European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. December 14. 1990 the stars and stripes a a a a Quot a. Commentary Poge 25 tis the season for lists. List the lop athletes of 1990. A list the Best stories of 1990. List the greatest games of 1990. When the year ends the lists begin. Can is asking viewers for a play of the year. After that network finishes deciphering its list of options it will air the big play dec.28. Maybe it la be Ernest Givins hamstring stretching end zone dance for the Houston oilers on sunday. Or some such critical move. The associated pres recently asked for the top 10 stones of the year pm mailing in these l Buster Douglas upsets Mike Tyson. 2. Reds sweep athletics. C 3.49ers win fourth super bowl. 4. Germany captures world cup. 5. Cameroon shocks Argentina 1-0 in world cup opener. 6. Pete Rose goes to jail. 7. Pete Sampras wins . Open. 8. Monica Seles stops Steffi grass Streak at 66. 9. Lbs fires Brent Musburger. 10. George Steinbrenner kicked out of baseball. These lists can get Sticky. For instance fellow stripes staffer Walt Morrissette says Atlanta a Landing the 1996 olympics is the top Story a Pittsburgh steel or fanatic i know would surely push for Chuck Nollys nailing Down his 200th Victory As the no. 1 Story in the end you go with your own list and Tell All the gripes Tough. That a request for the top 10 stories of the year was a Breeze compared to United press International a Campaign. The rival wire service phoned a couple of weeks ago for the top 10 male and female athletes of the  first you think no problem. Rattle off 15 or 20 elite sportsmen for 1990 in a Flash. Then comes the hard part sportswomen. Quick. Name 10 women athletes who sizzled this year. Its not easy. A a a it a which is Why it took me two weeks to think about it. Here Are my choices for the top male athletes of 1990 r.,. A a. A. A 1. Joe Montana. The san Francisco quarterback produced his fourth nil championship. How great is super Joe last sunday while Montana dissected Cincinnati against my upset minded wishes a Friend provided this Comfort a nothing you can do. You  dealing with the Best who Ever  2. Evander Holyfield. The heavyweight Champion. The Best built Boxer on Earth. Which is Why he should bump Jim Palmer in those underwear ads. What did he do won two fights the second of which was a Buck Fox Joe Montana and Monica Seles top the year third round knockout of Buster Douglas for the title. 3.-Michael Jordan. The Best basketball player in the solar system. Which is How far he leaps on a Jam he led the Aba in scoring with a 33.6 average then led Chicago into the Eastern conference finals. 4. Ayrton Senna. So  is a crazier Driver than the saudis. He still won six formula one grand prix races. That a out of 16 events. He seemed to captured the pole position every other weekend. The brazilian is a  a it a 5. Cecil fielder talk about motown hits. This Detroit Tiger parked 51 homers. That a so rare no one had hit 50 in the american league since Roger Marisa 61 and Mickey Mantle s 54 in. 1961. How fielder lost out in the Al map voting to Rickey Henderson is a mystery of John be Carre proportions. 6. Buster Douglas. Of he flubbed against holy Fields muscle. But on feb. 11 in Tokyo Douglas punched out the biggest upset in be Ever heard of his loth round knockout of Mike Tyson. That will go Down As a top 10 upset of this Century. 7. Greg Lemond. A second straight tour de France title. When you consider the agony of peddling up the Alps Lemond might be the Best pure athlete on this list. A a a Ita a 8. Stefan Edberg. The no. 1 Tennis player after winning the no. 1 tournament Wimbledon. The swede was everywhere winning six other tourneys. 9. Roger m ill a King of the read. ,. Toward Cameroon a stunning trip to the world cup quarterfinals. Not bad for a 38-year-old sub. 10. Brett Hull you done to overshadow Wayne Gretzky easily especially when the . King leads the nil with 142 Points on 40 goals and 102 assists. Yet Hull did. The is. Louis Star amassed 72 goals an nil record for a right Wing that was last season lie already leads Wajih 29 goals this season. That takes care of the men. Did you come up with a list of women Here s mine 1. Monica Seles. T he yugoslavian teen stamped 199 f1his was breaking Steffi Graf s Mega Streak in the German open final producing her Wii 36-match string winning the French open and taking the year ending Virginia slims championships for her ninth tourney title. May she drop that Grunt for 1991, 2. Merlene Otley. The jamaican won her 43rd straight 100-meter dash. She also ran the 200 under 22.00 a record seven times. 3. Steffi Graf. She a still the no. 1 women Tennis player. No question. Forget her losses in the French and . Open finals. Remember her australian open title nine other tourney crowns and $1.9 million in prize Money. Not to mention the Jaguar she collected for totalling the most tour Points. For any other player that s a hat of Fame season 4. Jackie Joyner a Crecy this solid Gold trickster of the 1988 olympics will go Platinum if she keeps this up. She won her 12th straight heptathlon in the Goodwill games 5. Petra Kronberger the austrian skied to the world cup women a Overall title last Winter. She a Back at it this season Kronberger stands Way ahead in the Overall standings and no wonder. She made history saturday by winning the super giant slalom thus becoming the first skier to finish first in All five disciplines a super a downhill slalom gift slalom and combined. A 6. Midori Ito. If you avoid figure skating you miss one of the quickest athletes in the world Arena this tiny japanese looked terrific in the 1988 olympics but. Not to the judges who refuse to give new faces High Marks. They were accustomed to Ltd a face by a last March. She free skated to three perfect 6,0s in the world figure skating championships 7. Jennifer Azzi. The guard led Stanford to the it Mcaa basketball title and was named the  and ing player of the final four. 8. Janet Evans. Another Stanford Cardinal she swam to three Mcaa titles in the March Ciampi on so i is 500-y a  free stye 4ck 1-Yard i Nodi Widua i Nicel Ley and 1,650-Yard freestyle. 9. Kerry Saxby. She a the australian who broke world records in the 3 and 5-Kilbmeler walks. Try race walking some Day. Its meaner than running. Gabriela Sabatini the third Tennis player on this fist. She turned into much More than a pretty lace at the . Open. That a where tiie argentin waxed Graf in the final. To Star and so Ripe a. A town s Christmas Toumey starts today compiled by Walt Morrissette Start writer basketball the Kaiserslautern Christmas shootout tops the Holiday schedule with. 20 teams going at it for eight Days beginning with tonight doubleheader at Kleber gym. A Lan Stuhl. Takes on the Rockenhaus ii German team at 6 . Today followed by Ramstein of a Safe a Continental sports conference playing Hanau of v corps saturday has a seven game slate Starling at 9 . With games every two hours. A Hanau will Host a Marlin Luther King Day Over-30 tournament Jan. 11-13 at the. Pioneer Eling Cohorst and Cardwell. Gyms. All players must be at least 30 years old by Jar a. The team entry fee for the double elimination event is $80 with a Jan. 4 sign up deadline Contact Hanau sports at 322-8960 or 06181-1.5080. Power lifting Berlin will.host-"1 he meet Jan. 12 in the Cole gym from f , to 7 .weigh-ins Are Jan. 11. Killers will go for two team trophies plus local Roundup others awarded to the top three finishers. For More information Call Berlin sports at 332-6178/6768, /. A a volleyball Zwic Brucken a hosts an International tournament Jan. 18-20 in the base gym joining the warriors Are a Berlin army air Force team a Moiseau army team Canadian teams from Luhr and the . Baden Baden team a British army on the Rhine team a Nat o Geilenkirche team and the Sembach Csc team. Tor More information Contact Greg 1 turd at 498-313,5. A. Skiing usage a a invitational Alpine championships Are set for feb. 2426, hut you must enter by Jan. To. Interested skiers should Send an of form 363 to Usai e Dpros. Apo 09094-5001 or Lisai a up sos Geb 525, 7� 309, 6792 ram Stem Erig Luiz. For More information Call Usa i sports chief pick mul a vat 4811-7275.7766. Up by quarterback to in thu a. Beats out  Ismail  a i Cisman trophy Winner to act mar received another individual Honor thursday getting the Maxwell award As i he outstanding College football player of he year. The Brigham Young our tieback a Junior easily outdistanced rag Hilvy rocket a is Nuriu of Noire Daisiie. Detmer garnered 1,993 Points on a 3-2-i vote system with 413-first-place votes among the 878 ballots cast by coaches Media and Maxwell football Tab members. Ismail had 1,385 Points Colorado a file bin icy 747 and Virginia a Shawn Moore 431, ? a Detmer passed for 300 Yards m 23 Tia Vuht games and led the eth ranked Quaars 10-2 to a dec. 29.malcbup it ii. T exas . In the Holiday bowl. He Lias  tied 25 Mcaa passing or total of sense records. A the Maxwell tub also announced Penn slate s Joe Paterno Wii thu a Cund annual George Monger a award As outstanding College coach. Grambling coach Edilie Robinson won the Bagnell award for outstanding contributions to football. J