2000 Maine Black Bears football team
The 2000 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jack Cosgrove, the Black Bears compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against conference opponents) and tied for seventh place in the conference. Ben Christopher, Paul Paradis, and Dwayne Wilmot were the team captains.


2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 71st 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 11, 2000 at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Atlanta Braves of the National League.


2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The Florida Marlins were originally awarded the 2000 All-Star Game in July 1995, but due to concerns over the chronically low attendance figures at Pro Player Stadium and the long-term viability of the South Florida market, National League president Len Coleman revoked the game from Miami in December 1998. The Marlins finally got to host the All-Star Game for the first time, 17 years later.


2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Coleman announced Atlanta would be the replacement host of the game, giving the Braves the chance to host their first All-Star Game since 1972. Turner Field, which opened in 1997 played a factor in Coleman's decision to award the game to Atlanta, citing Major League Baseball's desire to have the All-Star Game played in newer venues as a way to showcase the ballparks.


2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 2000 All-Star Game was one of the few occurrences in which the manager of the host team also managed the home team of the game, in this case, the National League (Bobby Cox had led the Braves to the World Series the previous year earning the right to manage the National League).


2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The result of the game was the American League defeating the National League by a score of 6–3. The game is remembered for Chipper Jones' home run off James Baldwin. This was also the last MLB All-Star Game that was broadcast on NBC. Brandy sang "The Star-Spangled Banner", while Canadian singer Chantal Kreviazuk sang "O Canada".


2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


2000 Major League Baseball draft, Background
The Florida Marlins made Adrián González of Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, California the first overall selection in the 2000 First-Year Player Draft. González, who was rated as the best pure high school hitter in the draft by Baseball America, was the first high school first baseman taken first overall since the New York Yankees chose Ron Blomberg in 1967. In his senior year, González hit .645 with 13 home runs and 34 RBI.


2000 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Among the college players chosen was David Parrish, son of former major leaguer Lance Parrish, by the New York Yankees with the 28th pick. In addition, David Espinosa, a high school shortstop from Miami, Florida, became the first RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) alumnus ever selected in the first round of the draft.


2000 Major League Baseball draft, Background
Infielder Xavier Nady, second-round pick of the San Diego Padres out of the University of California, went straight to the Major Leagues in 2000. He became the 19th player to do so since the draft started in 1965.


2000 Major League Baseball season
The 2000 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Mets in five games, for their third consecutive World Series title. The 2000 World Series was known as the Subway Series because both fans and the two teams could take the subway to and from every game of the series.


2000 Major League Baseball season
A then-record 5,693 home runs were hit during the regular season in 2000 (the record was broken in 2017, when 6,105 home runs were hit). Ten teams hit at least 200 home runs each, while for the first time since 1989 and only the fifth since 1949 no pitcher pitched a no-hitter. Also, no team reached 100 in either the win or loss column.


2000 Major League Baseball season
The separate American and National League offices were dissolved; with this, the league became a single unified organization. As a result, the separate umpiring crews for each league were also dissolved; all umpiring crews now worked throughout the league.


2000 Major League Baseball season, Events, September
SEASON NOTE – This was the first time in MLB history in 100 years that no team finished with a winning percentage either below .400 or above .600. It is also the first time, in a full 162-game season, that no team achieved 100 wins or 99 losses.


2000 Major League Baseball season, Notes
Major League Baseball seasons since 1901 without a no-hitter pitched are 1909, 1913, 1921, 1927–1928, 1932–1933, 1936, 1939, 1942–1943, 1949, 1959, 1982, 1985, 1989, 2000 and 2005.


2000 Major League Soccer season
The 2000 Major League Soccer season was the 88th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer in the United States and Canada, the 22nd with a national first-division league, and the fifth season of Major League Soccer. The regular season began on March 25 and continued through September 9, culminating with the 2000 MLS Cup Playoffs.


2000 Major League Soccer season, Overview, Changes from 1999
Most notably the 2000 season marked the first time in Major League Soccer history (and the first season of American first division soccer since 1974), that ties were allowed to stand. Following a ten-minute sudden death extra time, rather than going to a penalty shoot-out, if two teams were tied, the tie would stand. Also, the league adopted the IFAB-standard running clock, as well as injury time.


2000 Major League Soccer season, Overview, Changes from 1999
Additionally, the league broke into three separate divisions, the East, Central and West divisions. The league would use this format until 2002, when the two Florida franchises, Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion folded.


2000 Major League Soccer season, MLS Cup Playoffs, Semifinals
Kansas City Wizards advance 1–0 in series overtime (SDET) after 4–4 tie on points.


2000 Major League Soccer season, Player statistics, Top Goal Scorers
Played for more than one team – Most Recent Team Listed*


2000 Majorca Open
The 2000 Majorca Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 6th edition of the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, and was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. It took place at the Club de Tenis Valencia in Majorca from 1 May through 8 May 2000.


2000 Majorca Open
The 32-player strong singles field featured ATP No. 3, Australian Open runner-up and London finalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 1998 Australian Open winner and former world no. 1 Marcelo Ríos and Casablanca titlist Fernando Vicente. Also competing were Barcelona champion Marat Safin, Estoril winner and two-time Grand Slam finalist Carlos Moyá, Mariano Puerta and Francisco Clavet.


2000 Majorca Open, Finals, Doubles
Michaël Llodra /  Diego Nargiso defeated  Alberto Martín /  Fernando Vicente 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)


2000 Majorca Open – Doubles
Lucas Arnold and Tomás Carbonell were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Arnold partnered Martín García, losing in the first round. Carbonell partnered Piet Norval, losing in the first round.


2000 Majorca Open – Doubles
Michaël Llodra and Diego Nargiso won in the final 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3), against Alberto Martín and Fernando Vicente.


2000 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.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally the II Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 October 2000 at the Sepang International Circuit, in Sepang. It was the 17th and final race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, and the second Malaysian Grand Prix. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 56-lap event from pole position. David Coulthard finished second for the McLaren team with Michael Schumacher's teammate Rubens Barrichello third.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
Mika Häkkinen, driving for McLaren, started from second position alongside Michael Schumacher. However, Häkkinen was forced to serve a ten-second stop-and-go penalty because he was judged to have jumped the start. Häkkinen climbed back up to fourth place, his final finishing position. Coulthard, who started third, moved into the lead until the first round of pit stops. Michael Schumacher and teammate Barrichello traded the leading during their second stops with the former retaining the lead. Michael Schumacher held off a challenge from Coulthard in the closing stages of the Grand Prix to secure victory.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher's win was his ninth of the season, matching the record set by himself in 1995, and Nigel Mansell in 1992. Schumacher also tied Mansell's record of 108 points. Ferrari was confirmed as Constructors' Champions as McLaren could not pass its points total in the final race. Coulthard's second-place finish helped to secure him third position in the World Drivers' Championship. The Grand Prix was Pedro Diniz and Johnny Herbert's final race; the Englishman retired after 160 race starts.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Background
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers. The teams, also known as constructors, were McLaren, Ferrari, Jordan, Jaguar, Williams, Benetton, Prost, Sauber, Arrows, Minardi and BAR. Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought four different tyre types to the race: one dry compound, the Soft and three wet-weather compounds, the Intermediate, Heavy Wet and the Soft wet tyres.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Background
Heading into the final race of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher had already won the season's Drivers' Championship, having clinched the title at the previous race, the Japanese Grand Prix. Schumacher led the championship with 98 points; McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen was second on 86 points. A maximum of 10 points were available for the remaining race, which meant Häkkinen could not catch Schumacher. Behind Michael Schumacher and Häkkinen in the Drivers' Championship, David Coulthard was third on 67 points, ahead of Rubens Barrichello in fourth on 58 points.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Background
Barrichello was still able to clinch third place if he took victory in the race and Coulthard finished outside of the top six. Although the Drivers' Championship was decided, the Constructors' Championship was not. Ferrari were leading on 156 points, and McLaren were second on 143 points, with a maximum of 16 points available.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Background
Prior to the event, protests over the imprisonment of Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim threatened to disrupt the race. The campaign group, known as Free Anwar, were reported in the media that they would use the Grand Prix in an attempt to bid for securing Ibrahim's release. However, the director of the campaign Raja Petra Kamarudin subsequently announced the event would be left untouched.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Background
The weekend marked Jaguar driver Johnny Herbert and Sauber's Pedro Diniz final race. It was announced shortly beforehand that Herbert would move to the CART series and he confirmed that he rejected an offer to take up an testing position for the Williams team. Herbert said going into the weekend: "It's going to be a bit emotional getting out of the car for the last time and out of Formula One. But I'm really looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead of me." Diniz's future however was uncertain as he was rumored to be moving to Prost after undergoing extensive negotiations with the team.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Background
Following the Japanese Grand Prix on 8 October, three teams conducted testing sessions around European race tracks between 10–13 October to prepare for the upcoming Grand Prix. Ferrari opted to spend the four days with test driver Luca Badoer where he tested new mechanical components on the F1-2000 car at the Fiorano Circuit on a wet/dry track. He later moved to the Mugello Circuit where he tried out brake testing, car set-ups, tyre evaluation, endurance runs for the car's engines and continued trying out new car components. Benetton cancelled a test in Barcelona during the period and decided to run at the Silverstone Circuit one week later using new Supertec engines angled at 110° degrees.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Practice
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday, and two on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions were held in hot and dry weather conditions. Michael Schumacher set the fastest lap of the first practice session, at 1 minute and 40.290 seconds, seven-tenths of a second quicker than teammate Barrichello. Coulthard was third quickest despite spending the majority of the session afflicted with an clutch problem.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Practice
Häkkinen set the fourth fastest time, ahead of Eddie Irvine and Villeneuve. Giancarlo Fisichella, Herbert, Ricardo Zonta and Wurz completed the top ten fastest drivers in the session. In the second practice session, Häkkinen set the fastest time of the day, a 1:40.262; Coulthard had a trouble free session and was third fastest. The Ferrari drivers remained quick—Michael Schumacher in second and Barrichello in fourth—although the latter started to experience flu symptoms. Jarno Trulli was fifth quickest, ahead of Ralf Schumacher. Zonta ran quicker during the session and was seventh fastest. The Benetton drivers Fisichella and Wurz, along with Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen rounded out the top ten.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Practice
The weather remained hot and dry for the Saturday morning practice sessions. Wurz was the fastest driver in the third practice session with a time of 1:38.318, three-thousands of a second quicker than Häkkinen. Coulthard set the third fastest time. The two Ferraris ran slower than the previous session; Michael Schumacher was fourth with Barrichello sixth. They were separated by Irvine. Zonta, Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher followed in the top ten. An electronic engine sensor failure prevented Frentzen from setting a lap time.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Practice
In the final practice session, Coulthard was the quickest driver, setting a time of 1:38.109 despite going into the gravel traps in the session. Häkkinen finished with the fourth fastest time. Michael Schumacher and Wurz ended the session with the second and third fastest times respectively. Barrichello was fifth quickest, ahead of Jaguar drivers Herbert and Irvine. Button was seventh after having changed his car's engine. Villeneuve and Trulli completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Qualifying
This session was not as easy as it might have looked. I only did a few laps, because we did not have any more time after deciding to wait as the track is dirty here. It was better to save the tyres. The car was handling very well. We slowly evolved and improved it over the past two days and we had the optimum balance for qualifying, as well as for the long runs in the race. My first run was not spot on.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Then we tried changing the rear wing for the second run, but it was the wrong decision, so we went back to the original settings for my final attempt. Apart from a small mistake in the first sector, it was just right. With the championship decided, this is the ideal situation because there is no pressure. We race because we love it and you just drive to the limit for the fun of it. But we are still racing for the Constructors' title and that is very important for us, although I think it would take a miracle for us not to score those three points.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon one hour qualifying session saw each driver limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The session was held in dry and hot weather. Michael Schumacher clinched his ninth pole position of the season, his second at the circuit, with a time of 1:37.397.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Qualifying
He was joined on the front row of the grid by Häkkinen who recorded a lap time 0.463 seconds slower than the pole sitter. Coulthard qualified third and suffered a worrying moment when a fire on his McLaren caused petrol to seep into his eye and admitted the incident could have escalated if not dealt with quickly. Barrichello, who was still suffering from flu, qualified fourth having been pushed from second position in the closing seconds of the session. Wurz qualified fifth, in his best qualifying performance of the season.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Villeneuve secured the sixth fastest time despite having to walk to the pit lane when his BAR's engine was turned off on his final run. Irvine made changes to his set-up and secured seventh although he believed he could have been quicker as he backed off through turn 15. Ralf Schumacher lost four-tenths of a second on his fastest lap and managed eighth. Trulli and Frentzen rounded out the top ten qualifying positions for Jordan. Zonta missed qualifying in the top ten by two-tenths of a second and lost time with a braking issue.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Herbert, in his final Formula One race, qualified twelfth and struggled with understeer following an engine change. He was ahead of Fisichella, de la Rosa and Verstappen. Jenson Button qualified 16th and encountered traffic during the session which prevented him from setting a faster lap time. The Sauber, Prost and Minardi drivers qualified at the rear of the grid, covering positions 17 to 22.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Warm-up
The drivers took to the track at 10:30 Malaysian Standard Time (GMT +8) for a 30-minute warm-up session. It took place in warm and dry weather conditions. Zonta set the fastest time, a 1:40.032. Both McLaren drivers maintained their good pace from qualifying—Häkkinen was second, just off Zonta's pace; Coulthard had the fourth-fastest time. They were separated by Michael Schumacher.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
The race started at 15:00 local time. The conditions for the race were dry and cloudy with the air temperature 32 °C (90 °F) and the track temperature 35 °C (95 °F). Häkkinen, who started alongside Michael Schumacher, jumped the start and moved into the lead. Coulthard managed to accelerate faster off the line and passed Michael Schumacher for second position heading into the first corner.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
Further down the field, de la Rosa, Heidfeld and Diniz collided at the first corner and collected Prost driver Jean Alesi, who was spun around by Diniz. De la Rosa, Diniz and Heidfeld became the race's first retirements whilst Alesi managed to continue. Both Minardi drivers were forced wide in avoidance. On the same lap, Ralf Schumacher was forced onto the grass while attempting to pass Irvine, with Trulli damaging his front wing after making contact with the Jaguar. Trulli made a pit stop for a new front wing, whilst Verstappen spun off. The resulting incidents caused the deployment of the safety car.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
The safety car was withdrawn at the end of the second lap and the race got underway again with Häkkinen in the lead. The Finn allowed teammate Coulthard to move into the lead and was passed by both Ferrari drivers later on the same lap. At the competition of the third lap, Coulthard led from Michael Schumacher, Barrichello, Häkkinen, Wurz, Villeneuve, Irvine, Frentzen, Herbert, Button. Mika Salo, Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher, Marc Gené, Gastón Mazzacane, Verstappen, Alesi and Trulli. Coulthard began to immediately pull clear of Michael Schumacher as he began setting consecutive fastest laps.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
On lap four, Häkkinen was given a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for jumping the start. Zonta moved into ninth position after overtaking Button and Herbert. Button lost a further position to Salo on the same lap. Meanwhile, Verstappen started to make up positions when he claimed sixteenth position from Gené. Häkkinen took his penalty on lap five, and re-emerged in 18th. Frentzen went off the track and subsequently made a pit stop for repairs on the same lap. Verstappen overtook Ralf Schumacher to claim 14th position.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
Coulthard set a new fastest lap of the race, a 1:40.679 on lap seven and extended his lead from Michael Schumacher to 3.6 seconds, who in turn was 2.6 seconds ahead of teammate Barrichello. Wurz was a further 4.2 seconds behind Barrichello but was gradually drawing ahead of Villeneuve in fifth. Verstappen continued to gain positions after passing Fisichella for eleventh. Frentzen became the event's fourth retirement with electrical issues on lap seven. Trulli passed Mazzacane for 16th position one lap later. Salo took Herbert for eighth position on lap 9, while Ralf Schumacher's car began to develop mechanical issues.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
On the tenth lap, Coulthard ran off the track at turn six, with debris penetrating his left-hand radiator. Further down the field, Gené lost 13th position to Alesi, as Trulli made a pit stop for further repairs to his car. By the start of lap twelve, Coulthard had built a 5.6-second gap over Michael Schumacher, with Verstappen taking Button for tenth position. Häkkinen moved into 14th place after passing Ralf Schumacher and Gené within the next two laps.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
Salo and Alesi became the first drivers to make scheduled pit stops on lap 16. Coulthard made a pit stop one lap later to remove the debris from his radiator and rejoined in sixth. Button became the race's fifth retirement because of an engine failure on lap 19. Michael Schumacher continued to set consecutive fastest laps, as he built an 8.8-second gap to Barrichello by his first pit stop on lap 24. Barrichello took over the lead for one lap before his pit stop on the following lap handing it back to Michael Schumacher. By the end of lap 26, all of the leading drivers on two-stop strategies had taken their pit stops. The race order was Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Barrichello, Herbert, Verstappen, Villeneuve, Häkkinen, Wurz, Irvine, Zonta, Fisichella, Salo, Gené, Ralf Schumacher, Mazzacane, Alesi and Trulli.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
Häkkinen passed Villeneuve on lap 28 although he went off the track in the process. Herbert made his only pit stop on the same lap although he stalled and rejoined in twelfth place. Gené, Mazzacane, Ralf Schumacher and Verstappen made pit stops between laps 28 and 29. Villeneuve tried to retake fourth position from Häkkinen on the 30th lap but overshot the manoeuvre. Häkkinen made a pit stop on lap 35, emerging behind Villeneuve and Irvine. Coulthard managed to close to within 2 seconds of Michael Schumacher when he made his second pit stop on lap 38.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
Michael Schumacher made a pit stop on the following lap and remained in the lead. Barrichello became the leader for one lap and made his pit stop on lap 41. This allowed Michael Schumacher to reclaim the first position. By the start of lap 45, Coulthard had closed to within two seconds of Michael Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher was called into his garage by his team to retire on the 45th lap. Zonta pulled off the race track with an blown engine two laps later.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
On the 49th lap, Herbert's car suffered a suspension failure, losing both his rear wheels and struck the tyre barriers at turn 4. Track marshals were required to extract Herbert from his car. Mazzacane was the final retirement of the Grand Prix and the season when his engine failed on lap 51. Michael Schumacher managed to hold off Coulthard and crossed the finish line on lap 56 to secure his ninth victory of the season in a time of 1'35:54.235, at an average speed of 120.648 miles per hour (194.164 km/h).


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race
Coulthard finished second in his McLaren, 0.7 seconds behind Michael Schumacher, Barrichello was third in the other Ferrari, with Häkkinen in fourth, Villeneuve in fifth and Irvine rounding out the points-scoring positions in sixth. Ferrari's strong result gave them the 2000 Constructors' Championship. Wurz, Salo, Fisichella, Verstappen and Alesi filled the next five positions, with Trulli and Mazzacane the last of the classified finishers.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
We wanted to win the Constructors' Championship and we have done it, not just by getting three points but by winning and by coming third. It was a very tight and tough race and DC was pushing me all the way, so it was tough physically and on the car. I did not know Mika had jumped the start as I was concentrating on the lights. I did not have a very good start and struggled to get off the line and so I was third as David out-braked me round the outside.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
He was pulling away and I was concerned, because I could not go any faster. At that point he was definitely quicker than me. I was hoping he would pit early. He did and our strategy did the rest. David put me under pressure at the end, but I had looked after the last set of tyres so that I could have defended myself if I had needed to fight him off. Then I just concentrated on not making a mistake.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and in the subsequent press conference. Michael Schumacher said that he and his team were delighted at clinching the victory and securing the Constructors' Championship. He also added that he took victory with the use of team strategy after he realised Coulthard was quicker than him. Coulthard apologised to Michael Schumacher over the comments made by him about the German throughout the season. However, he also added he would not be retracting any comments made about his rival's driving style but the way in which they were expressed. Barrichello described his race as "lonely" because of the lack of on track action he experienced. He also said that the hot temperatures he experienced worrying him mentally due to his illness.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
McLaren team principal Ron Dennis congratulated Ferrari and Michael Schumacher for their achievement of clinching the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships. Michael Schumacher said he hoped that his success over the season would commence a new era of success with the Ferrari team. Similarly, their technical director Ross Brawn said he believed that the team could make further improvements in the following seasons: "We've got to build from this success and I'm sure we will do and get all the support from Italy and Ferrari that we will need to continue in this vein."


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Ferrari held an event at the Mugello Circuit in front of 50,000 people where they celebrated their success and thanked the team's fanbase for their continued support. Häkkinen stated that had he not received his stop-and-go penalty, he believed he could have won the race. He added that his car was stationary before the starting procedure was initiated, and admitted that his car moved before the sequence was completed.


2000 Malaysian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Despite his accident, Herbert suffered no physical injuries, except for a bruised left knee. He expressed disappointment in his late exit in his final Formula One race, saying that "I'm pretty disappointed to have a good race ruined by a failure such as that." Herbert left Formula One after 12 years with 161 race starts and 3 wins. Jaguar technical director Gary Anderson traced the suspension failure to a broken link on the rear right suspension rod. Herbert continued to participate in motor racing in 2001 driving in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series. He later abandoned plans to drive in CART and became a test driver for the Arrows team in February 2001. Diniz, meanwhile, could not find a race seat and became a shareholder in the Prost team to assist in helping the outfit become more competitive.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 April 2000 at the Sepang International Circuit.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
The race was won by Kenny Roberts Jr., after he had already qualified for pole position on Saturday.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
At the start, Kenny Roberts Jr. lost ground to the Yamaha's of Carlos Checa and Norick Abe, with Loris Capirossi also making up ground to go up into third place, with Valentino Rossi right behind in 4th place. Kenny Roberts Jr. dropped down to 11th position.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
After a few corners, both Àlex Crivillé and Capirossi fell and retired on the opening lap. Capirossi highsighted whilst accelerating out of the corner, taking out Crivillé in the process and almost taking out Roberts as well.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
On lap 2, Roberts had moved up into 6th position, thanks to the crash from both Capirossi and Crivillé


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
On lap 3, Norick Abe crashed out of the race. He lowsided when coming out of corner 9 and slid into the grass.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
On lap 4, Checa still led, with Rossi in second, McCoy in third, Roberts in 4th and Max Biaggi in 5th place. Rossi also crashed out of the race at turn 1, making this his second retirement of the season. He lost the front end, highsighted and slid into the grass with his Honda.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
After a few laps, Roberts overtook McCoy and went up into second place, after Rossi retired. Checa still led the race, but Roberts' Suzuki was now closing in on the Yamaha of Checa with 14 laps to go.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
On lap 7, Roberts overtook Checa to take a lead he would never surrender.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
On lap 11, McCoy overtook Biaggi for third place after Biaggi ran wide on the first corner. He tried to gain it back, but ultimately conceded.


2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500cc race report
On lap 15, Roberts waved his hand, indicating that it was raining. The race was red-flagged, Roberts won and full points were given because two-thirds of the race distance was traversed by the riders.


2000 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.


2000 Malibu Road
2000 Malibu Road is an American prime time soap opera television series that aired on CBS during the summer from August 23 to September 9, 1992. The series stars Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Brian Bloom, Scott Bryce, Lisa Hartman, Tuesday Knight and Michael T. Weiss.


2000 Malibu Road, Plot
The show deals with four women living together at a beach house located at 2000 Malibu Road: Jade (Lisa Hartman), a former prostitute trying to get out of the profession; Perry (Jennifer Beals), a young lawyer also escaping from her past (i.e. a slain fiancé police officer and a serious drinking problem); Lindsay (Drew Barrymore), a would-be actress trying to get the right break; and Joy (Tuesday Knight), Lindsay's overweight, overprotective, two-faced, manipulative sister, who also served as her agent. Jade owned the house. In order to leave her profession as a high priced prostitute, she took in roommates to help her pay for the house.


2000 Malibu Road, Plot
The series ended with several unresolved cliffhangers: Roger (Michael T. Weiss) was seen raping and beating Perry in a stairwell. Meanwhile, Porter's (Mitch Ryan) men shot Hal (Robert Foxworth) dead, and after arguing with Lindsay upon discovering she was sleeping with Eric (Brian Bloom), Joy was struck by lightning. Lisa Hartman provided a closing narration to serve as a (perfunctory) tie-up for the characters, though possibly only on overseas broadcasts.


2000 Malibu Road, Production
The series was executive produced by Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, series creator Terry Louise Fisher, and Joel Schumacher, who also served as director.


2000 Malibu Road, Episodes
Joel Schumaker directed at least the first five of the series' episodes.


2000 Malibu Road, Reception
The series premiere earned decent ratings, but ratings fell from there and it was canceled after six episodes. According to executive producer Aaron Spelling, producers could not come to terms on license fees. However, Lisa Hartman had another version: as 2000 Malibu Road was facing Melrose Place in the same timeslot, Spelling was competing with himself and didn't want to weaken the ratings of Melrose Place.


2000 Mall.com 400
The 2000 mall.com 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on March 19, 2000, at the Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Ward Burton of Bill Davis Racing won the race, his second win of his career and first in five years. Dale Jarrett finished second and Dale Earnhardt finished third.


2000 Mall.com 400, Race Summary
This race was the first Darlington race with one pit road. Previously, teams had to use two pit roads, which introduced a decided disadvantage to those who pitted on the backstretch under caution flag pit stops.


2000 Mall.com 400, Race Summary
Dick Trickle took over driving duties of the #14 Conseco Pontiac of A.J. Foyt Racing Enterprises at this race after original driver Mike Bliss failed to qualify for every race after making the Daytona 500.


2000 Mall.com 400, Race Summary
The race started a few minutes earlier than anticipated as a rain storm was closing in on the track. Thankfully, the rain would not come in time to delay the race.


2000 Mall.com 400, Race Summary
The race was marred with four cautions in the first 57 laps. Steve Park made contact with Sterling Marlin and Joe Nemechek and swept up four racecars on lap 2 turn 1. Then, on lap 9, Rusty Wallace made contact with Kenny Irwin off turn 2 that threw out the second caution, collecting Jeremy Mayfield and Jerry Nadeau in the process. The third and fourth cautions were for single-car crashes involving Ted Musgrave and Jeff Fuller.


2000 Mall.com 400, Race Summary
After the Jeff Fuller crash, teams finally settled down and the race would only have one more caution for the rest of the race. After dealing with a very loose racecar, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. spun out at turn 2 and crashed hard on the inside pit wall on lap 204. He would be okay but he was out of the race.


2000 Mall.com 400, Race Summary
Once the race settled down, Ward Burton would become the dominator of the day. He had some challenges with Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, and his brother Jeff Burton. However, Ward held off Jarrett in the final 37 laps to take his second win of his career. He snapped a 132-race winless streak. It was his first victory in five years. It was the first win for Pontiac at Darlington since 1963 when NASCAR Hall of Famer Joe Weatherly went to victory lane.


2000 Mall.com 400, Race Summary
Failed to qualify:  Derrike Cope (#15), Ricky Craven (#50), Ed Berrier (#90), Scott Pruett (#32), Wally Dallenbach (#75)


2000 Malmö FF season
Malmö FF competed in Superettan and Svenska Cupen for the 2000 season. The club was promoted to Allsvenskan.


2000 Malmö FF season, Club, Other information
Updated to match played 19 OctoberSource: Malmö FF and Malmö Stadion


2000 Malta Grand Prix
The 2000 Malta Grand Prix was the sixth edition of the professional ranking snooker tournament which took place at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, Malta. Qualifying for the event started on 3 January 2000 and the final stages took place between 20 and 27 February 2000.


2000 Malta Grand Prix
Ken Doherty won the tournament, defeating Mark Williams 9–3 in the final. The highest break, a 142, was compiled by quarter-finalist Ronnie O'Sullivan in his last-16 match against Jimmy White.


2000 Malta Grand Prix, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2000 Malta Grand Prix, Qualifying
The three qualifying rounds took place between 3 and 14 January 2000, and were all played under a best-of-nine frames format.


2000 Malta Grand Prix, Century breaks
142, 123 Ronnie O'Sullivan 138, 113 David Gray 135, 123 Peter Ebdon 135, 117, 104 Michael Holt  131, 122 Darren Morgan 129, 120 Matthew Stevens 129 Stephen O'Connor 129 Kristján Helgason 128, 107, 100 Stephen Hendry 127, 108, 101 Marco Fu 126 Joe Swail 126 Rod Lawler 123, 119, 104 Mark Williams 123, 112, 105, 105, 101 Ken Doherty 122 Karl Broughton 122 Nigel Bond 121 Robert Milkins 119, 119 Alfie Burden 117 James Reynolds 114 Steve Davis 112 John Parrott 112, 108, 107 Nick Dyson 111 Shokat Ali 105 Darren Clarke 104 Stephen Lee 103 Troy Shaw 103 Eddie Manning 102 John Higgins 100 Joe Johnson 100 Robin Hull


2000 Malta International Football Tournament
The 2000 Malta International Tournament (known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the Malta International Tournament. The tournament, held between 6 February and 10 February 2000, was contested by Malta, Albania, Andorra and Azerbaijan.


2000 Malta Open darts
2000 Malta Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Malta in 2000.


2000 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2004. The two Independent Labour candidates stood again as "Peace 2000 England's Republican". Overall turnout fell slightly to 20.5% and the Labour Party retained overall control of the council.


2000 Manchester City Council election, Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


2000 Mar del Plata Sevens
The 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata between the 12–13 January 2000. It was the fourth edition of the Mar del Plata Sevens and was also the fourth round of the held in Argentina as the fourth round of the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series.


2000 Mar del Plata Sevens
During the tournament, the first draw in the series history occurred when Samoa and Australia played out an 14-all draw in Pool D. In the cup final, Fiji took out their second cup final of the season defeating New Zealand 26-14. The hosts (Argentina) took out the plate while Spain won the bowl.


2000 Mar del Plata Sevens, Teams
Sixteen national teams played in the Mar Del Plata Sevens with the national teams being the same teams as in the previous round which was held in Punta del Este.


2000 Mar del Plata Sevens, Format
The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played each other once. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens title.


2000 Mar del Plata Sevens, Summary
The opening day of the 2000 Mar del Plata sevens saw the first draw in the series history with Samoa and Australia recording a 14-all draw in the final match of the day. Earlier results though put Samoa top of Pool D by a single point over Australia. New Zealand continued their form in the series, conceeding only seven points (against France) in the pool stage to finish top of Pool B with France joining them. Fiji finished top of Pool A with wins over Germany (56–5), Uruguay (61–7) and Canada (40–14) with Canada joining them in second place. The final pool saw South Africa finish top of the pool with hosts, Argentina coming in second place.


2000 Mar del Plata Sevens, Summary
Day 2 saw an Fiji and New Zealand final for the fourth tournament in a row after both teams recorded victories in their quarters and semis to make it to the cup final. For Fiji they defeated France 47–7 before knocking off Samoa in the semi-finals 19–7. New Zealand recorded a victory over Canada in the quarter-finals before defeating first-time cup semi-finalists, Australia with Australian coach, Glen Ella stating, "It was good to finally break through". In the cup final, it was Fiji who defeated New Zealand to tie the series after four rounds after coming back from 14–0 down to win 26–14. Hosts, Argentina won the plate final while Spain won the bowl defeating Chile.


2000 Marana V-22 crash
On 8 April 2000, a V-22 Osprey aircraft operated by the United States Marine Corps crashed during a night training exercise at Marana Regional Airport near Tucson, Arizona. The crash killed all 19 U.S. Marines on board and intensified debate about the reliability of the Osprey.


2000 Marana V-22 crash
It was later determined that the aircraft had entered an aerodynamic condition known as vortex ring state, which resulted from a high rate of descent compounded by pilot error. As a result of the investigation findings, the V-22 was subject to further redesign, and eventually entered operational service in 2007.


2000 Marana V-22 crash, Accident
On 8 April 2000, a V-22 Osprey being flown by Major Brooks Gruber, and Lieutenant Colonel John Brow was conducting a nighttime training exercise simulating a combatant evacuation at Marana Northwest Regional Airport in Marana, Arizona about twenty miles northwest of Tucson. The V-22 was carrying 15 passengers, all U.S. Marines, and was flying in a formation of four V-22s when the accident occurred. Two of the V-22s in the formation were actually carrying out the exercise while the other two were observing their performance.


2000 Marana V-22 crash, Accident
As they approached the landing site, the pilots of the mishap V-22 realized they were 2,000 feet above the required descent altitude and reduced power. As Lt. Colonel Brow maneuvered the aircraft to land, the Osprey entered an erratic roll, turning on its back and slamming into the ground nose first. All 19 Marines aboard the aircraft were killed. The second V-22 also made a hard landing but suffered no fatalities.


2000 Marana V-22 crash, Investigation
Shortly after the crash an investigation was commissioned to determine its cause. The investigation ruled out most possible causes and narrowed in on the aircraft's rate of descent as the primary cause. Investigators compared the mishap aircraft's actual rate of descent with the V-22 flight manual's required rate of descent and found discrepancies. As the V-22 descended to land it was dropping at 2,000 feet a minute, well above the prescribed 800 feet a minute. The speed caused the aircraft to enter an aerodynamic condition known as vortex ring state. In this condition, a vortex envelops the rotor, causing an aircraft to lose lift, in essence descending in its own downwash.


2000 Marana V-22 crash, Investigation
After two months of investigation by the Marine Corps Judge Advocate General a final report was released which absolved the aircraft itself of any mechanical faults and instead pinned the blame on the exceptionally high rate of descent coupled with human error.


2000 Marana V-22 crash, Investigation
"This mishap appears not to be the result of any design, material or maintenance factor specific to tilt ... rotors. Its primary cause, that of an MV-22 entering a Vortex Ring State (Power Settling) and/or blade stall condition is not peculiar to tilt rotors. The contributing factors to the mishap, a steep approach with a high rate of descent and slow airspeed, poor aircrew coordination and diminished situational awareness are also not particular to tilt rotors."


2000 Marana V-22 crash, Investigation
After 16 years of the widows fighting the Marine Corps and the V-22 Osprey program stakeholders, both pilots were vindicated when they were cleared of blame for the crash in 2016 by then Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work.


2000 Marana V-22 crash, Aftermath
The crash resulted in a two-month moratorium on V-22 test flights and further postponed its entry into operational military service. The Department of Defense Director of Operational Test and Evaluation wrote a report seven months after the crash stating the Osprey was not "operationally suitable, primarily because of reliability, maintainability, availability, human factors and interoperability issues". and implored more research to be conducted into the Osprey's susceptibility to vortex ring state. Nevertheless, a panel, convened by Secretary of Defense William Cohen to review the V-22 program, recommended its continuance despite many issues with safety and reliability. As a result, the procurement budget was decreased, but the research and development budget was increased. Eight months later, another MV-22 Osprey, conducting training near Jacksonville, North Carolina, crashed, killing 4 Marines.


2000 Marche regional election
The Marche regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.


2000 Marche regional election
Vito D'Ambrosio (Democrats of the Left) was re-elected President, defeating Maurizio Bertucci (Forza Italia).


2000 Market Street
2000 Market Street is a high-rise office building located in the Market West region of Philadelphia. The building stands at a height of 435 feet (133 meters) with 29 floors, and was completed in 1973. It is currently tied with Two Logan Square as the 17th-tallest building in Philadelphia. The architect of the building was Pitcairn Properties, Inc.


2000 Marlboro 500
The 2000 Marlboro 500 was a CART racing event scheduled for October 29, 2000 at California Speedway in Fontana, California, USA. Inclement weather, however, forced race officials to call a halt to the race and it was finished the next day. It was the final race of the FedEx Championship Series for the season.


2000 Marlboro 500
The race was won by Christian Fittipaldi, driving the #11 Kmart/Route 66 Newman/Haas Racing Lola-Ford. It was his second and final career victory in the CART series.


2000 Marlboro 500, Media coverage
The race was carried on ESPN as part of its SpeedWorld series of motorsports coverage. Paul Page was the lap-by-lap commentator with Parker Johnstone as analyst. Gary Gerould, Jon Beekhuis, and Rick DeBruhl were on pit road.


2000 Marlboro 500, Background
This was the first CART event at California Speedway since Greg Moore was killed in a major accident during the same race a year earlier. In the interim period, track management pulled up the grass along the backstretch and paved over the entire area. In addition, tire barriers were placed along the retaining wall where Moore's accident had occurred to protect from potential catastrophic damage.


2000 Marlboro 500, Background, Championship
Entering the race, the points race was tight and several drivers were able to contend for the championship. The points leader was Gil de Ferran, driving the #2 Marlboro Team Penske Reynard-Honda. Adrian Fernandez, the defending winner of the Marlboro 500 in the #40 Tecate/Quaker State Reynard-Ford for Patrick Racing was second place by five points. Fernandez had also won the previous week's event in Australia, while de Ferran was taken out in a crash on lap 1 with 1999 series champion Juan Pablo Montoya.


2000 Marlboro 500, Background, Championship
Further back, but needing help, were Paul Tracy in the Team KOOL Green #26 Reynard-Honda and rookie Kenny Brack in the Shell Oil #8 Team Rahal Reynard-Ford. Tied for third, nineteen points behind de Ferran, they would both have needed to score the maximum number of points available in the race and have de Ferran and Fernandez both finish without recording a point. Tracy had also been involved in a wreck in the Australia race, as Oriol Servia hopped a curb in a chicane at the Surfer's Paradise street course and T-boned the #26; Tracy had been running second in series points entering the event.


2000 Marlboro 500, Background, Championship
For the first time in four seasons, a new championship team was guaranteed to be crowned. Target Chip Ganassi Racing, which had won the last four CART titles with Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi, and Montoya, entered the race with both Vasser and defending series champion Montoya far out of title contention; Vasser was 22 points behind de Ferran and Montoya 30, and neither driver would have been able to catch him.


2000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami
The 2000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami presented by Toyota was the first round of the 2000 CART FedEx Championship Series, held March 26, 2000, on the Homestead–Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.


2000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami
The race winner was Max Papis, his first Champ Car victory. This was the final CART-sanctioned event at Homestead. The event would go to the rival Indy Racing League for 2001 through 2010.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash
On 24 July 2000, a Bell Helicopter Company 206L-3 LongRanger rescue helicopter, owned by Grant Kenny Ocean Helicopters and leased by the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service, crashed at Marlborough, Queensland, killing all five people on board.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Summary
At 11:40pm on 23 July 2000, pilot Paul "Paddy" O'Brien with two paramedics, departed Rockhampton, Queensland on the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service's "Rescue 9" aircraft, bound for "Yaraandoo Station", a cattle property 200 kilometres north-west of the city, to retrieve a five year old patient who was suffering from croup, and his mother.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Summary
After collecting the patient and his mother, they departed the property at 1:14am on 24 July 2000, destined for Rockhampton Hospital.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Summary
However, at 1:32am, in radio communications the pilot observed the helicopter's "fairly high fuel burn rate" and decided instead to divert to the nearby township of Marlborough, on the Bruce Highway. The pilot requested the local Queensland Ambulance Service officer meet the helicopter at Marlborough so the patient could be transported to Rockhampton by road.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Summary
The ambulance was deployed to meet the helicopter at the sports field at Marlborough State School.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Summary
Thick fog had developed at Marlborough prior to the helicopter's arrival and the pilot requested that the ambulance officer ensured he had all of his vehicle's external flashing lights turned on.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Summary
The helicopter arrived at Marlborough at 1:41am and the pilot proceeded to make a series of unsuccessful attempts at landing the aircraft in the thick fog.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Summary
At 2:03am, the helicopter crashed 1 kilometre north-west of the Marlborough township, in a paddock on a property called "Kenela Park".


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Summary
The ambulance officer, local State Emergency Service volunteers, the local Queensland Police Service officer and local residents immediately began searching for the crash site, but due to the dense fog, it took over an hour for the wreckage to be discovered.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, ATSB investigation
On 23 May 2002, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau released their findings following their investigation.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, ATSB investigation
Their investigation outlined that a significant factor which likely led to the accident was that the helicopter departed Rockhampton with insufficient fuel for the intended flight, and that the supply of the remaining useable fuel could have been interrupted depending on how the pilot had been manoeuvring the aircraft while attempting to land which would have caused a loss of power to the engine. However, the investigation was unable to determine why the pilot was unable to safely land the helicopter after the loss of power.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, ATSB investigation
The investigation also found that the thick fog which had enveloped the township of Marlborough would have denied the pilot visual reference with the ground while attempting to land, which may have been aggravated by the helicopter's illuminated search light which may have resulted in whiteout conditions by reflecting off the fog droplets.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, ATSB investigation
According to the ATSB, another significant factor was the pilot's decision not to divert away from Marlborough to look for a fog-free landing site.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Coronial inquest
A coronial inquest held at the Rockhampton District Court in 2003 also found that a lack of fuel and the heavy fog were the causes of the crash, and a recommendation was made to independently review the aeromedical retrieval system.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Legacy
Following the tragedy, the community of Marlborough raised enough funds to construct a helipad in the town to be used by the rescue helicopter in an attempt to prevent a similar accident from happening in the future.


2000 Marlborough helicopter crash, Legacy
The city of Rockhampton and the township of Marlborough have both commemorated the disaster a number of times, including on the 10th anniversary in 2010 and on the 20th anniversary in 2020.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash
The 2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash occurred on 13 January 2000 when a fully loaded Swiss-registered Short 360 leased by Avisto ditched into the sea near Marsa Brega in Libya. The aircraft was chartered by Sirte Oil Company to transport oil workers to the city. It was carrying 41 people (38 passengers and three crew). Most of the passengers were foreigners. As both engines failed in mid-flight, the crew chose to ditch the aircraft. 21 people died in the crash. An official investigation concluded that the de-icing device on the aircraft was not activated. The aircraft flew into an adverse weather condition and an icing condition occurred in mid-flight. The ice melted and flooded the engine, causing both engines to fail. The Libyan Civil Aviation Authority also blamed the pilots for conducting conversation unrelated to the flight.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Flight
The aircraft took off from Tripoli International Airport at 09:29 UTC with two flight crew, one cabin crew and 38 passengers to Marsa Brega, a city known for its oil refinery. The aircraft was leased from Avisto Air Service, a firm based in Zurich, Switzerland, which focused on aircraft maintenance and repair, to Sirte Oil Company. The crew had noticed a fuel imbalance prior to the flight, making a log entry and cross-feeding fuel before the flight. The aircraft started its descent at 11:25 UTC. At 11:36 UTC the left engine flamed out.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Flight
The Captain then told the First Officer: "We just had an engine failure". The First Officer then stated that the oil pressure decreased. The Captain then ordered the first officer to raise the landing gear and flaps, then asked him to confirm if they just had an engine failure. He later ordered to shut down the engine:


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Flight
After the First Officer shut down the left engine, the right engine flamed out. The Captain then told the First Officer that they had lost both engines. The Captain then ordered the First Officer to contact Marsa Brega for an emergency landing.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Flight
The crew then contacted Marsa Brega Tower, requesting an emergency landing. The Captain asked the First Officer to restart the engine. As they prepared for an emergency landing (ditching), multiple warnings sounded in the cockpit. The Captain then ordered the First Officer to open the emergency hatch. The ATC asked the crew to confirm the emergency. As the First Officer confirmed the emergency, the aircraft impacted water.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Flight
The aircraft plunged into the sea 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) off of Marsa Brega. The front part of the aircraft was totally destroyed. The tail of the aircraft detached from the fuselage on impact, in a 10° nose up position. As the aircraft began to sink, water started to fill into the cabin. One British survivor escaped after kicking out an aircraft window as the aircraft began to sink.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Flight
Search and rescue team were immediately deployed by authorities. At least 19 people were rescued and evacuated from the sea. Among them were 10 Libyans, seven Britons and two Indians. The rescue effort was hampered by bad weather. Swiss Transportation Ministry spokesman Hugo Schiltenhelm received reports that 15 people had died in the crash. Local fishing boats also joined the search and rescue effort. Both the captain and the first officer survived the crash, but the cabin crew member did not.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Passengers and crew
At least 38 passengers and 3 crew were on board the flight, including three children and one infant. The British ambassador in Tripoli, Richard Dalton, confirmed that there were 13 Britons on board, 5 of whom were killed in the crash. Other nationalities on board included 14 Libyans, three Indians, two Canadians, two Croatians, three Filipinos, and one person each from Tunisia and Pakistan.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Passengers and crew
The captain was a 42-year-old Libyan citizen with total flying experience of 8,814 hours, of which 3,840 hours were on the Shorts 360. The first officer was a 49-year-old Libyan citizen with total flying experience of 10,422 hours, of which 1,950 were on the type. The Swiss firm Avisto, which owned the aircraft, said that both pilots were "senior and very experienced".


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the crash was a Shorts 360, a commuter turbo-prop airliner that was manufactured in Belfast, United Kingdom. The aircraft was registered in Switzerland as HB-AAM. The Shorts 360 has a good safety record as a commuter aircraft. The aircraft had 7,138 flying hours. It was equipped with two engines from Pratt & Whitney Canada and two propellers from Hartzell Propeller.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
Salvage workers were deployed to the crash site to retrieve the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR), and were eventually able to recover the wreckage of the Shorts 360 within nine days of the accident. The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSIB), British Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), and American National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) joined with the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA) to investigate the cause of the crash. The AAIB had offered their facility of Farnborough in Hampshire to analyse the content of the black boxes.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
ATC testimony indicated that the crew had intended to make an emergency landing due to engine failure. The investigative team focused on the fuel of the aircraft, suspecting that fuel exhaustion had occurred in-flight. The investigative committee, however, ruled this out, stating that the amount of fuel on board was sufficient for the plane to reach its destination. This observation was reinforced by local fishermen who had joined the search and rescue effort, who stated that fuel was leaking from the aircraft wreckage.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
The investigative committee noted that the flight crew had been constantly talking about the Fokker F-28 Fellowship system, a topic unrelated to their duties in the Shorts 360. The captain of the flight, who had been recently promoted and received an F-28 rating, had been planning to move to piloting the Fokker F-28. The first officer had already been promoted to the Fokker 28. Both members of the flight crew discussed the systems of the F-28 at length, lasting for the majority of the ill-fated flight.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
Perhaps as a result of this distraction, the flight crew failed to notice that ice had accumulated on the windshield of the aircraft. When the ice was eventually noticed, the flight crew activated the ice detection and anti-icing for the pitot static and the windshield of the aircraft. They failed, however, to activate the engine intake anti-icing system.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
The weather conditions along the route were provided to the flight crew in Tripoli. Given that Libya's climate tends to be mild and not to pose a risk to aircraft, the crew did not pay much attention to the weather report. The captain of the flight, who survived the crash, told investigators that the weather report was not available and stated that weather reports in other Libyan airports were not correct.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
The investigators also revealed that the single cabin crew member, the Tunisian flight attendant, did not inform the passengers that the seat cushion could be used as a flotation device. This may have contributed to the high number of drownings among the deceased. One of the main duties of the cabin crew member is to brief passengers about safety equipment on board, including how to use the seat cushions for flotation as an alternative to life jackets.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
As investigators interviewed the captain, he stated that he did not know that the seat cushions could be used as flotation devices, even though he had previously received information about it. At this point, investigators began to worry and started to review the Swiss laws and regulations on aviation safety equipment. Avisto and Swiss-accredited representatives said that floating devices were only required for flights flying 50 miles or more from land, and that flights within 50 miles of land or where a safe water landing can be performed were not required to carry life jackets.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
Although the aircraft was not equipped with life jackets, the safety instruction card located on the back of each seat instructed passengers to use life jackets in case of ditching. "LIFE JACKET UNDER YOUR SEAT" was also clearly written.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
Both engines were taken to the United Kingdom for analysis. Three specialists from the engine manufacturer were involved in the investigation. Their analysis concluded that there was no mechanical failure or metal failure on the engine, despite reports of engine failure by survivors, the crew members, and ATC. The investigative committee then examined the a fuel sample from the flight, as contaminated fuel might cause an engine flame-out, but concluded that the fuel was not contaminated. Investigators then reviewed the crew's handling of the right engine after the left engine flamed-out, but there were no indications the crew mishandled the engines.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
The investigation committee then turned its attention to the weather conditions at the time of the accident. They found that the aircraft had flown directly into a storm. According to the flight manual, the crew should have activated the aircraft's anti-icing system each time the aircraft entered mists, fogs, clouds, rain, snow, hail, or when flying at 500 feet near a cloud base, among several other flight conditions. They then found out that the aircraft engine anti-icing systems were not engaged while the outside temperature was well below 6 degrees(C), the recommended temperature to operate anti-icing systems. The aircraft flight manual said not to rely on airframe visual icing cues before turning engine anti-ice on. It stated that the consequences of not using an engine anti-ice until build up was visible from the cockpit might result in severe engine damage.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
Although the freezing altitude at the time was at 5200 feet and the aircraft was flying in temperatures of −2 degrees, the plane did not have its anti-icing system activated. The possibility of ice accumulation on the engine would have existed until the aircraft had decreased its altitude to 2000 feet or less. At that point, the ice would melt, which could possibly flood the engine, the condition which did ultimately cause the accident aircraft's engines to flame out.


2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash, Investigation
This scenario may have been avoided if the ignitors on the operating engine were put on after the first engine flame out. The operating engine would have produced power until a safe landing could be performed. If ice accumulation had occurred on the engine, the instrument panel would have informed the pilot that there was a rise in engine temperature. While this is something the flight crew should have noticed, they failed to identify this warning. The investigation stated that, because the temperature rise was not severe enough to immediately catch the crew's attention and because they were distracted by their discussion of the Fokker F-28 system, they failed to notice the gradual increase in engine temperature.


2000 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 2000 Marshall Thundering Herd football team represented Marshall University in 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Thundering Herd played their home games at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, and competed in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Bob Pruett. Marshall won its fourth consecutive MAC championship.


2000 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 2000 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Ron Vanderlinden, the Terrapins compiled a 5–6 record, finished in seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 284 to 247. The team's statistical leaders included Calvin McCall with 1,533 passing yards, LaMont Jordan with 920 rushing yards, and Guilian Gary with 568 receiving yards.


2000 Masters (snooker)
The 2000 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6 and 13 February 2000 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.


2000 Masters (snooker)
Matthew Stevens won the title on his second attempt after 1996 by defeating Ken Doherty, who had made his second final in a row, 10–8. On the 15th frame of the final, Doherty attempted a maximum break, but he missed the final black at 140. This was the highest break of the tournament.


2000 Masters (snooker), Field
Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Stephen Hendry 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, Ali Carter (ranked 142), and Marco Fu (ranked 35), who was the wild-card selection. Ali Carter, Marco Fu and Fergal O'Brien were making their debuts in the Masters.


2000 Masters (snooker), Wild-card round
In the preliminary round, the wild-card players plays the 15th and 16th seeds:


2000 Masters (snooker), Qualifying
Ali Carter won the qualifying tournament, known as the 1999 Benson & Hedges Championship at the time. Karl Burrows made his only maximum break against Adrian Rosa.


2000 Masters Tournament
The 2000 Masters Tournament was the 64th Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Vijay Singh won his only Masters, three strokes ahead of runner-up Ernie Els. It was the second of Singh's three major titles.


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, with other categories in which he qualified shown in parentheses.


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (16,17), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (10), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal (16,17), Mark O'Meara (3,16,17), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (4,11,14,15,16,17), Ian Woosnam (10), Fuzzy Zoeller


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
Ernie Els (14,16,17), Lee Janzen (10,16,17), Steve Jones, Corey Pavin


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
John Daly, Paul Lawrie (16,17), Tom Lehman (14,16,17), Justin Leonard (5,13,14,16,17)


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (10,14,16,17), Davis Love III (10,14,16,17), Vijay Singh (11,14,16,17)


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
Bob Estes (14,16,17), Carlos Franco (14,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), Brandt Jobe, Phil Mickelson (11,14,16,17), Colin Montgomerie (16,17), Greg Norman (16), Steve Pate (14,16,17), Nick Price (14,16,17), Lee Westwood (16,17)


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
Stuart Appleby (16,17), Notah Begay III, Glen Day (16,17), Fred Funk (16), Brent Geiberger (16,17), Scott Gump, Dudley Hart (16,17), Gabriel Hjertstedt, Scott Hoch (16,17), John Huston (16,17), Skip Kendall, Rocco Mediate, Jesper Parnevik (15,16,17), Dennis Paulson, Chris Perry (16,17), Loren Roberts (16), Jeff Sluman (16,17), David Toms (16,17), Ted Tryba, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir (17)


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
Thomas Bjørn (17), Darren Clarke (17), Retief Goosen (17), Pádraig Harrington, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17), Masashi Ozaki (17), Naomichi Ozaki (17), Bob Tway (17), Brian Watts (17)


2000 Masters Tournament, Field
All the amateurs except Danny Green were playing in their first Masters, as were Notah Begay III, Ángel Cabrera, Brent Geiberger, Pádraig Harrington, Skip Kendall, Paul Lawrie, Dennis Paulson, Jean van de Velde, and Mike Weir. Sergio García made his first appearance as a professional.


2000 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Gossett (+2), Baddeley (+5), Green (+5), Kim (+6), Haas (+9), Storm (+15).


2000 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Third round
The third round wassuspended by darkness due to two-hour rain delay and completed on Sunday morning.


2000 Masters of Formula 3
The 2000 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the tenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 6 August 2000. It was won by Jonathan Cochet, for Signature.


2000 Maui Invitational Tournament
The 2000 Maui Invitational Tournament was an early-season college basketball tournament that was played, for the 17th time, from November 20 to November 22, 2000. The tournament, which began in 1984, was part of the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played at the Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii and was won by the Arizona Wildcats. It was the first title for both the program and for its head coach Lute Olson after losses in the 1993 and 1997 finals.


2000 Maui Invitational Tournament
Every school in the tournament except for Chaminade had participated in the NCAA tournament the year before.


2000 Maui Invitational Tournament
Six of the twelve games were broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.


2000 Mauritian general election
General elections were held in Mauritius on 11 September 2000 to elect the members of the National Assembly.


2000 Mauritian general election
The opposition Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) party decisively won the elections in coalition with the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), defeating the governing Mauritian Labour Party (MLP) led coalition. They formed together the MSM/MMM As a result, in a pre-election deal Anerood Jugnauth of the Militant Socialist Movement became Prime Minister of Mauritius before handing over to Paul Bérenger of the Mauritian Militant Movement in 2003; Bérenger would become the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of Mauritius.


2000 Mauritian general election, Background
The Mauritian Labour Party led by Navin Ramgoolam had governed Mauritius since winning the 1995 election. A new election had to be held by December 2000 and Ramgoolam dissolved parliament to call the election on 11 August 2000. He expected to be able to win the election in a three-way contest with the Mauritian Militant Movement and Militant Socialist Movement parties splitting the opposition vote between them. However ten days after the election was called the two main opposition parties agreed a deal.


2000 Mauritian general election, Background
The MSM led by Anerood Jugnauth and MMM led by Paul Bérenger agreed that if they won the election Jugnauth would become Prime Minister. They agreed that after three years he would step down as Prime Minister to become the President of Mauritius with enhanced powers, and that Bérenger would become Prime Minister, the first non-Hindu to do so.


2000 Mauritian general election, Election rules
The election was conducted under the first past the post system with three Members of parliament being elected from each of 20 mainland constituencies. A further two MPs were elected from the island of Rodrigues. Each voter was required to vote for three candidates. Once these 62 MPs were decided the Supervisory Electoral Commission chose the eight 'best losers' to prevent any ethnic community or political party from being underrepresented. The Commission chose four MPs to balance the ethnic groups (Hindus, Muslims, Chinese and general population) and another four to balance the political parties. The 'best losers' could only come from candidates who came fourth in the 20 mainland constituencies.


2000 Mauritian general election, Campaign
There were 43 parties putting forth 535 candidates but the main contest was between the two main coalitions that campaigned on similar platforms with the economy being the dominate election issue. The governing Mauritian Labour Party promised to raise civil servants' wages and reduce the prices of drinks while the main opposition attacked corruption. Both the government and opposition parties pledged to create 70,000 jobs.


2000 Mauritian general election, Campaign
The campaign was peaceful and election day was quiet with the sale or serving of alcohol banned for two days during the election to prevent trouble. Observers from the Southern African Development Community praised the election for its efficient and fair conduct and the high turnout. The opposition Mauritian Militant Movement and Militant Socialist Movement parties won a decisive victory almost wiping out the governing party and the Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam admitted defeat the day after the election. Gender activists were disappointed with the results which saw only four seats won by women, a decline on the previous election in 1995.


2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2000. The game was the 23rd annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.


2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2000 game
The game was telecast live by ESPN. The venue was the FleetCenter, home of the Boston Celtics of the NBA. The game was characterized by the high efficiency of the West players: the team took advantage of the bigger players in the roster and scored many points in the paint. Center Zach Randolph was the MVP of the game with 23 points and 15 rebounds.


2000 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2000 game
Other players who starred were DeShawn Stevenson, the game top scorer with 25 points; Darius Miles with his 17 points; Andre Brown, another player who recorded a double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds, like Gerald Wallace (15 pts/10 rebs); Andre Barrett, the agile 5-9 point guard, recorded 12 assists, the second best performance in the event history. Of the 24 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA. Following their good performance in the All-American game both Miles and Stevenson decided to forgo college and declared for the 2000 NBA Draft: Miles was the 3rd overall pick and Stevenson the 23rd.


2000 McGill College
The IA Tower (Industriel Alliance Tower or Tour Industrielle Alliance), originally called Industrial Life Tower, is a 23 stories high rise building located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Inaugurated in 1986, it was one of the first postmodernist high rises built in downtown Montreal.


2000 McGill College, History
The IA Tower was the result of a joint venture between the then Industrial Life Insurance Company and First Québec Corporation. Built on McGill College Avenue, the tower was designed  to be a premium grade-A office building


2000 McGill College, History
The original tenants included Industrial Life, Dominion Securities Pitfield, Ernst and Whinney, Quantum group and Rolland Inc. Following the 1987 merger between Industrial Life Insurance and Alliance Nationale, the tower was renamed with the Industrielle Alliance name.


2000 McGill College, History
Located between Boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest and Avenue du Président-Kennedy, the IA Tower is ornamented by city furnitures and the public artwork Le banc des secrets by Lea Vivot.


2000 McGill College, Architecture
Designed by the Montreal firm  Tolchinsky and Goodz, the IA Tower is made of Quebec polished granite. The building is larger at the last three floors and is designed to provide a maximum view of the Mont-Royal. Due to its conception, every floor apart from the three top floors has eight corner offices.


2000 McGill College, Notable tenants
View from the corner of McGill College and President Kennedy


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 74th 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.


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
This was Carnaross' first year in the Intermediate grade since 1993, after 6 years in the Senior grade since being relegated in 1999. It was also Slane's first year back in the middle grade since 1984 after 15 years in the Senior grade since being relegated in 1999. Both Carnaross and Slane were the first clubs to feel the wrath of relegation since the format was introduced in 1999.


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
This was Na Fianna's first year in existence as club, formed from the amalgamation of former Junior clubs Baconstown and Enfield and Rathmolyon football teams (Rathmolyon stayed separate for hurling). Na Fianna were given the choice of playing in Intermediate or staying in the Junior grade, and they decided to go for the challenge of the Intermediate grade.


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
St. Paul's were promoted after claiming the 1999 Meath Junior Football Championship title. This was their first period as an Intermediate club since being formed in 1974.


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 3 September 2000, St. Patrick's claimed their 2nd Intermediate championship title when they defeated Ballivor 0-9 to 0-7 in the final.


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Bective were relegated after 3 years as an Intermediate club. St. Michael's were relegated after 2 years as an Intermediate club since being relegated from the senior grade in 1998.


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1999 championship season.


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The 2 top finishers in each Group will qualify for the semi finals. The teams that finish last in their groups will be relegated. 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.


2000 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and one group winner. The teams in the semi finals are two group winners and the quarter final winners.


2000 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 2000 Meath Senior Football Championship was the 108th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 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.


2000 Meath Senior Football Championship
Skryne were the defending champions after they defeated Dunshaughlin in the previous years final, and


2000 Meath Senior Football Championship
Syddan were promoted after claiming the 1999 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title, their second Intermediate win.


2000 Meath Senior Football Championship
On 17 September 2000, Dunshaughlin claimed their first ever and also the first of three successive Senior Championship titles with a 1-19 to 2-6 win over Kilmainhamwood. The game was broadcast live across Ireland on TG4. Dermot Kealy raised the Keegan Cup for Dunshaughlin while his brother Richie claimed the 'Man of the Match' award.


2000 Meath Senior Football Championship
Moynalvey were relegated after 17 years in the senior grade. Blackhall Gaels were also relegated after 2 years as a senior club.


2000 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1999 championship season.


2000 Meistriliiga
The 2000 Meistriliiga was the tenth season of the Meistriliiga, Estonia's premier football league. Levadia won their second title.


2000 Meistriliiga, League table, Relegation play-off
Kuressaare were awarded the playoff after Tervis withdrew due to unavailability of players active for the Estonian U-18 team.


2000 Meistriliiga, Results
Each team played every opponent four times, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 games.


2000 Melanesia Cup
The Melanesia Cup 2000 was the seventh and the last Melanesia-wide tournament ever held. It took place in Fiji and five teams participated: Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu and served for the third time as an Oceania Nations Cup qualifier.


2000 Melanesia Cup
The teams played each other according to a round-robin format with Fiji winning the tournament for the fifth time and qualifying to the Oceania Nations Cup 2000 along with Solomon Islands. However, 3rd place Vanuatu replaced Fiji at the latter Cup due to civil unrest in Fiji following a coup by George Speight, who overthrew Fiji's democratically elected government.


2000 Melanesia Cup, Results
Solomon Islands and  Vanuatu* qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000


2000 Melbourne Cup
The 2000 Melbourne Cup was the 140th running of the Melbourne Cup, a prestigious Australian Thoroughbred horse race. The race, run over 3,200 metres (1.988 mi), was held on 6 November 2000 at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse.


2000 Melbourne Cup
It was won by Brew, trained by Michael Moroney and ridden by Kerrin McEvoy.


2000 Melbourne Cup, Field
This is a list of horses which ran in the 2000 Melbourne Cup.


2000 Melbourne Storm season
The 2000 Melbourne Storm season was the 3rd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2000 Premiership and finished the regular season in 6th place, being eliminated in the first week of the finals.


2000 Melbourne Storm season
The Storm began 2000 with an easy win over St. Helens in the World Club Challenge was a great start for Melbourne, but overall the 2000 season was a disappointment. Major injuries to Marcus Bai and Robbie Ross, along with a lengthy suspension to Stephen Kearney, seriously disrupted the season.


2000 Melbourne Storm season
It was made worse when the club was forced to negotiate its way through the trials and tribulations of twelve players coming off contract by the end of the year. Most distracting was the saga of Kimmorley as he travelled between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in search of his future (much to the bewilderment of the Victorian public who were not used to rugby league's mid-season mayhem).


2000 Melbourne Storm season
With respectable home crowds averaging over 14,000 the Storm finished the 2000 season in 6th place, earning themselves a semi-final against the Knights in Newcastle. However, the defending premiers exited with a 30-16 loss on a wet and miserable afternoon. The season's undoubted highlight was the Grand Final rematch against the Dragons at the MCG where the Storm won by an incredible scoreline of 70-10.


2000 Melbourne Storm season
Tony Martin (to London) and Brett Kimmorley (to Northern Eagles) were key losses for the club in the lead up to 2001 which were slightly off-set by the arrival of half-back Matt Orford and winger Junior Langi.


2000 Melbourne Storm season, Season Summary, Jerseys
Melbourne's jerseys were again manufactured by Fila and carried the same designs as the 1999 home and away jerseys. A special "Millennium" jersey design was worn in the 2000 World Club Challenge and again in round 5 against St George Illawarra Dragons. Using the home design as a template, the jersey featured reflective silver thunderbolts. The gold away jersey was only worn in rounds 19, 22, and 26.


2000 Melbourne Storm season, Ladder
1 North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.


2000 Melbourne Storm season, Representative honours
This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2000.


2000 Melbourne Storm season, Statistics
This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2000 NRL season.


2000 Melbourne Storm season, Feeder Team
Melbourne Storm reserve players again travelled to Brisbane each week to play with Queensland Cup team Norths Devils. Making the finals for the third straight season, Norths Devils finished fifth and were eliminated in the first week of the 2000 Queensland Cup finals.


2000 Memorial Cup
The 2000 Memorial Cup occurred May 20–28 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was the 82nd annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It featured the host team, the Halifax Mooseheads as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League which were the Barrie Colts, Rimouski Océanic and the Kootenay Ice respectively. The 2000 Memorial Cup was the first ever to be played in Atlantic Canada.


2000 Memorial Cup
The Rimouski Océanic won their first Memorial Cup, beating the Barrie Colts in the final. The Colts in particular made the 2000 Memorial Cup a controversial one, due to the presence of numerous players on their team who were clients of the rogue sports agent David Frost, including future murder-for-hire suspect Mike Danton.


2000 Memorial Cup, Barrie Colts controversy
The Barrie Colts, representing the Ontario Hockey League at the tournament was known more for the erratic behaviour of the team and most notably the "Brampton Boys", a reference to the Toronto suburban city of Brampton. The Brampton Boys were under the guidance and influence of their former coach and erstwhile sports agent David Frost. The Brampton Boys included Ryan Barnes, Shawn Cation, captain Sheldon Keefe and future convicted felon Mike Jefferson (aka Mike Danton).


2000 Memorial Cup, Barrie Colts controversy
The Brampton Boys led a walkout during a customary tournament team banquet and refused to shake hands with CHL commissioner David Branch in ceremonial face-offs. Rookie Matt Passfield was fined after it was revealed he scalped his own Memorial Cup tickets. The team failed to stand at the blue line during introductions, choosing instead to skate around their own zone.


2000 Memorial Cup, Barrie Colts controversy
Head coach Bill Stewart added more controversy by shoving the bench back during the opening game, in order to stand in front of his own players, earning a bench minor for unsportsmanlike conduct after screaming at an official and by ordering his team to do a skate around, while a Joe Canadian skit was taking place on the ice.


2000 Memorial Cup, Barrie Colts controversy
Jefferson publicly called out the two elite players of the QMJHL, stating that he wanted to slash Halifax Mooseheads forward Ramzi Abid (158 points in regular season) in the face and claiming that Rimouski Océanic forward/CHL Player of the Year winner Brad Richards (186 points) would be a complete unknown if he didn't play in the QMJHL and would not last five games in the OHL.


2000 Memorial Cup, Barrie Colts controversy
The Colts reached the Memorial Cup championship game, where they were defeated 6-2 by the Oceanic and while Jefferson shook most of the hands of the Oceanic players, he refused to shake Richards' hand after he had been named tournament MVP. Jefferson, Keefe and head coach Stewart also notoriously walked out of the Halifax Metro Centre after the final without conducting any interviews with the media. The behaviour of the Colts, most notably the Brampton Boys, drew the ire of many in hockey circles, citing their behaviour made the team appear to be boorish oafs and sore losers. The Colts recorded $10,000 worth of fines as a result of the team's conduct at the tournament.


2000 Memorial Cup, Winning roster
Jean-Francois Babin, Jonathan Beaulieu, Thatcher Bell, Jean-Philippe Briere, Jan Philippe Cadieux, Sebastien Caron, Alexis Castonguay, Ronnie DeContie, Aaron Johnson, Juraj Kolnik, Jacques Lariviere, Brent MacLellan, Benoit Martin, Michel Ouellet, Michel Periard, Nicolas Pilote, Nicholas Poirier, Brad Richards, Joe Rullier, Eric Salvail, Shawn Scanzano, Alexandre Tremblay, Rene Vydareny. Coach: Doris Labonte


2000 Memphis Tigers football team
The 2000 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Memphis competed as a member of the Conference USA. The team was led by head coach Rip Scherer, who was fired at the conclusion of the season. The Tigers played their home games at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.


2000 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 2000 Eye Group British Open Championships was held at the Edgbaston Priory Club with the later stages at the National Indoor Arena from 9–15 October 2000. David Evans won the title defeating Paul Price in the final. Bradley Ball replaced number one seed Peter Nicol in the main draw following the withdrawal of Nicol from the tournament with a stress fracture of the shin.


2000 Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier
The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Osaka, Japan, from March 9–20, 2000. Twelve nations took part, and they played a round robin divided into two groups. The top six teams qualify through to the Olympics.


2000 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2000 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 22nd edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held from 27 May – 4 June 2000 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
The 2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were the 64th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. 42 teams representing their countries participated in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2001 competition.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group B (Poland)
Played April 12–21 in Katowice and Krakow. This was the final year of the qualifying tournaments (except for the "Far East"), so it was a simple matter of the winner being promoted. This was also the final year of the traditional eight team tournament. Beginning in 2001 Group B would be renamed 'Division I' and consist of two six team divisions.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group B (Poland), Final Round 17–24 Place
Germany was promoted to the 2001 IIHF World Championship. No team was relegated.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group C (China PR)
Played March 20–26 in Beijing. In 1999 Group C was disrupted because of political issues surrounding Kosovo. The IIHF chose to have no team relegated and have Yugoslavia retain their position, the result was a nine team tournament this year. With the forthcoming realignment, four nations had the opportunity to be promoted to Division I, the remaining five would participate in next year's Division II.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group C (China PR), Group 2
Croatia came back from a two goal deficit to tie Romania, and thereby clinch a promotion to Division I.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group D (Iceland)
Played April 10–16 in Reykjavik. The upcoming realignment meant that seven of the nine teams moved up to "Division II" for 2001.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group D (Iceland), Group 2
Both Australia and New Zealand were promoted to Division II.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group D (Iceland), Group 3
Both Belgium and South Africa were promoted to Division II.


2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group D (Iceland), Consolation Round 40–42 Place
Both Luxembourg and Turkey had to stay behind in what was initially called Division II Qualification (later renamed Division III). There was no third team to play against so they both simply skipped a year and joined Division II in 2002


2000 Men's Pan American Cup
The 2000 Men's Pan American Cup was the first edition of the Men's Pan American Cup, the quadrennial men's international field hockey championship of the Americas organized by the Pan American Hockey Federation. It was held from 22 June to 2 July 2000 in Havana, Cuba. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2002 Hockey World Cup to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The winner would qualify directly while the teams ranked between 2nd and 5th would have the chance to obtain one of seven berths at the World Cup Qualifier in Edinburgh, Scotland.


2000 Men's Pan American Cup
Cuba won the tournament for the first time after defeating Canada 2–1 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2002 Hockey World Cup.


2000 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2000 Men's Floorball Championships were the third men's Floorball World Championships. It was held in May 2000 in Norway, and won by Sweden.


2000 Mercedes Cup
The 2000 Mercedes Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, Germany that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2000 ATP Tour. It was the 52nd edition of the tournament and was held from 17 July until 23 July 2000. Fifth-seeded Franco Squillari won the singles title.


2000 Mercedes Cup, Finals, Singles
Franco Squillari defeated  Gastón Gaudio 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2


2000 Mercedes Cup, Finals, Doubles
Jiří Novák /  David Rikl defeated  Lucas Arnold Ker /  Donald Johnson 5–7, 6–2, 6–3


2000 Mercedes Cup – Doubles
Jaime Oncins and Daniel Orsanic were the defending champions, but lost in first round to Magnus Norman and Marat Safin.


2000 Mercedes Cup – Doubles
Jiří Novák and David Rikl won the title by defeating Lucas Arnold Ker and Donald Johnson 5–7, 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2000 Mercedes Cup – Singles
Magnus Norman was the defending champion, but lost to Daniel Elsner in the second round.


2000 Mercedes Cup – Singles
Franco Squillari won the title, defeating Gastón Gaudio 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup
The 2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from July 24 through July 30, 2000. Fourth-seeded Michael Chang won the singles title.


2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup, Finals, Doubles
Paul Kilderry /  Sandon Stolle defeated  Jan-Michael Gambill /  Scott Humphries walkover


2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Doubles
Byron Black and Wayne Ferreira were the defending champions, but Black did not compete this year. Ferreira teamed up with Kevin Ullyett and lost in the semifinals to tournament runner-ups Jan-Michael Gambill and Scott Humphries.


2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Doubles
Paul Kilderry and Sandon Stolle won the title by walkover, as Gambill was injured during the singles final due to knee and ankle sprains.


2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Singles
Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but did not participate.


2000 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Singles
Michael Chang won the title after Jan-Michael Gambill retired at the end of the second set of the final due to knee and ankle sprains.


2000 Merdeka Tournament
The 2000 Merdeka Tournament was the 36th incidence of the Merdeka Tournament and was held 13 to 19 August 2000.


2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament took place on May 21 and 22, 2000. The top four regular season finishers of the league's teams met in the single-elimination tournament held at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. Marist won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four teams were seeded one through four based on their conference winning percentage. They then played a single-elimination tournament.


2000 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Kevin Ool was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Ool was a freshman pitcher for Marist.


2000 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 26th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in Manila, Philippines starting December 25.