Show The Deans Dean's top 10 sports stories of 1992 1 The USA Dream Team wins the gold medal in the summer Olympics 2 Magic John Johnson on and Larry Bird retire from the They both wound up great careers Johnson retired after a few players expressed feeling uncomfortable un uncomfortable uncomfortable un un- comfortable about guarding him b because c use he has the H HIV T I virus B Bird rd called it quits after having b back ck problems for the thelast thelast thelast last two years and he decided he would rather retire than play just home games Thanks for the memories 3 The baseball pennant goes north of the border The Toronto Toron Toron- to Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves Brayes in the World Series It was the first time a Canadian team won a World Series eries I was glad to see them finally do it 4 The Pittsburgh Penguins won back to back Stanley Cup Cupin in hock in hockey y They were le led by r Mario They beat the Chicago in the finals Congratulations to Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pit Pit 5 In the the Chicago Bulls won to back-to-back cham cham- They got a scare in inthe inthe inthe the Eastern Conference final by barely defeating the New York They beat the Portland Trailblazers in the finals They will win there third in a row this year 6 After 28 years the U of U went Bowling The Utes were invited to the Copper Bowl where they met Washington State The Utes lost by three thre points but played better than most people expected 7 Steve Howe was reinstated reinstated reinstated re in stated to Major League Baseball He had been banned for life seven times for failing to adhere to the leagues league's drug policy This his is the biggest joke of the year 8 Last fall a judge in Minnesota Min Mm- told the NFL that the Plan B Free Agency policy was illegal and granted four players the right to play for any team any team they want wanted d. d There will wiIl be bemore bemore bemore more on this as both the players and the owners owners must meet and come com up with with- witha a new policy 9 Utah lost its bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics Tax Taxpayers Taxpayers Taxpayers payers are still paying 60 60 million mit- mit mil mU- lion to build the facilities I believe if we build they still wont won't come 10 Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was convicted convicted con con- of raping a contestant in ina a Mi Miss s Black Beauty pageant in Indianapolis Jurors found him guilty while some ome people feel he got a bad d deal al Mi Mike ke you could have be been n the great greatest st heavyweight champion of all |