CNN - Sports Month by Month Review (January)

1995 review -- an in-depth look at the top sporting events as they occurred, month-by-month.

JANUARY

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Jan. 1 -- No. 1 Nebraska beat No. 3 Miami 24-17 in the Orange Bowl to become only the fourth team in Division I-A football history to finish with a 13-0 record.

Jan. 1-- Leslie Thompson skied to a rare victory by an American cross-country racer, edging Marie-Helene Ostlund by eight tenths of a second in the 10-kilometer freestyle technique event in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.

Jan. 2 -- No. 2 Penn State beat Oregon 38-20 in the Rose Bowl to finish with a 12-0 record. Joe Paterno, the first coach to win each of the four major bowls -- the Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange, won his 16th bowl game to become the winningest bowl coach.

Jan. 2 -- Florida State beat Florida 23-17 in the Sugar Bowl to give coach Bobby Bowden an NCAA-record 10 consecutive bowl wins.

Jan. 3 -- Nebraska won its first national football title since 1971 as the Cornhuskers were the overwhelming choice in The Associated Press poll.

Jan. 3 -- Sandra Volker of Germany set a world short-course record of 27:86 seconds in the 50-meter backstroke during the Epson World Cup. Angel Martino of the United States set the previous mark of 27.93 on Dec. 28, 1993.

Jan. 3 -- The NFL penalized the Carolina Panthers $150,000 and two draft picks for discussing the head coaching position with Pittsburgh defensive coordinator Don Capers before the season ended.

Jan. 4 -- Outfielder Shane Mack signed the biggest contract in the history of Japanese baseball, a two-year deal worth approximately $8.1 million with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants.

Jan. 4 -- Gary Payton of the Seattle SuperSonics became the fourth player in NBA history to shoot 14-for-14 or better in a game. Payton joined Wilt Chamberlain, Bailey Howell and Jack McKinney, with a 14-for-14 performance from the field and 32 points in a 116-85 rout over Cleveland.

Jan. 6 -- Lenny Wilkens became the winningest coach in NBA history as the Atlanta Hawks posted a 112-90 victory over the Washington Bullets. Wilkens, with his 939th win, surpassed Red Auerbach's record.

Jan. 9 -- Former Philadelphia third baseman Mike Schmidt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the largest election ever by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Schmidt, a three-time NL MVP, received 444 votes of the 460 ballots, both records. Schmidt hit 548 home runs and led the National League in homers eight times.

Jan. 11 -- Leaders of the NHL Players Association accepted the owners' take-it-or-else proposal, effectively ending the 103-day lockout. The NHLPA agreed to a six-year deal to end the lockout that started on Oct. 1, 1994.

Jan. 13 -- NHL players ratified a new contract and headed for training camp to prepare for an abbreviated season of 48 games with full playoffs to begin Jan. 20.

Jan. 13 -- America3, the first all-women's team in the 144-year history of America's Cup, won the first race of the America's Cup defender trials, beating Team Dennis Conner by 1 minute, 9 seconds.

Jan. 15 -- San Diego linebacker Dennis Gibson twice knocked down passes in the end zone -- the last one on fourth down -- to preserve the Chargers' biggest NFL victory, a 17-13 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship.

Jan. 15 -- The San Francisco 49ers, behind a 21-0 rampage in the first 71/2 minutes, beat the two-time defending champion Dallas Cowboys 38-28 in the NFC championship. Eric Davis' 44-yard interception return on the third play from scrimmage, one of three early Dallas turnovers, started the 21-0 spurt.

Jan. 16 -- Palm Beach millionaire Malcolm Glazer agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an estimated $192 million. The sale was the largest for any professional sports team, exceeding the $185 million Jeff Lurie paid for the Philadelphia Eagles last year.

Jan. 17 -- The NFL Rams announced they were leaving Southern California after 49 years and moving to St. Louis.

Jan. 17 -- Dave Kingman and Rod Carew were the biggest winners in the second award of collusion damages, which totaled $9,708,756. Kingman was awarded $829,850 by arbitrator Thomas Roberts for 1987 and Carew $782,036 for 1986, according to the Jan. 10 decision by Roberts.

Jan. 20 -- Karl Malone scored 28 points and became the 19th player in NBA history to score 20,000 points as the Utah Jazz beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 95-84.

Jan. 20 -- Reggie Miller became the first NBA player to make 100 three-pointers in six straight seasons as the Indiana Pacers beat the Atlanta Hawks 99-89.

Jan. 22 -- Phil Mickelson became the first PGA Tour player to win the same event as an amateur and professional, with a one-stroke victory in the Northern Telecom Open. Mickelson also won the tournament in 1991 as a junior at Arizona State.

Jan. 25 -- Andre Agassi and Aaron Krickstein advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open, marking the first time four Americans reached the semis of this tournament. Agassi downed Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Krickstein beat Jacco Eltingh, to join Pete Sampras and Michael Chang. The last time American men dominated a Grand Slam -- and the only other time since the Open era began in 1968 -- was at the U.S. Open in 1979, when Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Vitas Gerulaitis and Roscoe Tanner reached the semis.

Jan. 25 -- The Oakland Athletics were sold the Bay Area businessmen Steve Schott and Ken Hoffman for $85 million and a guarantee to keep the team in the city for 10 years.

Jan. 28 -- Wide receiver Steve Largent was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility and became the first Seattle Seahawk elected. Also picked were defensive end Lee Roy Selmon, the first Tampa Bay player to make it; tight end Kellen Winslow of San Diego; longtime NFL executive Jim Finks; and Seniors choice Henry Jordan who played most of his career with the Green Bay Packers.

Jan. 28 -- Mary Pierce became the first French woman to win the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-2 upset victory over Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. The last French woman to capture a Grand Slam singles title was Francoise Durr, who took the French Open in 1967.

Jan. 28 -- Olapade Adeniken of Nigeria ran the world's fastest indoors 100-meter dash, clocked in a time of 10.13 seconds at the USAir Track and Field Invitational in Johnson City, Tenn. Adeniken broke the old indoor mark of 10.16 set by Jurgen Ray of the former East Germany in 1976.

Jan. 29 -- Steve Young threw a record six touchdown passes to lead San Francisco to a 49-26 win over the San Diego Chargers in the Super Bowl and make the 49ers the first franchise ever to win the game five times. Ricky Watters and Jerry Rice each tied a Super Bowl record with three touchdowns.

Jan. 29 -- Andre Agassi, playing in the Australian Open for the first time, captured his second straight Grand Slam championship with a four-set victory over Pete Sampras.

Jan. 29 -- FBI agents arrested John Walker Jr., a former NFL Players Association researcher, on a charge of embezzling more than $50,000 of union funds.

Jan. 31 -- Phil Kahler became the first women's coach to win 500 games in NCAA Division III when St. John Fisher beat Elmira 64-51. St. John Fisher is 500-81 in 21 years under Kahler.

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