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    My most memorable moment was Joe Carter's WS-winning home run.  That
    sent some chills down my spine, even though I was rooting against the
    Jays...
    
    glenn
    

    Well you axed.
    
    ND's victoire over FSU
    ND's loss to BC
    
    A week's span for rollercoaster emotions.
    
    MikeL
    

	This is easy!


	1. Cowboys beat 49's in SF on my Birthday
	2. Cowboys stomp Bills in the bowl
	3. Cowboys beat 49's in week 7
	4. All fishing trips
	5. A trip to the Black Hills

	And best of all , seeing my daughter graduate.


	Cadzilla2

	PS here's to a better year in 94 for all of us Sprots noters
	   snd DEC in general
	

>  What were the highlights and lowlights of 1993? The good, the bad and
> the ugly. What will you remember and what will you try to forget?


I penned the following in spare moments over the last couple of weeks.
It's not great by any means, but I did want to get it all down.....


'Saw



                    The Year in Sports 1993 -- In Memoriam

As the year 1993 plays out the bottom half of the last inning, it's a good
time to pause and reflect on the past 365 days before they are entered into
the record books, the stats verified and totalled, and a new page opened.

More than any year that I can remember, 1993 can be billed as the
Year of Death in Sports.  Tragedy seemed to strike with abandon, and hardly
a month went by when the Sports world was not rocked by another announcment
of unexpected death.  It was a truly sobering year, one that brought home
the gravity of fleeting fame and fragile life.

                                  * * * * *

While some might argue that professional wrestling is not a sport, or even
entertainment, the world of professional wrestling lost a mainstay early
this year when Andre the Giant, a mammoth man and gentle soul, died 
unexpectedly.  I watched him wrestle, perhaps one of the only jobs available
for someone his size, and I watched him act -- most notably in the Rob 
Reiner movie "The Princess Bride."   His loss, at age 47, was only the
first that the sporting world would know in 1993.


                                  * * * * *


While not totally unexpected, one of the most painful losses came in 
February, when the world lost a gifted athlete, and a truly great 
human being.  Arthur Ashe died of AIDS-related pneumonia.  Ashe, who
contracted the disease through a blood transfusion, won 33 singles and
18 doubles titles in his career, including the 1968 US Open, the 1970
Australian Open, and, most notably, the 1975 Wimbledon singles championship.

His career after tennis was varied, as he worked as a commentator for
ABC Sports and HBO Sports, and as a member of the Board of Directors
for Aetna Life and Casualty.   But he continued to be involved in
tennis, giving back to the sport that had rocketed him to fame, as
he co-founded the National Junior Tennis League.

Once the news about his contraction of the AIDS-virus was made public,
Ashe became a spokesperson for the sufferers of the disease, and worked
at advance the state of research toward finding a cure.  Ashe will be 
missed as an athlete, but moreso as a fine person committed to helping 
others.  


                                  * * * * *


A boating accident during the off-hours of the Cleveland Indians spring
training claim the lives of pitchers Steve Olin and Tim Crews.  The 
Indians, who had such high hopes heading into spring training, endured the
tragedy, but their season was overshadowed by their loss, both on and
off the field.


                                  * * * * *


In the darkness of the evening of April 1st, a twin-engined plane crashed on
final approach to a small airport in Tennessee.  All on board were killed, 
including reigning Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki.  

Because of its roots, and perhaps the inherent danger in the sport, the
NASCAR community is close knit, despite the feuds and intense competitive
nature of its members.  Kulwicki's death rocked the NASCAR family, and 
they lost more than their champion this past spring.

Kulwicki was an independent, who owned his own cars and raced his way.
Never quick to anger, this was best illustrated when Kulwicki was
forced out of a race in Alanta, after NASCAR veteran Dick Trickle
crashed into the back of Kulwicki's Ford.   In the pits, Alan quietly
said "I'm okay, just a bit of bad luck.  I hope no one else was hurt."

But this quiet man was also a confident man.  Going into the last
race of the 1992 season in Atlanta, Kulwicki was still mathematically
in the hunt for a championship, though far more attention was focused on
Davey Allison and Bill Elliot.  Kulwicki came through, finishing second,
but winning the championship by a mere 5 points, having lead one more lap
that race winner Bill Elliot.  As Kulwicki emerged from the car after the
race, he pulled a comb out from where he had tucked it in the car, telling
the interviewer that he'd put it there, knowing he'd need it after he
won the championship.  


                                  * * * * *


"Survive and Advance".  That was the battle cry of basketball coach Jim 
Valvano as he coached the 1983 NC State basketball team to an upset
NCAA National Championship.  Jim Valvano died April 28th, succombing
after a long battle with cancer.

Valvano coached at NC State for 10 years, then worked as an analyst for ESPN
and ABC-TV.  But perhaps the most memorable moment in his career was when he
andhis underdog Wolfpack defeated No 1. Houston 54-52 on a lay-in at the
buzzer.

In the months before his death, Valvano showed great courage, as he continued
to work, often needing assistance to and from his seat at courtside.  But his
spirit never wavered, as he stated at the 10th anniversary celebration of NC
State's Championship. 	"Today, I fight a different battle," Valvano said.
"You see, I have trouble walking, and I have trouble standing for a long
period of time. Cancer has taken away a lot of my physical abilities.  What
cancer cannot touch is my mind, my heart and my soul."

Perhaps cancer couldn't touch those things, but it ultimately took from
us a great coach and an even finer human being.


                                  * * * * *


Basketball was again struck, with the second of three tragedies, not
long after Valvano's death.  New Jersey Nets guard Drazen Petrovic
was killed in an accident on the Autobahn in Germany.   Petrovic was
talented and was a rising star in the Nets organization, and while he
played and focused on his game in America, his heart was in his
native Croatia.  Earlier this season, the Nets retired Petrovic's
number, as a tribute to their former player.


                                  * * * * *


The year 1993 saw the passing of a pair of battery mates from the Dodger
organization.   Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodger catcher, 3-time MVP,
and Hall of Famer, died at the age of 71.  And little more than a week
later, the 1962 NL Cy Young Award winner and fellow Hall of Famer,
Don Drysdale died of a heart attack in his hotel room.

Campy and Drysdale were part of two different Dodger eras that merged
as one's career was ending and the other's just beginning.  Campy was
a Brooklyn Dodger, one of "da bums", and while Drysdale pitched in 
Brooklyn, he's remembered as a Los Angeles Dodger.  Both men were 
champions.  


                                  * * * * *


The city of Boston was also touched by tragedy as Boston Celtic
Reggie Lewis collapsed and died of a heart attack during a basketball practice.
Lewis had been diagnosed with a heart condition and was training to return
to the game despite the illness.   Missed by his teammates and fans alike,
Lewis' passing has left a hole on the Celtics that they are hardpressed
to fill.


                                  * * * * *


NASCAR was shocked by its second non-driving death in 6 months when
Davey Allison died of injuries sustained in a helicopter accident.
Allison, a member of the Alabama Gang, and son of retired NASCAR driver,
Bobby Allison, had only owned the helicopter for a short while before
attempting to land at Talledega Raceway.

For the remaining races of the season, two empty spots were left in the
car-carrier area for Allen and Davey, drivers had #7 and #28 displayed
on their cars, and, in Allison's case, an empty pit spot was left in
memory of the gifted young driver


                                  * * * * *

Senseless murder for no other reason than robbery took the life of
James Jordan, father of the man who is arguably the best basketball player
ever.  While parked on the side of a road, taking a quick nap during a
trip, Jordan was accosted, and killed by two teenaged assailants, whose
sole motive was robbery.

                                  * * * * *

Finally, as the year 1993 drew to a close, Houston Oilers defensive lineman
Jeff Alm took his own life following a car crash in which his passenger
was killed.


The year in Sports saw many victories and great moments that will fill
highlight reels for years to come.  But the losses in 1993 have made more
of an impact on us and our world than in any year in recent memory.

    	The highlight of the year for me was watching the Massacuhsetts
    State Police arrest a whole bus of revelers in the parking lot at
    Foxboro after the Houston Oilers game
    
    				/Don

    Gee, does it have to be SPORTS related?
    
    Gin

   The highlight of the year for me was the Chavez-Whittaker fight. An 
  incredibly masterful display by Pernell that was as beautiful as sports 
  get. The job Whittaker did ranks with some of the all-time great ones in 
  the history of the fight game. It was Villanova vs. Georgetown in the '85
  championship game, it was Doug Williams vs. the Broncos in the Super Bowl.
  It was perfection and grace and it put a smile on my face. I could watch
  a million times.

   The lowlight of the year was the tragic loss of Reggie Lewis. The death
  of a sports figure never saddened me like Reggie's did and probably won't
  ever again because Reggie was a singular human being who touched everyone
  who had even the faintest contact with him.

  >> Gee, does it have to be SPORTS related?
    
     Yes.

    In that case......
    
    I think it was my first NHL game at the Pond in Anheim.  The Ducks won
    in OT.  Not like last night when they lost in OT.
    
    Gin

>    I think it was my first NHL game at the Pond in Anheim.  The Ducks won
>    in OT.  Not like last night when they lost in OT.
    
They have a pond in Anaheim?  How do they get it to freeze?  8^)

    This year it was BC defeating ND in the final seconds in College
    football. For Boston sports it was THE BEST game this year!!!
    
                              stig
    

    Highs:	the hiring of Bill Parcells by the Pats
    		moving Lou Gorman "upstairs"
    		the unexpected play of the Red Sox over the summer
    		Carter's HR
    		the play of the Pats over the last month
    		the play of UMASS to win the A-10
    		BC over ND
    
    Lows:	Reggie's death
    		the Sabres skunking the Bruins
    		Clemens' poor year
    		
    		

UMASS kickin the crap out of UNC despite the refs pandering to UNC. If 
Frankentross ever gets called for 3 seconds it'll be a miracle. I also
liked the fight Tommy refered to. Pernell toyed with Chavez and got
shafted bigtime...

Of course Reggie.......

mike

    'Saw,
    
    `The Pond' is the arena where the Ducks play.  It's actually `The
    Arrowhead Pond'.  
    
    
    Gin

    Biggest sprots stories of the year, from a Littleton MA perspective:
    
    1) Reggie Lewis' tragic death.
    
    2) UMass' upset of North Carolina.
    
    3) BC's upset of Notre Dame.
    
    4) The resurgence of the Patriots.
    
    5) The New Boston Garden actually being built.
    
    6) World Cup to come to Boston.
    
    7) Sox summer swoon.
    
    8) Megaplex is a megastory.
    
    9) Boston University's cinderella football season.
    
    10) Dracut High's soccer team reaches EMass semifinals.
    
    NAZZ
    
    

    My low point was the stabbing of Monica Seles.  A very, very depressing
    incident.  Reggie's death of course was terrible but I was
    psychologically buffered, it seemed I knew it was coming.
    
    High point of course was the Gordon kick, no contest.  Syracuse win
    overall was more exciting but that last change of direction of that
    ball...
    
    And for sheer excitement (did I spell that right Mikey?:-)) the
    Toronto-ST Louis 3 ot game followed by the let down of Leafs letting
    Kings off the hook in final(west).
    

Some local high points, not necessarily in order:

ACC wins its 3rd straight College Hoops Championship, even if'n it was No
Carolina. 

Hornets win their first playoff series, ever, over Boston.

Davidson hosts NCAA soccer championships the last 2 years and the ACC and
UVA win both times.

The NCAA regionals come to town as warm up for the whole enchilada in 94.

Charlotte awarded NFL franchise.

Charlotte Knights won AAA International League title.

ACC and Florida St win national football championship (OK that hasn't
happened but it'd be nice!).

Local low points:

Deaths of Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison.

Kendall Gill insists on leaving the Hornets setting all time tables back.

Dick Sheridan quits as NC State football coach.

NC State basketball continues its major downward spiral.

TTom

    
    Highs:
    
     Not crashing once  during racing this season and finishing 5th in
    Georgia during a rain soaked 6 hour endurance event.
    
    Montreal winning the Cup.
    The Pens not winning the Cup.
    
    Watching Tommy Hitman Hearns look unstoppable in his last fight.
    
    Having the Redsox do the late summer slide into the toilet.
    
    Lows:
    
    The death of a former teamate of mine at Pocono raceway in August.
    
    500cc world champ Wayne Rainey suffering paralisys in Italy in a
    seemingly harmless getoff during a lowside.
    
    Any fight with Vinny Pazienza or Roberto Duran.
    
    Any interview with Don King.
    
     

    
    
    	High-Point		THREE PEAT
    
    	Low-Point		MJ's Dad's Murder followed by MJ's Retirement

Hmm, not too many high points thised year:

High points:
	o Lynn Jennings winning her fifth straight US Cross Country chanpeenship
	o Dragging my fat but across the finish line in two marathons, and in
	  one helping my buddy qualify for Boston.
	o Pat Riley's team losing in the playoffs.
	And of course, the highest point of all:
	o finding out that Kev Farley was going to be doing the night-feeding/
	  diaper thang in 1994.  Sleep while you can, old timer.

Low points:
	o Pat Riley on the talk show circuit.
	o Passings:
	  Reggie, Dr. Sheehan, Petrovich, etc. 
	  too many - way too many...

    
    High Points: (not too many)
    
    	o taking Greg skiing for the first time, doing both kinds of
    	  bowling in the same day with Greg, the both of us making his
          3rd place finishing pinewood derby car and a Estes rocket
    	  together, the night at the Centrum seeing the Globetrotters,
          his suprise birthday party at Chuck E Cheese and just generally
          doing other neat stuff like that together.
    
    	o Crewing for Sid (and Bob) at the Vermont 100 mile Run
    
    	o Everything associated with getting together with you freekin
          lunatics  ;^)
    
    
    Low Points:
    
    	I don't think I need to spell it out for ya
    
    
    
    I remain,
    almost wishing there was a was a way to purge 1993 from ma haid
    Kev
    
    

    
    
     High:  Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1992-93 !!
    
            Dallas Cowboys Super-Bowl Champions 1992-93 !!
    
    Lows: Well all ready said why repeat.
    

Article: 13788
From: [email protected] (MIKE RABUN, UPI Sports Writer)
Newsgroups: clari.sports.misc,clari.sports.top
Subject: release at will
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 93 9:51:05 PST
 
	On the afternoon of Aug. 3, in a normally tranquil corner of South
Carolina, a man hoping to catch a few fish made a grim discovery that
routinely set the wheels of local government in motion.
	What neither the fisherman nor those in authority who stepped in to
handle the situation could possibly realize at the time was that they
had become links in a chain leading to the year's most significant event
in the world of sports.
	It was an event that, in effect, further dimmed the slowly fading
dividing line between athletic competitions and the day-to-day existence
of the rest of the world.
	During the course of 1993, a man with a knife came out of the crowd
and stabbed one of the world's best known tennis players while she was
in the midst of a competition. The owner of a major league baseball
franchise was suspended because of alleged racial slurs. The ravages of
disease claimed Arthur Ashe and Jim Valvano -- men who had climbed to the
top of their profession and were taken well before their time.
	The death of a young basketball player in Boston again fueled debate
concerning medical care given athletes. A boating accident in the midst
of spring training killed Cleveland pitchers Tim Crews and Steve Olin
and maimed teammate Bob Ojeda. The rest of the Indians struggled to
continue with their season.
	The auto racing world was left devastated by the deaths of Davey
Allison and Alan Kulwicki in crashes of a helicopter and light plane.
	All of those happenings, and many more, took the focus away from the
playing fields, but none more so than the murder of James Jordan and the
consequences it wrought.
	Jordan became another in a seemingly endless line of random victims
on July 23. He was shot once in the chest with a .38-caliber revolver as
he sat in his car at a rest area. Eleven days went by before his body
was found and, even after it was discovered, identification was not made
for another nine days.
	Finally, the world learned the father of one of the most recognized
individuals on the planet had been murdered. And less than two months
later, the victim's son, Michael Jordan, at the peak of what had been
one of the most sensational careers in the history of professional
sports, announced his retirement from basketball.
	He had led the Chicago Bulls to three straight championships and,
according to Forbes Magazine, will earn $36 million during 1993 alone.
That made him the world's highest paid athlete this year, as he was in
1992, and his exit from his sport sent ripples throughout basketball and
business alike.
	Jordan's departure left the NBA without its No. 1 promotion. Jordan's
many employers -- the shoe company, the hamburger chain and all the
others -- scrambled to determine what impact their spokesman's lower
profile would have on their advertising campaigns.
	And fans from Chicago, where he is considered a local treasure, to
Barcelona, where youngsters looked upon him almost as a god during the
1992 Olympics, were left to wonder anew -- where is the boundary between
the games and real life.
	During the course of the year, there were the usual enormous contract
negotiations involving such stars as Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt
Smith, Orlando Magic hulk Shaquille O'Neal and baseball's Barry Bonds,
whose current pact is worth $43.75 million.
	The arrival of free agency in the National Football League stole
headlines, the structure of major league baseball was altered, NHL
referees went on strike and sprinter Ben Johnson was banned for life for
again failing a drug test.
	The executive director of the NCAA resigned under a cloud of
suspicion, the United States Olympic Committee decided to pay hard cash
for medals won and the rape conviction of former heavyweight champion
Mike Tyson was upheld.
	Week after week, the achievements of athletes were overshadowed by
something that happened away from the arenas.
	But Joe Carter could not be overshadowed.
	He lived the dream of every boy who ever has picked up a baseball bat
by hitting a ninth-inning home run that brought the Toronto Blue Jays
their second straight World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies. It
was the most dramatic on-the-field occurrence of the year and came at
the end of a wild series that included a record-setting 15-14 slugfest
and finished a year that saw baseball expand into Colorado and Florida.
	As with most sports, however, much of the big news in baseball came
outside the diamond.
	Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott was suspended for the season and
fined $25,000 by her fellow owners for racial slurs made to an employee
of the team. She began serving her suspension the same day New York
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner stopped serving one.
	After the World Series, the owners decided to divide baseball's two
leagues into three divisions each and expand the playoffs from four to
eight teams. Famed pitcher Don Drysdale died of a heart attack, Reggie
Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame and Jesse Jackson threatened to
lead a boycott of the sport if minority hiring practices were not
escalated.
	And, after a career in which he struck out more batters than anyone
ever has or probably ever will, Nolan Ryan retired. So did George Brett
and they were just two of the American sporting legends to step down
during the course of the year. A.J. Foyt announced he had driven his
last race and Larry Bird said he had scored his final basket.
	With Bird and Jordan not in uniform, basketball suffered from a
traumatic year. But it was made worse by the death of Boston's Reggie
Lewis, who on May 10 was given medical clearance to resume his career
and then collapsed and died two months and 17 days later.
	The NBA also lost popular and hard working Drazen Petrovic of the New
Jersey Nets, killed in a car accident in Germany, and the sport also
mourned the death of Valvano, claimed by cancer after a colorful and
controversial career at North Carolina State.
	On the court, the Bulls won their third straight title and then, as a
new season began, the Houston Rockets opened the season with a record 15
straight victories as the scramble got underway to pick Chicago's
replacement.
	In the college ranks, the North Carolina Tar Heels emerged as
champions with Michigan losing in the championship game for the second
straight year. Even there, it was not the winning that drew the
attention, but the blunder committed by the Wolverines' Chris Webber.
	With 11 seconds left and his team trailing by two, Webber called a
time out when his team had none left. That resulted in a technical foul
and removed all doubt as to the outcome.
	In a year filled with disturbing events, certainly one of the most
troublesome occurred in Munich, where on April 30, as she sat in a chair
at courtside between games of a match, Monica Seles was stabbed in the
back by a man who jumped over a small barrier onto the court.
	The man said he was such a fan of German Steffi Graf that he wanted
to see her chief competition removed from the scene. And that is what
happened.
	Graf won the French Open, Wimbledon for the third year in a row and
the U.S. Open. She won more money in one year than any woman tennis
player ever. Six months after Seles was stabbed, the culprit was
released with a two-year suspended sentence.
	On the men's side, Pete Sampras also won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open
to become No. 1.
	Martina Navratilova, meanwhile, said she would no longer compete in
singles after 1994, Germany won the Davis Cup and the tennis world
mourned the loss of Ashe, who died of AIDS in February.
	Two large-scale comeback stories were written during the year -- one
by the Dallas Cowboys and another by Evander Holyfield.
	The Cowboys won the Super Bowl four years after managing only one
victory. They rolled over the Buffalo Bills, 52-17, handing the Bills a
record third consecutive Super Bowl loss. More people -- 133.4 million --
watched the game than any other regularly scheduled television program
in American history.
	Buffalo, however, had a tremendous comeback of its own by rallying
from 32 points behind to defeat Houston in a first-round playoff game.
No team in NFL history has come from further back to win a game.
	Dallas' victory came less than a month after NFL players agreed to a
contract that brought free agency to pro football for the first time.
That touched off an initial wave of movement within the league and also
allowed the NFL to finally go ahead with its long-planned expansion.
	The Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars will begin play in
1995.
	Joe Gibbs stepped down as coach of the Washington Redskins and his
old team promptly collapsed. Dan Reeves was dismissed as coach in
Denver, he moved to the New York Giants and his new team became the
first to clinch a playoff spot in 1993. Bill Parcells returned from a
self-imposed layoff to coach the New England Patriots, but the victories
were rare in his first year on the job.
	Alabama won the national championship and, as the new year
approached, the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Florida State Seminoles were
set to battle for this season's crown. But, with the West Virginia
Mountaineers unbeaten, new cries were heard for a college football
playoff.
	Holyfield regained his heavyweight title by outpointing Riddick Bowe
in a classic bout. Even here, the results had to share the spotlight
with the man who parachuted into midst of the activities.
	The other high-profile fight of the year came when Pernell Whitaker
had to settle for a draw against unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico.
Chavez had an 87-0 record going into the fight and virtually every
ringside observer felt Whitaker won the fight.
	On the ice, the Montreal Canadiens won their 23rd Stanley Cup and the
National Hockey League continued its southward expansion into Anaheim
and Miami. In addition, the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas.
	Wayne Gretzky hinted at retirement, but returned and again was
leading the league in scoring at year's end. But Pittsburgh superstar
Mario Lemieux, who missed much of the 1992-93 season with Hodgkin's
disease and a bad back, was out of action again during the early states
of the 1993-94 campaign, with no return date in sight.
	The national figure skating championships went to Nancy Kerrigan and
Scott Davis, but neither could claim the world title.
	Nick Price emerged as the world's top golfer after a year that saw
neither he nor his chief rival, Nick Faldo, win a major title. But Price
led the American tour in earnings, destroyed his competition in the rich
Sun City tournament at the end of the year, and was the most consistent
of the two during 1993.
	Bernhard Langer (Masters), young Lee Janzen (U.S. Open), Greg Norman
(British Open) and Paul Azinger (PGA) won the major crowns and Azinger
finished second to Price on the PGA Tour's money list.
	Azinger was also part of the American Ryder Cup team which retained
the trophy in England, but after the best year of his career, Azinger
was diagnosed as having lymphoma, a form of cancer. Doctors said they
felt Azinger could be cured, but he will be out of action for much of
1994.
	The golfing world also suffered a loss during the year when Heather
Farr lost a four-year bout with cancer.
	No super horse emerged in the horse racing world, the biggest news
coming at the Belmont, where Preakness winner Prairie Bayou had to be
destroyed and where Julie Krone became the first woman to win a Triple
Crown race.
	As the year drew to a close, attention was slowly turning toward the
invasion of soccer in the United States. The World Cup will be played
across America for the first time in 1994 and the nine cities hosting
games braced for an onslaught of fans from Colombia to the Cameroon and
from Sweden to Saudi Arabia.
	But even in the final days of the year, the morose tidings which so
dominated the 12 months continued to pile up.
	Basketball star Bobby Hurley was seriously injured in an auto wreck
in Sacramento and was fortunate to survive. He faces a long
rehabilitation. And in Houston, defensive tackle Jeff Alm, so saddened
at being the cause of an auto accident that killed his best friend,
reached into the vehicle, pulled out a shotgun and took his own life. He
was 25.
	``That's the thing about guns,'' said Houston defensive coach Buddy
Ryan. ``If the gun had not been there, he could have had time to think
about things and people could have helped him.''
	Instead, Alm because another statistic in a harsh, real world that
often during 1993 crossed into the supposed realm of fun and games.
 Release at will

    Hi's
    Eh not sure...
    Low's:
    The Webber timeout
    The dismantling of the Pistons (inevitable though)
    Reggie, Arthur, Jimmy V., et. al.

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    (Sports related excerpts)
    
	FEBRUARY
	2 -- Congress,  in a move with broad public support,
unanimously passes a bill that would permanently ban the Buffalo
Bills from the Super Bowl.
	7 -- Arthur Ashe jumps his last net.
	8 -- Professional baseball-team owners suspend Cincinnati
Reds owner Marge Schott on the grounds of "extreme stupidity,
even by baseball-team-owner standards," thereby forcing President
Clinton to drop her from his short list of attorney general
possibilities.

	APRIL
	16 -- In the historic Masters golf tournament, Bruce
Langer hits a 9-iron par 3 bogey eagle blah blah blah.

	JUNE
	16 -- In a major boxing upset, heavyweight champion
Evander Holyfield is knocked out in the second round of a title
fight by Shannen Doherty and six bodyguards.
	21 -- The Bulls win the NBA championship and Chicago
celebrates in what has become the traditional American fashion for
this type of joyful occasion. Two are killed.

	OCTOBER
	8 -- In a development that receives more coverage than
anything that happened all year in Bosnia, Michael Jordan
announces that he will not be playing basketball this year.
President Clinton vows to hold several town meetings.

	DECEMBER
	1 -- The National Football League,
having somehow got its computer system mixed up with that of the
Publishers Clearing House, awards a franchise to Mrs. Noreen P.
Glonder of Tepid Springs, S.C.
	13 -- Archaeologists digging on the site of a 14,000-year-
old Native American village in Montana unearth what is believed to
be the world's oldest known bingo hall.

	Happy New Year.

(Dave Barry is humor columnist for The Miami Herald. )

(C) 1993 THE MIAMI HERALD
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	(reprinted without permission from Newsweek, January 3, 1994.)
excerpts from:
	The '90s - Looking Back at the Interactive Salad Bar
		   by Dave Barry


	Professional sports did not fare well in the 90's; bitter baseball
	fans will not soon forget the sorry spectacle of the 1998 World 
	Series which the Southern Connecticut Microsoft/Wal-Mart Yankees
	lost in the bottom of the ninth inning of the deciding 11th game
	when right fielder Rodd (The Bodd) Sprankel, then making $4.2 
	million per week, failed to score because his agent - speaking to 
	Sprankel through the tiny receiver that most pros now wear in their 
	ears during games so they can keep abreast of market fluctuations -
	informed him that he was not contractually obligated to advance more
	than two bases in any given three-inning period.