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1984 In Sports
1984 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine Skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup: ** Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland ** Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland * At the Winter Olympics, Bill Johnson becomes the first American to win the gold medal in downhill skiing. American football * Super Bowl XVIII – the Los Angeles Raiders (AFC) won 38–9 over the Washington Redskins (NFC) **Location: Tampa Stadium **Attendance: 72,920 **MVP: Marcus Allen, RB (Los Angeles) * Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record on October 7. * Philadelphia Stars win United States Football League Championship, 23-3 over Arizona Wranglers * Orange Bowl (1983 season): ** The Miami Hurricanes won 31-30 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the national championship * Doug Flutie wins the Heisman Trophy * November 23 – The Hail Flutie Game * 1984 college football season: ** The Brigham Young Cougars win the national championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol. "Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, helicopters or snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent. Alpine skiing has been an event at the Winter Olympic Games since 1936. A competition corresponding to modern slalom was introduced in Oslo in 1886. Participants and venues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
