They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ), and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks.

After defeating the St. Louis Blues in seven games the Wings would fall in the Western Conference Finals to the eventual champion Colorado Avalanche.

The following season, the Wings looked poised to " three-peat " for the first time in franchise history, acquiring three-time top blueliner Chris Chelios from his hometown Chicago Blackhawks in March 1999, but they would end up losing the Western Conference Semifinals to Colorado in six games.

The Wings posted the league's best record in the 2001-02 regular season and defeated Colorado in seven games in the Western Conference Finals after beating the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues in rounds one and two.

The Red Wings finished the season second in the Western Conference and third overall in the NHL.

The Wings finished first in the Western Conference and tied for first in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres, but the Sabres were awarded the Presidents ' Trophy by virtue of having the greater number of wins.

The Red Wings lost to the eventual Stanley Cup winning team-the Anaheim Ducks, in the Western Conference Finals four games to two.

The Wings entered the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the second overall seed in the Western Conference.

This run helped them secure the fifth playoff seed in the Western Conference.

They earned the # 3 seed in the Western Conference for the Stanley Cup playoffs ( extending their professional sports record of post-season appearances to 20 seasons ), finishing behind the Vancouver Canucks ( 117 ) and San Jose Sharks ( 105 ).

The map of Europe was redrawn at the Yalta Conference and divided as it became the principal zone of contention in the Cold War between the two power blocs, the Western countries and the Communist bloc.

However, under head coach Weeb Ewbank and the leadership of quarterback Johnny Unitas, the Colts would go onto a 9 – 3 record during the 1958 season and reached the NFL Championship Game for the first time in their history by winning the NFL Western Conference.

In the years 1953 – 66 the Colts played in the NFL Western Conference ( also known as division ), but were never known to have a significant rivalry with any of the other franchises in that alignment, seeing as they were the eastern-most team and the rest of the division included the Great Lakes franchises Green Bay, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the Minnesota Vikings.

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For the 1997 Major League Soccer season, their record was 21 – 11 ; they won the Western Conference regular season championship.

The Wizards had losing records for the 1998 and 1999 seasons, ending up last place in the Western Conference both years.

The Wizards would finish the 1999 season with a disastrous record of 8 – 24, which put them in last place in the Western Conference once again.

Despite getting back Preki, the Wizards sat in last place in the Western Conference in 2002.

The Wizards lost only 2 games in September and finished the season on a 6 game unbeaten streak to finish 14 – 9 – 9, for the Western Conference regular season championship.

Bob Costas filled in those games, and Albert returned to call Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Dallas Mavericks and Sacramento Kings.

They currently participate in the North Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ); prior to that the Vikings were in the NFC Central Division, and before that they were in the NFL's Western Conference Central Division.

Since the breakup of the Chicago Bulls championship roster in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated, with the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs combining to win the title in nine of fourteen years.

According to an independent study by Ronald Beech of Game 6 of the NBA 2002 Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and Kings, although the refs increased the Lakers ' chances of winning through foul calls during the game, there was no collusion to fix the game.

About 1888 J. E. McNaughton of Barnumville and E. G. Bacon became proprietors of the `` Green Mountain Telegraph Company '', connecting all offices on the Western Union line and extending over the mountain from Barnumville to Peru, Londonderry, South Londonderry, Lowell Lake, Windham, North Windham, Grafton, Cambridgeport, Saxton's River, and Bellows Falls.

This was capitalized upon by King Hassan II of Morocco, who ordered the ' Green March ' into Western Sahara, Spain's last colonial possession.

In November 1975, King Hassan mobilized 350, 000 unarmed Moroccan citizens in what came to be known as the " Green March " into Western Sahara.

* 1975 – Green March begins: 300, 000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.

The Colts did well under Shula, losing to the Cleveland Browns in the 1964 NFL Championship Game and, in 1965, losing in overtime to the Green Bay Packers in a tiebreaking game to decide the NFL Western Division championship.

In the playoffs, Green Bay returned to its dominant form, blowing away their first playoff opponent, the Los Angeles Rams, in the Western Conference Championship Game, 28 – 7.

In November of that year, the Green March into Western Sahara began when 300, 000 unarmed Moroccans accompanied by the Moroccan Army armed with heavy weapons as SAM and others converged on the southern city of Tarfaya and waited for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.

On November 6, 1975 Morocco launched the Green March into Western Sahara.

The Anigozanthos manglesii | Red and Green Kangaroo Paw is the floral emblem of Western Australia

* November 6 – The Green March begins: 300, 000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.

The effort to bring modern agricultural techniques found in the West, such as nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides, to Asia, called the Green Revolution, resulted in decreases in malnutrition similar to those seen earlier in Western nations.

In 1919 an alternative route was published, building a tunnelled link to the disused London and South Western Railway ( L & SWR ) tracks south of the L & SWR's Shepherd's Bush station then via Hammersmith ( Grove Road ) railway station and Turnham Green.

Alexander Morrison National Park is a national park in Western Australia ( Australia ), located north of Perth in the Shire of Coorow along the Green Head-Coorow Road.

Rosenbaum graduated from Castle High School in Indiana and from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, with a degree in theatre arts.

The third largest Kentucky public university, Western Kentucky University, is situated upon a hill in central Bowling Green.

Other important schools in this era were Methodist Warren College, Ogden College ( which also became a part of Western Kentucky University ) and Green River Female College, a boarding school.

Commonwealth Health Corporation, Western Kentucky University and Warren County Board of Education are the biggest employers for Bowling Green and the surrounding region.

John Green had the village platted in 1853 and it was a station on the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western Railroad.

The first train crossed on July 4, 1891 and the bridge served the Green Bay & Western ( GBW ) and Burlington Route for the next 94 years until it was closed in 1985 and dismantled in the fall of 1990.

Green, Ohio History ( journal ), Volume 38, " A Visit in 1929 to the Sites, in Western Ohio, of Forts Built by Generals Arthur St. Clair, Anthony Wayne and William Henry Harrison ", Chapter VI, p. 614-616

Growth and development in Ahnapee was greatly advanced in 1892 with the arrival of the Ahnapee and Western Railway, which connected the coastal town with the Kewaunee Green Bay and Western Railroad at Casco Junction.

Blair is on the former Green Bay and Western Railroad, which ran down the Trempealeau River valley to Winona, Minnesota.