1998 in sports

1998 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria Women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany American football Super Bowl XXXII – the Denver Broncos (AFC) won 31–24 over the Green Bay Packers (NFC) Location: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 68,912 MVP: Terrell Davis, RB (Denver) Rose Bowl (1997 season): The Michigan Wolverines won 21–16 over the Washington State Cougars to win the AP Poll national championship The Orange Bowl was the original venue for the championship game, but the Big Ten Conference was not a part of the Bowl Alliance, so the game instead featured the #2 Nebraska Cornhuskers and the #3 Tennessee Volunteers January 13 – ABC and ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion per season contract to keep Monday Night Football. December 13 – The Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings return an NFL record 3 kickoff returns for touchdowns. Artistic gymnastics 1998 Summer Goodwill Games - held in New York City, United States Mixed pairs champions: China (Ling Jie, Huang Xu) Women's all-around champion: Dominique Moceanu, United States Women's vault champion: Vanessa Atler, United States Women's uneven bars champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Women's balance beam champion: Kristen Maloney, United States Women's floor exercise champion: Vanessa Atler, United States Men's all-around champion: Ivan Ivankov, Belarus Men's vault champion: Sergei Fedorchenko, Kazakhstan Men's floor exercise champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Federation Men's parallel bars champion: Huang Xu, China Men's pommel horse champion: Nikolai Kryukov, Russian Federation Men's still rings champion: Chris Lamorte, United States Men's horizontal bar champion: Ivan Ivankov, Belarus 1998 European Gymnastics Championships - held in Saint Petersburg, Russia Women's team champions: Romania Women's all-around champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Women's vault champion: Adrienn Varga, Hungary Women's uneven bars champion:Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Women's balance beam champion: Evgenia Kuznetsova, Russian Federation Women's floor exercise champion: (tied) Corina Ungureanu, Romania / Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Men's team champions: France Men's all-around champion: Alexei Bondarenko, Russian Federation Men's vault champion: Ioannis Melissanidis, Greece Men's floor exercise champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Federation