From New York Post · · 1m 30s
1986: when New York had everything
Forty years on, the 1986 sports calendar in New York still looks like a run no city should get.
In brief
Forty years on, the 1986 sports calendar in New York still looks like a run no city should get. You rarely notice a golden run while you're living in it, and New York had one in 1986. Originally reported by New York Post.
We had no idea
Looking back at 1986, nobody in New York understood how rare the year was. Every sport in the city was handing fans something worth watching.
“In retrospect, we probably didn't realize just how good we had it 40 years ago.”
The Mets took the city
The '86 Mets won 116 games and rode all the way to the Canyon of Heroes, with some of those wins arriving in flat-out crazy fashion.
“the '86 Mets won 116 games all the way to the Canyon of Heroes”
Mattingly raked anyway
The Yankees faded in September chasing Boston, but Don Mattingly hit .352 with 238 hits, 86 of them for extra bases, in a season that should have won a second straight MVP.
Rangers hijacked the spring
A middling 36-38-6 team turned into a playoff problem, pushing to the conference finals before the equally hot Canadiens ended it.
“hijacked the spring clear away from the Mets”
The Islanders' last swings
Out on the island, the core four of Trottier, Bossy, Potvin and Smith were still taking proud cuts at the end of their run.
Hoops had a pulse too
St. John's won 30 games and grabbed a No. 1 NCAA seed for the second year running, the Nets made the playoffs, and a young Patrick Ewing was proving the hype right.
At a glance
You rarely notice a golden run while you're living in it, and New York had one in 1986.
