Clemson has a roller-coaster year, winning the national football championship,
then going on NCAA probation for recruiting violations. Wayne Gretzky establishes
himself as hockey's next great player, scoring a record 92 goals. Former Miami
Dolphins star Mercury Morris pleads guilty to selling cocaine.
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January 2, 1982
Clemson wins national football title, goes on probation
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Led by coach Danny Ford, Clemson wins the national college football championship, beating Nebraska 22-15 in the Orange Bowl to finish the season as the country's only unbeaten, untied major college team (12-0). But the South Carolina school's euphoria is short-lived. On November 22, the NCAA socks Clemson with a three-year probation, including a two-year ban from bowl or television appearances, for giving cash, cars and other gifts to its football players.
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June 8, 1982
Wayne Gretzy becomes NHL's first unanimous MVP
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They're already calling him "The Great One." Wayne Gretzky shows why in
his fourth pro season, scoring 92 goals for the Edmonton Oilers with 120
assists for 212 total points -- all National Hockey League records. It's the greatest single season ever by an NHL player and helps Gretzky become the league's first unanimous Most Valuable Player. Gretzky enters the 1996-97 season as the NHL's all-time leader in goals (837), assists (1,771) and points (2,608), not to mention MVP awards (9).
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November 11, 1982
Mercury Morris pleads guilty to drug charges
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Eugene "Mercury" Morris, a star running back and kick returner on the Miami
Dolphins' Super Bowl teams of the 1970s, pleads guilty to selling cocaine to
a federal undercover narcotics agent. After serving three years in prison,
Morris becomes an outspoken opponent of drug abuse.
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