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Show Editorial: Chris J. Miller This was a year of cliches, great comebacks, and of personal triumphs in sports. Since school began last fall, there have been many great athletic events, at Weber State and around the nation. And it seems like for every great moment, there was an old time-worn cliche that some television announcer or journalist could slap on the event. There was the World Series, the "Ho-hum 1-70" series. Kansas City beat St. Louis, or was it St. Louie that beat St. Louie? Basically, St. Louis "choked." This year the cliche is "everybody in the league looks good." This is especially true if you forget about the Mets; they are in a league by themselves. Football came and went. The "Team of Destiny" (love that cliche) beat up on everybody. The Chicago Bears won it all, and they had about as much fun along the way as any team could. Weber State and Chicago both sported the famed 46 defense, but all comparisons end right there. In Northern Utah, 46- translates to "Matador." Remember the cliche "the year of ... " This year was the year of Lendl, the year of Dr. Gooden, the year of the rising pole-vault record and, oh yes, the year of the Refrigerator. Every year is full of personal triumphs, the old "tear-jerker" of athletics. How about Jack Nicklaus winning another Masters at age 46. What about 52-year old Willie Shoemaker taking Ferdinand to the Kentucky Derby and waltzing away with the roses. Throw in Reggie Jackson at 436 home-runs and rising to round out the list of all "old foxes." Someday, the NBA playoffs will be over, and LA and Boston will get on with what we knew it would be. Look for Boston in seven and L.A. next year, and Boston the next year, and L.A., and Boston . . . Locally, the Jazz did all-right, credit them with 43 wins. Even cliche-o-matic Hot Rod Hundley was fun. No local college sports team won it all, but there were enough wins and exciting moments to make the year exciting. We said hello to a "Farmer" and goodbye to a "Miner." The tennis teams at Weber continued their supremacy. The Wildcat football team was fun to watch; the offense scored like they were playing basketball, while the defense thought they were playing flag football. All in all, it was a "year to remember." "You gotta love it, baby." "How sweet it is . . ." :y , -v ' .-if V? - " ' "i' ' vi" - - " ' ' """'v1 "'" r' i' " ' "'ay j wmj-ww" 'w.'ytwn.!wisffwmwfti . , ' '- j ' . t. . ' W , ; , -, ' - - . . . V 2 c ; If i i ' f : :f U ' i ' ' X J f ; 1 '4 , U : f." ,t . " v - t Si t t L VA : . . i i- " . CHICAGO BEARS' Walter Pay ton broke Jimmy Brown's combined total yardage record of 15,459 yards during the Bears-Denver Broncos game. Payton went on to rush for 1 79 yards and total career yardage of 15,517 yards. Payton 134 rolls for long yardage past Bronco's defender Rick Dennison (55). (UPI photo) BOSTON CELTIC forward Kevin McHale left tries to get position on L.A. Lakers' center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (rightj. (UPI photo: Jon Soo Hoo) Sports C5 5 3 I x C a 3 ICfq 3 Co c I c 3 co |