Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1997 in sports, other events of 1998, 1999 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Table of contents 1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (Soccer) 8 Football (American) 9 Canadian Football League 10 Golf 11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 12 Harness Racing 13 Ice Hockey 14 Skiing 15 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Earnhardt won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Jeff Gordon Indy Racing League - Indianapolis 500 - Eddie Cheever CART Racing - Alex Zanardi won the season championship Formula One Championship - Mika Häkkinen of Finland 24 hours of Le Mans: won by the team of Laurent Aiello / Allan McNish / Stéphane Ortelli driving a Porsche 911 GT-1 Rally racing - the team of Carlos Sainz / Luis Moya won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Toyota Corolla WRC Drag racing - Gary Scelzi won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship. Baseball Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa each chase the homerun recod set previously by Roger Maris in 1961. Both men end up breaking the record; McGwire with 70 and Sosa with 66. World Series: New York Yankees win 4 games to 0 over the San Diego Padres. The Series MVP is Scott Brosius, New York Basketball NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky wins 78-69 over Utah NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Utah Jazz, to complete their second three-peat of the decade. WNBA Finals: Houston Comets win two games to one over the Phoenix Mercury to repeat as champions. Boxing June 27: Shane Mosley stopped Wilfrido Ruiz in the 5th round to retain the IBF Lightweight Championship. Cycling Giro d'Italia won by Marco Pantani of Italy Tour de France - Marco Pantani of Italy World Cycling Championship: Oskar Camenzind of Switzerland Figure Skating World Figure Skating Championships: Men's champion: Alexej Jagudin, Russia Women's champion: Michelle Kwan, United States Pairs champions: Jelena Bereschnaja & Anton Sicharulidse, Russia Football (Soccer) World Cup - France wins 3-0 over Brazil in Paris, winning their first cup. More than a million delirious fans jammed the Champs-Élysées , dancing through the night. Arsenal is the FA Premier league champions England - FA Cup: Arsenal wins 2-0 over Newcastle United achieving The Double Football (American) January 13 - ABC and ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion a season contract to keep Monday Night Football. Super Bowl XXXII: Denver Broncos won 31-24 over the Green Bay Packers Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders win 26-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Vanier Cup: Saskatchewan Huskies win 24-17 over the Concordia Stingers Golf Men's Golf Grand Slam of golf results: May - The Masters - Mark O'Meara June - US Open - Lee Janzen July - British Open - Mark O'Meara August - PGA Championship - Vijay Singh PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: David Duval - $2,591,031 PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Hale Irwin - $2,861,945 Women's Golf US Women's Open: Se Ri Pak LPGA Championship: Se Ri Pak Annika Sörenstam: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $1,092,748 Thoroughbred Horse Racing Australia - Melbourne Cup - Jezabeel Canada - Queen's Plate - Archers Bay France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Sagamix Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dream Well English Triple Crown Races: Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - King of Kings Epsom Derby - High Rise St. Leger Stakes - Nedawi United States Triple Crown Races: Kentucky Derby - Real Quiet Preakness Stakes - Real Quiet Belmont Stakes - Victory Gallop Harness Racing North America Cup - Straight Path United States Pacing Triple Crown races: Cane Pace - Shady Character Little Brown Jug - Shady Character Messenger Stakes - Fit For Life United States Trotting Triple Crown races: Hambletonian - Muscles Yankee Yonkers Trot - Muscles Yankee Kentucky Futurity - Trade Balance Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship: Pacers: Our Sir Vancelot Trotters: Buster Hanover Ice Hockey For the first time, professional players from the National Hockey League (NHL, USA) participated in the Winter Olympics. And also for the first time in Olympic history, women took part in ice hockey. Women's Gold Medal - United States won 3-1 over Canada Men's Gold Medal - Czech Republic won 1-0 over Russia Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Dominik Hasek - Buffalo Sabres Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings defeated the Washington Capitals 4 games to 0. World Hockey Championship Men's champion: Sweden defeated Finland Junior Men's champion: Russia defeated Canada Skiing Alpine Skiing The men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria The women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany Tennis Grand Slam in tennis men's results: Australian Open - Peter Korda French Open - Carlos Moya Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras US Open - Patrick Rafter Grand Slam in tennis women's results: Australian Open - Martina Hingis French Open - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Wimbledon championships - Jana Novotna US Open - Lindsay Davenport Davis Cup: Sweden wins 4-1 over Italy in world tennis. General sporting events 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan. Curling made its Olympic debut with men's and women's tournaments. Men's Gold Medal: Switzerland wins 9-3 over Canada Women's Gold Medal: Canada wins 7-5 over Denmark Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Embassy World Snooker Championship: John Higgins won 18-12 over Ken Doherty Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion: Jeff King won with lead dogs: Red & Jenna Births Deaths Strike Out - harness racing horse January 1 - Helen Wills Moody, tennis star March 8 - Ray Nitschke, American football star May 15 - Earl Manigault, basketball player October 2 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver November 10 - Hal Newhouser, baseball player December 20 - Phil Stubbs, 36, New Zealand ocean rowing champion, died in a plane crash This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.