High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 San Francisco Giants season saw the Giants finish in first place in the National League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. It was their second division title in three years. The Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs in five games in the National League Championship Series. However, they were swept by their cross-Bay rivals, the Oakland Athletics, in an earthquake-marred World Series.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 12 and ended November 19. Rusty Wallace of the #27 Kodiak Pontiac for Blue Max Racing won the championship. This was the first year that every Winston Cup race was televised, with almost all of them being televised live.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 World Series was played between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28, with the A`s sweeping the Giants in four games. It was the first World Series sweep since 1976, and is best remembered for the Loma Prieta earthquake, which occurred on October 17 before Game 3 began, and caused a 10-day disruption in play. Fay Vincent presided over the Series, his first as Commissioner of Baseball after the sudden death of his predecessor Bart Giamatti over a month earlier. This Series is also known as the "Earthquake Series", "Bay Bridge Series", "BART Series", and "Battle of the Bay," as the two participant cities lie on opposite...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 6th IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1989. Following the results of the women`s singles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 HFC American Racing Series Championship consisted of 12 races. Mike Groff and Tommy Byrne each won 4 races and Groff edged out Byrne by 10 points for the championship.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 World Sportscar Championship season was the 37th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1989 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship, which was open to Group C1 Sports Prototypes, Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. The championship was contested over an eight round series which ran from 9 April to 29 October 1989.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 6th IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1989. Following the results of the men`s singles.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) in the final to win the Men`s Singles tennis title at the 1989 US Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 International Formula 3000 season was contested over 10 rounds. Jean Alesi won the title, while also competing in the last half of the Formula One season for Tyrrell.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 NCAA Women`s Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 15 and ended on April 2. The tournament expanded from 40 to 48 teams. The Final Four consisted of Auburn, Louisiana Tech, Tennessee, and Maryland, with Tennessee winning its second title with a 76-60 victory over Auburn. Tennessee`s Bridgette Gordon was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 Federation Cup was the 27th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women`s tennis. The tournament was held at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo, Japan, from 1–9 October. The United States won the tournament without losing a rubber, defeating Spain in the final (in what was only Spain`s first semifinal and second quarterfinal appearance), giving the USA their 13th title.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 IndyCar season, the eleventh in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on April 9 and concluding in Monterey, California on October 15. There was one non-championship event, the Marlboro Challenge. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers` Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was Emerson Fittipaldi. Rookie of the Year was Bernard Jourdain. The 73rd Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by the USAC, but counted in the CART points standings.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989 Chicago Cubs season was the team`s 114th season and was highlighted when the team won its second National League Eastern Division championship. The Cubs had All-Star seasons from Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson, Rick Sutcliffe and Mitch Williams and Jerome Walton was the Rookie of the Year. Their season ended in Game 5 the National League Championship Series against the San Francisco Giants.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1989–90 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in competitive college basketball during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I season. The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time. The team posted a 27–5 overall record and a 11–3 conference record to finish tied for second in the Conference for head coach Billy Tubbs. This was the third Big Eight Conference Tournament Championship for Tubbs and his third NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament #1 seed in a row. The team earned the conference...
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