Oct. 1, 1996: Where Were You When the Rangers Won Their Playoff Game? Their Only One.
The defending Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys were 2-3 under Barry Switzer and on their way to a playoff loss to the Carolina Panthers.
The Dallas Mavericks were embarking on a season that started with head coach Jim Cleamons and the Three Js -- Jason Kidd, Jim Jackson and Jamal Mashburn -- but ended in a 24-58 disaster that got Kidd traded, Cleamons fired and Don Nelson a job.
The Dallas Stars were new, and hockey at Reunion Arena was still fresh.
Our President was Bill Clinton; we were still staggering from the Atlanta Olympics bombing; Jerry Maguire was showing us the money; your 14-year-old son wasn't yet born; and everyone was doing the "Macarena." Shoot, I had a wife, a job at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, hair and a Nissan Pulsar complete with T-Tops.
Yep, Oct. 1, 1996 was a loooooong time ago.
So long ago, in fact -- how about 3,993 days -- that the Texas Rangers were playoff winners. For the first, and only, time in their franchise history.
Read Richie's full Sportatorium blog at DallasObserver.com.
