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

> "*Hi, everybody. I'm Marv Albert, and welcome to Sports Illustrated's Year In Sports.*"
> ― Marv Albert
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## 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

### 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

> "*Sakic held it in. Still held in. Uwe Krupp, shot...SCOOOORE! THE COLORADOOOOOOOOO AVALANCHE HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP!*"
> ― ESPN announcer Gary Thorne on Uwe Krupp's cup-clinching overtime goal in Game 4.
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#### 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