'79

WITH KEN DRYDEN IN GOAL AND GUY LAFLEUR CRUISING ON right wing,
the Montreal Canadiens won their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup,
beating the Rangers in five games. Alabama topped Penn State 14-7
in the Sugar Bowl to claim No. 1. Tempers flared: Yankee manager
Billy Martin was fired after being accused of punching a marshmallow
salesman in a Minnesota hotel; Indiana coach Bob Knight was jailed
for allegedly hitting a policeman in Puerto Rico. Yankee catcher
Thurman Munson was killed in a plane crash.