2000 National League Division Series, San Francisco vs. New York, Game 4
The one-hitter set a Mets' record for fewest hits allowed in a post-season complete game, besting Jon Matlack's two-hitter in the 1973 NLCS. It was also the fewest hits allowed in a League Division Series complete game until Roy Halladay's no-hitter in 2010.


2000 National League Division Series, San Francisco vs. New York, Composite box
2000 NLDS (3–1): New York Mets over San Francisco Giants


2000 National League Division Series, St. Louis vs. Atlanta, Game 1
It was a poorly pitched game for both starters, both of whom would last four innings or less. Greg Maddux faced Rick Ankiel. In the bottom of the first, Maddux allowed four straight hits to lead off the inning, the last two of which scored a run each. An error on Ray Lankford's ground ball allowed another run to score, then after a sacrifice bunt and intentional, Plácido Polanco's single aided by another error cleared the bases, making it 6–0 Cardinals.


2000 National League Division Series, St. Louis vs. Atlanta, Game 1
But the Braves would make a game of it in the top of the third when Ankiel's control slipped away. He walked Maddux and Andruw Jones, then threw four wild pitches to put them on second and third. Ankiel then threw another wild pitch on a ball four to Andrés Galarraga, walking him and letting Maddux score. Brian Jordan then hit an RBI single and after another wild pitch and walk loaded the bases, Walt Weiss's two-run single cut the Cardinals' lead to 6–4. Jim Edmonds's fourth-inning home run make it 7–4. After the fourth, Maddux was done.


2000 National League Division Series, St. Louis vs. Atlanta, Game 1
In the top of the ninth, an error and walk put runners on first and second off Dave Veres before Jordan's RBI single cut the Cardinals' lead to 7–5 and put the tying runs on, but Veres retired the next two batters to end the game. Mike James would get the win in relief of Ankiel.


2000 National League Division Series, St. Louis vs. Atlanta, Game 2
Tom Glavine of the Braves faced Darryl Kile of the Cardinals. In the top of the first, Rafael Furcal drew a leadoff walk, moved second on a groundout, and scored on Chipper Jones's single. After a double, Brian Jordan's RBI groundout made it 2–0 Braves, but Will Clark hit a three-run homer in the bottom half to put the Cards up for good.


2000 National League Division Series, St. Louis vs. Atlanta, Game 2
Carlos Hernández homered in the second, then in the third, the Cardinals loaded the bases on a single, double and hit-by-pitch before Eric Davis's sacrifice fly scored a run, then Ray Lankford's two-run double gave the Cardinals a commanding 7–2 lead. Glavine was finished and the Braves changed pitchers five times. Next inning, Édgar Rentería walked, stole second and scored on Jim Edmonds's double off Andy Ashby. John Burkett hit Fernando Viña with a pitch leading off the sixth, then Edmonds's one-out RBI double made it 9–2 Cardinals.


2000 National League Division Series, St. Louis vs. Atlanta, Game 2
In the eighth, Andruw Jones hit a one-out home run off Mike Timlin, then after Jones doubled, Jordan's RBI double made it 9–4 Cardinals, who got a run in the bottom half on Mark McGwire's home run off Mike Remlinger. Matt Morris pitched a scoreless ninth to give the Cardinals a 2–0 series lead.


2000 National League Division Series, St. Louis vs. Atlanta, Game 3
The Cardinals sent Garrett Stephenson to the mound to finish off the Braves. The Braves' last hope was Kevin Millwood, who pitched a one-hitter in the playoffs the year before. Fernando Viña's leadoff home run in the first put the Cardinals up. In the bottom half, Rafael Furcal drew a leadoff walk, stole second, move to third on a groundout and scored on Andrés Galarraga's single to tie the game, but the Braves did not score again. Jim Edmonds's two-run homer into the Atlanta bullpen in the third put the Cards in front for good.


2000 National League Division Series, St. Louis vs. Atlanta, Game 3
Stephenson left the game in the fourth due to tendinitis. In the fifth, Édgar Rentería walked with two outs, stole second, moved to third on a balk and scored on Edmonds' ground-rule double to knock Millwood out of the game. In the sixth, Terry Mulholland allowed a leadoff walk, single and sacrifice bunt, Plácido Polanco's fielder's choice off Kerry Ligtenberg scored a run. Polanco stole second before Vina's two-run single off Mike Remlinger capped the scoring at 7–1 Cardinals. Britt Reames won the game in relief as both teams would change pitchers four times. Paul Bako struck out against Dave Veres to end the series. The Cardinals' win in Game 3 put the Braves out of the NLCS for the first time since 1990.


2000 National Soccer League Grand Final
The 2000 National Soccer League Grand Final was held on 11 June 2000 between Perth Glory and Wollongong Wolves at Subiaco Oval. Perth Glory had gained home-ground advantage as they were the higher ranked team from the regular season, finishing first to the Wolves's third. Perth started the match strong, going 3–0 up in the first half, however Wollongong came back with three second half goals. The scores remained level after extra time, before Wollongong won in a tense penalty shootout. Scott Chipperfield was awarded the Joe Marston Medal. It has been regarded as one of the greatest grand finals of all time.


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards
The 35th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 2001, honored the best in film for 2000.


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Director
1. Steven Soderbergh – Traffic and Erin Brockovich2. Edward Yang – Yi Yi3. Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actor
1. Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls2. Mark Ruffalo – You Can Count On Me3. Tom Hanks – Cast Away


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actress
1. Laura Linney – You Can Count On Me2. Gillian Anderson – The House of Mirth3. Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actor
1. Benicio del Toro – Traffic2. Fred Willard – Best in Show3. Willem Dafoe – Shadow of the Vampire


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actress
1. Elaine May – Small Time Crooks2. Frances McDormand – Almost Famous and Wonder Boys3. Marcia Gay Harden – Pollock


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Screenplay
1. Kenneth Lonergan – You Can Count On Me2. Steve Kloves – Wonder Boys3. Stephen Gaghan – Traffic


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Cinematography
1. Agnès Godard – Beau Travail2. Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)2. Steven Soderbergh – Traffic


2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Non-Fiction Film
1. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg2. Dark Days3. The Original Kings of Comedy


2000 Nauruan parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 8 April 2000. All candidates ran as independents. Following the election René Harris was elected President by the Parliament, defeating Bernard Dowiyogo by one vote. However, following the resignation of Speaker Ludwig Scotty and Deputy Speaker Ross Cain, Cain resigned, and Dowiyogo was subsequently elected president. Voter turnout was 88.8%.


2000 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 2000 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Charlie Weatherbie.


2000 Nebelhorn Trophy
The 2000 Nebelhorn Trophy took place between September 5 and 8, 2000 at the Bundesleistungszentrum Oberstdorf. It is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.


2000 Nebelhorn Trophy
Skaters were entered by their respective national federations, rather than receiving individual invitations as in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, and competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy was presented to the country with the highest placements across all disciplines.


2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The Cornhusker's 2000 Red-White spring game featured Nebraska's first (and currently only) female player: KaLena "Beanie" Barnes, a senior sprinter for Nebraska's women's track-and-field teams, played in spring practice as a punter and recorded one 35-yard punt. She would not stay with the team for the regular season.


2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Nebraska finished in a tie for 1st place in the Big 12 North Division, and tied for 3rd conference-wide, with a final record of 10–2 (6–2).


2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
The season was concluded by #9 Nebraska blowing out #18 Northwestern by 66–17, the largest margin of victory in Alamo Bowl history.


2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Head Coach Frank Solich's career record improved to 31–7 (18–6).


2000 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season, NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2000 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.


2000 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 2000 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Nevada competed as a first-year member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Wolf Pack were led by first-year head coach Chris Tormey and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.


2000 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1999 season 3–8 and 2–4 in the final BWC play to finish in sixth place and did not qualify for a bowl game. Head coach Jeff Tisdel resigned and was replaced by Chris Tormey.


2000 New England Patriots season
The 2000 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 31st season in the National Football League and the 41st overall. They finished with a 5–11 record and in last place in the division.


2000 New England Patriots season
Following the firing of three-year head coach Pete Carroll in January, Patriots owner Bob Kraft pursued Jets assistant head coach Bill Belichick for the Patriots' head coaching vacancy. Belichick, who had been an assistant coach under Bill Parcells with the Patriots in 1996, followed Parcells to the Jets after that season and was contractually named Parcells' successor. A day after the 1999 season, Parcells resigned as head coach of the Jets and made his second retirement from NFL coaching. Belichick, who had been assistant head coach of the Jets, became the Jets' next head coach.


2000 New England Patriots season
The following day, at a press conference for his hiring, Belichick wrote a resignation note on a sheet of loose-leaf paper ("I resign as HC of the NYJ. "), and proceeded to give a half-hour resignation speech to the press. Despite rumors that he had been offered the Patriots' vacant head coaching position, Belichick cited the Jets' uncertain ownership situation following the death of owner Leon Hess earlier that year as the reason for his resignation.


2000 New England Patriots season
The Jets denied Belichick permission to speak with other teams, and as had happened in 1997 with Parcells, the NFL upheld Belichick's contractual obligations to the Jets. Belichick then filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL in federal court. After Parcells and Kraft, talking for the first time since Parcells' resignation from the Patriots, agreed to settle their differences, the Patriots and Jets agreed to a compensation package to allow Belichick to become the Patriots' head coach. With the deal, the Patriots sent their first-round pick in the 2000 NFL Draft and fourth and seventh-round picks in the 2001 NFL Draft to the Jets, while also receiving the Jets' fifth-round selection in 2001 and seventh-round pick in the 2002 NFL Draft.


2000 New England Patriots season
Belichick restructured the team's personnel department in the offseason, and later proclaimed that the team "could not win with 40 good players while the other team has 53," after a number of players showed up out of shape for the start of training camp. The Patriots went on to finish the season 5–11, finishing last in the AFC East and missing the playoffs for the second straight season. This would be the last time the team finished with a losing record until the 2020 season.


2000 New England Patriots season, Opening training camp roster
As of the Patriots' first training camp practice at Foxboro Stadium on July 17 (practices at Bryant College started on July 23), they had the NFL maximum of 80 players signed to their roster. The Patriots received four roster exemptions for the NFL Europe allocations of Garrett Johnson, Marc Megna, Sean Morey, and Noel Scarlett. Additionally, the Patriots allocated tackle Ed Ellis to NFL Europe and received a roster exemption for him, but he was released before the start of training camp.


2000 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary
In the United States, the 2000 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary (held February 1) was the second major test of the leading contenders for the Democratic Party's nomination as its candidate for the 2000 presidential election.


2000 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Campaign
Vice President Al Gore was seen as the frontrunner for the nomination, but after Bill Bradley received 36% in Iowa and was catching up to Gore in the polls the Gore campaign and many pundits believed that Bradley could defeat Gore and would use the momentum to propel himself into the nomination on Super Tuesday.


2000 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, 2000 results
Al Gore won 8 of New Hampshire's 10 counties. Bill Bradley lost the rest of the primaries by large margins and Al Gore would eventually lose the general election to Governor of Texas George W. Bush.


2000 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 2000 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its second year under head coach Sean McDonnell, the team compiled a 6–5 record (4–4 against conference opponents) and finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen won re-election.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes
The 2000 New Ireland earthquakes occurred off the coast of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea on November 16 and 17.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes
The mainshock was a magnitude 8.0 Mw strike-slip event that occurred on November 16 at 04:54 UTC, and ruptured a section of the transform boundary between the north and south Bismarck plates. A 7.8 magnitude thrust earthquake followed at 07:42 UTC with its epicenter 175 km south of the first earthquake at the southern end of its rupture zone at . Another 7.8 magnitude thrust event occurred on November 17 at 21:01 UTC, this time occurring 174 km south west of the initial event at  in eastern New Britain.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes
This sequence of earthquakes killed two people, and triggered landslides in southern New Ireland. Damage caused by the events and the following tsunami occurred in New Britain, Duke of York Island, western Bougainville and Buka. The magnitude 8.0 event was the largest earthquake to occur in the world during 2000.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes, Tectonic setting
The earthquake sequence occurred in an area of complex tectonics caused by the continuing collision between the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate. In addition to the major plates, several smaller plates are recognised. The South Bismarck Plate is moving southeastward relative to the Pacific Plate (or another microplate) and its northern boundary in the Bismarck Sea is made up of segments that are alternately extensional and sinistral transform in type.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes, Tectonic setting
At its eastern end, where it runs close to New Ireland, this boundary is formed by the Weitin Fault, although it is unclear whether that fault is just one of the structures that carries the plate motion. Depending on assumptions, this part of the boundary accommodates 134–139 mm per year of relative plate motion. The southern boundary of the Bismarck Sea Plate is formed by a convergent boundary where oceanic crust of the Solomon Sea Plate is subducting northwards along the New Britain Trench, forming the New Britain island arc. It is unclear how these two boundaries link together, as the Weitin Fault becomes difficult to trace southeast of New Ireland. To the southeast, the New Britain Trench links to the Solomon Islands Trench along which the Solomon Sea Plate subducts beneath the Pacific Plate.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes, Earthquake sequence
The first of the large earthquakes in the sequence occurred at 04:54 on 16 November, and is regarded as the mainshock, although the two later events are unusually large for aftershocks and occurred on different fault systems with different focal mechanisms. The mainshock had a magnitude in the range Mw  8.0–8.2, and was mainly strike-slip in type, although some component of dip-slip has been noted, particularly towards the southeastern end of the rupture. Strike-slip movement was observed along the onshore part of the Weitin Fault on New Ireland, with a maximum displacement of 5 m. A rupture length of about 100–120 km has been estimated for this earthquake.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes, Earthquake sequence
The second large shock in the sequence occurred about three hours after the mainshock, at 07:42 on 16 November. This earthquake had a magnitude in the range Mw  7.3–7.8 and was of thrust type, most likely caused by rupture of the plate boundary interface in the New Britain Trench subduction zone. An analysis of Coulomb stress transfer after the mainshock suggest that there was a major increase in static stress along that part of the plate boundary.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes, Earthquake sequence
The final large shock in the sequence occurred on the following day at 21:01 on 17 November. This earthquake had a magnitude in the range Mw  7.3–7.8 and was also of thrust type along another part of the same plate boundary as the second shock. Only a small increase in static stress has been modelled for the combined effects of the earlier two large earthquakes in the sequence.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes, Tsunami
Significant tsunami waves were observed on the islands of Duke of York, Bougainville and Buka (2.5–3.0 m) and on the southern coast of New Ireland (3.0 m at Lamassa). Run -ups of a metre were noted on the Trobriand Islands and on Gizo and Noro of the Solomon Islands. The tsunami was also recorded by tide gauges on the Marshall Islands and Vanuatu.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes, Tsunami
Modelling of tsunamis generated by the mainshock and the first large aftershock are consistent with the observed run-ups. The mainshock, despite its mainly strike-slip nature appears to be the cause of the tsunami observed on New Ireland. The reason that the mainshock generated a tsunami may either be due to the change to a more dip-slip type motion at the southeastern end of the rupture or a result of lateral movement on the relatively steep bathymetric slope in that area. The effects on Bougainville match those modelled for the first large aftershock.


2000 New Ireland earthquakes, Damage
The mainshock was associated with widespread damage on Duke of York and in parts of New Ireland and New Britain, particularly from landslides. The triggered tsunami caused further damage on Bougainville, destroying houses and leaving 200 people homeless and at Lamassa  on New Ireland where a hundred homes and a church were destroyed. Two people died as a result of the mainshock, one on Duke of York and one on New Ireland.


2000 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 2000 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. New Mexico competed as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW), and played their home games in the University Stadium. The Lobos were led by third-year head coach Rocky Long.


2000 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 2000 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Big West Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Tony Samuel, the Aggies compiled a 3–8 record. The team played its home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


2000 New Orleans Saints season
The 2000 season was the New Orleans Saints' 34th in the National Football League and their 25th playing home games at the Louisiana Superdome. The Saints were looking to improve on their 3–13 finish from a year earlier under new head coach Jim Haslett. Not only did the Saints do so, but they finished with a 10–6 record to win the NFC West and advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1992. They also won their first ever playoff game in franchise history by defeating the defending Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams in the Wild Card round. The Saints went no further, though, as they lost to the Minnesota Vikings in the next round.


2000 New Orleans Saints season
This was the only time the Saints made the playoffs under Haslett. For the next four seasons, the Saints fell out of contention. They would not return to the playoffs until 2006.


2000 New Orleans Saints season
New wide receiver Joe Horn quickly emerged as a star, catching 94 passes for 1,340 and 9 touchdowns, and he was selected to the Pro Bowl after the season.


2000 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 2000 for the United Kingdom and New Zealand were announced on 31 December 1999, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2000. The Honours list is a list of people who have been awarded one of the various orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom. Honours are split into classes ("orders") and are graded to distinguish different degrees of achievement or service, most medals are not graded. The awards are presented to the recipient in one of several investiture ceremonies at Buckingham Palace throughout the year by the Sovereign or her designated representative. The Prince of Wales and The Princess Royal were deputised for The Queen.


2000 New Year Honours
The orders, medals and decorations are awarded by various honours committees which meet to discuss candidates identified by public or private bodies, by government departments or who are nominated by members of the public. Depending on their roles, those people selected by committee are submitted either to the Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, or Secretary of State for Defence for their approval before being sent to the Sovereign for final approval. As the "fount of honour" the monarch remains the final arbiter for awards. In the case of certain orders such as the Order of the Garter and the Royal Victorian Order they remain at the personal discretion of the Queen.


2000 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Life peers
In the 2000 New Year Honours list 6 people were made Life Peers through being made a Baron or Baroness.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Order of The Companions of Honour
The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order with 65 members who have been rewarded for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry or religion; three people were invested into the order in this list.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Knights Bachelor
A Knight Bachelor is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry; 45 people were accorded this honour in this list.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is the fourth-most senior of the British Orders of Chivalry with three classes of member; 32 people were entered into the Order of the Bath in the 2000 New Years Honours List.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
The Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George is an order of chivalry used to honour individuals who have rendered important services in relation to Commonwealth or foreign nations; 16 people were appointed members of the order in the list.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms; admission remains in the personal gift of the monarch. In the 2000 New Years Honours list 28 people were entered into the four hierarchical grades of the order as well as 10 people awarded the Royal Victorian Medal.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry comprising five classes in civil and military divisions. It is the junior of the British orders of chivalry, and the largest, with over 100,000 living members worldwide. The highest two ranks of the order, the Knight/Dame Grand Cross and Knight/Dame Commander, admit an individual into knighthood or damehood automatically allowing the recipient to use the title Sir or Dame.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knights Commander (KBE)
A Knight Commander is the second most senior grade in the Order of the British Empire. One person was made a Knight Commander in the military division and three in the civil division in the 2000 New Years Honour list and are entitled to use the post-nominals KBE.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Dames Commander (DBE)
A Dame Commander is the second most senior grade in the Order of the British Empire. Nine people were made a Dame Commander in the civil division in the 2000 New Years Honour list and are entitled to use the post-nominals DBE.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commanders (CBE)
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (military division) are in the third tier of the Order. The recipients in the 2000 list are as follows:


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commanders (CBE)
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (civil division) are in the third tier of the Order. The recipients in the 2000 list are as follows:


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officers (OBE)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (military division) are in the fourth tier of the Order. The recipients in the 2000 list are as follows:


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Officers (OBE)
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (civil division) are in the fourth tier of the Order. The recipients in the 2000 list are as follows:


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Members (MBE)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (military division) are in the fifth tier of the Order. The recipients in the 2000 list are as follows:


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Members (MBE)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (civil division) are in the fifth tier of the Order. The recipients in the 2000 list are as follows:


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Queen's Commendation For Valuable Service
The Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service is a British military award that recognises meritorious service during, or in support of, operations.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Royal Red Cross
The Royal Red Cross is a military decoration awarded for exceptional services in military nursing. There are two classes of medal, 1 person was made an Ordinary Member in the 2000 New Years Honours list.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Queen's Volunteer Reserves Medal (QVRM)
The Queen's Volunteer Reserves Medal (QVRM) is a medal presented to members of the three volunteer reserve forces of the United Kingdom armed forces (Royal Naval Reserve, Territorial Army and Royal Auxiliary Air Force) for exemplary meritorious service in the conduct of their duties; 6 service personnel were awarded medals.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Queen's Police Medal
The Queen's Police Medal (QPM) is awarded to police officers in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for distinguished service or gallantry; 25 medals were awarded for distinguished service.


2000 New Year Honours, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Queen's Fire Service Medal
The Queen's Fire Service Medal is awarded to members of the fire services in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations for distinguished service; 11 medals were awarded.


2000 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 2000 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 1999 and the beginning of 2000. They were announced on 31 December 1999.


2000 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


2000 New York City Marathon
The 2000 New York City Marathon was the 31st running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 5. The men's elite race was won by Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz in a time of 2:10:09 hours while the women's race was won by Russia's Lyudmila Petrova in 2:25:45.


2000 New York City Marathon
For the first time, disabled athletes were included in the New York Marathon with the introduction of official categories for wheelchairs and handcycles. In the wheelchair races, Tunisia's Kamel Ayari (1:53:50) and Vietnam's Anh Nguyen Thi Xuan (2:46:47) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Americans Joseph Dowling (1:54:25) and Helene Hines (1:57:27) were the winners.


2000 New York City Marathon
A total of 29,327 runners finished the race, 21,015 men and 8312 women.


2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 66th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2000, were announced on 13 December 2000 and presented on 14 January 2001 by the New York Film Critics Circle.


2000 New York Giants season
The 2000 season was the New York Giants' 76th in the National Football League and the fourth under head coach Jim Fassel.


2000 New York Giants season
The season marked the Giants' "NY" helmet logo again for the full season since 1975. The team finished with a record of 12–4, and in the playoffs, they defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in the Divisional round 20–10, then shut out the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game 41–0, making it to Super Bowl XXXV, where they lost to the Baltimore Ravens 7–34.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season
The Giants began the 2000 season hoping to get over the hump of coming short during their past two seasons. They would go on to finish the year with a 12–4 record and represented the NFC in Super Bowl XXXV.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season
With revived quarterback Kerry Collins the passing game improved from a previously mediocre attack. The running game averaged 125.6 yards per game with Ron Dayne and Tiki Barber. The defense allowed just 246 points, with its greatest strength being against the run allowing a third-best 3.2 yards per carry.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season
Early in the season the Giants’ record stood at 7–2 and coming off two double digit wins, before they lost two straight home games to decline to 7–4. That was when Head Coach Jim Fassel made a bold move and publicly stated in the postgame press conference: "This team is going to the playoffs". This became the defining moment of the season, and the Giants won their next five games to become the #1 seed in the NFC playoffs.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 1 (Sunday September 3, 2000): vs. Arizona Cardinals
The Giants began their season at home against the Cardinals. In the first quarter, the Giants took a 7–0 lead with running back Tiki Barber running for a 10-yard touchdown, which he followed with a 78-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to make it 14–0 at the half. In the fourth quarter, rookie running back Ron Dayne added a 7-yard touchdown to make it 21–3 Giants. Late in the game, the Cardinals launched a furious comeback.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 1 (Sunday September 3, 2000): vs. Arizona Cardinals
Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer found wide receiver David Boston for a touchdown to make it 21–10 with 1:55 to go, then after the Cardinals recovered an onside kick, Plummer hit Boston again for a 25-yard touchdown pass to make it 21–16 with 32 seconds left. However, the ensuing onside kick attempt went out of bounds and the game then ended.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 1 (Sunday September 3, 2000): vs. Arizona Cardinals
The game was delayed for 23 minutes due to thunder in the surrounding area, forcing both teams to take shelter in their respective locker rooms.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 1 (Sunday September 3, 2000): vs. Arizona Cardinals
Although it was a relatively unimpressive win for the Giants considering the close game against the eventually 3–13 Cardinals (who also finished last in DVOA for the 2000 season according to Football Outsiders), the Giants were 1–0. The game also introduced the football world to "Thunder and Lightning," the nickname given to the Ron Dayne-Tiki Barber running back tandem. Barber ran for 144 yards on just 13 carries with 2 touchdowns, while Dayne ran for 78 yards and the other Giants touchdown on 23 carries.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 2 (Sunday September 10, 2000): at Philadelphia Eagles
With the Giants coming off a close win over the woeful Cardinals and the Eagles coming off a blowout win despite extreme heat in Dallas, the Eagles were favored on their home turf in this Week 2 matchup. However, the Giants came away with an impressive win.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 2 (Sunday September 10, 2000): at Philadelphia Eagles
A close game became a rout in the final minute of the first half. With a minute left in that half, quarterback Kerry Collins found receiver Amani Toomer for a 25-yard touchdown to make the score 13–3 Giants. On the ensuing drive, the Giants forced a three-and-out with a sack by Pete Monty and got the ball back, then Tiki Barber ran for a 31-yard touchdown to make the score 20–3 at halftime. In the third quarter, Collins hit receiver Ike Hilliard for a 30-yard touchdown to make the score 27–6, their largest lead of the game.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 3 (Sunday September 17, 2000): at Chicago Bears
The Giants next traveled to Chicago to take on the 0–2 Bears. They struck first with Kerry Collins hitting rookie wide receiver Ron Dixon for a 34-yard touchdown to make the score 7–0. Late in the first half, the Bears executed a two-minute drill with quarterback Cade McNown hitting Eddie Kennison for a touchdown with 14 seconds left in the half to tie the score at 7. In the third quarter, Tiki Barber ran in for a 3-yard touchdown, and the Giants defense held the rest of the way.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 3 (Sunday September 17, 2000): at Chicago Bears
With this win, the Giants were 3–0 for the first time since 1993.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 4 (Sunday September 24, 2000): vs. Washington Redskins
The Giants then traveled home to take on the Redskins in a Sunday Night game, their first primetime game of the season. Washington dominated for much of the game as many of their aging veterans made an impact. In the second quarter, Redskins quarterback Brad Johnson opened the scoring by hitting longtime Dolphin Irving Fryar for a 23-yard touchdown, and they led 10–0 at the half. In the third quarter, a Johnson touchdown pass to longtime Bill Andre Reed made the score 16–0. The Giants' only score came on a Kerry Collins touchdown pass to Ike Hilliard with less than 3 minutes remaining.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 5 (Sunday October 1, 2000): at Tennessee Titans
After their Sunday night loss, the Giants traveled to Nashville to take on the Titans. Heading into the game, the Titans were undefeated at 10–0 in Adelphia Coliseum, and would remain undefeated after this contest.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 5 (Sunday October 1, 2000): at Tennessee Titans
In the first quarter, Titans quarterback Steve McNair found tight end Frank Wycheck for a 14-yard touchdown to make the score 7–0. In the second quarter, running back Eddie George added a 7-yard rushing touchdown, then McNair hit receiver Derrick Mason in tight coverage for a 29-yard touchdown to make the score 21–0 Titans at the half. The Giants got on the board in the third quarter with Kerry Collins finding Ike Hilliard for a 14-yard touchdown. However, in the fourth quarter, McNair hit Frank Wycheck for his second touchdown of the day to make the score 28–7 and put the game out of reach.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 5 (Sunday October 1, 2000): at Tennessee Titans
The Giants were outgained 436-215 and were held to just 24 yards rushing. The "Thunder and Lightning" combo of Tiki Barber and Ron Dayne were held to just 1 combined yard on a combined 8 carries.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 6 (Sunday October 8, 2000): at Atlanta Falcons
In the first quarter of this contest against the Falcons, Ron Dayne scored the game's only touchdown to make the score 7–0. With Chris Chandler injured early in the second quarter, former Giant Danny Kanell took over at QB in this contest. At the two-minute warning, a pass interference penalty by Giants cornerback Dave Thomas put the ball at the Giants' 10 with the Falcons needing a touchdown to tie the score. However, a sack by defensive end Michael Strahan and three incomplete passes by Kanell clinched the game for the Giants.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 6 (Sunday October 8, 2000): at Atlanta Falcons
The Giants held the Falcons to just 13 yards rushing in this game.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 7 (Sunday October 15, 2000): vs. Dallas Cowboys
While the Giants again didn't play great, Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman was even worse with 5 interceptions in this Week 7 matchup against the Giants' archrival, the Cowboys.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 7 (Sunday October 15, 2000): vs. Dallas Cowboys
On the first play from scrimmage, Troy Aikman went long for Raghib Ismail, and his pass was underthrown and intercepted by Jason Sehorn. Early in the second quarter with the game still scoreless, the Cowboys drove into the Giants' red zone, but safety Shaun Williams intercepted Aikman in the end zone to end the scoring threat. On the Cowboys' next drive, Dave Thomas intercepted Aikman on a slant play. Unlike the other picks, this one wasn't Aikman's fault as his intended receiver, James McKnight, slipped while running his route.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 7 (Sunday October 15, 2000): vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Giants finally capitalized on this miscue with Kerry Collins finding Pete Mitchell for a one-yard touchdown pass to finally open the scoring. With less than a minute left in the half, the Cowboys went for the bomb to Damon Hodge for a potential game-tying touchdown. While Hodge beat Giants corner Reggie Stephens down the field, Aikman's pass was again underthrown and Stephens was able to catch up and intercept the pass. The score was 7–0 Giants at halftime.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 7 (Sunday October 15, 2000): vs. Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys finally got on the board in the third quarter with Troy Aikman finding Robert Thomas for a 1-yard touchdown pass to make the score 10–7. After a Brad Daluiso field goal by the Giants, Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith ran for a 3-yard touchdown to make the score 14–13 Cowboys heading into the final quarter. However, with 13:16 left in the game, Aikman threw his fifth interception of the game, this one to linebacker Micheal Barrow. The Giants capitalized by scoring the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard Ron Dayne touchdown run.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 9 (Sunday October 29, 2000): vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Giants dominated their second game against the Eagles for the season. In the first quarter, Ron Dayne ran in for a one-yard touchdown to make the score 7–0 Giants. The Giants added another touchdown in the second quarter with Kerry Collins hitting Amani Toomer for a 27-yard touchdown pass, and the Giants led 14–0 at the half. In the fourth quarter, reserve running back Joe Montgomery added his first touchdown of the season with a 4-yard touchdown to give the Giants a 24–0 lead.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 9 (Sunday October 29, 2000): vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Giants outgained the Eagles 384–192. Amani Toomer caught 9 passes for 108 yards and a touchdown.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 10 (Sunday November 5, 2000): at Cleveland Browns
With the Browns coming into the game with a 2–6 record having scored a combined 3 points in their previous 2 games, this matchup had all the makings of a blowout. However, it was the Browns who struck first, with kicker Phil Dawson kicking a 19-yard field goal to give the Browns a 3–0 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Kerry Collins found Ike Hilliard for a 28-yard touchdown pass, and the Giants led 10–3 at the half. In the second half, Collins hit Amani Toomer for two more touchdown passes, one from 17 yards and the other from 32 yards.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 10 (Sunday November 5, 2000): at Cleveland Browns
For the second straight week, the Giants held their opponent to under 200 yards of total offense while registering four sacks.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 10 (Sunday November 5, 2000): at Cleveland Browns
With this win, the Giants were 7–2 and in first place in the NFC East.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 11 (Sunday November 12, 2000): vs. St. Louis Rams
The Giants headed home next to take on the Rams, who were also 7–2 heading into the matchup. The Rams were playing without starting quarterback Kurt Warner and running back Marshall Faulk, however backup quarterback Trent Green lit up the Giants for 4 touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown as the Giants' 4 game winning streak came to an end.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 11 (Sunday November 12, 2000): vs. St. Louis Rams
In the first quarter, Amani Toomer lost a fumble deep in Giants territory, and the ball was recovered by Rams cornerback Dexter McCleon, who went down at the 1 yard line. On the next play, Trent Green found tight end Roland Williams for the game's opening score. Later in the quarter, Green hit Torry Holt for a 5-yard touchdown to make the score 14–0 Rams at the end of the first quarter.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 11 (Sunday November 12, 2000): vs. St. Louis Rams
Although the Giants got on the board in the second quarter with Kerry Collins hitting Tiki Barber for a 13-yard touchdown, but Green struck back, hitting Ricky Proehl for an 8-yard touchdown pass. After Collins was picked off by McCleon, Green ran for a 14-yard touchdown run to make the score 28–7 Rams at the half. In the third quarter, Green's fifth touchdown of the day, a 34-yard touchdown pass to Issac Bruce, made the score 38–17 Rams heading into the fourth quarter.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 12 (Sunday November 19, 2000): vs. Detroit Lions
Without a doubt, the low point of the Giants' season was their Week 12 loss to the Detroit Lions, a game that was nowhere close to being as competitive as the final score indicated.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 12 (Sunday November 19, 2000): vs. Detroit Lions
After a scoreless first quarter, the second quarter was a Lions onslaught. Lions quarterback Charlie Batch found tight end Walter Rasby for a 5-yard touchdown to make the score 7–0. After kick returner Desmond Howard returned the punt on the Giants' ensuing drive 50 yards, running back James Stewart ran in for a one-yard touchdown plunge to make the score 14–0 Lions.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 12 (Sunday November 19, 2000): vs. Detroit Lions
With less than 50 seconds to go in the half, punter Brad Maynard's punt was blocked, and the Lions capitalized with Batch finding veteran receiver Herman Moore for a 6-yard touchdown to make the score 21–0 Detroit at the half. Even when the Giants appeared to make good plays, they were stymied by a penalty or turnover. In the quarter, Tiki Barber returned a punt 67 yards in order to give the Giants great field position, but the play was called back due to a holding penalty by Bashir Levingston. Later in the quarter, Levingston fumbled a kickoff return. Head coach Jim Fassel was so enraged by Levingston's poor play that he cut him just one day after the game, making this his final NFL game.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 12 (Sunday November 19, 2000): vs. Detroit Lions
In the third quarter, Charlie Batch hit receiver Johnnie Morton, who outran Jason Sehorn to the end zone for a 32-yard touchdown to make it 28–0. As if being outrun for the touchdown wasn't enough, Sehorn's pants were falling down on the play. While the Giants did score three touchdowns later in the game, no one was fooled as the game had long been decided.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 12 (Sunday November 19, 2000): vs. Detroit Lions
While the Giants were still 7–4 and a half-game behind the division lead, many critics began to relentlessly attack the team for their poor performance (particularly regarding this game), and questioned whether or not they had the ability to even make the playoffs after a 7–2 start. The loss also put Jim Fassel on an even hotter seat, as he needed to get his team to the playoffs in order to save his job in the final year of his contract.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 13 (Sunday November 26, 2000): at Arizona Cardinals
The first game for the Giants after Jim Fassel's guarantee was this Sunday night clash against the Arizona Cardinals, who were playing with backup quarterback Dave Brown starting in place of the injured Jake Plummer.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 13 (Sunday November 26, 2000): at Arizona Cardinals
After two straight poor performances, the Giants dominated the entire game. In the first quarter, Kerry Collins found Dan Campbell for a 5-yard touchdown to open the scoring. A Ron Dayne touchdown made the score 14–0 Giants at the half. In the second half Tiki Barber also added a touchdown with a 23-yard run, and even wide receiver Amani Toomer scored a rushing touchdown on a 19-yard reverse.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 13 (Sunday November 26, 2000): at Arizona Cardinals
Defensive tackle Keith Hamilton had a particularly outstanding day for the Giants with 3 sacks.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 14 (Sunday December 3, 2000): at Washington Redskins
The Giants then went to Maryland to take on the Redskins in a game with huge playoff implications for both teams. While the Giants were trying to keep pace with the division-leading Eagles, Washington was in a must-win situation. After a 6–2 start, they had lost 3 of their previous 4 games, including a close loss to the Eagles at home after kicker Eddie Murray had missed a potential game-tying field goal.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 14 (Sunday December 3, 2000): at Washington Redskins
A very evenly matched game ensued. The Giants led 6–0 at halftime after Brad Daluiso kicked two field goals in the second quarter. In the third quarter, Daluiso added another field goal to make the score 9–0 heading into the final quarter. After Washington quarterback Brad Johnson was intercepted twice in the second half with his second interception being thrown to Giants corner Emmanuel McDaniel with 12:22 remaining, Johnson was benched and replaced with Jeff George, one of owner Daniel Snyder's high-priced free-agent acquisitions in the offseason.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 14 (Sunday December 3, 2000): at Washington Redskins
George started by leading a 97-yard drive, capped off by a touchdown pass to Irving Fryar to narrow the score to 9–7. The Giants got the ball back and attempted to run out the clock, but the Redskins' defense shut down the Giants' running game and forced them to punt. The situation appeared to look bleak for the Giants as George led the Redskins to the Giants' 35 yard line, near position for a game-winning field goal with 1:26 to go.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 14 (Sunday December 3, 2000): at Washington Redskins
With the aid of an overturned non-catch by James Thrash, the Giants finally held, forcing a 4th down with 56 seconds left. Washington called their final timeout and sent out 44-year old Eddie Murray to attempt a game-winning field goal, but his attempt was short and not even close to reaching the crossbar.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 14 (Sunday December 3, 2000): at Washington Redskins
This loss played a key role in the Redskins' failing to reach the postseason despite a 6–2 start and considerable preseason hype regarding their free-agent signings. The next day, Dan Snyder fired head coach Norv Turner and named Terry Robiskie the interim head coach, ushering in a five-year stretch where the team would have five head coaches in five years.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 14 (Sunday December 3, 2000): at Washington Redskins
On the other hand, the Giants were now at 9–4 and in first place in the NFC East due to the Eagles' loss to the Titans.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 15 (Sunday December 10, 2000): vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Giants returned home after their big win over Washington and blew out the Steelers in a game that could have been even worse than the final score indicated.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 15 (Sunday December 10, 2000): vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
The Giants took a 6–0 lead early in the game. During one of the field goal-scoring drives, Kerry Collins appeared to throw a touchdown to Ike Hilliard (back in the lineup after being injured in the Detroit game), but the refs correctly ruled that Hilliard had been out of bounds before he made the catch. Later in the second quarter, in a role reversal, the Giants used Tiki Barber at the goal line rather than Ron Dayne, and he went inside for a 3-yard touchdown to make the score 13–3 at the half.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 15 (Sunday December 10, 2000): vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Ike Hilliard eventually did get in the end zone with a 9-yard touchdown pass from Kerry Collins, and the score was 20–3 Giants. On the last play of the third quarter, Collins found Hilliard again, and he cut to the middle of the field appearing to be off for a 66-yard touchdown, but Steelers safety Ainsley Battles somehow made the tackle at the 7 yard line after being blocked by fullback Greg Comella, and the Giants settled for a field goal to make it 23–3 early in the fourth quarter.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 15 (Sunday December 10, 2000): vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
With one more chance to stay in the game due to Battles's touchdown-saving tackle, the Steelers drove to the Giants' 2 yard line, but defensive tackle Cedric Jones sacked Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart on 3rd down, then on 4th down Stewart was intercepted by Reggie Stephens to effectively end any hope the Steelers had. Collins then drove the Giants down the field and threw an insurance touchdown to Amani Toomer to make the score 30–3 with less than 3 minutes remaining.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 15 (Sunday December 10, 2000): vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Kerry Collins went 24 of 35 for 333 yards and 3 touchdowns, while Amani Toomer added 9 receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown. The Giants defense held the Steelers to 47 yards rushing.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 16 (Sunday December 17, 2000): at Dallas Cowboys
The Giants were expected to win easily in this Sunday night matchup with the Cowboys, but instead the game turned into a hard-fought victory.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 16 (Sunday December 17, 2000): at Dallas Cowboys
To the surprise of many, the first half was all Cowboys. Emmitt Smith ran in for a 1-yard touchdown to make it 7–0 Cowboys, then Cowboys kicker Tim Seder added two field goals to make the score 13–0 Dallas at the half. But the Giants turned the tables in the second half. In the third quarter, Kerry Collins threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Amani Toomer to make the score 13–7. Then in the fourth quarter, an interception by Emmanuel McDaniel set up a Tiki Barber 13 yard touchdown to give the Giants their first lead of the day, 14–13. With less than 2 minutes remaining, a fourth-down stop by Micheal Barrow effectively ended the Cowboys' chance for an upset win.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 16 (Sunday December 17, 2000): at Dallas Cowboys
The Giants held the Cowboys to just 145 yards of total offense with Michael Strahan registering 2.5 sacks.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 16 (Sunday December 17, 2000): at Dallas Cowboys
This win clinched the division for the Giants, who were 11–4 and held the tiebreaker over the 10–5 Eagles due to having swept them on the season. As a result, coach Jim Fassel's guarantee had been validated.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 17 (Saturday December 23, 2000): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With the Giants holding the tiebreaker over the Vikings due to better divisional record, a win in their Week 17 game against future coach Tom Coughlin's Jaguars on a Saturday afternoon would clinch home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 17 (Saturday December 23, 2000): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
The game started relatively slowly. At the end of three quarters the Jaguars led 10–7. Tiki Barber had run for the opening score to make it 7–0 Giants, but the Jaguars answered with running back Fred Taylor rushing for a 44-yard touchdown. However, in the fourth quarter, a defensive battle turned into a shootout. With 11:11 to go, Kerry Collins found Ike Hilliard for a 5-yard touchdown pass that allowed the Giants to regain the lead, 14–10.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 17 (Saturday December 23, 2000): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Later in the quarter, Collins hit Amani Toomer for a 54-yard touchdown to make the score 21–10 with 3:05 to go and seemingly clinch the game. However, the Jaguars were not done. Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell drove the Jags down the field and threw a touchdown pass to tight end Kyle Brady with 1:56 to go, and the two-point conversion made the score 21–18.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 17 (Saturday December 23, 2000): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Because they needed another score, the Jaguars attempted an onside kick, but it backfired as Jason Sehorn recovered the ball before it went 10 yards and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown to make it 28–18. Needing two scores again, Brunell drove the Jags for another touchdown, this one to Alvis Whitted, to make the score 28–25 with just 19 seconds remaining. Jags kicker Mike Hollis attempted another onside kick, which was recovered again by Sehorn.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 17 (Saturday December 23, 2000): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Kerry Collins was 22 of 39 for 321 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 1 interception. Amani Toomer had an outstanding day, catching 8 balls for 193 yards and a touchdown.


2000 New York Giants season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 17 (Saturday December 23, 2000): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With this win, the Giants earned home-field advantage and a first round bye.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason
In the divisional playoffs, the Giants defeated MVP runner-up Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles 20–10, in which rookie WR Ron Dixon returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and Jason Sehorn intercepted a McNabb pass for a touchdown. The win was the third by the Giants over the Eagles for the season.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason
In the NFC Championship against the favored Minnesota Vikings, Kerry Collins threw five TDs (including two to Ike Hilliard) as they progressed to the franchise's 3rd Super Bowl by demolishing Minnesota 41–0. Combined with the Giants only other NFC championship game played at home (1986), the Giants have outscored their two opponents 58–0 in home NFC championship games.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason
In the Super Bowl, playing against arguably the greatest defense in history, the Giants were dominated and lost Super Bowl XXXV 34–7 against the Baltimore Ravens. Kerry Collins threw four interceptions, including one that was returned for a TD; the Giants scored their only touchdown with a Ron Dixon 97-yd second-half kickoff return. It was the Giants' only Super Bowl loss.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, Divisional Round (Sunday January 7th, 2001): vs. Philadelphia Eagles
After a first-round bye, the Giants hosted the Eagles in the divisional round, with the winner taking on the Vikings in the NFC Championship. The pressure was on the Giants in this one. While the Giants had swept the Eagles in the regular season, the Eagles had finished 6–1 after their second loss, and had just dominated the Bucs in the first round. In a largely ugly game where both teams committed three turnovers apiece, two big plays by the Giants would be the difference.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, Divisional Round (Sunday January 7th, 2001): vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Giants won the toss and elected to receive. Ron Dixon fielded the opening kickoff and blew past the entire Eagles coverage unit untouched for a 97-yard kickoff return touchdown. On the first play of the second quarter, Brad Daluiso's field goal made the score 10–0 Giants. Late in the second quarter, the Eagles had the ball deep in their own territory, attempting to begin a two-minute drill to change the game. Donovan McNabb dropped back and threw an out pattern to receiver Torrance Small when Jason Sehorn jumped in front of the pass and broke it up. While he dove, the ball stayed in the air, and Sehorn got back up and intercepted the pass, returning it 32 yards for a touchdown. A field goal by David Akers made the score 17–3 Giants at the half.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, Divisional Round (Sunday January 7th, 2001): vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Hardly any notable plays occurred in the second half as both teams struggled to move the ball. The Eagles scored their only touchdown late in the game, when the Eagles blocked a punt to set up a 10-yard touchdown pass from Donovan McNabb to Torrance Small with 1:56 left. But the game had long been decided by this point.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, Divisional Round (Sunday January 7th, 2001): vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Giants held the Eagles to just 186 yards of total offense. Donovan McNabb, who had finished second in MVP voting for the 2000 season, was held to completing less than half his pass attempts (20–41) and just 17 yards rushing. Michael Strahan led the defense with 2 sacks as the defense sacked McNabb 6 times.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
In order to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XXXV, the Giants would battle it out against the Minnesota Vikings, who finished the regular season 11–5 and featured a high-flying offense featuring first-year starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper, running back Robert Smith, wide receivers Randy Moss and Cris Carter, and tackles Korey Stringer and Todd Steussie.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
Although they had lost their final three regular season games and had finished 28th in the league in total defense, as well as the fact that they would have to play outdoors in a cold-weather city on grass, the Vikings were favored to defeat the Giants and represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, with nearly all football analysts predicting the Vikings to win. These same critics claimed that in order for the Giants to win, they would have to rely heavily on the ground game to control the clock and keep the Vikings' offense off the field.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
However, the Giants were planning a completely different game. Offensive Coordinator Sean Payton studied footage of the Vikings' defense and was so appalled at their secondary (particularly starting corners Robert Tate and Wassawa Serwanga) that he boldly stated at the Giants' first meeting before the game that they would throw for over 300 yards in the first half. This set the stage for one of the most lopsided games in NFC Championship history.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Giants won the toss and elected to receive, and immediately picked the Vikings' secondary apart. Kerry Collins began the game by hitting Amani Toomer, who had hardly practiced all week due to an injury, on a slant pattern for 16 yards. After a 10-yard pass to Toomer and a running play, Collins found a wide-open Ike Hilliard on a four verticals play for a 46-yard touchdown, making the score 7–0 just five plays into the game. On the ensuing kickoff, Brad Daluiso's kick was poor, but Vikings running back Moe Williams misplayed the ball and fumbled.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings had first shot at the ball, but the Giants' Lyle West recovered the ball at the Vikings' 18 yard line. On the very next play, Collins went for the end zone again for seldom-used fullback Greg Comella, and Comella caught the pass while falling into the end zone for another Giants touchdown. Just 2:13 into the game, the Giants led 14–0.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings' two best chances to score came later in the first quarter. Troy Walters returned the ensuing kickoff 24 yards to give the Vikings good field position at the 39 yard line, but a false start penalty pushed them out of field goal range and they punted. On the next drive, Kerry Collins threw an interception to Robert Tate, and the Vikings attempted to capitalize with Daunte Culpepper throwing to the end zone, but Emmanuel McDaniel stole the pass from Carter for an interception.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
After another Collins interception, the Giants got back to work. Brad Daluiso kicked a field goal to make the score 17–0 in the first play of the second quarter. On the Giants' next drive, a 43-yard pass to Ron Dixon set up an 8-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jurevicius to make the score 24–0. Another Brad Daluiso field goal made the score 27–0, and then Collins found Hilliard for the second time for a touchdown with 12 seconds to go in the half to make the score 34–0 Giants at the half. True to Sean Payton's word, Collins had over 300 yards passing by this point.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
On the first play from scrimmage in the second half, Shaun Williams sacked Daunte Culpepper and forced him to fumble, and the ball was recovered by Cornelius Griffin at the Vikings' 29 yard line. Kerry Collins then found Amani Toomer in the back of the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown to complete the scoring, 41–0.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
Because the game was so lopsided, hardly any notable plays or events occurred after this. With the game having long been decided, both backup quarterback and longtime Cowboy Jason Garrett and seldom-used running back Joe Montgomery got extensive playing time in the fourth quarter, with Garrett completing his only pass attempt of the season. Frustration on the Vikings' side boiled over with Troy Walters being ejected for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty late in the third quarter.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Giants completely dominated on both sides of the ball, outgaining the Vikings 518–114. They outgained the Vikings 380–60 in net passing and held the ball for 42:22 to 17:38 for the Vikings.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
Kerry Collins went 28 of 39 for 381 yards and 5 touchdowns. Although he also threw 2 interceptions, it hardly mattered as the Vikings converted neither of them into points. It is considered by many to be his single greatest game during his NFL career, which spanned 17 seasons with 6 different teams. Ike Hilliard caught 10 passes for 155 yards and 2 touchdowns.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
On defense, the Giants completely shut down the Vikings' star players. Daunte Culpepper was held to just 78 yards passing with 3 interceptions, Randy Moss was held to 2 catches for 18 yards, and Cris Carter was held to 3 catches for 24 yards.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
This was Vikings running back Robert Smith's final NFL game, as he retired in the offseason. It was also Vikings left tackle Korey Stringer's final game in the NFL, as he died from heatstroke during the Vikings' 2001 training camp. The NFC Championship loss sent the Vikings into a tailspin over the next two seasons, with the team going just 11–21 during that span.


2000 New York Giants season, Postseason, Game Summaries, NFC Championship (Sunday January 14th, 2001): vs. Minnesota Vikings
With this win, the Giants earned the right to go to Super Bowl XXXV two weeks later in Tampa. After this game concluded, the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Raiders in Oaklandto earn the right to face the Giants. The Giants would once again be underdogs against the Ravens' dominant defense in their quest for a Super Bowl championship.


2000 New York Jets season
The 2000 New York Jets season was the 41st season for the team, and the 31st in the National Football League. It was also their first under the ownership of Woody and Christopher Johnson, who purchased the team in January 2000 from the estate of former owner Leon Hess.


2000 New York Jets season
The team tried to improve upon its 8–8 record from 1999 under new head coach Al Groh, who became the successor for Bill Parcells after Bill Belichick abruptly resigned to take the same position with the New England Patriots. Although they managed to finish one game better than they had in 1999, their 9–7 record (including three losses to close the year) was not enough to make the playoffs.


2000 New York Jets season
Shortly after the season ended, Groh resigned as coach to take the head coaching position at the University of Virginia, his alma mater. Shortly after that, Parcells stepped down as Director of Football Operations and retired from football. Like his previous retirement, it proved only temporary and Parcells was back in the NFL in 2003 as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.


2000 New York Jets season, Regular season, Schedule
The Jets were ranked 12th in the NFL in total offense and finished tied with Philadelphia for 10th in total defense.


2000 New York Liberty season
The 2000 WNBA season was the fourth season for the New York Liberty. The team reached the WNBA Finals for the third time, but they were swept by the Houston Comets.


2000 New York Liberty season, Offseason, Expansion Draft
The team lost Sophia Witherspoon and Ciquese Washington to the Seattle Storm and the Portland Fire, respectively.


2000 New York Mets season
The New York Mets' 2000 season was the 39th regular season for the Mets. They went 94–68 and finished 2nd in the NL East, but earned the NL Wild Card. They made it to the World Series where they were defeated by their crosstown rival the New York Yankees. They were managed by Bobby Valentine. They played home games at Shea Stadium.


2000 New York Mets season, Regular season
The Mets played in the first game held outside of North America on Opening Day, March 29. The Mets played the Chicago Cubs in front of over 55,000 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The Cubs won the game by a score of 5-3.


2000 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2000 New York Underground Film Festival
These are the films shown at the 7th New York Underground Film Festival, held from March 8–14, 2000.


2000 New York Yankees season
The New York Yankees' 2000 season was the 98th season for the Yankees in New York, and their 100th overall going back to their origins in Baltimore. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The team finished 1st in the AL East with a record of 87–74, 2.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox, after losing 15 of their final 18 games, including their last 7. Despite having the lowest winning percentage of any postseason qualifier in 2000, the Yankees won the World Series over the New York Mets in 5 games to win their 26th World Series title. They are, as of 2021, the last team to win World Series titles in consecutive years.


2000 New York Yankees season, Season summary, September
On September 28, 2000, the Yankees played the Devil Rays at Tampa Bay. In the top of the 2nd inning, Jose Canseco was walked. Tino Martinez then hit a double to center field. The ball was fielded by Gerald Williams and relayed to Mike DiFelice. He tagged Jose Canseco at the plate and proceeded to tag out Tino Martinez who was running right behind Canseco. Mike DiFelice tagged both runners out at the plate.


2000 New York Yankees season, Season summary, September
The Yankees only played 161 games because they had a game rained out against the Florida Marlins that was not made up due to scheduling constraints and lack of playoff implications.


2000 New York Yankees season, Season summary, Opening Day starters
2B Chuck KnoblauchSS Derek JeterLF Shane spencerCFRicky Ledee1B Tino MartinezRF Paul O'NeillC Jorge Posada3B Scott BrosiusDH Bernie Williams


2000 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2000 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 2000 New Zealand Grand Prix event for open wheel racing cars was held at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Auckland on 2 December 2000. It was the forty-sixth New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Formula Holden cars. The event was also the final race of the 2000 Tasman Cup. It would prove to be the final race in the revived Tasman Series established in 1998 for Formula Holden. No 2001 series followed.


2000 New Zealand Grand Prix
The race was won by New Zealand driver Andy Booth driving a Reynard 95D belonging to the Arthur Abrahams-run NRC International. Booth's team mate Matt Halliday finished second ahead of Australian driver Paul Dumbrell finished third.


2000 New Zealand NBL season
The 2000 NBL season was the 19th season of the National Basketball League. Only one change occurred heading into the 2000 season, with the Hawke's Bay Hawks returning to the league after a one-year hiatus to replace the outgoing Taranaki, who withdrew due to financial concerns. Palmerston North were also on the brink of collapse, but they secured a sponsorship deal at the last minute to ensure their participation. The Auckland Rebels won the championship in 2000 to claim their seventh league title.


2000 New Zealand National Soccer League
The 2000 New Zealand National Club Championship, also known, due to naming-rights sponsorship, as the Ansett National Club Championship was the inaugural season of a nationwide club competition in New Zealand football. It replaced the 1999 New Zealand island soccer leagues and was a re-formed version of the national soccer league which had been run from 1970 to 1992. The competition was won by Napier City Rovers.


2000 New Zealand National Soccer League
The league was played during winter, with matches played from March to August, and was run in two stages. In the first stage, each team in the ten-team league played every other team home and away. In the second stage, the top four teams entered a knockout competition, with second place playing third place in one match and first playing fourth in the other, with home advantage being decided by final league position. The winners of these two semi-finals then contested the national final.


2000 New Zealand National Soccer League
A non-standard points allocation system was used in the 2000 league. Although three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss, a bonus point was also awarded if a team scored four or more goals in a match. This bonus point system was abandoned before the 2001 league season.


2000 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion and relegation
Ten teams took part in the 2000 league. These were the seven highest-ranked teams from the 1999 North Island Soccer League and the three highest-ranked teams from the 1999 South Island Soccer League.


2000 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion and relegation
Two new teams took part who had not been part of the 1999 season. University-Mount Wellington were a team formed from the merger of the Auckland University and Mount Wellington teams and Christchurch City was a similar merger between Woolston WMC and Christchurch Technical. City only lasted two seasons before reverting to its two founding clubs. Note: They should not be confused with the earlier Christchurch City AFC who merged with other teams in 1970 to form Christchurch United.


2000 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion and relegation
Nelson Suburbs withdrew at the end of the 2000 season, and Metro, who finished last, took place in a play-off series with the winners of the northern, central, and southern regional leagues.


2000 New Zealand National Soccer League, Finals, Semi-finals
* Napier City Rovers beat Dunedin Technical on penalties (4-3). However, the rules for the competition decreed that the game should have been decided on the golden goal rule in extra time. The referee was unaware of this rule and allowed play to continue after Dunedin Technical took the lead. Given that either team could claim victory (one by the rules as enforced and one by the rules as they should have been enforced), a replay was ordered.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season
The 2000 New Zealand rugby league season was the 93rd season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the inaugural season of the Bartercard Cup competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The Canterbury Bulls won the Cup by defeating the Otahuhu Leopards 38–24 in the Grand Final.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand national rugby league team did not play any test matches in New Zealand in 2000, losing the ANZAC Test 0–52 in Sydney and then heading to Europe in October for the 2000 World Cup. They lost to Australia 12–40 in the final of the World Cup.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Coached by Frank Endacott New Zealands World Cup squad included; captain Richie Barnett, Richie Blackmore, Tonie Carroll, Nathan Cayless, Brian Jellick, Stacey Jones, Stephen Kearney, Ali Lauitiiti, Tasesa Lavea, Henry and Robbie Paul, Quentin Pongia, Tony Puletua, Matt Rua, Richard Swain, Logan Swann, Willie Talau, David Vaealiki, Joe and Nigel Vagana, Lesley Vainikolo and Ruben Wiki. Craig Smith, Jason Lowrie, David Kidwell and Tyran Smith all played in the ANZAC Test but did not make the World Cup squad.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand Māori side also participated in the World Cup, losing to Samoa and Ireland but defeating Scotland. Earlier in the year they had participated in a three match series against Fiji, defeating them 3–0. New Zealand Māori were coached by Cameron Bell and included Billy Weepu, Hare Te Rangi, Steve Berryman, Boycie Nelson, Solomon Kiri and Doc Murray.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The World Cup squad was captained by Tawera Nikau and included Alex Chan, Jamie Cookthcote, Luke Goodwin, Terry Hermansson, Sean Hoppe, David Kidwell, Toa Kohe-Love, Wairangi Koopu, Kylie Leuluai, Odell Manuel, Martin Moana, Jared Mills, Chris Nahi, Boycie Nelson, Gene Ngamu, Henry Perenara, Paul Rauhihi, Tahi Reihana, Jeremy Smith, Tyran Smith, Clinton Toopi, Paul Whatuira and Hare Te Rangi.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand Residents toured Australia twice, conducting a three match tour in July and then returning to play Australia in October. The Residents defeated Victoria 64-0 and Dubbo Combined 82-10 before losing to Sydney Metropolitan 24–22. The Residents were coached by Gerard Stokes and included players such as; Lusi Sione, Motu Tony, captain Esau Mann, Paul and David Fisiiahi, Boycie Nelson, George Tuakura, Hare Te Rangi, Phillip Leuluai, Ben Lythe, Peter Lewis, Solomon Kiri, Jonathan Smith, Anthony Seu Seu and Shane Beyers. Aaron Whittaker was the team trainer. The Residents teams were selected by Stokes, John Ackland and Dominic Clarke.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Residents then returned to play Australia in Gosford in October. The Residents had a weakened team, as World Cup sides such as Cook Islands, Western Samoa and Tonga had first call on players. In front of 16,200 fans Australia won 108–0.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Auckland played a home and away series with the Cook Islands in October. The series replaced a planned two-match tour of Fiji in June which was cancelled following the coup d'état. Dominic Clark coached the Auckland team.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Kiwi Ferns competed in the first Women's World Cup, winning the tournament by defeating Great Britain 26–4 in the final.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup
Taranaki defended the Rugby League Cup by defeating Northland 28–22 on 3 September.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Cup
The 2000 Bartercard Cup was the inaugural season of the Bartercard Cup competition run by the New Zealand Rugby League. The competition was the first large scale attempt to replace the Lion Red Cup and involved eight Auckland Rugby League clubs and four regional teams. Eventual winners Canterbury were the only full provincial side in the competition. Waikato were the surprise omission.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Cup, The Playoffs
This was the only year in the eight years of the competition that two sides from outside of Auckland made the playoffs. The two teams, the Cantebury Bulls and the Wainuiomata Lions, met in the Preliminary Final with Canterbury prevailing 36–6.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Bartercard Cup, Grand Final
Canterbury won $50,000 prize money for winning, with Otahuhu receiving $30,000. The curtain raiser was between New Zealand Students and Great Britain Students.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, North Island Second Division
An Auckland side consisting of Fox Memorial players dominated the North Island Second Division competition, winning all six matches. The team was coached by Del Hughes and included Tevita Latu. Auckland defeated Coastline, Wellington, Manawatu, Taranaki, Northland and Waikato.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Mainland Super 10
A Mainland Super 10 competition was held between Canterbury Rugby League clubs and the South Island provincial teams. The teams involved included the Tasman Orcas (featuring coach Paul Bergman and player Phil Bergman), Otago Storm, the West Coast Chargers and from Canterbury: the Haswell Hornets (who included Mike Dorreen, Glenn Coughlan and Aaron Whittaker), Hornby Panthers (including Corey Lawrie), Eastern Sea Eagles, Papanui Tigers, Sydenham Swans, Riccarton Knights and Linwood Kews.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Mainland Super 10
Team Mainland Super 10 "dream team" was: Warren Donaldson (West Coast), Eddie Hei Hei (Papanui), Joe Fatuleai (Eastern), Clinton Fraser (Tasman), Linkoln Newson (Hornby), Phil Bergman (Tasman), Aaron Whittaker (Halswell), Danny Champion (Halswell), Leon Stone (Papanui), Vince Whare (Riccarton), Riki Ashwell (Otago), Tim Sione (Hornby), Brad Williams (Halswell).


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Mainland Super 10
Tasman and Hornby made the final after they defeated Easts 51-36 and Halswell 20-14 respectively. Tasman won the inaugural season's championship by defeating Horby 20–0 in the Grand Final.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, Australian competitions
The Auckland Warriors competed in the National Rugby League competition. They finished 13th out of 14 teams and failed to make the playoffs.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Otahuhu Leopards won the Fox Memorial, despite also fielding a Bartercard Cup side. They defeated Richmond 21–14 in the grand final. Richmond won the Rukutai Shield (minor premiership). Richmond included Tevita Latu and Daniel Vasau, who won the Best and Fairest award.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Wellington
The Wellington City Council announces that Rugby League Park will be shared by the Wellington Rugby League and the Wellington Rugby Union, following the sale of Athletic Park.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
Turangawaewae won the 2000 Waikato Rugby League competition, defeating the Hamilton City Tigers.


2000 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The Waitara Bears defeated Marist 24–12 in the Taranaki Rugby League grand final.


2000 New Zealand rugby union tour of France and Italy
The 2000 New Zealand rugby union tour of Japan and Europe was a series of matches played in November 2000 in Japan and Europe by New Zealand national rugby union team.


2000 New Zealand rugby union tour of France and Italy
It was a double tour because, while the All Blacks, the "New Zealand A" (at those time not called as "Junior All Blacks", name used for Under 23 side) toured also.


2000 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.


2000 Next Generation Adelaide International – Doubles
Gustavo Kuerten and Nicolás Lapentti were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


2000 Next Generation Adelaide International – Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title, defeating Lleyton Hewitt and Sandon Stolle 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2000 Nicaragua earthquake
The 2000 Nicaragua earthquake occurred at 19:30 UTC on July 6. It had a magnitude of 5.4 on the moment magnitude scale and caused 7 deaths and 42 injuries. 357 houses were destroyed and 1,130 others were damaged in the earthquake.


2000 Nicaragua earthquake, Tectonic setting
The Pacific coast of Nicaragua lies above the convergent plate boundary where the Cocos Plate is subducting beneath the Caribbean Plate, at a rate of 83 mm per year. The direction of convergence is significantly oblique to the plate boundary, leading to an element of left lateral strike-slip movement within the overriding plate. Unlike the obliquely convergent boundary in Sumatra, where the strike-slip element is accommodated by displacement along the trench parallel Great Sumatran fault, no major NW-SE trending fault structure is known in Nicaragua. The most commonly mapped faults are SW-NE trending left lateral in type.


2000 Nicaragua earthquake, Tectonic setting
The focal mechanisms of earthquakes in this part of Nicaragua are consistent with both orientations of faulting, due to the ambiguity inherent in interpreting the active fault planes for strike-slip events. The SW-NE faulting is thought to represent so-called "bookshelf faulting", which accommodates the oblique movement along the plate boundary, combined with clockwise rotation of the intervening blocks.


2000 Nicaragua earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake was preceded by a magnitude 2.0 foreshock, occurring one minute earlier. The mainshock was followed by many aftershocks, including a magnitude 5.2 event on July 7. The aftershocks had almost died away when, on July 25, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake occurred to the northwest of the July 6 event, with its own short aftershock sequence. The mainshock had a focal mechanism consistent with left lateral faulting on a fault plane striking SSW-NNE and dipping steeply to the ESE. Surface ruptures associated with this earthquake sequence near Laguna de Apoyo and Masaya were mainly orientated SW-NE matching the inferred fault orientation. The perceived shaking reached between VII to VIII on the Mercalli intensity scale close to Laguna de Apoyo and up to VI in Managua and Masaya.


2000 Nicaragua earthquake, Damage
The mainshock caused widespread damage in the epicentral area, particularly near the northern rim of Laguna de Apoyo, causing the deaths of 7 people and injuring another 42. A total of 357 houses were destroyed with a further 1,130 damaged by the earthquake. Most of the houses in the affected area were of poor construction, typical for rural parts of Nicaragua. The strongest of the aftershocks caused further damage due to their shallow focal depth.


2000 Nicaragua earthquake, Damage
The shaking caused many landslides, particularly on the slopes of the Laguna de Apoyo crater walls.


2000 Nicholls State Colonels football team
The 2000 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonels were led by second-year head coach Daryl Daye. They played their home games at John L. Guidry Stadium and were a member of the Southland Conference. The Colonels officially finished the season 2–9, 1–6 in Southland play to finish tied for seventh place. The team finished with a record of 1–10, 0–7 in Southland play, but was awarded a forfeit win against Northwestern State because that team used an ineligible player.


2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 51st season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.


2000 Nokia New Zealand Film Awards
The 2000 Nokia New Zealand Film Awards were held on Saturday 1 July 2000 at the St James Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand. The awards were presented by the New Zealand Academy of Film and Television Arts and sponsored by Nokia New Zealand. This year saw the introduction of the $5000 Nokia New Zealand Film Awards Scholarship.


2000 Nokia New Zealand Film Awards, Nominees and Winners
Prizes were awarded in 19 categories with two special prizes - the Rudall Hayward Award (lifetime achievement) and the Nokia NZ Filmmaker's Scholarship. Student thriller Scarfies dominated the awards, winning six out of its 12 nominated categories.


2000 Nordic Figure Skating Championships
The 2000 Nordic Figure Skating Championships were held on March 3–5, 2000 at the Stavanger Ishall in Stavanger, Norway. The competition was open to elite figure skaters from Nordic countries. Skaters competed in two disciplines, men's singles and ladies' singles, across two levels: senior (Olympic-level) and junior.


2000 Norfolk County municipal election
The first municipal election in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada in the year 2000 was the first one as a single-tier municipality.


2000 Norfolk County municipal election
Rita Kalmbach defeated the former Simcoe mayor Rick Kolwasky and another rival candidate by the name of Dennis Travale (who would eventually win the 2006 election) by ensuring the tobacco farmers a future in Norfolk County and the tobacco belt that surrounds it. This election helped to start the transition period from a stagnant agrarian region to a thriving agritourism region. However, the economic boom that Norfolk County experienced in the 2000s was shattered by the Great Recession that came into existence shortly before 2009.


2000 North Carolina Council of State election
The North Carolina Council of State election of 2000 was held on 7 November 2000, to elect the Council of State. On the same day, North Carolina held elections for Governor and for Lieutenant Governor, who also formally sit in the Council of State.


2000 North Carolina Council of State election, Results by office, Commissioner of Labor
Cherie Berry's victory was the first and only win by a Republican for a North Carolina Council of State office (excluding the Governor and Lieutenant Governor) in the 20th century (coming just weeks before the end of the century).


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 7, 2000 to elect all 120 members to North Carolina's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including the Presidency, Governorship, U.S. House of Representatives, Council of State, and state senate. The primary election was held on May 2, 2000.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 1
Incumbent Democrat Bill Owens has represented the 1st district since 1995.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 2
Incumbent Democrat Zeno Edwards has represented the 2nd district since 1993.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 3
Incumbent Democrat Scott Thomas has represented the 3rd district since 1999. He ran successfully for the North Carolina Senate. Democrat Alice Graham Underhill won the open seat, defeating former Representative John M. Nichols.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 4
Incumbent Republican Jean Preston has represented the 4th district since 1993. Incumbent Democrat Ronald Smith has represented the 4th district since 1997. Both were re-elected.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 5
Incumbent Democrat Howard Hunter Jr. has represented the 5th district since 1989.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 6
Incumbent Democrat Gene Rogers has represented the 6th district since 1987.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 7
Incumbent Democrat John Hall has represented the 7th district since his appointment on February 4, 2000. Hall was re-elected to a full term.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 8
Incumbent Democrat Edith Warren has represented the 8th district since 1999


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 9
Incumbent Democrat Marian McLawhorn has represented the 9th district since 1999.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 10
Incumbent Democrat Russell Tucker has represented the 10th district since 1999.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 11
Incumbent Democrat Phil Baddour has represented the 11th district since 1997 and previously from 1993 to 1995.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 12
Incumbent Democrat Nurham Warwick has represented the 12th district since 1997.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 13
Incumbent Republican Danny McComas has represented the 13th district since 1995.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 14
Incumbent Democrats David Redwine, who has represented the 14th district since 1985, and Dewey Hill, who has represented the 14th district since 1992, were re-elected.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 15
Incumbent Republican Sam Ellis has represented the 15th district since 1993.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 16
Incumbent Democrat Douglas Yongue has represented the 16th district since 1993.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 17
Incumbent Democrat Mary McAllister, who has represented the 17th district since 1991, was re-elected. Incumbent Democrat Theodore James Kinney, who has represented the 17th district since 1993, retired. Democrat Marvin Lucas won the open seat.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 18
Incumbent Democrat Bill Hurley, who has represented the 18th district since 1995, was re-elected here. Incumbent Republican Mia Morris, who has represented the 18th district since 1997, was also re-elected.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 1-19, District 19
Incumbent Democrat Leslie Cox, who has represented the 19th district since 1999, was re-elected. Incumbent Republican Don Davis, who has represented the 19th district since 1995, was also re-elected.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 20
Incumbent Republican Billy Creech has represented the 20th district since 1989.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 21
Incumbent Democrat Dan Blue has represented the 21st district since 1981.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 22
Incumbent Democrats Jim Crawford, who has represented the 22nd district since 1995, and Gordon Allen, who has represented the 22nd district since 1997, were re-elected.


2000 North Carolina House of Representatives election, Detailed Results, Districts 20-39, District 23
Incumbent Democrats Paul Luebke, who has represented the 23rd district since 1991, and Mickey Michaux, who has represented the 23rd district since 1985, were re-elected. Incumbent Democrat George W. Miller Jr., who has represented the 23rd district and its predecessors since 1971, lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Paul Miller, who also was elected in the general election.