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'I think Michael Jordon is the ultimate basketball play er. He epito mizes what a player should be. He can jump with everybody. coming from all professional sports and the Olympics. He can do SPORTS STAND-OUTS in 1984 were plentiful, From the NBA to the NFL everything: -Andy McNulty No..: :��!1�� =: record was safe From the Cubs Bears' Walter Payton broke the winning the NFL:s career rush record pre- pennant to the viously held by Jim Brown. Joe Mon • CHS soccer tana, 49ers' quarterback, gave a team winning lesson to the Dolphin's young star the state championship, there was some quarterback, Dan Marino, on how to thing for every sports fan including quarterback a perfect game in the all sorts of broken records. Super Bowl. But Marino couldn't The NBA saw All-Star center Ka be denied his place in NFL history reem Abdui-Jabbar break the all-time since he threw more touchdown pas scoring record, and saw the birth ses than any other quarterback and of a new star when Rookie Michael in only his second year of pro Jordon signed with the Bulls and fessional play. Another long-held brought his high-flying act to Chi record fell when Rams' sophomore cago. That seemed only right in a running back Eric Dickerson shat year that saw the Chicago Cubs win tered O.J. Simpson's single season their division pennant for the rushing record. first time in 40 years and saw the On the homefront, CHS's Bears finally get into the play-offs. soccer and football teams set new The Bears, however, weren't the records. For the first time the only highlight of the year in foot soccer team won the state title, ball. With names like Doug Flutie while the football team made it to and Ohio State's Keith Byars be the state play-offs and beat the coming household words, football mighty Cincinnati Moeller Crusaders. records weren't safe. But In a year that saw the US host it was some veterans of the game the summer Olympics, it was the that toppled those records. The time for some Olympic efforts. • 56 Countdown/Sports .

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