabama or Auburn. Rooting for Notre Dame in the 1973 Sugar Bowl was tantamount to joining the Union army during the Civil War.

Film director Fred Zinneman follows the famous French novel closely and succeeds. "The Day of the Jackal" is a must see thriller on widescreen DVD.

At the conclusion of play on Aug. 1, 1973 the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite their 51-53 record, were in third place, six games behind the first place St. Louis Cardinals and two and one-half games behind the second place Chicago Cubs.

We are living in a baseball era that embraces mediocrity. Only the Philadelphia Phillies (.621) and the Boston Red Sox (.617) have won more than 60 percent of their games.

New York's most beloved team, the gritty, gutsy New York Mets found themselves in last place on Aug. 30, 1973. With about one month left to play, right-thinking fans weren't paying much attention to them.

This is my personal comprehensive review of Brian De Palma's 1973 psychological suspense classic Sisters, starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning and William Finley.

The bookend year for my series reviewing great albums of 1967-1973; a prolific time in music history. In this article, 1973 is profiled.

In the chaotic era of disco, platforms and great cultural changes, these movies kept people going back to theater for more.

This horror/thriller film literally scared "the hell out of 1973 theater viewers" into going back to church and renewing their religious vows!

This article describes an incident that occurred at the 1973 US Open Tennis Championships that might, superficially at least, appear to tarnish the reputation of tennis legend Rod Laver.

Since 1973 we have seen a lot of pitchers come and go. Here are the 5 best since that time.

In 1973 Pastor David Wilkerson published his book "The Vision." In the first chapter he makes some incredible claims about God warning him about a coming economic crisis. Have some of those predictions now come true?

Police detective Sam Tyler suffers from financial culture shock in "Life on Mars."

A list of ten great pop songs from 1973. These are classic songs, still played on radio. You know them, your friends know them, your mom knows them.

1973 was about dominance -- who wanted it and who seized it.

1973's Christmas selection included two blockbusters that would become two of the highest grossing films of all time up to that point.

A review of the new ABC television crime drama.

The American version of the British TV series Life on Mars premiered recently on ABC. The premise for the American Life On Mars, as with the British version, is that a 21st Century police detective finds himself mysteriously in 1973.

The 1973 World Series pitted two similar teams in a riveting showdown that went seven games. The Mets won only 82 games, but were built for a short series.

Five of these films were remembered at Academy Awards time the following winter, two of them made the list of Best Picture nominees.

I provide a better understanding of crime and deviance using Ronald Akers' Social Learning Theory and Edwin Sutherland's Differential Association.

An overview of the opportunities made available to children with learning disabilities under the Rehabilitation Act

On September 11, 1973, the Chilean military overthrew the country's socialist dictator and president, Salvador Allende. What led the military to such a dramatic step? The Allende regime, in its colossal scope of rights violations, was rapidly becoming intolerable.

On the evening of June 25, 1973, two young people heard the chilling, unearthly scream of some creature in the woods along the Big Muddy River south of Murphrysboro, Illinois.

From teeny-bopper bands like the plaid-clad Bay City Rollers to solo crooners like Barry Manilow and enduring classics such as the Eagles and Chicago, the hits from the 1970's bring back easygoing times that live on only in the movies.

Two giants of the heavyweight division who are perhaps best known for their epic battles with Muhammad Ali, also fought a classic, and surprisingly one-sided, bout against each other.

Many quarterbacks have played in the NFL, but only a select few have earned the privilege of being a top ten passing leader.

Famous Sports Birthdays On November 5 Bill Walton, Dana Jacobson, Johnny Damon, Alexi Yashin, Jerry Stackhouse

38 years ago today a student of social work found myself at war. This is part of my soon to be autobiography.

It helps to come from a long line of legendary actors

A review of E.F. Schumacher's economic philosophy from the '70s placed in perspective within our present economic times