1999 in sports

1999 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway Women's overall season champion: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria American football Super Bowl XXXIII – the Denver Broncos (AFC) won 34–19 over the Atlanta Falcons (NFC) Location: Pro Player Stadium Attendance: 74,803 MVP: John Elway, QB (Denver) April 17 – Quarterback Tim Couch is selected by the Cleveland Browns with the first overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft. St. Louis Rams Quarterback Kurt Warner named NFL MVP St. Louis Rams Head coach Dick Vermeil named NFL Coach of the Year Indianapolis Colts running back Edgerrin James named NFL Rookie of the Year Fiesta Bowl (1998 season): The Tennessee Volunteers claim the first ever BCS National Championship 23–16 over the Florida State Seminoles November 1 – death of Walter Payton (45), Chicago Bears running back Artistic gymnastics 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – held in Tianjin, China Women's team champions: Romania Women's all-around champion: Maria Olaru, Romania Women's vault champion: Elena Zamolodchikova, Russian Federation Women's floor exercise champion: Andreea Răducan, Romania Women's uneven bars champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation Women's balance beam champion: Ling Jie, China Men's team champions: China Men's all-around champion: Nikolai Kryukov, Russian Federation Men's horizontal bar champion: Jesús Carballo, Spain Men's parallel bars champion: Lee Joo-hyung, South Korea Men's pommel horse champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Federation Men's floor exercise champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Federation Men's still rings champion: Dong Zhen, China Men's vault champion: Li Xiaopeng, China