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• Missoula Skier Bergoust Wins World Cup Aerials Event

  March 17, 1996 in Sports on Page C5 Eric Bergoust of Missoula, Mont., idle a year ago because of back problems which threatened his career, had the best second jump Saturday night to lead Americans into the top …

• Miscellany

  March 8, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 The University of Utah placed all six of its cross country skiers in the top 16 of their respective races and increased its lead over defending national-champion Colorado in the …

• Weinbrecht Wins Moguls

  March 7, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 At Salen, Sweden, former Olympic champion Donna Weinbrecht won a tight moguls final for her 42nd career World Cup victory. The American collected 24.27 points with her run down the …

• Seizinger Clinches Title

  March 7, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 Katja Seizinger became the first German in 20 years to capture the women’s overall World Cup championship, finishing third today in the final downhill of the season. Seizinger, 23, finished …

• Russian Takes Sprint Race, But Idaho Woman Keeps Title

  March 2, 1996 in Sports on Page C4 Street

• Street Races To Victory

  March 1, 1996 in Sports on Page C4 Facing her least favorite slope in tough conditions, with a lot of bad attitude and quite a bit of fear, Picabo Street rose to the challenge and clinched what she …

• Americans Dominate Downhill

  February 19, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 Picabo Street, a silver medalist in the downhill at the 1994 Olympics, did even better at the World Championships. Street became the first American woman to win the event at …

• Moe Made Cautious By Injury

  February 11, 1996 in Sports on Page C1 It’s happened a few times during his comeback. Olympic downhill champion Tommy Moe takes a jump or a hard turn and feels a twinge in his reconstructed right knee. “The …

• Sports People

  February 4, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 The White Sox signed free agent Kevin Tapani to a one-year contract. The right-hander, who turns 32 this month, was 10-13 as a starter for the Minnesota Twins and Los …

• Seizinger Triumphs In Super-G

  February 3, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 Germany’s Katja Seizinger won a tricky super-G race at Val D’Isere, France to move within four points of Austrian Anita Wachter’s lead in the overall standings with her fourth World …

• Kiwi Wins World Cup Slalom

  January 29, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 Claudia Riegler, a 19-year-old New Zealander, won her first women’s World Cup slalom in only her second year on the circuit. Third after the first run, Riegler stormed down the …

• Sports People

  January 27, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 Frank Howard, Clemson’s all-time winningest football coach, died at his home in Clemson, S.C., of congestive heart failure. Howard, 86, spent almost three-quarters of his life at Clemson. Outfielder Bernard …

• Sykora Wins Slalom Over Tomba

  January 15, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 Austria’s Thomas Sykora beat Alberto Tomba in a World Cup slalom and end the Italian star’s three-race winning streak in Kitzbuehel, Austria. Sykora was timed in 1:34.24, for the two …

• British Taking To North American Slopes

  January 14, 1996 The British are coming, the British are coming … to ski. Four of the top 10 ski resorts for the British skier are now in North America, according to Crystal …

• Mader Wins Downhill

  January 14, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 At Kitzbuehel, Austria, Austria’s Guenther Mader made a record run and joined some all-time greats by winning a men’s World Cup downhill race. Mader shattered the course record, as the …

• Sports People

  January 6, 1996 in Sports on Page C2 Scott Skiles, 31, who signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on Dec. 12 in hopes of bringing maturity and a stabilizing influence to a faltering backcourt, retired Friday night after just …

• Kjus Wins Downhill To Extend Lead

  December 30, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 In Bormio, Italy, on an icy and twisty course that scared some skiers, World Cup leader Lasse Kjus “had fun” as he sped to his first career downhill victory and …

• Tomba Wins Second Straight

  December 23, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Italian star Alberto Tomba posted a sensational time in the first heat en route to his second consecutive World Cup slalom victory at Kranjska, Gora, Slovenia. The defending World Cup …

• Kjus Wins First World Cup Race

  December 22, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Norwegian Lasse Kjus skied a near-perfect second run at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, to win the first World Cup giant slalom race of his career and consolidate his lead in the …

• Sports People

  December 21, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Clyde Drexler will likely sit out tonight’s game against Portland, and the Houston Rockets guard may be out for two weeks with a bruised shin. Drexler was injured Tuesday night …

• Upset Proves Profitable

  December 18, 1995 in Sports on Page D2 Austrian Hans Knaus was doubly successful, getting his first World Cup victory and his biggest paycheck ever. Knaus, a 24-year-old from Schladming, beat race favorites Michael Von Gruenigen and Alberto …

• Street Ties For Third

  December 17, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Picabo Street tied for third place in the women’s World Cup downhill in a race dominated by Austrians at St. Anton, Austria. Led by Michaela Dorfmeister, who scored her first …

• Miscellany

  December 16, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Although Picabo Street showed her dazzling form again, the American downhill skier was unable to overcome a bad start and finished among the also-rans in a World Cup race in …

• Norwegian Wins Again

  December 11, 1995 in Sports on Page D2 Being second again was bad enough for Lasse Kjus. Finishing behind a Norwegian teammate was worse. Atle Skaardal gave Kjus another second-place finish, edging him by .15 seconds in a …

• Frenchman Wins On Home Slope

  December 10, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 At the Val D’isere resort, Luc Alphand became the first French skier in 27 years to win a World Cup downhill. The French skier was timed in 2 minutes, 20.71 …

• Frenchman Wins Downhill

  December 2, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Luc Alphand of France won the season-opening World Cup downhill at Vail, Colo., giving him four victories in the last eight downhills. It was a disappointing day for a talented …

• Slovenian Wins First World Cup

  November 27, 1995 in Sports on Page D2 Slovenia’s Andrej Miklavc came out of the pack to record his first-ever World Cup slalom victory with a charging second run that helped him overcome a deficit of more than …

• Switzerland’s Von Gruenigen Grabs Third Straight World Cup Victory By .02 Seconds

  November 26, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 von Gruenigen

• Austrian Wins Slalom

  November 20, 1995 in Sports on Page D2 Austria’s Michael Tritscher held off an unexpected second-run challenge from France’s Sebastien Amiez to win a men’s World Cup slalom. Tritscher, runner-up to Italy’s Alberto Tomba in last season’s slalom …

• Eder Finally Gets A Victory In Women’s World Cup

  November 19, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Elfi Eder of Austria packaged two solid runs to win a women’s World Cup slalom for her first career victory in six seasons on the circuit. Eder, whose best previous …

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