Some of the sports stars of 2000:

Golf
Tiger Woods
Completed personal Grand Slam, winning U.S. Open by record 15 strokes, British Open and PGA, joining Ben Hogan as only player to win three modern majors in single season ... At 24, youngest ever to win all four majors ... Holds record low score for all four majors.
Karrie Webb
Won seven LPGA tournaments including two majors, the Nabisco Championship and U.S. Open ... Won second straight Player of the Year award ... Leading money winner, almost becoming tour's first $2 million winner ... Also won Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average.

Baseball
Derek Jeter
Batted .409 with two doubles, a triple and two home runs as World Series MVP ... Centerpiece of Yankees' three straight world championships and four in five years ... Also won All-Star game MVP, joining Frank Robinson as only player to win both.
Jason Giambi
Won AL MVP award, edging two-time winner Frank Thomas ... Hit .396 with 13 homers and 32 RBIs in the final month ... Finished season batting .333 with 43 homers, 137 RBIs and 137 walks ... Led league with a .476 on-base percentage.
Jeff Kent
NL MVP ... First second baseman to win award since Ryne Sandberg in 1984 .... Batted .334 with 33 homers and 125 RBIs ... Has produced 475 RBIs the last four seasons, breaking 75-year-old record of 472 held by Rogers Hornsby.
Pedro Martinez
Won second straight Cy Young Award and third in four years ... First AL unanimous winner in consecutive years ... Was 18-6 with a league-leading 284 strikeouts and 1.74 ERA, lowest by an AL starter since Luis Tiant's 1.60 in 1968.
Randy Johnson
Repeated as NL Cy Young winner ... Joined Greg Maddux and Sandy Koufax as only consecutive NL winners ... Was 19-7 with 2.64 ERA and 347 strikeouts, joining Nolan Ryan as only pitcher with three straight 300-plus strikeout seasons.

Football
Kurt Warner
NFL regular season and Super Bowl MVP ... Ex-NFL Europe and Arena League player became NFL star ... Threw for 4,353 yards and 41 TDs, setting eight Rams records ... Had 414 yards and two TDs including game-winning 73-yarder in Super Bowl.
Chris Weinke
Won Heisman Trophy at age 28, oldest winner in history ... Spent six years playing minor league baseball before picking up football scholarship at Florida State ... Led nation with a school-record 4,167 yards passing, threw 33 touchdown passes ... ACC career passing leader with 9,839 yards.

Basketball
Shaquille O'Neal
Regular season, All-Star game and playoff MVP ... Only third player to complete that trifecta ... Led league with 29.7 points per game and .574 field goal percentage ... Second in rebounding (13.6) third in blocked shots (3.03) ... Immovable force in the middle.
Cynthia Cooper
Led Houston to fourth straight WNBA title, winning playoffs MVP award for fourth straight time ... Three-time WNBA scoring champion ... Holds single-game league record for points -- 44 ... Announced retirement after season.
Sheryl Swoopes
MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in WNBA ... Helped Houston to fourth straight title ... Averaged 20.7 points, winning scoring title ... Led league with 2.81 steals per game ... Helped United States to Olympic gold medal.
Mateen Cleaves
Led Michigan State to NCAA championship ... Averaged 14.5 points in Final Four ... Missed first 13 games with stress fracture of foot ... Returned to be Big Ten Player of the Year ... Career Big Ten assists leader with 816, one of 22 players over 800.
Kenyon Martin
Swept most Player of the Year awards, including Naismith and Wooden ... Averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds in senior season at Cincinnati ... Broke leg in Conference USA tournament ... Top pick of NBA draft by New Jersey Nets.
Tamika Catchings
Women's Player of the Year winner ... Third straight year Tennessee player won award, following two straight for Chamique Holdsclaw ... Led Lady Vols in scoring (15.7), rebounding (7.9) and steals (2.8) and was second in assists.
Shea Ralph
MVP of Women's Final Four ... Led UConn to second national championship, with 15 points in title game on 7-for-8 shooting ... Also had seven assists, six steals and a block ... Twice blew out right knee but came back after missing 1997-98 season.

Hockey
Chris Pronger
Won Hart Trophy in closest vote in history, edging Jaromir Jagr ... First defenseman to win MVP award since Bobby Orr in 1972 ... Led all NHL players with a plus-52 and was second in scoring among defensemen with 62 points, including 14 goals.
Scott Stevens
Steady defenseman was MVP of Stanley Cup finals as New Jersey Devils won second NHL championship in six seasons ... Finished last season plus-30 and went into 19th NHL season with career plus-317.
Mike Mottau
Hobey Baker award winner as top college player ... Third defenseman in award's history and first since 1984 ... Scored six goals, and added 37 assists for Boston College, finishing career there with 26 goals, 130 assists ... Signed by New York Rangers.

Olympics
Ian Thorpe
Seventeen-year-old Australian swimming sensation thrilled home crowds winning three gold and two silver medals ... Set record of 3:40.59 in 400-meter freestyle ... Also part of record-setting 400-freestyle and 800-freestyle teams.
Inge de Bruijn
Won three gold medals, each time breaking her own record for the event ... Set marks of 24.13 in 50-meter freestyle and 53.77 in 100 freestyle on same day. Also did 56.61 for 100-meter butterfly ... Also won silver in the 400-freestyle relay.

Tennis
Gustavo Kuerten
First South American to finish year at No. 1 ... Won second French Open, then beat Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi at Masters Cup to clinch top spot ... First non-American since Stefan Edberg in 1991 to end the year as No. 1.
Venus Williams
Won 35 straight matches, including Grand Slams at Wimbledon and U.S. Open and Olympic gold medal ... Lost just four matches all year ... Became dominant player in women's tennis ... Missed nearly half season with injuries.

Track and Field
Marion Jones
Won Olympic gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter races, and the 1,600-meter relay, and won bronze medals in the long jump and 400-meter relay. The five medals were the most by any woman track and field athlete at any Olympics.
Michael Johnson
Became the first man to repeat as Olympic 400-meter champion ... Also anchored the United States 1,600-meter relay team to victory ... During the year, also set a world best for 300 meters.

Auto Racing
Bobby Labonte
Won Winston Cup championship, joining older brother and two-time winner Terry as the only brothers to win titles in NASCAR's top division ... Won four races and had 19 top-five finishes and 24 top 10s in 34 races. Led standings for the final 25 races.
Gil de Ferran
Earned first CART championship, helping his new team, Penske Racing, win a record 10th championship and its first since 1994. Ended Penske's three-year victory drought with wins in Nazareth, Pa. and Portland, Ore.
Michael Schumacher
Matched Formula One record of nine wins in a season, giving Ferrari first driver championship since 1979. Won third championship, clinching title at Indianapolis in September -- the first U.S. Grand Prix in nine years -- with two races remaining.

Horse Racing
Fusaichi Pegasus
First favorite to win Kentucky Derby in 21 years ... Also won Derby prep Wood Memorial and Jerome Handicap ... Syndicated for record $60 million ... Ran disappointing sixth in Breeders Cup Classic, last race before going to stud.

Boxing
Lennox Lewis
Became undisputed heavyweight champion at end of 1999, then defended title three times, knocking out Michael Grant and Frans Botha and outpointing David Tua ... Three defenses made him busiest heavyweight champ in years.