The 2000 New York Yankees were gearing up for another title run. The franchise had won World Series titles in both 1998 and 1999, marking them just the second team since the Big Red Machine of 1975-76 to win consecutive World Series titles. Now they were aiming to be the first team since the Oakland A’s of 1972-74 to win three in a row
This article offers a snapshot of 2000 sports, a year that saw a dyansty have its last run in baseball, another get started in the NBA, and the college football season was marked by a debate ironically similar to one that rocked the political world.
The Year 2000 was one where would-be prophets were proclaiming apocalyptic events to transpire at the turn of the millennium. They were right. But it wasn’t floods or droughts, or a worldwide computer breakdown. Instead, the sports fans of the world had to endure the beginning of a new dynasty for the Los Angeles Lakers, as they won the first of three straight NBA titles with Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, and the continuance of the New York Yankee dynasty, who won their third straight World Series. TheSportsNotebook looks back on this series of unfortunate events…