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Year in Review 2001 | Sports Moments

By John Gettings, Mike Morrison, and Gerry Brown Moments Dale EarnhardtStanley Cup71 Home RunsWS Games 4 & 5Jordan ComebackWimbledon FinalLewis UpsetWS Game 7King of the MountainTiger…

Stubb, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Stubb, Alexander (Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb), 1968–, Finnish political leader, prime minister of Finland (2014–15), b. Helsinki. A member of the center-right National Coalition party (…

Men's ATP Tour: 1997

1997FinalsTournamentWinnerEarningsRunner-UpScoreJan. 5Qatar Mobil Open (Doha)Jim Courier$84,000T. Henman75 67 62Jan. 5Australian Hardcourt (Adelaide)Todd Woodbridge43,000S. Draper62 61Jan.…

Haber, Fritz

(Encyclopedia) Haber, FritzHaber, Fritzhäˈbər [key], 1868–1934, German chemist. He was a professor of physical chemistry at Karlsruhe and became director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute at Dahlem in…

1997 Serve Speed Rankings

(as of Sept. 29, 1997) All serves recorded by Information & Display Systems, Inc. on Stadium Court and must be in play to count.ATP MPHSite (surface)1Greg Rusedski143U.S. Open (H) (…

Final 1997 Money Winners

Amounts include singles and doubles earnings.MEN Earnings1Pete Sampras$6,498,3112Yevgeny Kafelnikov3,207,7573Patrick Rafter2,923,5194Michael Chang2,541,8305Thomas Muster2,166,5906Jonas…

British (Wimbledon) Champions

Singles—Men1877 Spencer Gore 1878 Frank Hadow 1879–80John Hartley 1881–86Willie Renshaw 1887 Herbert Lawford 1888 Ernest Renshaw 1889 Willie Renshaw 1890 William Hamilton 1891–92 Wilfred…

Eric XIV

(Encyclopedia) Eric XIV, 1533–77, king of Sweden (1560–68), son and successor of Gustavus I. To strengthen the power of the crown, he limited (1561) the privileges of the royal dukes. He forbade the…

1998 (through Nov. 29)

1998 (through Nov. 29)FinalsTournamentWinnerEarningsRunner-UpScoreJan. 11Qatar Open (Doha)Petr Korda$137,000F. Santoro60 63Jan. 11Australian Hardcourt (Adelaide)Lleyton Hewitt43,000J.…