81.   And Nowen won four times on the way to collecting the season slalom title, becoming the only non-German speaker to win a World Cup title.

82.   Austrian Alexandra Meissnitzer is a prohibitive favorite to add the super-G season title to the coveted overall title she clinched last week.

83.   Barcelona then was the defending champ, having taken the title four seasons in a row.

84.   Bayer Leverkusen came close to winning the Bundesliga title this season but lost out to Borussia Dortmund.

85.   Bartoli won the World Cup title last season.

86.   Becker, however, won the season title by virtue of three individual meet victories to two for the American.

87.   Before coming here, he had beaten all his major rivals for the world title this season except Kulik and Canadian Elvis Stojko.

88.   Bayern Munich stars argued among themselves all the way to the Bundesliga title last season.

89.   Besides those three, Thomas Bjorn of Denmark and Michael Campbell of New Zealand also would have a shot at the season money title by winning Sunday.

90.   Both victories earned him the season title.