Sport: The Playoff

At halftime, thanks to a fabulous 52-yd. field goal* by Lou ("The Toe") Groza, the Cleveland Browns led the Los Angeles Rams, 10-7. A year ago, when the two teams played for the National Football League championship, it was Groza's unerring toe which won the game, 30-28, in the last 30 seconds of play. In this week's playoff game at Los Angeles' huge Coliseum, football history seemed to be repeating itself.

But the Rams, championship playoff victims two years running, started rewriting the script in the second half. Against a team that had never...

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