GO FIGURE
Edited by Richard O'Brien and Hank Hersch
September 15, 1997
11, 10Height, in feet and inches, of the rim on which Harlem Globetrotters Michael Wilson and Fred Smith dunked, breaking the slam-dunk altitude record by two inches.
11, 10
Height, in feet and inches, of the rim on which Harlem Globetrotters Michael Wilson and Fred Smith dunked, breaking the slam-dunk altitude record by two inches.
52.92
Average price, in dollars, of a ticket to a Washington Redskins home game, the highest average in the NFL.
30.16
Average price, in dollars, of a ticket to a New York Jets home game, the league's lowest average.
9
Unseeded players among the 16 men's singles semifinalists in this year's Grand Slam tennis events, the most in the Open era.
80
Points scored by South Florida in its first football game ever, an 80-3 win over Kentucky Wesleyan.
78
Most points scored in a game by the South Florida basketball team in the '96-97 season.
5
Straight world titles in the rings for Italian gymnast Yuri Chechi, who, already retired, came to last week's meet in Switzerland as a spectator, was persuaded to compete and won.