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...sight. The hard-pressed New Zealand had a rash of problems, from gear failures to a ripped mainsail, that left it limping in, a stunned 3:38 behind. "Disastrous," said Dickson. "Everything broke and went wrong." Conner ended the week needing only one victory to clinch the challenger's berth in the finals, while the dispirited Kiwis had to win three. If the draper succeeds, next week he will face either his old nemesis, Perth Millionaire Alan Bond and Australia IV, a descendant of the boat that won at Newport, or more likely the lithe and speedy Kookaburra III, owned...
Berkoff's time of 1:55.94 was good for first place in the 200 individual medley and Ritch swam the 100 freestyle in 47.74 seconds to clinch the race. Berkoff and Ritch, along with Bird and senior Jim Kornish also grabbed the 400 freestyle relay...
...they had to do to clinch an NFL playoff berth was win one of their last three regular-season games. But they lost to Cincinnati and San Francisco. Now the defending AFC champions must play Miami in the Orange Bowl next Monday night...
...England led San Francisco, 17-16, entering the fourth quarter. But a fumble recovery and interception led to 10 points as the 49ers rallied for a 29-24 victory that helped them clinch at least an NFC wild-card berth...
Meanwhile, Harvard boasts are focused on the gutsy goalkeeping of sophomore Chad Reilly, who stopped four of five penalty shots Sunday to clinch a Crimson victory. Reilly, who opened the season second on Harvard's depth chart, has now started 10 of the booters' 15 games...