Kansas over Oklahoma, 83-79 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri
Most Outstanding Player:
Danny Manning, Kansas
Fun Fact:
Kansas has lost both of their regular season meetings with Oklahoma. The title game was the 3rd biggest point spread upset in National Championship history. That team is referred to as “Danny and the Miracles”.
Arkansas over Duke, 76-72 at the Charlotte Coliseum.
Most Outstanding Player:
Corliss Williamson, Arkansas
Leading Scorer:
Khalid Reeves (Arizona) – 137 points/27.4 ppg.
Fun Fact:
Then Arkansas Governor, Bill Clinton, was in attendance at the Final Four, as well as the Regional in Dallas the week before. It just so happened his brother had a wedding nearby, so it worked out.
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(1) Duke, (1) UConn, (4) Ohio State, (1) Michigan State
National Championship:
UConn over Duke, 77-74 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg Florida
Most Outstanding Player:
Richard ‘Rip’ Hamilton, UConn
Leading Scorer
Rip Hamilton – 145 points/24.1 ppg.
Fun Fact:
UConn’s win snapped Duke’s 32-game win streak with the biggest point-spread upset in National Championship history. Duke had tied the regular season record for most wins (37) before the tournament.
“Half a decade ago” sounds like a while ago, right?
The tallest man-made structure to date, the Burj Khalifa, opened in Dubai.
The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.
WikiLeaks leaked over 90,000 internal United States documents to the public.
Dennis Hopper passed away at the age of 74.
Hopper was nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actor (Hoosiers) and Best Writing (Easy Rider)
And here’s what happened in Movies, Music and Sports…
Movies
Comedy
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Easy A, Date Night, Grown Ups, Due Date, Hot Tub Time Machine, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Get Him to the Greek, Life as We Know It, Dinner for Schmucks, Flipped, Valentine’s Day, She’s Out of My League, Morning Glory, The Backup Plan, Killers, The Bounty Hunter, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Greenberg, Love & Other Drugs, Death at a Funeral, Leap Year, The Switch, Going the Distance, Super, MacGruber, AND…
The Other Guys
Action/Thriller
Shutter Island, The A-Team, The Expendables, Salt, Red, Predators, Takers, The Tourist, Machete, Green Zone, Devil, Unstoppable, The Next Three Days, Iron Man 2, Insidious, Edge of Darkness, The Losers, The American, Saw VII, 13, The Ghost Writer, Unthinkable, Buried, Piranha 3D, Repo Men, The Crazies, Monsters, The Book of Eli, Paranormal Activity 2, Knight and Day, From Paris With Love, Dylan Dog, AND…
Inception
Animated
How to Train Your Dragon, Despicable Me, Tangled, Shrek Forever After, MegaMind, Legend of the Guardians, The Illusionist, Arrietty, Alpha and Omega, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Yogi Bear, AND…
Toy Story 3
Dramas
Black Swan, The Social Network, The Fighter, Dear John, Remember Me, The Town, 127 Hours, Robin Hood, Submarine, Blue Valentine, The Kids Are All Right, All Good Things, Let Me In, True Grit, Cyrus, In A Better World, Winter’s Bone, Trust, Charlie St. Cloud, The Way Back, Animal Kingdom, Last Night, The Tempest, AND…
The King’s Speech
The 83rd Academy Awards
Best Actor
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
James Franco, 127 Hours
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech – Winner
Colin Firth was nominated the year before for “A Single Man”
Best Supporting Actor
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Christian Bale, The Fighter – Winner
Christian Bale was nominated again in 2014 for “American Hustle”.
Best Actress
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Natalie Portman, Black Swan – Winner
Natalie Portman was nominated once previously for “Closer” in 2004.
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Melissa Leo, The Fighter – Winner
Melissa Leo was nominated once more in 2009 for “Frozen River”.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
The King’s Speech – Winner
“The King’s Speech” won 4 of the 12 Awards it was nominated for, including Best Directing and Writing.
Music
Rock Albums
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Hip Hop Albums
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Pop Albums
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Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Songs
01. “Tik Tok” – Ke$ha
02. “Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum
03. “Hey, Soul Sister” – Train
04. “California Gurls” – Katy Perry
05. “OMG” – Usher
06. “Airplanes” – B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams
07. “Love the Way You Lie” – Eminem featuring Rihanna
08. “Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga
09. “Dynamite” – Taio Cruz
10. “Break Your Heart” – Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris
11. “Nothin’ On You” – B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars
12. “I Like It” – Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull
13. “Bedrock” – Young Money featuring Lloyd
14. “In My Head” – Jason Derulo
15. “Rude Boy” – Rihanna
16. “Telephone” Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce
17. “Teenage Dream” – Katy Perry
18. “Just The Way You Are” – Bruno Mars
19. “Cooler Than me” – Mike Posner
20. “Imma Be” – Black Eyed Peas
21. “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z + Alicia Keys
22. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” – Usher featuring Pitbull
23. “Billionaire” – Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars
In the year that Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper was born…
President George H.W. Bush threw up on the Japanese Prime Minister on live television.
The Cold War was formally declared over.
The Winter Olympics were held in Albertville, France.
Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd President of the United States.
Atari was officially discontinued.
And in the worlds of Movies, Music, and Sports…
Movies
Comedy
My Cousin Vinny, Encino Man, Sister Act, Home Alone 2, The Mighty Ducks, Honey I Blew Up the Kids, Beethoven, The Player, Singles, Captain Ron, Class Act, Mo’ Money, Revenge of the Nerds III, Boomerang, Toys, Housesitter, Mr. Baseball, White Men Can’t Jump, Ladybugs, The Muppet Christmas Carol AND…
Wayne’s World
Action/Thriller
Patriot Games, Basic Instinct, Under Siege, Alien 3, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Lethal Weapon 3, Raising Cain, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Batman Returns, Poison Ivy, Candy Man, Live Wire, Freejack, Rapid Fire, Bad Lieutenant, Passenger 57, AND…
Reservoir Dogs
Drama
Scent of a Woman, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Last of the Mohicans, A River Runs Through It, The Bodyguard, Juice, Lorenzo’s Oil, Far and Away, Malcolm X, The Crying Game, School Ties, Of Mice And Men, Stalin, Damage, Newsies, To Be The Best, Gladiator, Sinatra, Hoffa, Chaplin, Zebrahead, The Cutting Edge, Forever Young, AND…
A Few Good Men
The 65th Academy Awards
Best Actor
Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven
Stephen Rea, The Crying Game
Denzel Washington, Malcom X
Robert Downey Jr., Chaplin
Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman – Winner
Best Supporting Actor
Jaye Davidson, The Crying Game
Jack Nicholson, A Few Good Men
Al Pacino, Glengarry Glen Ross
David Paymer, Mr. Saturday Night
Gene Hackman, Unforgiven – Winner
Best Actress
Catherine Deneuve, Indochine
Mary McDonnell, Passion Fish
Michelle Pfeiffer, Love Field
Susan Sarandon, Lorenzo’s Oil
Emma Thompson, Howards End – Winner
Best Supporting Actress
Vanessa Redgrave, Howards End
Miranda Richardson, Damage
Judy Davis, Husbands and Wives
Joan Plowright, Enchanted April
Marisa Tomei, My Cousin Vinny – Winner
Best Picture
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howard’s End
Scent of a Woman
Unforgiven – Winner
Music
Rock Albums
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Hip Hop Albums
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Pop Albums
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Billboard Year-End Top 25 of 1992
1. “End of the Road” – Boyz II Men
2. “Baby Got Back” – Sir Mix-A-Lot
3. “Jump” – Kriss Kross
4. “Save the Best for Last” – Vanessa Williams
5. “Baby-Baby-Baby” – TLC
6. “Tears In Heaven” – Eric Clapton
7. “My Lovin (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” – En Vogue
8. “Under the Bridge” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. “All 4 Love” – Color Me Badd
10. “Just Another Day” – John Secada
11. “To Be With You” – Mr. Big
12. “I Love Your Smile” – Shanice
13. “I’m Too Sexy” – Right Said Fred
14. “Black or White” – Michael Jackson
15. “Achy Breaky Heart” – Billy Ray Cyrus
16. “I’ll Be There” – Mariah Carey
17. “November Rain” – Guns N’ Roses
18. “Life is a Highway” – Tom Cochrane
19. “Remember the Time” – Michael Jackson
20. “Finally” – CeCe Peniston
21. “This Used To Be My Playground” – Madonna
22. “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” – Patty Smyth
23. “Can’t Let Go” – Mariah Carey
24. “Jump Around” – House of Pain
25. “Diamonds and Pearls” – Prince and the New Power Generation
Sports
Baseball
League Leaders
Batting
Average: Edgar Martinez (SEA) – .343
Hits: Kirby Puckett (MIN) – 210
Home Runs: Juan Gonzalez (TEX) – 43
RBI: Cecil Fielder (DET) – 124
OPS: Barry Bonds (PIT) – 1.080
Stolen Bases: Marquis Grissom (MON) – 78
Pitching
Wins: Kevin Brown (TEX) & Jack Morris (TOR) – 21
ERA: Bill Swift (SF) – 2.08
Strikeouts: David Cone (NYM & TOR) – 261
Complete Games: Jack McDowell (CHW) – 13
Shutouts: Roger Clemens (BOS), Tom Glavine (ATL) & David Cone – 5
Saves: Dennis Eckersley (OAK) – 51
MVP
AL – Dennis Eckersley (OAK)
NL – Barry Bonds (PIT)
CY Young
AL – Dennis Eckersley (OAK)
NL – Greg Maddux (CHC)
Rookie of the Year
AL – Pat Litasch (MIL)
NL – Eric Karros (LAD)
World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2)
Basketball
NCAA
Final Four:
(1) Duke, (6) Michigan, (4) Cincinnati and (2) Indiana
National Championship:
(1) Duke over (6) Michigan 71-51
NBA
League Leaders:
Points Per Game: Michael Jordan (CHI) – 30.1
Rebounds Per Game: Dennis Rodman (DET) – 18.7
Assists Per Game: John Stockton (UTAH) – 13.7
All-NBA Team:
Clyde Drexler (POR)
Michael Jordan (CHI)
Karl Malone (UTAH)
Chris Mullin (GS)
Davis Robinson (SA)
MVP: Michael Jordan (CHI)
Rookie of the Year: Larry Johnson (CHA)
NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls over Portland Trailblazers (4-2)
Football
NCAA
Heisman Trophy
Charlie Ward (Florida State) & Gino Toretta (Miami)
National Champion
Alabama over Miami 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl
NFL
League Leaders
Passing Yards: Dan Marino (MIA) – 4,116
Passing Touchdowns: Steve Young (SF) – 25
Passer Rating: Steve Young (SF) – 107.0
Rushing Yards: Emmitt Smith (DAL) – 1,713
Rushing Touchdowns: Emmitt Smith (DAL) – 18
Receiving Yards: Sterling Sharpe (GB) – 1,461
Receiving Touchdowns: Sterling Sharpe (GB) – 13
Receptions: Sterling Sharpe (GB) – 108
AP MVP: Steve Young (SF)
Super Bowl: Dallas Cowboys over Buffalo Bills 52-17
Hockey
League Leaders
Goals: Brett Hull (STL) – 70
Assists: Wayne Gretzky (LA) – 90
Points: Mario Lemieux (PIT) – 131
Hart Memorial Trophy: Mark Messier (NYR)
Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh over Chicago (4-0)
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