1998 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1999 ,
2000 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- of Kenya who recorded 3:43.40.
- defeat the New York Knicks , 4 games to 1, to win the franchises' first championship. The Knicks were the first number eight seed in NBA history to make it to the NBA Finals.
beat Pakistan by eight wickets
- ---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Tipperary
- ---National Camogie League: Cork
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Mayo
- ---National Football League: Monaghan
Men's Golf
- - $6,616,585
- - $2,515,705
- won 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 over Europe in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- won 3-2 over France in world tennis.
- February 27 — Ken Robinson (29), Major League pitcher ( Arizona Diamondbacks ), died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident
- March 8 — Joe DiMaggio (84), Major League Baseball player
- March 25 — Carl Ripken, Sr. (63), father of baseball player and manager Carl Ripken, Jr.
- April 4 — Early Wynn (79), Baseball Hall-of-Famer
- April 25 — Lord Killanin (84), former head of the International Olympic Committee
- May 3 — Steve Chiasson (32), Ice hockey player, died in a car crash
- May 7 — Leon Hess (85), Owner of the New York Jets football team
- May 13 — Gene Sarazen (97), golfer
- May 18 — Betty Robinson (87), American athlete (b. 1911 )
- May 23 — Owen Hart (34), Professional wrestler
- June 6 — Eddie Stanky (83), Baseball player and manager
- June 14 — Bernie Faloney ( CFL football player
- July 2 — Ricky Birdsong (43), basketball coach at Northwestern University (murdered in Chicago 's North Side
- July 23 — Demitrius Dubose (28), Football player ( New York Jets )), shot in Miami
- July 23 — Dmitri Tertyshny (22), ice hockey player, died in boating accident in British Columbia
- August 14 — Pee Wee Reese (81), Baseball Hall-of-Famer
- August 17 — Reiner Klimke (63), German equestrian (b. 1936 )
- August 19 — Kim Perrot (32), women's basketball player, died of cancer
- September 9 — Catfish Hunter (53), baseball pitcher, died from complications of ALS
- October 12 — Wilt Chamberlain (62), basketball player
- October 25 — Payne Stewart (42), U.S. golfing champion died in a plane crash
- October 31 — Greg Moore (24), CART racing driver
- November 1 — Walter Payton (45), American football player
- November 8 — Leon Štukelj (100), Slovene gymnast), Olympic gold medalist and athlete
- December 11 — Big Ben (23), world champion show-jumping horse
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