American Football
- 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
- December 13 – The Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings return an NFL record 3 kickoff returns for touchdowns.
- NCAA – The Tennessee Volunteers claim the first ever BCS National Championship over the Florida State Seminoles.
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“They are a curious mixture of Spanish tradition, American imitation, and insular limitation. This explains why they never catch on to themselves.”
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