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After 20 previous playoff losses,
Colorado Avalanche defenseman
Ray Bourque finally got his hands
On the final day of the season, For the first time, the No. on the Stanley Cup when the
1 choice of the NBA draft Avalanche beat the New Jersey
San Francisco Giants star
was picked while still a high Devils, 3-1, in game seven of the
hitter Barry Bonds
school senior. Kwame Brown, finals. Shortly after the victory,
hit his 73rd home
19, was drafted by the Wash­ Bourque announced his retire­
run, breaking Mark
ington Wizards. ment from hockey.
McGwire's
1998 record AP Photo/Doug M ills AP Photo/David Zalubowd
of 70 in one
season. ^

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As a backup kicker
for Alabama's Jack­
sonville State Uni­
versity, 20-year-old
Ashley Martin
kicked her way into
college football his­
tory as the first
woman to play, and
score, in an NCAA
Division 1 game.
►
AP Photo/Dave Martin AP Photo/Chris Gardner AP Photo/File, Tom Olmscheid
A Little League Baseball officials ordered the Bronx A The football com­
all-star team to forfeit all wins after it was discovered munity mourned the
the squad's star pitcher, Danny Almonte, was 14, two sudden death of Min­
years beyond the Little League age limit. Almonte's nesota Vikings' lineman
birth information had been falsified by his father. Korey Stringer, who
died from heatstroke
during an intense prac­
tice at the team's train­
ing facility. His death
caused coaches and
Who was the year’s most athletes everywhere to
noteworthy sports figure? consider the dangers
of heat exhaustion and
1. Michael Jordan harsh practice sessions
2. Barry Bonds
3. Kobe Bryant ►

M y p e rs o n a l “ M V P '’

(Survey results compiled from the responses of 2000 students