Wide World Photos \’4 American Marion Jones, 24, becomes the first woman to win five track and field medals in a single Olympic Games at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. Jones wins the 100and 200-meter sprints and the 4x400 relay, and finishes thir 1 Both the 4x100 relay and long jump. ay > NS 3 David Lean/Allsport AN In June, the Ne M\ The New York Yankees defeat the New York youngest player to win a career grand slam. Woods also breaks the earnings record 10F @ single year with winnings of more than $9 million. Devils win their sé Cup in six season defending champi four games to twe Scott Stevens win Smythe Trophy fo | | j | | : A Bobby Labonte wins the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup, his first after eight years on the circuit. Labonte and his brother Terry, winner of two previous Winston Cups, are the first brothers to win titles. A The Houston Comets beat the | New York Liberty to win the 2000 WNBA championship. The win is Houston’s fourth in a row, and star Cynthia Cooper is named the finals MVP. FLASH \’4 Venus Williams dominates women’s a | tennis. 1he 20-year-old has a 35-match winning streak, which includes the titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open as well M. A In the 2001 Orange Bowl, the underdog Oklahoma Sooners defeat the Florida State Seminoles 13-2 to win the National Championship. It is Oklahoma’s first title in 15 years. A Australian Karrie Webb is named the LPGA’s Player of the Year for the second time in a row. Webb wins seven titles in 2000, including the U.S. Women’s Open in July, and sets an earnings record of $1.8 million. A Laura Wilkinst three broken toes women’s 10-mete competition. Wilk American woman in this Olympic e >>> With a win against the University of Dayton in September, Yale becomes the first college team to win 800 football games. as an Olympic gold medal. In January 2001, after a three-year » hiatus, legendary Mario Lemieux ~ J returns to play for the Pittsburgh m4 Penguins, the hockey team =< he now part-owns. Lemieux becomes the first owner/player in the history of the NHL. YA Cyclist Lance Armstrong wins his S BS SEER ee Rhse yates ee AM syncs & cy Retintic alanis ae Mba red heen oa Dave Caulkin/AP/Wide World Photoss | 20 Spencer Reuters NewMedia Green/AP/Wide Inc./Corbis World Photos Mets four Games 16 One in the first “Subway Series” sinéé 1956. if is the Yankees’ third straight World Series win and their 26th overall. gol four major tournaments to become the second consecutive Tour de France in July. Armstrong, a cancer survivor, also writes his autobiography /t’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life. TN Cathy Freeman of the 2000 Summ meter dash, becon Olympic gold med: