Dick Klein was an athlete and businessman who founded the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls, he served as the team's first general manager , died at age 80.

Ken Griffey, Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run he is the first major leaguer to hit the career mark as a pinch-hitter, he did it in a Cincinnati Reds loss to the San Francisco Giants.

The Miami Dolphins retire the uniform number 13 for Dan Marino, the quarterback led the Dolphins for 17 NFL seasons.

The opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympic games took place in Stadium Australia, it began with a tribute to the heritage of the Australian Stock Horse, with the arrival of a lone rider.

Marat Safin weathered two long rain delays, returned to court dressed in clothes borrowed from Jeff Tarango and Nicolas Kiefer, got a victory over Sebastien Grosjean in a dramatic U.S. Open victories.

Golf pro Payne Stewart and five other passengers in his twin-engine Learjet 35 were killed when it finally crashed in South Dakota well of course hours after it took off from Orlando.

13-time NBA All-Star, basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain passed away at his home in Bel-Air, California at the age of 63.

Boston Celtics legend Kevin McHale, is enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

In game 4 of the 1998 World Series Yankee pitcher Andy Pettite threw shut out ball to complete the 4 game sweep of the Padres for another Yankee World Series victory.

As a result of stalled collective bargaining negotiations with the National Basketball Players Association, the NBA announced that all 114 preseason games for 1998 have been canceled.