The Year In Sports 1996

The Year In Sports 1996 is the sixth video of the "Year In Sports" video series.
Narrated by Marv Albert
==Marv's Opening Speech==
==Table of Contents==
===NCAA Football===
*Lawrence Phillips was charged of assaulting basketball player and ex-girlfriend Kate McEwen, but instead of being kicked out the team, Tom Osborne decided to suspend Phillips for six games
*1996 Fiesta Bowl - Nebraska Cornhuskers 62, Florida Gators 24 (National Championship Game)
====Interviewees====
*Sandy Bailey - S.I. Senior Editor
*Darnell Autry - Northwestern
*Tommie Frazier - Nebraska
===NFL===
*Super Bowl XXX - Dallas Cowboys 27, Pittsburgh Steelers 17
**MVP: Larry Brown (His second interception had erased Pittsburgh's hopes for a comeback)
====Interviewees====
*Peter King - S.I. Senior Writer
*Brent Jones - 49ers
*Rod Woodson - Steelers
*Yancey Thigpen - Steelers
*Larry Brown - Cowboys
===NCAA Basketball===
*Mississippi State upset Kentucky in the SEC Championship
*Princeton Tigers upset UCLA in the first round on Gabe Lewullis' game-winning layup
*In a second round matchup between Texas Tech and North Carolina, Darvin Ham breaks the backboard on a dunk
*National Championship - Kentucky Wildcats 76, Syracuse Orangemen 67
====Interviewees====
*Alexander Wolff - S.I. Senior Writer
*Marcus Camby - UMass
*Dontae' Jones - Mississippi State
*John Wallace - Syracuse
*Walter McCarty - Kentucky
===Boxing===
*In women's boxing, Christy Martin defeats Deirdre Gogarty
*Andrew Golata DQd for delivering low blows to Riddick Bowe which causes a riot to erupt
====Interviewees====
*Richard O'Brien - S.I. Senior Editor
===Hockey===
====NHL====
*The NHL migration 1988-1996
**Wayne Gretzky left the Edmonton Oilers to join the Los Angeles Kings
**From 1992-93, three more expansion teams (Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)
**In 1996, the Quebec Nordiques became the Colorado Avalanche and the Winnipeg Jets became the Phoenix Coyotes.
*Mario Lemieux returned from a season-long break caused by the Hodgkin's disease.
*Stanley Cup Finals - Colorado Avalanche 4, Florida Panthers 0
**Game 1 - Avalanche 3, Panthers 1
**Game 2 - Avalanche 8, Panthers 1
**Game 3 - Avalanche 3, Panthers 2
**Game 4 - Avalanche 1, Panthers 0 (3OT; Uwe Krupp scored cup-winning goal in triple overtime)
=====Calls=====
====World Cup of Hockey====
*World Cup Finals
**Game 1 - Canada 4, USA 3
**Game 2 - USA 5, Canada 2
**Game 3 - USA 5, Canada 2
====Interviewees====
*Michael Farber - S.I. Senior Writer
*Joe Sakic - Avalanche
*Patrick Roy - Avalanche
*John Vanbiesbrouk - Panthers
===The Majors===
====Tennis====
*Women's Australian Open - Monica Seles defeats Anke Huber
*Men's Australian Open - Boris Becker defeats Michael Chang
*Men's Wimbledon - Richard Krajicek defeats MaliVai Washington
*Men's US Open - Pete Sampras defeats Michael Chang
====Golf====
*The Masters - Nick Faldo defeats Greg Norman
*U.S. Amateur Championship - Tiger Woods
===NBA===
*The Chicago Bulls became the first NBA team to win 70 games in a season, and finished the season at 72-10, thanks to an acquisition of Dennis Rodman who would later become Defensive Player of the Year with his talented rebounding.
*NBA Finals - Chicago Bulls 4, Seattle Supersonics 2 (MVP: Michael Jordan)
**Game 1 - Bulls 107, Sonics 90
**Game 2 - Bulls 92, Sonics 88
**Game 3 - Bulls 108, Sonics 86
**Game 4 - Sonics 107, Bulls 86
**Game 5 - Sonics 89, Bulls 78
**Game 6 - Bulls 87, Sonics 75
====Interviewees====
*Phil Taylor - S.I. Senior Writer
*Phil Jackson - Bulls
*Gary Payton - Supersonics
*Steve Kerr - Bulls
*Luc Longley - Bulls
*George Karl - Supersonics
===Summer Olympics===
*Muhammad Ali lit the torch
*American Kerri Strug overcame ankle injury to win the All-Around Gymnastics Gold Medal for her team.
*Carl Lewis retained the gold medal in the long jump
*Michael Johnson broke two world records in track and field
*A bomb exploded in Centennial Olympic Park
*Jackie Joyner-Kersee overcame hamstring injury to take home the bronze in the long jump
====Interviewees====
*Richard O'Brien - S.I. Senior Editor
*Michael Farber - S.I. Senior Writer
*Sandy Bailey - S.I. Senior Editor
*Phil Taylor - S.I. Senior Writer
*Steve Rushin - S.I. Senior Writer
*Jack McCallum - S.I. Senior Writer
===Major League Baseball===
*World Series - New York Yankees 4, Atlanta Braves 2
**Game 1 - Braves 12, Yankees 1
**Game 2 - Braves 4, Yankees 0
**Game 3 - Yankees 5, Braves 2
**Game 4 - Yankees 8, Braves 6 (10 innings)
**Game 5 - Yankees 1, Braves 0
**Game 6 - Yankees 3, Braves 2
====Interviewees====
*Tom Verducci - S.I. Senior Writer
*Joe Torre - Yankees
*Ron Gant - Cardinals
*John Smoltz - Braves
*Andy Pettitte - Yankees
===Goodbyes===
*Kirby Puckett
*Cam Neely
*Tommy Larsorda
*Brett Butler's comeback after recovering from cancer
====Interviewees====
*Richard O'Brien - S.I. Senior Editor
*Steve Rushin - S.I. Senior Writer
*Phil Taylor - S.I. Senior Writer
*Michael Farber - S.I. Senior Writer
*Jack McCallum - S.I. Senior Writer
===Moments and Champions===
*Paul Molitor gets 3,000th hit
*John Stockton sets record for steals
*Oscar De La Hoya stops Julio César Chávez
*Laura Davies wins LPGA Championship
*Steffi Graff wins her 5th U.S. Open
*Grindstone wins Kentucky Derby
*UCONN forces OT in NCAA Semifinal
*Rudy Galindo wins Nationals
*Roy Jones Jr. defends his crown
*Eddie Murray hits 500th home run
*Magic Johnson Returns
*Closing of the Montreal Forum
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