ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, January 16, 1995                   TAG: 9502010094
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BILL PLASCHKE LOS ANGELES TIMES
DATELINE: SAN FRANCISCO                                 LENGTH: Short


A SUPER DAY FOR CALIFORNIA

Three years of pain poured from the San Francisco 49ers onto the soggy Candlestick Park field Sunday evening, further soaking it with revenge, redemption and the thick stuff of a champion.

"It was our turn," said Niners guard Jesse Sapolu after he had finished weeping.


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