High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bill Cowher`s fifth season as head coach of the Steelers resulted in yet another trip to the playoffs for the team, as Pittsburgh won the AFC Central Division championship for the fourth time under Cowher. However, the team`s 10–6 record was not good enough to earn the Steelers a first-round bye. In their first playoff game, a rematch of the previous year`s AFC Championship Game, the Steelers defeated the Indianapolis Colts; their season would end a week later at the hands of the New England Patriots.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1996 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men`s NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1996, and ended with the championship game on April 1 at Continental Airlines Arena (now known as Izod Center) in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. A total of 63 games were played.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1996 Superbike World Championship season was the 9th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on April 14 at Misano, and finished on October 27 at Phillip Island after 12 rounds.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1996 NatWest Trophy was the 16th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 7 September 1996. The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Essex County Cricket Club by 129 runs in the final at Lord`s.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New England Patriots participated in the National Football League`s 1996 season, the team`s 37th in football. The Patriots finished with a record of eleven wins and five losses, and finished first in the AFC East division. The team lost Super Bowl XXXI to the Green Bay Packers.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1996 New York Yankees season was the 94th season for the Yankees. The 1996 New York Yankees were managed by Joe Torre, and played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1996 World Series matched the defending champion Atlanta Braves against the New York Yankees, with the Yankees winning in six games, despite being outscored 26–18, to capture their first championship since 1978, and their 23rd overall. The Yankees became the third team to win a World Series after dropping Games 1 and 2 at home, following the 1985 Kansas City Royals and the 1986 New York Mets. They also became the first team since the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers (Yankees lost to the Dodgers in 1981) to win four straight games after dropping the first two.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Steffi Graf defeated Monica Seles 7–5, 6–4 in the final to win the Women`s Singles title at the 1996 U.S. Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Michael Stich 7-6(7–4), 7-5, 7-6(7–4) in the final to win the Men`s Singles tennis title at the 1996 French Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Boris Becker defeated Michael Chang 6–2 6–4 2–6 6–2 in the final to win the Men`s Singles title at the 1996 Australian Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pete Sampras defeated Michael Chang 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–3) in the final to win the Men`s Singles tennis title at the 1996 US Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1996 IndyCar season, the eighteenth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 16 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 3 and concluding in Monterey, California on September 8, in which it was marred by the death of Jeff Krosnoff. The PPG Indy Car World Series Drivers` Champion was Jimmy Vasser. Rookie of the Year was Alex Zanardi. This was the first season after the split with the Indy Racing League and the last year that CART licensed the "IndyCar" trademark from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Indianapolis 500 was replaced in the Series by the U.S. 500, held in Brooklyn, Michigan.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Colorado Rockies` 1996 season was the 4th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Don Baylor was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 83-79, third in the NL West.
Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1996–97 Scottish Cup was the 112th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Kilmarnock who defeated Falkirk in the final. Scottish Cup is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association. The Scottish Cup trophy is the oldest original national trophy in the world. It was first held in 1873-74, with the first winners being Queen's Park. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1996- 1997 Indy Racing League season was a result of the league abandoning the concept of ending each season with the Indianapolis 500. The 1996-97 season would ultimately comprise the events following the Indy 500 in 1996, and all events contested in the calendar year of 1997. The 1996-97 season was originally scheduled to begin at New Hampshire in August 1996 and end with the Indianapolis 500 in May 1997. At some point in 1996, the consensus regarding the unusual split-calendar season was decidedly unfavorable. Omitting the normal winter offseason caused potential difficulty with driver contracts, sponsor contracts, and equipment purchasing, which all traditionally followed a...
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The NFL playoffs following the 1996 NFL season led up to Super Bowl XXXI. The second year Jaguars won their first playoff game in team history as kicker Mike Hollis scored the winning 45-yard field goal with 3:07 left to play. The Bills scored first with quarterback Jim Kelly's 7-yard touchdown pass to running back Thurman Thomas. However, Jacksonville tied the game after defensive end Clyde Simmons intercepted Kelly's shovel pass and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown. For the rest of the game, the score see-sawed back and forth: Hollis and Bills kicker Steve Christie each scored 2 field goals, Thomas ran for a 2-yard touchdown, Jaguars running back Natrone Means ran for a 30-yard score,...
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