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In the year 2000 sports were breaking records and

Tiger Woods made the sport of Golf exciting when "became the first golfer to win nine PGA titles in a year since Sam Snead won 11 in 1950; the second ever, after Ben Hogan in 1953, to win three professional majors in a single season; and, at 24-years-old, the youngest of five golfers to complete a career Grand Slam." He also finished 12 under par at the U.s Open.

John Rocker who played baseball for the Atlanta Braves was fined $5,000 for poor pitching. He yielded 25 walks in 18 and 1/3 innings.

Raven Linebacker Ray Lewis was involved in a fight resulting in two deaths.He was fined $250,000 by the NFL and then later faced charges when he struck Donald Brashear in the head with a stick, resulting in a 1 year suspension in the NHL.

The Olympics took place in Sydney Australia. However due to a 15 hour time difference live coverage was lacking. However The U.S team won 97 Gold metals, Marion Jones was celebrated as the fastest women in the world, winning 3 golds and 2 bronze metals. The Bulgarian team was caught in a doping scandal, Andreea Raducan of Romania was striped of the gold when she was caught using banned substances, Ian Thorpe from Australia came away with 4 medals and Steven Redgrave from Great Britain took home the 5th gold in 5 years of Olympics.

The Yankees Beat the Mets in 5 games in the New York-New York World Series. "Derek Jeter won his fourth ring and became the first player to claim World Series and All-Star Game MVP awards in the same season."

The Lakers beat the Pacers in 6 games Leading to Jackson's 7th NBA Championship ring.

Lance Armstrong came back after battling testicular cancer in 1999 to compete in the 8.44 mile, 7.9 % gradient climb of Mount Hautacam. Armstrong also brought back a bronze in the Sydney Olympics.

Venus Williams "won 35 straight matches and six straight titles, including two Olympic gold medals and her first two Grand Slams, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open." She also became the first black women to win Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1958.

France beat Italy in the World Cup earning France an spot as one of the best teams of of all time

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