1998 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1998 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Leopards tied for third in the Patriot League.


1998 Lafayette Leopards football team
In their 18th year under head coach Bill Russo, the Leopards compiled a 3–8 record. Angel Colon, Damian Wroblewski and Andy Zabinski were the team captains.


1998 Lafayette Leopards football team
The Leopards were outscored 271 to 190. Their 3–3 conference record tied for third place in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


1998 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1998 Lambeth London Borough Council election
Elections to Lambeth London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party took overall control of the council.


1998 Lao League
The 1998 Lao League was the ninth recorded season of top flight football in Laos. Khammouan Province Team won the championship though it is unclear whether this was a genuine league championship. Public Health Ministry FC quit the league having been ever-present since at least 1982.


1998 Las Vegas 400
The 1998 Las Vegas 400 was the inaugural running of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mark Martin, driver of the Valvoline Ford, won the race, and also led the most laps with 82. Dale Jarrett of the Quality Care Service/Ford Credit Ford won the pole position, but finished 40th due to an engine problem. A total of 120,000 people attended the race, with the profits from all three NASCAR races totaling $40 million for the local economy.


1998 Las Vegas 400, Race
The command to start the engines was given by boxing announcer Michael Buffer. Jimmy Howell was the Chief Starter per MRN's Allen Bestwick. As of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, none of the top 16 finishers are currently racing full-time; Jeff Gordon, the lone current full-time driver, finished 17th.


1998 Las Vegas 400, Race
This race has been self-acclaimed by Mark Martin as being his "biggest victory in the Winston Cup Series." Martin's 5 foot 5 inch stature made him shorter than the Vegas showgirls that posed with him after the race. He would collect six more career wins after this race; making him a strong contender for the championship with an all-new NASCAR team. The Ford Taurus would win more than 100 races after this event before it was retired and replaced with a new Ford model, the Fusion.


1998 Las Vegas 400, Race
Jeff Burton had to fight back from a pit road penalty in order to finish the race with a decent position.


1998 Las Vegas 500K
The 1998 Las Vegas 500K was the eleventh and final round of the 1998 Indy Racing League. The race was held on October 11, 1998 at the 1.500 mi (2.414 km) Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada.


1998 Las Vegas 500K, Report, Qualifying
Two laps qualifying. The worst lap from any of the drivers are unknown.


1998 Las Vegas Bowl
The 1998 Las Vegas Bowl was the seventh edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the San Diego State Aztecs, and the North Carolina Tar Heels. It remains the only bowl game in NCAA history where both of teams which participated in it started the season 0–3.


1998 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary
San Diego State scored first after receiver Lonny Mitchell recovered a San Diego State fumble and advanced it 60 yards for a touchdown, putting the Aztecs up 7-0. North Carolina got back into the game with field goals of 32 and 23 yards from Josh McGee, to pull the Tar Heels to within 7-6. Quarterback Ronald Curry took off on a 48-yard touchdown run, but a missed extra point left the score at 12-7, North Carolina.


1998 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary
In the second quarter, safety David Bomar recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown, and a two-point conversion made the score 20-7 North Carolina. North Carolina would not score for the rest of the game. Before halftime, Nate Tandberg kicked a 32-yard field goal to pull SDSU to within 20-10. Later in the fourth quarter, he drilled another 38-yard field goal, to make it 20-13 UNC. North Carolina would hold on to win the game by that margin.


1998 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 5th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards which honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music took place in Miami.


1998 Latvian Higher League
The 1998 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 8th domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.


1998 Latvian citizenship referendum
A referendum on the citizenship law was held in Latvia on 3 October 1998. The Saeima had made amendments to the law in June that increased the opportunities for naturalisation and provided the additional option of obtaining Latvian citizenship for non-citizens (nepilsoņi) and stateless persons (bezvalstnieki) born in Latvia from August 1991 onwards. Voters were asked "are you for or against the repeal of the law "Amendments in the Law of Citizenship"". A majority of 53.9% voted against repealing the law.


1998 Latvian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 3 October 1998. The People's Party emerged as the largest party in the Saeima, winning 24 of the 100 seats.


1998 Latvian parliamentary election, Aftermath
Initially, a coalition government was formed between Latvian Way, For Fatherland and Freedom, the Social Democratic Alliance and the New Party. This enjoyed a parliamentary majority with 60 out of the 100 MPs. However, within six months of the coalition forming, the Social Democratic Alliance left the government, leaving it with just 46 MPs, wiping out its parliamentary majority. As a result, a new government was formed with the addition of the People's Party. This enjoyed a large parliamentary majority, with 70 out of the 100 MPs.


1998 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 1998 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1998 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.


1998 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards
The following 23 productions, including two ballets and two operas, received multiple nominations:


1998 Lebanese presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held in the Parliament of Lebanon on 13 October 1998, resulting in General Emile Lahoud being elected President of the Lebanese Republic.


1998 Lebanese presidential election
By convention, the presidency is always attributed to a Maronite Christian. Under the article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution, a qualified majority of two-thirds of the members of the 128-seat Lebanese Parliament is required to elect the president. After the second round of election, the president is elected by an absolute majority.


1998 Lebanese presidential election
Geneneral-in-chief of the army, Emile Lahoud, was backed by Syria and elected in a landslide 118 out of 118 votes (of the attending MPs) in the Chamber of Deputies.


1998 Lebanese presidential election
118 of 128 deputies attended the session, thus reaching the required quorum of 2/3 of MPs needed to proceed. On the first round, every deputy voted for Emile Lahoud, thus immediately making him the 11th President of the Lebanese Republic.


1998 Leeds City Council election
The 1998 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside a vacancy in Wortley (following Fabian Hamilton's election as Leeds North East MP) were up for election.


1998 Leeds City Council election
The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout in the election was 24.66%.


1998 Leeds City Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1998 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 1998 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Washington, D.C., United States, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the twenty-ninth edition of the tournament and was held 20 July – 26 July.


1998 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Grant Stafford /   Kevin Ullyett defeated  Wayne Ferreira /  Patrick Galbraith, 6–2, 6–4


1998 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles
The 1998 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Washington, D.C., United States, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the twenty-ninth edition of the tournament and was held 20 July – 26 July.


1998 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
The 1998 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh won its third Patriot League championship of the 1990s.


1998 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
In their fifth year under head coach Kevin Higgins, the Mountain Hawks went undefeated (11–0) in the regular season, ending the year at 12–1 after losing in the second round of the national playoffs. Deron Braswell, Nick Martucci, Jonathan Stiegler and Sam Brinley were the team captains.


1998 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Including playoff games, the Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 396 to 189. Their 6–0 conference record topped the seven-team Patriot League standings.


1998 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Unranked at the start of the year, Lehigh's winning streak finally earned a spot in the national Division I-AA top 25 in the last week of October. In the ensuing weeks, the Hawks rose from No. 25 to reach No. 7 in the final poll.


1998 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Despite their conference championship and undefeated record, Lehigh did not host any playoff games. The Mountain Hawks defeated No. 10 Richmond and then lost to No. 1 UMass on the road.


1998 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1998 Lesotho general election
General elections were held in Lesotho on 24 May 1998, except in the Moyeni constituency, where voting was postponed until 1 August due to the death of one of the candidates. The result was a comprehensive victory for the new Lesotho Congress for Democracy, which claimed 79 of the 80 seats. The party was formed by a breakaway from the Basutoland Congress Party, which had won the 1993 elections.


1998 Lesotho general election
Of the 1,017,753 registered voters, there were 593,955 valid votes.


1998 Lewisham London Borough Council election
Elections to Lewisham London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 1994 election.


1998 Lewisham London Borough Council election
Lewisham local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2002.


1998 Liberty Bowl
The 1998 Liberty Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 1998, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 40th edition of the Liberty Bowl, the game matched the Tulane Green Wave of Conference USA (C-USA) and the BYU Cougars of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the AXA/Equitable Liberty Bowl.


1998 Liberty Bowl
Tulane won the game, 41–27, to finish—along with the Tennessee Volunteers—as the only undefeated Division I-A teams for the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1998 Liberty Bowl, Teams, Tulane
The 1998 Tulane squad entered the season with returning C-USA Offensive Player of the Year Shaun King at quarterback and picked to finish tied for second place with East Carolina in the preseason conference rankings. Following their week two victory over SMU, local media started to mention the Green Wave as a potential at-large opponent to play in the Sugar Bowl as part of the inaugural Bowl Championship Series (BCS).


1998 Liberty Bowl, Teams, Tulane
Although Tulane finished the regular season with an 11–0 record, since they finished outside the sixth position in the final BCS standings, the Green Wave did not qualify for a BCS bowl game. Instead they were invited to the Liberty Bowl as C-USA champions. The appearance in the game marked Tulane's first bowl since the 1987 Independence Bowl, and their third all-time appearance in the Liberty Bowl.


1998 Liberty Bowl, Teams, Tulane
Following the conclusion of the regular season, on December 2 head coach Tommy Bowden resigned as head coach to accept the same position at Clemson. At that time offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez was named interim head coach through at least the Liberty Bowl. Although Rodriguez was thought to be the top candidate for the coaching vacancy, on December 7 Tulane announced Georgia offensive coordinator Chris Scelfo as Tulane's new head coach. At the time of the announcement, officials also stated Scelfo would serve as head coach in the bowl game instead of Rodriguez, and that most of Bowden's staff would remain in place for the Liberty Bowl.


1998 Liberty Bowl, Teams, BYU
After opening the season 2–3, BYU won seven consecutive games to earn a spot in the WAC Championship Game. In that contest, the Cougars lost to the Air Force 20–13. Prior to the championship game, the Cougars accepted a bid to play in the 40th Liberty Bowl. The appearance in the game marked BYU's first New Year's Eve bowl, and their first all-time appearance in the Liberty Bowl. In mid-December, BYU head coach LaVell Edwards announced that starting running back Ronney Jenkins and defensive back Heshimu Robertson would be suspended for the Liberty Bowl for violating the Brigham Young University Honor Code.


1998 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
In a game ultimately dominated by Tulane, BYU scored the first points of the game. Early in the first, Kevin Feterik hit Ben Horton for an 11-yard touchdown reception, and after Owen Pochman missed the extra point the Cougars took an early 6–0 lead. The Green Wave responded on the following drive with a 31-yard Brad Palazzo field goal to cut the lead in half. With BYU driving on the ensuing possession, Michael Jordan intercepted a Feterik pass and returned it 79 yards for touchdown.


1998 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
The return was the longest in the history on the Liberty Bowl and gave Tulane a 10–6 lead. In the second quarter, Shaun King scored on a three-yard run and Palazzo hit a 23-yard field goal to give Tulane a 20–6 lead at the half. King continued the scoring in the third with a pair of touchdown passes to cap two 82-yard drives. The first came on a 60-yard pass to Kerwin Cook and the second on a 13-yard pass to Jamaican Dartez.


1998 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
With Tulane leading 34–6 entering the fourth quarter, BYU scored the first of three late touchdowns on a three-yard Aaron Cupp touchdown run. Tulane responded on the next drive with its final points of the game on a five-yard Toney Converse run to extend their lead to 41–13. The Cougars closed the contest with an 18-yard Cupp reception for a score and a three-yard Reno Mahe touchdown run to bring the final score to 41–27. For his 276 yards passing, 109 yards rushing and three total touchdowns, Tulane quarterback Shaun King was named the game's Most Valuable Player.


1998 Libyan Super Cup
The 1997 Libyan Super Cup was a football match that took place on Tuesday, November 24, 1998, between LPL winners Al Mahallah and Libyan Al Fatah Cup winners Al Shat. This was the second edition of the competition, and as this was an all-Tripoli final, the match was played at the 11 June Stadium. Al Mahallah won the match 3–1, and claimed the second Super Cup title.


1998 Libyan Super Cup, Match details
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1998 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 1998 season was the club's 68th year of existence, the 45th year in professional football, and the 38th in the top level of professional football in Ecuador.


1998 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, First Stage
Note: Penalty shootout extra points: Aucas & Olmedo (5); D. Quito, Emelec, LDU Quito & T. Universitario (4); Barcelona & Panamá (3); Delfín, El Nacional & ESPOLI (2); D. Cuenca (1)


1998 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, Second Stage
Note: Penalty shootout extra points: LDU Quito (3); Olmedo & T. Universitario (2); Barcelona, Delfín & D. Cuenca (1)


1998 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season, Competitions, Serie A, Second Stage
Note: Penalty shootout extra points: Barcelona (2); D. Quito (1)


1998 Liga Perdana 1
The 1998 Liga Perdana 1 season is the inaugural season of Liga Perdana 1. A total of 12 teams participated in the season.


1998 Liga Perdana 1
The teams were based from 10 best performing teams from 1997 Liga Perdana season. Penang and Olympic 2000 joins the league to complete the 12 teams list after winning the qualifying tournament.


1998 Liga Perdana 1
The season kicked off on April 4, 1998. Penang dominated the season and ended up winning the title.


1998 Liga Perdana 1, Teams
12 teams competing in the first season of Liga Perdana 1.


1998 Liga Perdana 1, Teams
12.Olympic 2000  - 18 PTS (Relegated to Liga Perdana 2)


1998 Liga Perdana 2
The 1998 Liga Perdana 2 season is the inaugural season of Liga Perdana 2. A total of eight teams participated in the season.


1998 Liga Perdana 2
The lowest four teams from playoff round for Liga Perdana 1 were put into Liga Perdana 2 alongside PDRM, ATM, Negeri Sembilan Chempaka F.C and PKN Johor.


1998 Liga Perdana 2
The season kicked off on 4 April 1998. Terengganu won the title and was promoted to Liga Perdana 1.


1998 Liga Perdana 2, Teams
Eight teams competing in the first season of Liga Perdana 2.


1998 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
The 1998 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 1998 FIBA South American League, was the third edition of the second-tier tournament for professional basketball clubs from South America. The tournament began on 4 February 1998 and finished on 12 May 1998. Defending champions Atenas won their second title, defeating Brazilian club Cougar Franca in the Grand Finals.


1998 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, Format
Teams were split into four groups of four teams each, and played each other in a home-and-away round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination where the champion was decided.


1998 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
The 1998 season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 41st season of top-tier football in Bolivia.


1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises crash
The 1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises crash refers to a non-scheduled domestic Kindu–Kinshasa passenger service that was shot down by rebel forces, just after takeoff from Kindu Airport, during climbout, on 10 October 1998. All 41 occupants of the aircraft perished in the incident.


1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30, registration 9Q-CSG, that had its maiden flight on 10 March 1965. The airframe was 33 years old at the time of the crash.


1998 Lignes Aériennes Congolaises crash, Description of the event
The Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727-30 took off from Kindu Airport (KND/FZOA) on a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight to N'djili Airport in Kinshasa with 38 passengers and 3 crew on board. Only 3 minutes into the flight, the rear of the aircraft was struck by a Russian-made shoulder-fired Strela 2 surface-to-air missile. The captain attempted an emergency landing, but the 727 crashed into a dense jungle near Kindu. All 41 people on board perished.


1998 Lime Rock Grand Prix
The 1998 Lime Rock Grand Prix was the third round of the 1998 IMSA GT Championship season and was held over two separate rounds, a WSC class race and a GT class race. The two separate races took place on May 25, 1998.


1998 Limerick East by-election
A by-election was held in the Dáil Éireann Limerick East constituency in Ireland on 11 March 1998. It followed the death of Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) Jim Kemmy on 25 September 1997.


1998 Limerick East by-election
The election was won by Limerick City Councillor Jan O'Sullivan of the Labour Party.


1998 Limerick East by-election
Among the candidates were Senator and Limerick County Councillor Mary Jackman, Limerick County Councillor Tim O'Malley, Limerick City Councillor John Ryan, Limerick City Councillor John Gilligan


1998 Limerick East by-election
On the same day, a by-election took place in Dublin North, both were the final occasions which Democratic Left contested by-elections.


1998 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1998 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


1998 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 20 September 1998, Ahane won the championship after a 1-11 to 0-09 defeat of Patrickswell in the final. It was their 17th championship title overall and their first title since 1955.


1998 Lipton Championships
The 1998 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Miami Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Florida in the United States from March 16 through March 29, 1998.


1998 Lipton Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Ellis Ferreira /  Rick Leach defeated  Alex O'Brien /  Jonathan Stark 6–2, 6–4


1998 Lipton Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis /  Jana Novotná defeated  Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario /  Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 3–6, 6–3


1998 Lipton Championships – Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but retired from their second round match this year.


1998 Lipton Championships – Men's Doubles
Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach won the title, defeating Alex O'Brien and Jonathan Stark 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


1998 Lipton Championships – Men's Singles
Thomas Muster was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1998 Lipton Championships – Men's Singles
Marcelo Ríos won the title, defeating Andre Agassi 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


1998 Lipton Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles
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1998 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.


1998 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1998 Lipton Championships – Women's Singles
Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Venus Williams.


1998 Lipton Championships – Women's Singles
Williams won in the final 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 against Anna Kournikova.


1998 Lipton Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Little League World Series
The 1998 Little League World Series took place from August 23–29 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Toms River, New Jersey, defeated Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan in the championship game of the 52nd Little League World Series. The title game was punctuated by a standout performance by future MLB Home Run Derby champion Todd Frazier, who went 4-for-4 with a lead-off home run, and was also the winning pitcher.


1998 Little League World Series, Champions Path
The Toms River East American LL lost five games before reaching the LLWS, losing once each in district, section, and state tournaments and twice in the East Region tournament.


1998 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party took control of the council from the Labour party.


1998 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 84th running of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycling classic was held on 19 April 1998. It was the fourth leg of the 1998 UCI Road World Cup, coming between Paris–Roubaix and the Amstel Gold Race. Italian Michele Bartoli won the race, for the second year running, after a solo attack at 16 km (9.9 mi) from the finish. As in the previous edition, Frenchman Laurent Jalabert was second; Rodolfo Massi completed the podium. 102 of 193 riders finished the race.


1998 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Race Summary
Russian Evgeni Berzin, winner of the  1994 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, moved away from the peloton after 200 km (120 mi) and held a maximum lead of one minute over the chasing pack. On the Côte de La Redoute, seven riders broke clear from the field: Michele Bartoli and Laurent Jalabert – winner and runner-up of 1997 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Michael Boogerd, Rodolfo Massi, Francesco Casagrande and Laurent Dufaux. Bartoli attacked  at 16 km (9.9 mi) from the finish and caught Berzin on the Côte de Sart Tilman in Angleur. Jalabert counterattacked in the final kilometres, but was unable to join Bartoli, who soloed to his second consecutive win in La Doyenne.


1998 London Broncos season
The 1998 London Broncos season was the nineteenth in the club's history and their third season in the Super League. Coached by Tony Currie, the Broncos competed in Super League III and finished in 7th place. The club also reached the semi-final of the Challenge Cup.


1998 London Broncos season, 1998 Challenge Cup
The London Broncos progressed to the semi finals of the Cup, before losing to the Wigan Warriors by 38–8 in a one-sided game at the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield.


1998 London Marathon
The 1998 London Marathon was the 18th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Spain's Abel Antón in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Ireland's Catherina McKiernan in 2:26:26.


1998 London Marathon
In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:18) and Britain's Tanni Grey (2:02:01) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Frei's winning time was a course record by a margin of nearly four minutes.


1998 London Marathon
Around 96,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 42,228 had their applications accepted and 30,663 started the race. A total of 29,972 runners finished the race.


1998 London local elections
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 7 May 1998.


1998 London local elections
The 1998 Greater London Authority referendum was held in the same voting locations.


1998 Lone Star 500
The 1998 Lone Star 500 was the tenth round of the 1998 Indy Racing League season. The race was held on September 20, 1998 at the 1.50 mi (2.41 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Open-wheel veteran John Paul Jr. earned his first win since the 1983 Michigan 500 in a race determined by attrition and fuel strategy. It would be Paul's only win in his IRL career and the only win for Byrd-Cunningham Racing in the series. Rookie Robby Unser scored his first and only podium as well as led the only laps in his career.


1998 Lone Star 500
The race saw many crashes and problems plague the usual frontrunners, including Arie Luyendyk (fuel pump), Eddie Cheever (engine malfunction), Scott Sharp (crash), Greg Ray (engine malfunction), and Tony Stewart (led 51 laps before an engine problem ended his race). By finishing 5th, points leader Kenny Bräck maintained his comfortable lead in the points standings, all but ensuring he would be the next IRL champion in the next race.


1998 Lone Star 500, Report, Qualifying
Two laps qualifying. The worst lap from any of the drivers are unknown.


1998 Long Beach, California mayoral election
The 1998 Long Beach, California mayoral election was held on April 14, 1998 to elect the mayor of Long Beach, California. It saw the reelection of Beverly O'Neill.


1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 109th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 41st season in Los Angeles, California. It was the first season since the sale of the franchise from Peter O'Malley to the Fox Entertainment Group took effect. The new corporate executives would quickly anger Dodger fans when they bypassed General Manager Fred Claire and made one of the biggest trades in franchise history. They traded All-Star catcher Mike Piazza and starting third baseman Todd Zeile to the Florida Marlins for a package that included Gary Sheffield.


1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The team on the field performed poorly under all the stress and soon Fox fired Claire and manager Bill Russell, replacing them with former Manager Tommy Lasorda, who was appointed interim GM and Minor League manager Glenn Hoffman who took over for Russell. The team limped along to finish in third place in the National League West and more changes were in the offing for the following season.


1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball draft
The Dodgers selected 50 players in this draft. Of those, only four of them would eventually play Major League baseball.


1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball draft
The first round pick was outfielder Bubba Crosby from Rice University. He played nine games for the Dodgers before he was traded to the New York Yankees, where he was a part-time player for three seasons. He hit .216 in 205 games in the Majors.


1998 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball draft
This draft also included pitcher Scott Proctor (5th round) from Florida State University and catcher David Ross (7th round) from the University of Florida. Proctor was a relief pitcher in the Majors, who played in seven seasons (two for the Dodgers) and was 18-16 with a 4.78 ERA in 307 games (most prominently with the New York Yankees). Ross was primarily a backup catcher during his two decade career which began in 2002 and ended in 2016.


1998 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 24th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1998, were voted on in December 1998. The awards were presented Jan. 20 1999 at the Bel Age Hotel.


1998 Los Angeles Sparks season
The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks missed out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It would be the last season they missed the playoffs until the 2007 season.


1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 1998 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as an independent during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Gary Crowton, the team compiled an 6–6 record.


1998 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1998 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by John L. Smith and played their home games in the newly completed Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. The team ended the season with a record of 7–5.


1998 Lower Saxony state election
The 1998 Lower Saxony state election was held on 1 March 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Gerhard Schröder was returned with an increased majority. Schröder was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.


1998 Lower Saxony state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Lower Saxony.


1998 Lunar New Year Cup
The 1998 Lunar New Year Cup (a.k.a. Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday (28 January and 31 January 1998).


1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix
The 1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix (formally the VI Großer Warsteiner Preis von Luxemburg) was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany on 27 September 1998. It was the fifteenth and penultimate race of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 67-lap race was won by Mika Häkkinen driving for the McLaren team. Michael Schumacher finished second driving a Ferrari car, with David Coulthard third in the other McLaren.


1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix, Report
With two races remaining of the season, McLaren's Mika Häkkinen and Ferrari's Michael Schumacher were battling for the drivers title; they were level on 80 points with Häkkinen ahead on countback. However the momentum was with Schumacher who had won the previous race at Monza, whereas Häkkinen had not won a race since the German Grand Prix four races earlier.


1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix, Report
Ferrari locked out the front row with Schumacher on pole ahead of Eddie Irvine. Häkkinen qualified third. At the start Irvine passed Schumacher to take the lead, however he allowed his team leader past at the end of the first lap and then proceeded to hold up Häkkinen. The Finn passed the Ulsterman at the Veedol Chicane on lap 14 and began to close on Schumacher. The German pitted on lap 24, while Häkkinen stayed out until lap 28, emerging from his stop ahead of Schumacher albeit by less than a second.


1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix, Report
Häkkinen resisted pressure from Schumacher during the second stint and narrowly held on to his lead during the second round of pit stops. In the final stint Häkkinen pulled away from Schumacher, extending his lead to five seconds before easing off in the closing laps to take victory by 2.2 seconds from Schumacher, with the other McLaren of David Coulthard completing the podium having leapfrogged Irvine during the first round of pitstops. The win gave Häkkinen a four-point lead in the championship heading into the final race in Suzuka, meaning he would only need second place there to clinch his first title.


1998 MAC Championship Game
The 1998 MAC Championship Game was the second conference championship game of the Mid-American Conference, and was played on December 4, 1998, at Marshall Stadium, now known as Joan C. Edwards Stadium, in Huntington, West Virginia. The game featured a rematch of the 1997 game, between the East Division's Marshall Thundering Herd, and the West Division's Toledo Rockets. Marshall was heavily favored to win the game. Marshall defeated Toledo to claim their second consecutive conference title by a score of 23–17. During the game, Marshall starting quarterback Chad Pennington was hurt, and was replaced by Byron Leftwich.


1998 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1998 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and the top eight MAC teams invited to participate. No teams received byes in the tournament. Ball State, the MAC West Division co-champion, received the number one seed in the tournament.


1998 MFS Pro Tennis Championships
The 1998 MFS Pro Tennis Championships, also known as the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, United States that was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 70th edition of the tournament and was held from August  24 through August 30, 1998. Michael Chang won the singles title.


1998 MFS Pro Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis defeated  Chris Haggard /  Jack Waite, 6–3, 6–2


1998 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crash
The 1998 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crash was a domestic flight that crashed on 26 May 1998, killing all on board. The flight departed Erdenet Airport at approximately 09:17 on a flight to Mörön, with 26 passengers and 2 crew. Approximately 13 minutes after departure, while the plane was climbing to cruising altitude, it struck the top of a 6,500 ft mountain, killing all passengers and crew. Of the 26 passengers, 14 were adults and 12 were children.


1998 MIAT Mongolian Airlines crash, The aircraft
The Harbin Y-12, registration JU-1017 (cn 0064), first flew in 1992. The aircraft was designed to hold only 19 passengers, but a government representative said the plane was not overloaded.


1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series
The 1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the sixth edition of the championship, a best-of-eight series between the All-Star teams from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), then-called All-Japan.


1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series
MLB won the series by 6–2–0 and Sammy Sosa was named MVP.


1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series
This is the first - and as of 2014, the only series that was solely held at the Tokyo Dome


1998 MLS All-Star Game
The 1998 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 3rd Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on August 2, 1998, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. A team of United States all-stars, MLS USA, beat a team of International MLS all-stars, MLS World, by a score of 6–1.


1998 MLS All-Star Game
The 1998 MLS All-Star Game was preceded by a Women's international friendly match between the United States and Canada.


1998 MLS College Draft
The 1998 Major League Soccer College Draft was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 31 and February 1, 1998. The College Draft was followed by the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft.


1998 MLS College Draft, Format
On Saturday, January 31, 1998, Major League Soccer held the first round of its 1998 college draft during the halftime of the Umbro Select All-Star Classic at Lockhart Stadium. The second and third rounds took place Sunday morning at the Airport Hilton in Fort Lauderdale. The 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft took place that afternoon at the same location.


1998 MLS Supplemental Draft
The 1998 Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft was held on February 1, 1998, at the Airport Hilton in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.


1998 MLS Supplemental Draft, Format
Major League Soccer held a professional player combine in Fort Lauderdale the last week of January 1998. On Saturday, January 31, 1998, the league held the first round of the 1998 MLS College Draft. The second and third rounds of the college draft concluded Sunday morning. On Sunday afternoon, February 1, 1998, the league held its supplemental draft.


1998 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards took place in Assago, near Milan, Italy. The ceremony was hosted by former Playboy model, actress and comedian, Jenny McCarthy.


1998 MTV Europe Music Awards
On this year 6 new categories were introduced including the MTV Selects; UK and Ireland, Northern, Central and Southern. The big winner of the night were the Spice Girls and Madonna with two awards. Mel C, alias Sporty Spice, and Emma Bunton, known as Baby Spice, collected the trophy on behalf of the group. On receiving the award, Mel C shouted: "We've done it again". "And a big hello from the other two", she added, referring to Mel B and Victoria Adams, both of whom were pregnant and did not attend the ceremony.


1998 MTV Movie Awards
The 1998 MTV Movie Awards were hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.


1998 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Song from a Movie
"Men in Black" by Will Smith — Men in Black


1998 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Dance Sequence
Mike Myers — "Soul Bossa Nova" (from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery)


1998 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1998 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 10, 1998, honoring the best music videos from June 17, 1997, to June 12, 1998. The show was hosted by Ben Stiller at Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.


1998 MTV Video Music Awards
Madonna was the most successful winner and nominee of the night, winning six awards out of a total nine nominations: five (out of eight) for "Ray of Light", including Video of the Year and Best Female Video, and one for "Frozen" (its only nomination). Other than Madonna, only Will Smith and The Prodigy won multiple awards that night, winning two apiece.


1998 MTV Video Music Awards
With regard to nominations, the two biggest nominees aside from Madonna were alt-rock band Garbage and rapper Will Smith. Smith split his nominations between two videos:  "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (five) and "Just the Two of Us" (one), each of which earned a Moonman. In contrast, Garbage received all eight nominations for "Push It" but went home completely empty-handed at the end of the night.


1998 MTV Video Music Awards
The mesh dress that actress Rose McGowan wore to the award show was the subject of much media attention following the awards. The dress went on to become one of the most iconic and controversial outfits in the history of the VMA's.


1998 MTV Video Music Awards, Promotion
In the weeks before the awards ceremony, MTV "hacked" its own website intentionally and graffitied the words "JF Was Here" across the page, at the same time that the British hacker JF was under investigation by Scotland Yard for the milw0rm hacktivist attacks. Hundreds of pages hosted on MTV.com sported the new JF logo, including one page that read, "JF was here, greets to milw0rm". MTV later confirmed that the alleged JF "hack" was a publicity stunt to promote the appearance of a commentator named Johnny Fame at their upcoming awards show. Many were puzzled by the apparent hack committed by JF since the hacker was "known for relatively high ethical standards."


1998 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Video from a Film
Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (from Armageddon)


1998 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Choreography in a Video
Madonna – "Ray of Light" (Choreographers: Madonna and Jonas Åkerlund)


1998 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Special Effects in a Video
Madonna – "Frozen" (Special Effects: Steve Murgatroyd, Dan Williams, Steve Hiam, and Anthony Walsham)


1998 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Viewer's Choice
Puff Daddy and the Family (featuring The LOX, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G. and Fuzzbubble – "It's All About the Benjamins (rock remix)"


1998 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, International Viewer's Choice Awards, MTV India
Lata Mangeshkar and Udit Narayan – "Dil To Pagal Hai"


1998 Macau Grand Prix
The 1998 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 45th Macau Grand Prix race to be held on the streets of Macau on 22 November 1998. It was the fifteenth edition for Formula Three cars. Peter Dumbreck of the TOM'S team won the two-leg aggregate 30-lap race by three-thousands of a second (about 12 cm (120 mm)) over Paul Stewart Racing driver Ricardo Maurício, the closest margin of victory in the history of the Macau Grand Prix and one of the closest in motor racing history.


1998 Macedonian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 18 October 1998, with a second round on 1 November. VMRO-DPMNE emerged as the largest party, winning 49 of the 120 seats, and later formed a coalition government with Democratic Alternative and the Democratic Party of Albanians.


1998 Macedonian parliamentary election, Electoral system
A new electoral law was passed prior to the election, replacing the system in which 120 members of the Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies, with one in which 35 were elected by proportional representation at the national level, and 85 elected in single member constituencies. In the single-member constituencies, candidates had to receive 50% of votes cast and 33% of the total number of registered voters to win in the first round. If no candidate achieved this requirement, a second round was held between the two candidates with the most votes.


1998 Macedonian parliamentary election, Electoral system
This was the only election to use this system. Prior to the 2002 elections it was replaced by a system in which the country was divided into six constituencies that elected 20 members each by proportional representation.


1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1998.


1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
These were the last elections to the legislative assembly having 320 seats before Madhya Pradesh was divided into two parts. Chhattisgarh (90 Seats) & Madhya Pradesh (230 Seats).


1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, The Kanshiram - BSP twist
BJP was constantly picking up pace electorally in the aftermath of the Ayodhya Demolition and so was BSP under the charismatic leadership of Kanshiram who was leading a silent revolution among the Dalits, Tribals and OBCs for electorally capturing power in the government and to work for self upliftment, both the parties were a concern for the congress, but not BJP as much as the BSP was, this may seem ridiculous; but the simple reason is the vote base of Congress and BSP is the same, both the parties appeal to the same voters, which means even a fractional shift of voters from Congress to BSP would have costed Congress many seats. The fiercely contested election can be understood by the fact that the vote difference of Congress and the BJP was merely '1.31%' which roughly translates to around 3 lakh votes in the state of 4.5 crore eligible voters.


1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, The Kanshiram - BSP twist
In a surprise to all, Kanshiram during his election rally announced that "BJP was jumping with happiness that Kanshiram would fight elections in Madhya Pradesh without any alliance, that's why I have decided only to contest election in those seats in which we can damage Congress, enough to win the seat and in the rest of seats I would ask you all to vote for the strongest party against BJP, we have to not let them win the elections".


1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, The Kanshiram - BSP twist
True to his words, BSP fought elections only on 170 seats as compared to 286 of the last elections, retaining all the 11 seats they won last election. Many people believe that if BSP would have fought elections on all the seats, Congress would have definitely lost. Thus, in a way Kanshiram gifted the state to the Congress, even if it meant their vote percentage would go down.


1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 June 1998 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.


1998 Madrid motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.


1998 Maidstone Borough Council election
The 1998 Maidstone Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1998 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1998 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They played their home games at Alfond Stadium as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Cosgrove. The Black Bears finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in conference play, to finish tied for third in the New England Division.


1998 Maine Black Bears football team, Previous season
The Black Bears finished the 1997 season with a record of 5–6, with a 4–4 mark in the Atlantic 10 Conference to finish in a tie for second place in the New England Division.


1998 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1998 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Independent Governor Angus King sought a second and final term as governor. King faced off against former United States Congressman James B. Longley Jr., the Republican nominee; attorney Thomas J. Connolly, the Democratic nominee; and several other independent candidates, including Green candidate Pat LaMarche, who would later serve as the Green Party's Vice Presidential nominee in the 2004 presidential election.


1998 Maine gubernatorial election
This election was the first since 1982 in which the winning candidate received greater than 50% of the vote. This was not achieved again until 2018. As of 2021, this is the last time a third-party or independent candidate won the governorship of Maine.


1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 69th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 7, 1998, at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, the home of the Colorado Rockies of the National League. The first All-Star contest played in the Mountain Time Zone, the game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 13-8. It remains the highest-scoring All-Star Game in MLB history. Also, it was the last MLB All Star Game not to be held on the 2nd or 3rd Tuesday of July, it was held on the 1st Tuesday of July, and thus the earliest ASG held since then.


1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The pregame ceremony honored the United States Air Force Academy who provided the five-man color guard, flag presentations, and, at the end of country music singer Faith Hill's performance of the U.S. National Anthem, the flyover ceremonies. Hill's National Anthem performance was preceded by actress Gloria Reuben's performance of The Canadian National Anthem.


1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Twelve-year-old Elias Kurts was given the honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch, the first "non-celebrity" so honored.


1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


1998 Major League Baseball draft
The 1998 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1998. A total of 1445 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.


1998 Major League Baseball expansion
The 1998 Major League Baseball expansion resulted in the establishment of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s 29th and 30th teams beginning play for the 1998 season. After initiating an expansion committee in March 1994, 27 groups representing nine cities submitted bids for the proposed expansion teams. After a yearlong process, on March 9, 1995, the league awarded the National League franchise to Phoenix and the American League franchise to Tampa Bay. The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (currently the Tampa Bay Rays), would subsequently begin play for the 1998 season.


1998 Major League Baseball expansion, History
With the successes of the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins following the 1993 expansion, Major League Baseball by 1994 was looking to expand again from 28 to 30 teams. On March 2, 1994, MLB created an expansion committee to evaluate the feasibility of expansion. Although both Phoenix and Tampa Bay were believed to be overwhelming favorites for the franchises, other cities were invited to bid for the proposed franchises.


1998 Major League Baseball expansion, History
The committee was headed by Boston Red Sox General Partner John Harrington, with others serving on the committee including Bill Giles of the Philadelphia Phillies, Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox, George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees, Stanton Cook of the Chicago Cubs, Richard Jacobs of the Cleveland Indians, Stan Kasten of the Atlanta Braves, the president of the National League, Leonard S. Coleman, Jr., and the president of the American League, Bobby Brown.


1998 Major League Baseball expansion, History
By June, the league announced that all cities with interest in the proposed franchises should submit their intentions by June 24. By June 30, the committee released the nine communities that submitted information to MLB for the proposed franchises. Buffalo, Nashville, Northern Virginia, Orlando, Phoenix, Tampa Bay and Vancouver placed expansion requests. Other cities mentioned as potential expansion locations which did not officially submit an application to the league included Charlotte and Washington.


1998 Major League Baseball expansion, History
After whittling down the field to four finalists (Northern Virginia, Orlando, Phoenix and Tampa Bay), MLB announced Phoenix and Tampa Bay as the two expansion franchises on March 9, 1995. Announced to begin play for the 1998 season, each ownership group paid a $130 million expansion fee to enter the league. The ownership groups paid $32 million in July 1995, $25 million in July 1996, $40 million in July 1997 and $33 million in November 1997. In addition, the two expansion teams gave away their rights to $5 million from baseball's central fund for each of the five years following expansion (1998–2002).


1998 Major League Baseball expansion, History
The adding of the 29th and 30th team caused the American League and the National League to have fifteen teams each. Because of the odd number of teams, only seven games could possibly be scheduled in each league on any given day. Thus, one team in each league would have to be idle on any given day. This would have made it difficult for scheduling, in terms of travel days and the need to end the season before October.


1998 Major League Baseball expansion, History
In order for MLB officials to continue primarily intraleague play, both leagues would need to carry an even number of teams, so the decision was made to move one club from the AL Central to the NL Central - it was ultimately then-acting Commissioner Bud Selig (who at the time also owned the Milwaukee Brewers) who agreed to have his own franchise change leagues.


1998 Major League Baseball expansion, History
The 1998 expansion remains the most recent to be conducted in Major League Baseball. MLB would later reverse the imbalance created by the 1998 expansion when, following the sale of the Houston Astros, the new owners agreed to move their franchise to the American League. Following that transaction, MLB consequently altered its season structure so as to include interleague play throughout the regular season.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
The 1998 Major League Baseball home run chase was the race between first baseman Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals, and right fielder Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs that resulted in McGwire and Sosa breaking Roger Maris's long-standing and highly coveted record of 61 home runs. McGwire broke Maris's record on September 8 against the Cubs and finished with 70 home runs. Sosa finished with 66.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
Several players had come close to breaking Maris's record in the years before 1998. Before the 1994 season was cut short by a labor dispute, Matt Williams of the San Francisco Giants and Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners were both on a pace which threatened Maris's record: they hit 43 and 40 home runs respectively in a season which was shortened by approximately 50 of the scheduled 162 games.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
In 1995, Albert Belle became the first player since Cecil Fielder in 1990 to hit 50 home runs in a season. Belle was only the 4th player in the previous three decades to reach the 50 home run milestone (George Foster hit 52 in 1977, following Willie Mays in 1965).


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase
In 1996, Brady Anderson of the Baltimore Orioles hit 50 home runs, twice the number he hit during any other season. Of more note was Mark McGwire of the Oakland Athletics, who first drew attention by hitting a league-leading 52 home runs that season while only playing in 130 games. The 1997 home run chase featured McGwire and Griffey, but neither reached it that year. It was during that season that full-fledged interest over the record kicked in as both players were on record pace well into the summer. McGwire finished the 1997 season with 58 home runs following his mid-season trade to the St. Louis Cardinals, besting Griffey's total of 56 that year.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
Speculation on the potential of McGwire or Griffey breaking Roger Maris' home run record was a popular story heading into spring training, and was even promoted by MLB itself, in an effort to draw fans back to the game who felt disenfranchised by the 1994 strike and cancellation of the World Series. With the spotlight still on Griffey and McGwire (entering his first full season as a Cardinal), the latter opened the 1998 season by hitting home runs in each of his first four games.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
McGwire would ultimately find himself ahead of record pace for all but two games of the season; his pace hit a low of 58.9 on May 7 following a five-game drought. After hitting 16 home runs in May (only two short of Rudy York's ill-fated record of 18 home runs in August 1937), McGwire led the league with 27 home runs, ahead of Griffey's 19 and on pace for more than 80.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
June, however, would be Sosa's month to catch up. His 13 home runs entering the month represented less than half of rival McGwire's total. Sosa had his first of four multi-home run games that month on June 1, and went on to break Rudy York's record with 20 home runs in the month of June, a record that still stands. By the end of his historic month, the outfielder's 33 home runs tied him with Griffey and left him only four behind McGwire's 37.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
The three remained competitive entering August, a period which saw McGwire go on a season-high eight-game home run drought. After hitting a home run on August 8, McGwire's lead had dwindled to two, his 46 home runs just above Sosa's 44 and Griffey's 41. His relative lull in production continued, hitting only three home runs over the next ten days. His pace at the end of August 18, 61.9 would be his lowest for the rest of the season.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
On August 19, he returned to form, hitting two home runs and beginning the stretch that would see him hit 23 home runs in his final 39 games. Sosa, meanwhile, had followed up his 20 home runs in June with a combined total of only 22 for July and August. At the end of the month, however, the two sluggers were locked at 55 home runs, putting them on pace for about 65 in total and, for the first time in 37 years, leaving the single-season home run record in imminent jeopardy.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
They were also each one short of Hack Wilson's National league record. By this point, Griffey's total of 47 home runs left him well behind the pace of his two rivals, indicating that even in the event he could pass Maris's total, it would be unlikely that he would also be able to beat McGwire and Sosa. Griffey would finish the season with 56 home runs, matching his total from the previous season but still 5 home runs short of Marris' record.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
McGwire began September with four home runs in his first two games against the Florida Marlins and took back the lead, 59–56. His September 5 home run set the stage for one of baseball's classic moments, as he sat on 60 home runs entering a two-game set against Sosa's Chicago Cubs. On September 7, McGwire hit a Mike Morgan pitch 430 feet to become the first player since 1961 to hit 61 home runs in a season.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
The next day, September 8, 1998, in a nationally-televised game against Sosa's Cubs and with members of the Maris family in attendance, he hit Steve Trachsel's pitch 341 feet - his shortest home run of the season - just over the left field wall, breaking the record for the most home runs ever hit in a single season. The ball did not even make it to the stands, and was caught by Tim Forneris, who worked as a member of the Busch Stadium grounds crew while attending law school at Saint Louis University.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
Forneris declined multiple million-dollar offers to sell the ball and instead gave it to McGwire. In what was a show of both admiration as well as respect, Mark Grace, the Cubs first baseman shared a half-hug high five as McGwire rounded first, and after he touched home, Sosa charged in from right field and engaged McGwire in a celebratory embrace.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
Afterwards, however, McGwire went six consecutive games without a home run, allowing Sosa to tie him again at 62 after hitting four home runs in three games against the Milwaukee Brewers. The two battled back and forth for the lead, and entering the final series of the season on September 25, were tied at 65 home runs. Sosa hit a 462-foot home run off Houston Astros pitcher José Lima for his 66th home run of the season. McGwire, however, would hit five home runs against five different pitchers during a Cardinals homestand against the Montreal Expos, and would set the single-season MLB home run record at 70 with a 370-foot home run off Carl Pavano.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Breaking the record
Throughout the season, Sosa gave a "V" sign after every home run, dedicating it to the memory of Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray, who died that February.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Aftermath
The Cardinals, despite McGwire's efforts, finished the season 83–79, 3rd place in the Central and behind division rival Chicago who finished 90–73, earning them 2nd in the Central and a wild card berth. In winning the NL MVP award, Sosa finished with a .308 batting average, 66 home runs, and 158 RBI, besting McGwire, who finished with a .299 batting average, 70 home runs, and 147 RBI. The Cubs, however, were swept in the first round of the 1998 playoffs by the Atlanta Braves.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Aftermath
In 2001, only three years after McGwire and Sosa finally toppled Maris's record, the mark fell again, this time to San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds. Bonds broke the record on October 5 against Chan Ho Park of the Los Angeles Dodgers and, two days later, hit his 73rd home run of the season off the Dodgers pitcher Dennis Springer. Bonds' record continues to stand today.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Aftermath
The '97 and '98 home run record chases are widely credited by sports analysts as having restored Major League Baseball among its fan base in the preceding years, as many had lost interest and felt betrayed by the strike in 1994, although others contest this.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Aftermath
The embrace, along with the constant praising of one another between McGwire and Sosa was spoofed in the fall of 1998 on Saturday Night Live by Will Ferrell (as McGwire) and Tracy Morgan (as Sosa) who try to one-up praising each other endlessly and then begin to slow-dance.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Aftermath, Steroid controversy
The Sosa-McGwire home run chase occurred during the steroid era. Bonds' record still stands, though the controversy over possible use of performance-enhancing drugs by McGwire and Sosa gained momentum when Bonds hit his 73 home runs despite having never hit as many as 50 in any other season. In the Congressional Hearing on Steroids, McGwire stated that any answer he gave regarding his alleged steroid use would not be believed by the public at-large anyway. Sosa seemed to not understand the questions.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Aftermath, Steroid controversy
Bonds has also been linked to steroids. He admitted to taking them, but he claims that he did not know what he was taking was steroids. Bonds and Sosa have been linked to illegal use of steroids in the Mitchell Report and other sources. McGwire has never been named by any official investigation; however, on January 11, 2010, McGwire admitted to Bob Costas of the MLB Network that he did take steroids throughout his career, including during the 1998 season where he broke the record.


1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, Home run log
The following table outlines home runs that Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit during 1998 season.


1998 Major League Baseball season
The 1998 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the San Diego Padres in the World Series, after they had won a then AL record 114 regular season games. The Yankees finished with 125 wins for the season (regular season and playoffs combined), which remains the MLB record.


1998 Major League Baseball season
The 1998 season was marked by MLB’s expansion to 30 teams (16 in the NL, 14 in the AL), with two new teams–the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the American League–added. To keep the leagues with even numbers of teams while allowing both leagues to have a new team, the Milwaukee Brewers were moved from the American League Central Division to the National League Central Division. The Detroit Tigers were shifted from the American League East to the American League Central, while the Devil Rays were added to the American League East.


1998 Major League Baseball season
The Diamondbacks were added to the National League West, making the NL have more teams than the AL for the first time (this arrangement would last until the end of the 2012 season, when the Houston Astros moved from the National to the American League for 2013, giving each league 15 teams).


1998 Major League Baseball season
The biggest story of the season was the historic chase of the single-season home run record held at the time by Roger Maris. Initially, the St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners started the season on a pace to both break Maris' record. In June, the chase was joined by the Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa, who broke the decades-old record of Rudy York for most home runs in a calendar month with 20 that month. Eventually, Griffey fell off the record pace, but still ended with 56 homers.


1998 Major League Baseball season
Both McGwire and Sosa broke the record in September, with McGwire ultimately finishing with 70 homers to Sosa's 66. McGwire's record would last only three years, with Barry Bonds hitting 73 in 2001. The 1998 season was also the first in MLB history with four players hitting 50 or more homers, with Greg Vaughn of the San Diego Padres hitting 50. In a postscript to the record chase, both McGwire and Sosa have since been widely accused of having used performance-enhancing drugs during that period, and McGwire would admit in 2010 that he had used steroids during the record-setting season.


1998 Major League Baseball season
The defending World Series champions Florida Marlins finished last in the NL East Division at 54-108, making it the first, and only, time that a team went from winning the World Series one year to finishing with 100 or more losses and last in their division the following year.


1998 Major League Baseball season, Postseason
This was the first season in which teams were seeded by their respective win-loss record within their respective leagues.


1998 Major League Soccer season
The 1998 Major League Soccer season was the third season of Major League Soccer. Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion played their inaugural seasons as the first two MLS expansion teams. Chicago would become the first expansion team to win the MLS Cup and the first to win it in the inaugural year.


1998 Major League Soccer season, International Competition
First leg played at RFK StadiumSecond leg played at Lockhart Stadium.


1998 Majorca Open
The 1998 Majorca Open was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Majorca, Spain. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 28 September to 5 October 1998. Eighth-seeded Gustavo Kuerten won the singles title.


1998 Majorca Open, Finals, Doubles
Pablo Albano /  Daniel Orsanic defeated  Jiří Novák /  David Rikl 7–6, 6–3


1998 Majorca Open – Doubles
Karim Alami and Julián Alonso were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Alami did not participate this year. Alonso partnered Carlos Moyá, losing in the first round.


1998 Majorca Open – Doubles
Pablo Albano and Daniel Orsanic won in the final 7–6, 6–3, against Jiří Novák and David Rikl.


1998 Majorca Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1998 Makarska International Championships
The 1998 Makarska International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Makarska in Croatia that was part of Tier IV of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural and only edition of the tournament and was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.


1998 Makarska International Championships, Winners, Women's Doubles
Tina Križan /  Katarina Srebotnik defeated  Karin Kschwendt /  Evgenia Kulikovskaya 7–6, 6–1


1998 Makarska International Championships – Doubles
Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Karin Kschwendt and Evgenia Kulikovskaya.


1998 Makarska International Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Makarska International Championships – Singles
Květa Hrdličková won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Fang Li.


1998 Makarska International Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1998 Malagasy constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Madagascar on 25 March 1998. The proposed amendments would allow the president to dissolve parliament, and divide the country into six provinces. It was narrowly approved by just 50.96% of voters, with a 70% turnout.


1998 Malagasy parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 17 May 1998. AREMA, the party led by President Didier Ratsiraka, emerged as the largest faction in the National Assembly, winning 63 of the 150 seats. However, independent candidates won more votes than any party.


1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 April 1998 at the Johor Circuit.


1998 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.


1998 Maldivian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on 16 October 1998. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was the sole candidate nominated by Parliament. His candidacy was approved by 90.9% of voters, with a turnout of 76%.


1998 Malpa landslide
The Malpa landslide was one of the worst landslides in India. On 18 August 1998 at 3.00 a.m., massive landslides wiped away the entire village of Malpa in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, then in Uttar Pradesh in Kali Valley of Higher Kumaon division of the Himalayas. The rockfall started on 16 August bringing down huge rocks which initially killed three mules. A total of 221 people died, including 60 Hindu pilgrims traveling to Tibet as part of "Kailash Manas Sarovar Yatra". One noted death was that of the Indian dancer Protima Bedi. The rockfall continued till 21 August. As the area lies in a seismic zone, the earthquakes of 1979 and 1980 may have been the underlying cause, as was attributed by a report of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology.


1998 Malpa landslide, Causes of landslide
The landslide generated around one million cubic meters of rock fall and debris flow. This debris partially blocked the Sharda River. The landslide prevailed mostly due to steep, almost vertical, slopes of rock above the valley. In addition to the slopes, the proximity of the rock mass to major tectonic plates, major rainfall into the porous rock, and stress on the rock formations all contributed to the landslide. Natural disasters in the area have been attributed to ″unplanned construction and urbanization on the fluvial and un-consolidated materials produced by active faults/thrusts in various sectors.″


1998 Malpa landslide, Causes of landslide
The slide demonstrated the distressed state of rock in the Himalayan region because of the drift of the Indian plate northward.


1998 Malta Grand Prix
The 1998 Malta Grand Prix was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place at the New Dolmen Hotel in Buġibba, Malta in December 1998.


1998 Malta Grand Prix
Stephen Hendry won the tournament, defeating Ken Doherty 7–6 in the final. The highest break, a 104, was compiled by Doherty in his quarter-final match against Jimmy White.


1998 Malta Grand Prix, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


1998 Malta International Football Tournament
The 1998 Malta International Football Tournament  (known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth edition of the Malta International Tournament. The competition was played between 6 and 10 February, with games hosted at the National Stadium in Ta' Qali.


1998 Malta Open darts
1998 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 1998.


1998 Maltese general election
General elections were held in Malta on 5 September 1998. The result was a victory for the Nationalist Party, which won 35 of the 65 seats.


1998 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2002. A vacancy each in Ardwick and Harpurhey were also being contested. There were two Labour candidates for Barlow Moor ward, the result of de-selected Labour Councillor Arthur Maloney securing an official Labour Party nomination before he was replaced by a new candidate. The Independent Labour candidates stood as Labour Peace 2000. Overall turnout was 20.5%, with Labour retaining control of the council.


1998 Manchester City Council election, Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


1998 Manila blackmail incident
The 1998 Manila blackmail incident is said to have occurred in Binondo Manila, Philippines when police officers allegedly abducted and blackmailed 7 Chinese citizens suspected of drug trafficking on December 30, 1998. It is said that two Chinese Hong Kong citizens were killed when the ransom money was not met.


1998 Manila blackmail incident, Alleged incident
In 1998 two police anti-drug groups, the Presidential Anti- Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) and the PNP Narcotics Group began operation. In the course of its operations seven Chinese people were captured. Three of them were from Hong Kong, Chong Hiu-ming (莊曉明), Wong Kam-chong (黃錦昌) and Chan Ga-cung (陳家聰). They were said to be subjects of anti-drug operations and of cooperation between Philippine law enforcement authorities and the Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau. Documents the Inquirer has had since 2008 and Mary Ong, alias Rosebud, say Chong and Wong were detained and abducted for ransom. Ong also says they were heavily tortured.


1998 Manila blackmail incident, Alleged incident
It is said that after many months, in March 1999 Chong Hiu-ming's family paid 380,000 yuan and Chong was released. The other two Hong Kong citizens were both killed off in 1999. Specifically, Chan was killed because his wife could not meet the ransom of 50 million peso.


1998 Manila blackmail incident, Alleged incident
Mary Ong said former Nargroup Superintendent John Campos, who is said to have been her lover, was poised to tell all he knew about the operation when he too was killed in 2002.


1998 Manila blackmail incident, Aftermath
The PNP claimed that from July 1998 to June 2000 the PAOCTF reduced kidnapping cases by 29 percent, rescued 94 victims, arrested 73, and prosecuted 125 suspects. It also said 30 kidnapping cases were solved immediately and P11.3 million and $60,000 in ransom money were recovered by the task force nationwide. Panfilo Lacson, the PAOCTF and PNP chief at the time, went on to run for president and was widely preferred by the Filipino-Chinese community. The PAOCTF and PNP Narcotics Group no longer exist.


1998 Manila blackmail incident, Aftermath
In 2001 the wives of Chong and Wong asked the Philippine and Chinese government to get the case moving, but it went nowhere due to lack of treaty between the two countries. Hong Kong's sovereignty was returned to China in 1997, a year before the case happened.


1998 Manitoba municipal elections
The 1998 Manitoba municipal elections were held on October 28, 1998 to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.


1998 Manitoba municipal elections, Cities, Brandon
Source: Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1998, A13, 113 of 121 polls reporting. The final results did not significantly change Atkinson's margin of victory. It is not clear if any of the council or school board results (listed below) are also incomplete.


1998 Manitoba municipal elections, Towns, Neepawa
Electors could votes for six candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.


1998 Manitoba municipal elections, Rural municipalities, Rockwood
Source:  Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1998, A13. The results in the Free Press list all candidates in alphabetical order, and do not indicate which candidates ran in specific wards.


1998 Manitoba municipal elections, Rural municipalities, Rockwood
Persoage appears to have replaced Neumann on council at some point between 1998 and 2002.


1998 Manitoba municipal elections, Villages, Waskada
Electors could vote for four candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.


1998 Manitoba municipal elections, Villages, Waskada
Results are taken from the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 2 November 1998. The final official totals do not appear to have been significantly different.


1998 Maranhão gubernatorial election
The Maranhão gubernatorial election of 1998 was held in the Brazilian state of Maranhão on October 4, alongside Brazil's general elections. PFL candidate, Roseana Sarney, was re-elected on October 4, 1998.


1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota
The 1998 Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota was the nineteenth and final round of the 1998 CART FedEx Championship Series season. The race was held 1 November 1998, and was the 2nd running of the Marlboro 500 at California Speedway. It was won by Jimmy Vasser who passed Greg Moore at a final lap restart of a long race, which took well over 3 hours and also had many retirements. This marks the final Champ Car race for the Three Time World Champion Bobby Rahal.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami
The 1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami was a CART race which happened at the Homestead Motorsports Complex. It happened on March 15, 1998. It was the 1st round of the 1998 CART season.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 27
Top 6: Greg Moore, Alex Zanardi, Michael Andretti, Christian Fittipaldi, Gil de Ferran and Adrian Fernandez.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 34
First full course caution was out, as rookie Tony Kanaan had hit the wall in turn 4.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 57
Top 6: Gil de Ferran, Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Christian Fittipaldi, Patrick Carpentier and Scott Pruett.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 75
Second full course caution came out, as Paul Tracy "brushed" the wall in the backstretch.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 82
Green flag. de Ferran leads, but, laps later, he lost the lead, due to a pitstop.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 97
Top 6: Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Gil de Ferran, Christian Fittipaldi, Dario Franchitti and Scott Pruett.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 100
Third full course caution, as another 1998 rookie had "brushed" the wall in turn 1: Hélio Castroneves.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 116
Fourth full course caution came out as Mark Blundell was another victim of the wall. This time in turn 2.


1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami, Race, Lap 130
Fifth full course caution: Hiro Matsushita had hit the wall in turn 2.


1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was Marshall's second season competing at the NCAA Division I-A level. The team won their second consecutive Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship and was invited to the Motor City Bowl.


1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Season
In the 1998 season Marshall was quarterbacked by future National Football League (NFL) starter Chad Pennington and featured future NFL player Doug Chapman as the starting running back. The team finished the season with an overall record of 12–1 repeated as champions of the MAC East Division with a 7–1 conference mark.


1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team, Season
Marshall met and defeated Toledo in the MAC Championship Game for the second year in a row. By virtue of the win they were invited to the Motor City Bowl where they played the Louisville Cardinals. Marshall won the game 48–29, marking the first bowl game victory in the history of Marshall football.


1998 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1998 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Ron Vanderlinden, the Terrapins compiled a 3–8 record, finished in a tie for last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 290 to 202. The team's statistical leaders included Ken Mastrole with 632 passing yards, LaMont Jordan with 906 rushing yards, and Jermaine Arrington with 366 receiving yards.


1998 Maryland gubernatorial election
The 1998 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic Governor Parris Glendening sought re-election. Governor Glendening emerged victorious from the Democratic primary after defeating several candidates. Former State Delegate Ellen Sauerbrey, who was the 1994 Republican nominee for governor, ran again for governor and won her party's nomination. The election between Glendening and Sauerbrey four years prior was extremely contentious, and ended with the Sauerbrey campaign challenging the results. Ultimately, despite the controversial nature of the previous election, Governor Glendening comfortably beat back Sauerbrey's spirited challenge, winning his second and final term as governor.


1998 Massachusetts elections
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 3, 1998 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


1998 Massachusetts elections
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 15, 1998.


1998 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Governor & Lieutenant Governor
Republicans Paul Cellucci and Jane M. Swift were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, over Democratic candidates Scott Harshbarger and Warren Tolman, and Libertarian candidates Dean Cook and Eli Israel.


1998 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Attorney General Scott Harshbarger did not run for re-election. Middlesex County District Attorney Thomas Reilly defeated State Senator Lois Pines in the Democratic primary and Middlesex County Sheriff Brad Bailey in the general election.


1998 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Secretary of the Commonwealth
Democrat William F. Galvin was re-elected Secretary of the Commonwealth. He defeated Republican Dale C. Jenkins and Libertarian David Atkinson in the general election.


1998 Massachusetts elections, Statewide elections, Treasurer and Receiver-General
Incumbent Treasurer and Receiver-General Joe Malone did not run for re-election. Former State Representative Shannon P. O'Brien defeated Republican Robert Maginn and Libertarian Merton B. Baker in the general election.


1998 Massachusetts elections, Auditor
Democrat A. Joseph DeNucci was re-elected Auditor. He defeated Republican Michael Duffy and Libertarian Carla Howell.


1998 Massachusetts elections, Ballot questions
There were four statewide ballot questions, which the Massachusetts voters voted on this election. All were approved. There were also various local ballot questions around the state.


1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1998. Acting Governor Paul Cellucci was elected to his first term as Governor of Massachusetts.


1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Campaign
The race between Cellucci and Malone was acrimonious, with each candidate accusing the other of committing ethical violations.


1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Governor, Results
On September 16, Cellucci defeated Malone to win his party's nomination.


1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
After Harshbarger's primary victory, many moderate Democrats who had voted for McGovern or Donnelly, chose to support the socially liberal, fiscally moderate Cellucci instead of the more liberal Harshbarger.


1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, General election, Polling
In a January opinion poll, Cellucci lead Harshbarger 50%-30%. By August, Harshbarger had taken a 37%-35% lead over Cellucci.


1998 Masters (snooker)
The 1998 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1 and 8 February 1998 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.


1998 Masters (snooker)
The final frame of final between Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry turned into a re-spotted black for the first time since Ray Reardon and John Spencer in the first final in 1975. Hendry had led 9–6, before Williams tied it to 9–9. Williams was then trailing 56–34 in the final frame, when he potted the brown and the remaining colours to tie the scores in the match, after Hendry missed the brown. They then played seven shots on the black in a match similar to the 1985 World Championship final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis. Hendry then missed a straight black across the nap in the middle pocket before Williams potted it on the top right pocket to claim his first Masters title.


1998 Masters (snooker), Field
Defending champion Steve Davis was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ken Doherty seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the qualifying event, Andy Hicks (ranked 19), and Jimmy White (ranked 21), who was the wild-card selection. Anthony Hamilton and Stephen Lee were making their debuts in the Masters.


1998 Masters (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Winner: £145,000Runner-up: £75,000


1998 Masters (snooker), Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players played the 15th and 16th seeds:


1998 Masters (snooker), Qualifying
Andy Hicks won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1997 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time.


1998 Masters (snooker), Century breaks
Andy Hicks, Stephen Lee and Darren Morgan scored their century breaks in the wild-card round.


1998 Masters Tournament
The 1998 Masters Tournament was the 62nd Masters Tournament, held from April 9–12 at Augusta National Golf Club. Mark O'Meara won his first major championship with a 20-foot (6 m) birdie putt on the final hole to win by one stroke over runners-up David Duval and Fred Couples. He birdied three of the final four holes in a final round 67 (−5).


1998 Masters Tournament
In one of the most remarkable performances of his career, Jack Nicklaus tied for sixth place at the age of 58. His final round 68 (−4) yielded a 283 (−5), the lowest 72-hole score by a player over age 50 at the Masters. Nicklaus was in contention for the title until well into the back nine holes in the final round. It was his last serious run for a major championship, twelve years after his sixth Masters victory in 1986.


1998 Masters Tournament
In his first Masters, David Toms shot a 29 (−7) on the back nine on Sunday, en route to a 64 (−8). He had six consecutive birdies on holes 12–17.


1998 Masters Tournament
O'Meara's win came in his 15th attempt at Augusta, setting a record for appearances before a victory. He had previously been considered one of the best players to never win a major. Later in July, he won the Open Championship and earned PGA Tour Player of the Year honors for 1998.


1998 Masters Tournament
Matt Kuchar, a 19-year-old sophomore at Georgia Tech, was the low amateur at even-par 288 and tied for 21st place. The reigning U.S. Amateur champion, he carded a four-under 68 in the third round.


1998 Masters Tournament, Field
Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (9,12), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (9), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (9,10), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (9), Tiger Woods (9,12,13), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller


1998 Masters Tournament, Field
Ernie Els (9,10,12,13), Lee Janzen (11,13), Steve Jones (12,13), Corey Pavin


1998 Masters Tournament, Field
John Daly, Tom Lehman (9,10,13), Justin Leonard (9,11,12,13), Greg Norman (12,13), Nick Price (4,9,12,13)


1998 Masters Tournament, Field
Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (9,13), Davis Love III (9,10,11,12,13)


1998 Masters Tournament, Field
Stuart Appleby (13), Mark Calcavecchia (12,13), Fred Funk, John Huston (12), Per-Ulrik Johansson, Tom Kite (11), Jesper Parnevik (12,13), Costantino Rocca, Vijay Singh (12,13), Jeff Sluman, Paul Stankowski (13), Tommy Tolles (10,13), Lee Westwood, Willie Wood


1998 Masters Tournament, Field
Billy Andrade, Olin Browne, Stewart Cink (12,13), Jim Furyk (11,13), Jay Haas, Scott Hoch (11,12,13), Bradley Hughes, Jeff Maggert (11,13), Scott McCarron (12,13), Colin Montgomerie, David Ogrin, Bob Tway


1998 Masters Tournament, Field
Michael Bradley, Billy Ray Brown, David Duval (13), David Frost, Bill Glasson (13), Tim Herron, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Billy Mayfair, Phil Mickelson (13), Frank Nobilo (13), Scott Simpson, David Toms


1998 Masters Tournament, Field
Darren Clarke, Ignacio Garrido, Retief Goosen, Shigeki Maruyama, Masashi Ozaki


1998 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, First round
First round suspended by darkness; start was delayed by 90 minutes to get course playable after heavy rains Wednesday night.


1998 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Kuchar (+4), Kribel (+6), Watson (+13), Clark (+14), Bakst (+16).


1998 Masters of Formula 3
The 1998 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the eighth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 9 August 1998. It was won by David Saelens, for ASM Fina.


1998 Masters of Formula 3, Format changes
With an entry of 47 cars, race organisers changed the format of qualifying to allow every driver a shot at qualifying for the Marlboro Masters itself. The field would be split into two groups; one for even-numbered cars and one for odd-numbered cars. Then there would be a qualifying session for each group, with that setting the grid for each group's qualification race. Each qualification race would see the top fourteen cars progressing through to the Marlboro Masters itself, with the pole position being awarded to the winner of the qualification race that was won in the quickest time. The remaining four cars would be made up from the highest qualifying drivers left.


1998 Maui Invitational Tournament
The 1998 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament that was played, for the 15th time, from November 23 to November 25, 1998. The tournament, which began in 1984, was part of the 1998-99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii and was won by the Syracuse Orange. It was the second title for both the program and for its head coach Jim Boeheim.


1998 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 1998 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 25, 1998 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1998. The game was the 21st annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.


1998 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 1998 game
The game was telecast live by ESPN for the first time (CBS was the previous telecaster). Korleone Young participated in the dunk contest but a preexisting injury prevented him to play in the game. The game saw many dunks, something usual for all-star games, and several 3-point shots. The first 2 points were scored by Kris Lang from an alley oop pass by Dupay.


1998 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 1998 game
The West led at halftime, but the East completed the comeback thanks to Jason Capel (16 points in the second half) and game MVP Ronald Curry who almost recorded a triple-double with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists. Other players who starred were JaRon Rush, Quentin Richardson (both had 19 points); Al Harrington and Rashard Lewis (17 points); and Erick Barkley (12 assists). Of the 24 players, 14 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA. Three of them declared for the 1998 NBA Draft and were drafted out of high school: Al Harrington (25th overall), Rashard Lewis (32nd overall) and Korleone Young (40th overall).


1998 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 1998 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 72nd edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1998 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Bective were promoted after claiming the 1997 Meath Junior Football Championship title. This was their first ever period as an Intermediate club since being founded in


1998 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 5 October 1998, Blackhall Gaels claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title after just 4 years of existence as a club when they defeated ??? 3-14 to 1-6 in the final at Pairc Tailteann.


1998 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1997 championship season.


1998 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 3 groups called Group A, B and C. The 2 top finishers in Group A and B will qualify for the semi finals. First place in Group C and runners up in each group qualify for the quarter finals. In the event of two teams being level on points and only one qualification spot available, a playoff will be conducted to determine final placings.


1998 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The teams in the semi finals are Group A and B winners along with the runners-up.


1998 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1998 Meath Senior Football Championship was the 106th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 19 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1998 Meath Senior Football Championship
Navan O'Mahonys were the defending champions after they defeated Trim in the previous years final, but they exited to eventual champions St. Peter's Dunboyne this year at the quarter-final stage.


1998 Meath Senior Football Championship
Dunshaughlin were promoted after claiming the 1997 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title, their second Intermediate win and hence their second period as a Senior club.


1998 Meath Senior Football Championship
On 11 October 1998, St. Peter's Dunboyne claimed their first Senior Championship title with a 0-9 to 0-5 win over Oldcastle in the final. Enda McManus raised the Keegan Cup for Dunboyne and also claimed the 'Man of the Match' award


1998 Meath Senior Football Championship
At the end of the championship season, St. Michael's applied to the Meath County Board to be regraded to the 1999 Meath Intermediate Football Championship after a series of poor results. This ended their nine-year stay in the senior grade since being promoted in 1989.


1998 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1998 championship season.