2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The format of the championship saw the biggest change in over 100 years with the introduction of the All-Ireland qualifiers. This system saw teams who were defeated in the provincial championships enter a secondary championship and the chance to qualify for the All-Ireland series. The Leinster Championship abandoned its group stage and returned to a straight knockout system. London declined to field a team in the championship due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Meath in the All-Ireland semi-final.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
On 23 September 2001, Galway won the championship following an 0-17 to 0-8 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their ninth All-Ireland title and their first in three championship seasons. Galway also became the first county to win the All Ireland by coming through the Qualifiers after losing the Connacht Semi-Final to Roscommon, they beat Wicklow, Armagh and Cork in the Qualifiers where they again met Roscommon in the All Ireland Quarter-Final. This time they got revenge by beating them. Beating Derry in the All Ireland Semi-Final and Meath in the Final to claim their ninth All Ireland Title.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Galway's Pádraic Joyce was the championship's top scorer with 3-45. He was also named as the Texaco Footballer of the Year, while Declan Meehan was chosen as the All Stars Footballer of the Year.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format
The provincial championships in Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht ran as usual on a "knock-out" basis. But for the first time, these provincial games were then followed by the "Qualifier" system:


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format
The Leinster football championship reverts to normal just 1 Round pre to Quarter-Finals.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format
In the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals, each of the four Provincial Champions played one of the four winners from Round 4. The All-Ireland Semi-Finals were determined on a provincial rota basis, initially determined by the Central Council. If a Provincial Championship winning team was defeated in its Quarter-Final, the team that defeats it took its place in the Semi-Final.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, Connacht Senior Football Championship
Due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK, London took no part in the Connacht Senior Football Championship in 2001. The Connacht Council decided to cancel their home Quarter-final game against Mayo.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland series
The provincial champions and the winners of round 4 contested the quarter finals. The quarter final matches would be between a provincial champion and a round 4 winner.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Results, All-Ireland series
Three of the quarter-finals involved teams who had previously met in their respective provinces. The exception was Dublin v Kerry, which in itself was exceptional in that it was held at Semple Stadium in Thurles.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 114th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Galway defeated Meath. Neither side has contested a final since this game.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Competition structure
Each of the 32 traditional counties of Ireland is represented by a county side. Every county, except Kilkenny, participated in the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The "overseas county" of New York also participated, while London played no part in the competition due to the outbreak of Foot-and-mouth disease. Each county in Ireland is located in a province; for the purpose of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, London and New York are located in Connacht. The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship began with the four provincial championships – knock-out competitions between county sides in the same province. The four winners of these championships progressed automatically to the All-Ireland quarter-finals. The sides which did not win a provincial championship entered the All-Ireland qualifiers to determine which other four teams would play in the quarter-finals. New York, however, only competed in the provincial championship.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
The 2001 Championship was the first to feature the qualifying system,  in which sides who had not won their provincial championship competed for the right to join the provincial winners in the "All-Ireland series". Galway, who had lost to Roscommon in the Connacht Championship semi-final, thus became the first side to contest an All-Ireland Final having not won their provincial championship.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Galway had previously contested the final on 21 occasions, winning 8 times (in 1925, 1934, 1938, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1998) and losing on 13 occasions, the most recent of which was the previous year. They were appearing in the final for the third time in four years. Meath had won the title 7 times (in 1949, 1954, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1996 and 1999) and lost on 8 occasions. Manager Seán Boylan had been in charge for 8 of Meath's previous final appearances, including replays.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
The two counties had not played each other in the Championship since 1970, when Meath won by four points. In 1966, the sides contested the final.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
Earlier in 2001, Galway lost the National Football League final against Mayo.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Routes to the final, Galway
Ordinarily, Galway, having lost to Roscommon in the Connacht Championship semi-final, would have played no part in the All-Ireland series as they did not win their provincial championship. However, the introduction of the qualifier system this year gave them a second opportunity to reach the final. The county entered at the second qualifying round, against Wicklow, and with further victories against Armagh and Cork, joined Meath at the quarter-final stage.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Routes to the final, Galway
Going into the final quarter of their semi-final against Derry, Galway were trailing by five points but ultimately won the game 1–14 (17 points) to 1–11 (14 points). Derry had named an unchanged line-up from their quarter-final against Tyrone, while Galway initially did not name anyone at right wing forward as they were waiting on fitness reports on Jarlath Fallon and Paul Clancy; Fallon went on to start the game. Galway were leading 0–05 – 0–4 when Enda Muldoon scored Derry's goal in the 26th minute. Matthew Clancy scored Galway's goal in the 66th minute.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Routes to the final, Meath
Meath won the year's Leinster Championship, by virtue of victories against Westmeath, Kildare and Dublin, to seal their place in the All-Ireland quarter-final.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Routes to the final, Meath
Meath were drawn against Westmeath in the quarter-final and Galway were scheduled to play Roscommon; both of these fixtures were repeats of matches played in the provincial championships. There was no repeat of Galway's earlier defeat as they triumphed 0–14 to 1–05 (8 points) in Castlebar. Westmeath, who had lost to Meath by a single point in the Leinster Championship, were leading Meath by 9 points on 20 minutes but the game eventually finished a 2–12 (18 points) – 3–09 (18 points) draw (Meath score given first). Despite having Hank Traynor sent off, Meath won the replay 2–10 (16 points) – 0–11.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Routes to the final, Meath
Meath reached the final following a 2–14 (20 points) to 0–05 victory against the defending champions Kerry. Kerry, who started the game with all but 2 of the players who won the title the previous year, only managed to score a single point in the second half. Meath's line-up was unchanged from the previous round; only 2 players did not start the 1999 final. John McDermott scored Meath's first goal towards the end of the first half to give his side a 5-point lead at the break.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Routes to the final, Meath
The lead was extended to 11 points following 6 unanswered points at the beginning of the second half. John Cullinane scored Meath's second goal in the 66th minute; an earlier goal was disallowed for an infringement on the square ball rule. Kerry's Éamonn Fitzmaurice was sent off late in the game.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match
Meath were expected to win their eighth All-Ireland senior football title.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match
Galway's hurlers contested the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final on 9 September, but lost to Tipperary. Dual player Alan Kerins, who played in the hurling final, was named as a substitute for the football final. The Galway and Tipperary managers complained about the condition of the Croke Park pitch following the hurling final; a few days later, Croke Park spokesman Danny Lynch stated every effort was being made to prepare the pitch for the football final. The new Hogan Stand of the stadium was under construction at the time.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match
The build-up to the final was overshadowed by the September 11 attacks. The atmosphere in Galway and Meath was more muted than it would normally be leading up to an All-Ireland final.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match
Galway won easily, their second title in four years. At full-time it was Galway 0-17 : 0-08 Meath.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match
In the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Final, held just before the senior game, Tyrone and Dublin drew 0–15 – 1–12.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match
Meath, who announced their starting line-up on their then recently launched website a couple of days before the final, started with the same 15 players who began the semi-final against Kerry. All but two of the side had started the final two years previously; Richie Kealey and Ray Magee replaced Paddy Reynolds and Enda McManus.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Match report
The first half lacked quality play. Both sides scored six points, but also amassed many wides. Galway's Donnellan sent two frees wide.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Match report
Meath's Ollie Murphy was substituted on 45 minutes after breaking a finger. Nigel Nestor was sent off following a second yellow card shortly afterwards, with Meath trailing by two points. In the 59th minute, with the score 0–13 – 0–08, Trevor Giles missed a penalty for Meath. Some commentators suggested John McDermott dived to win the penalty. Padraic Joyce scored ten points for Galway, nine of which came in the second half. Meath's full-forwards had little of the ball - they only amassed 2 wides during the game and only scored two points in the second half.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The Galway side returned to the county the day after the final. They made appearances in Ballinasloe, Tuam and Galway city, where a civic reception was held, to greet fans. The city's mayor, Donal Lyons, said Galway people across the world were proud when watching the side. More than 10,000 fans gathered in Tuam.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 114th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Galway 2-18 to 2-15 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Fixtures, Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Desipte the Foot and Mouth and London withdraw from the football championship they remained in the Hurling championship at the time.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match that took place on Sunday, 9 September 2001. The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, to determine the winner of the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The final was contested by Tipperary and Galway, with Tipperary winning on a score line of 2-18 to 2-15. It was their first All-Ireland title since 1991.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Overview
Sunday 9 September was the date of the All-Ireland senior hurling final between Tipperary and Galway. Tipperary last appeared in the championship decider in 1997 when they were defeated by Clare in the first all-Munster All-Ireland final. It was ten years since Tipp last win the title. Galway last saw action on All-Ireland hurling final day in 1993 when they went down to Kilkenny. They last captured the Liam MacCarthy Cup in 1988 when they defeated Tipperary. Both Tipperary and Galway last met in the All-Ireland quarter-final in 2000 when Galway emerged victorious.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
At 3:30pm match referee Pat O’Connor threw-in the sliothar and the game was on. Both sides recorded an early wide as Tipperary’s Lar Corbett and Galway’s Alan Kerins both failed to hit the target in the opening exchanges. The first score of the day came from the Tipp captain Tommy Dunne who sent the sliothar between the posts from out wide on the left in the third minute. Eoin Kelly converted a free soon afterwards to give Tipperary a two-point cushion over Galway.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Eugene Cloonan sent over another wide for Galway with his first attempt, however, his club mate Joe Rabbitte fought off two Tipp opponents to open Galway’s scoring account in the sixth minute. Galway were dominant throughout the next passage of play, however, their superiority in the possession stakes was not converted into scores as a series of poor wides resulted in Tipp still holding their lead. Soon after this Eoin Kelly sent the sliothar over the crossbar again to score his second point of the day from a free. He later tapped over his first point from play from an acute angle before scoring another free to give Tipp a 0-5 to 0-1 lead.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Eugene Cloonan began the fight back for Galway and sent over the Galway teams’ second point of the day. This was cancelled out almost immediately when Tommy Dunne stretched his sides lead once again. Galway’s forwards were having an off day as they hit six wides in all over the course of the first twenty minutes. A five-minute spell soon after the twenty-minute mark saw a glut of scores being recorded. Mark O'Leary gave Tipperary a huge boost when he received a pass from Declan Ryan and sent the sliothar crashing to the net.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Galway responded immediately and a Eugene Cloonan free ate into Tipp’s lead once again. Eoin Kelly continued his deadly accuracy as a free taker when he converted another point after a Galway transgression. Just when it looked as if Tipp were going to run away with the game goalkeeper Brendan Cummins saved a shot from Alan Kerins from point-blank range, however, the sliothar wasn’t cleared and fell to Eugene Cloonan who slotted it into the net.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Captain Tommy Dunne gave Tipperary a four-point cushion shortly afterwards when he landed a 65-metre free before John Carroll added another Tipperary point on the stroke of the twenty-sixth minute. Eoin Kelly sent over his fifth point of the day when he converted another free before Kevin Broderick registered a fine point for the Galway men. Fergal Healy reduced the deficit even further when he deftly flicked the sliothar over the crossbar. Broderick added another point shortly afterwards to give the Galway fight back some momentum. Eugene Cloonan was able to tack on another point for Galway just before the break, leaving the Galway men trailing by 1-9 to 1-7 at the break. Galway were still in the game in spite of hitting nine wides over the opening thirty-five minutes.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Tipp got the first score of the second-half when Mark O’Leary exposed the Galway defence by dribbling the sliothar along the ground all the way to the net for his second goal. Eugene Cloonan responded when he converted a free but Tommy Dunne hit his second 65-metre free of the afternoon. This was followed by a fine point from Declan Ryan giving Tipp a lead of by 2-11 to 1-8. Kevin Broderick narrowed the deficit with his third point of the afternoon while Fergal Healy was most unlucky when his effort rebounded off the upright.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Mark Kerins’s solitary point was book ended by two Lar Corbett points, however, Tipp still led by 2-12 to 1-10 with just over twenty minutes left in the game. Galway were under pressure again, however, Kerins answered the call with his second point of the day. Tipp nearly finished off the game soon afterwards; however, Declan Ryan’s goal chance went to the right of the post and wide. The Galway goalkeeper showed his heroics as he kept his side in the game after the Galway defence was breached again while up at the other end of the field Fergal Healy’s shot hit the upright for the second time.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Galway turned the tables on Tipp shortly after and put their defence under pressure. Kevin Broderick sent the sliothar over the bar for his fourth point of the afternoon before later registering his first wide of the game. With about ten minutes left in the game Tipperary were forced to make several changes to counteract the Galway dominance, however, Fergal Healy took full advantage of the changes when he burst through to score a goal from a seemingly impossible angle.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Eoin Kelly subsequently pointed for the sixth time of the game to put his side two points ahead with eight minutes left. Mark O’Leary and Paddy O’Brien increased Tipperary’s lead when they both scored two more points for the Munster champions. Kevin Broderick pointed again for his team and scored a late goal, however, this was disallowed as the referee had sounded his whistle for an off-the-ball offence and Tipp escaped with a free out.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, All-Ireland final, Match report
Tommy Dunne’s third 65-metre free sailed over the crossbar and put four points between the sides again but Fergal Healy clawed one back for Galway soon afterwards. Eoin Kelly made it 2-18 to 2-14 a minute from the long whistle while Eugene Cloonan pointed from a free deep into injury time. That was the final score of the match and Tipperary went on to capture a 2-18 to 2-15 victory.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the 28th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The game was tied with seconds left when Mayo were penalised for not hitting a kickout far enough, and Laois pointed the free to win their first title, having lost seven finals prior to this.


2001 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 2001 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 38th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament for players under the age of twenty-one. The championship began on 6 June 2001 and ended on 16 September 2001.


2001 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
On 16 September 2001, Limerick won the championship following a 0-17 to 2-10 defeat of Wexford in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title in succession and their third title overall.


2001 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Limerick's Mark Keane was the championship's top scorer with 3-29.


2001 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 2001 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 16 September 2001 to determine the winners of the 2001 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 38th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Limerick of Munster and Wexford of Leinster, with Limerick winning by 0-17 to 2-10.


2001 All-Pro Team
The 2001 All-Pro Team comprises the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press, Pro Football Writers Association, and The Sporting News All-Pro Teams in 2001. Both first and second teams are listed for the AP team. These are the three teams that are included in Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League. In 2001 the Pro Football Writers Association and Pro Football Weekly combined their All-pro teams, a practice with continues through 2008. In 2001 the AP did not have a separate “fullback” position. Also, in 2001, the AP returned to choosing two inside linebackers, rather than one.


2001 All-Pro Team, Key
AP = Associated Press All-Pro team; AP-2 Associated Press Second-team All-Pro; PFWA = Pro Football Writers Association/Pro Football Weekly All-Pro team; TSN = The Sporting News All-Pro Team


2001 All-SEC football team
The 2001 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2001 All-SEC football team
The LSU Tigers won the conference, upsetting the Tennessee Volunteers 31 to 20 in the SEC Championship game. Tennessee had previously upset the preseason #1 Florida Gators 34 to 32 in a game rescheduled due to the 9/11 Attacks. All three teams finished in top ten of both the AP and coaches poll, with Florida and Tennessee ranking in both of the top five. Florida led the conference with five consensus first-team All-SEC selections by both the AP and the coaches. Both LSU and Tennessee tied for second with three.


2001 All-SEC football team
Florida quarterback Rex Grossman, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, was voted the coaches SEC Player of the Year and AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Florida defensive end Alex Brown was the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2001 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2001 Allan Cup
The 2001 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 2000-01 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Petrolia Squires in Sarnia, Ontario. The 2001 tournament marked the 93rd year that the Allan Cup has been awarded.


2001 Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan 2001, part of the 2001 Swedish football season, was the 77th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 7 April 2001 and the last match was played 27 October 2001. Hammarby IF won the league ahead of runners-up Djurgårdens IF, while BK Häcken and Trelleborgs FF were relegated.


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 2000/2001 all results count.


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
In Men's Slalom World Cup 2000/2001 the all results count.


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
In the last race only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
In Men's Super G World Cup 2000/2001 all results count.


2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


2001 Altazor Awards
The second annual Altazor Awards took place on March 26, 2001, at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago.


2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
On 20 July 2001, in the month of Shraavana, 13 people were killed and 15 other injured in a terror attack on a pilgrim night camp at Sheshnag Lake near the Amarnath Temple glacial cave shrine in Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, in two explosions and firing by militants. In a pre-dawn attack, terrorists penetrated several layers of security cordon and exploded two improvised explosive devices (lEDs), casualties included 8 Hindu civilian pilgrims entailing 2 women, and 3 Muslim civilians and 2 security personnel.


2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre, Background
The 48-days July–August annual Hindu pilgrimage, undertaken by up to 600,000 or more pilgrims to 130 feet (40 m) high glacial Amarnath cave shrine of iced stalagmite Shiv linga e at 12,756 feet (3,888 m) in Himalayas, is called Amarnath Yatra. It begins with a 43 kilometres (27 mi) mountainous trek from the Nunwan and Chandanwari base camps at Pahalgam and reaches cave-shine after night halts at Sheshnag Lake and Panchtarni camps.


2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre, Background
The yatra is both a way of earning revenue by the state government by imposing tax on pilgrims, and making living by the local Shia Muslim Bakarwal-Gujjars by taking a portion of revenue and by offering services to the Hindu pilgrims, and this source of income has been threatened by the militant groups who have banned and attacked the yatra numerous times, as well as have massacred at least 30 and injured at least 60 people in Amarnath pilgrimage terrorist-attack massacre (2000) causing death of 21 unarmed Hindu pilgrims, 7 Muslim civilians and 3 security forces in a two hour long indiscriminate shoot out at Pahalgam town in Anantnag district. See also: Amarnath pilgrimage terrorist-attack massacre (2000). This attack on Amarnath yatra was part of the larger 1st and 2nd August 2000 Kashmir massacre in 5 separate coordinated terrorist attacks that killed at least 89 (official count) to 105 people (as reported by PTI), and injured at least 62 more.


2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre, Aftermath
Union Government of India released the additional funding and state Government of Jammu and Kashmir tightened the security. Few weeks later Bin Laden launched September 11 attacks on USA which forced the change in global response to the Islamic terror attacks from aloof and sporadic to united and coordinated. Pakistan-backed Islamic terrorist organizations, Lashkar-e-Taiba founded by Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen were designated terrorist organisations by India, European Union and United States.


2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 17-19 at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated third-seeded Towson, 7-0, to win its fourth consecutive and sixth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.


2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other.


2001 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the Delaware Blue Hens at Bob Carpenter Center . The final was held at Hofstra Arena on the campus of Hofstra University. Hofstra gained its second consecutive berth to the NCAA Tournament with its win over Delaware. Hofstra was given the 13th seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to UCLA 61–48.


2001 American Le Mans Series
The 2001 American Le Mans Series season was the third season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series, and the 31st overall season of the IMSA GT Championship. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began March 4, 2001 and ended October 6, 2001 after 10 races.


2001 American Le Mans Series
This season shared events with the new European Le Mans Series, with two events being held in Europe.


2001 American Le Mans Series, Schedule
The schedule for the 2001 featured the only time in ALMS history that the opening event was not the 12 Hours of Sebring, instead being preceded by the Grand Prix of Texas. After Sebring, the two ELMS rounds at Donington Park and Jarama were optional for ALMS teams as the next North American event was not until after Le Mans. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was added to the schedule, replacing previous races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. This was the last season to feature events held on road courses at oval circuits.


2001 American Le Mans Series, Teams' Championship
Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:


2001 American Le Mans Series, Teams' Championship
Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which awarded in the following order:


2001 American Le Mans Series, Teams' Championship
Points were awarded in two separate ways. Only the best finish out of the two European rounds (3 and 4) was included. In addition to this, only the top eight finishes for the entire season were included. Points earned but not counting towards the team's total are listed in italics.


2001 American Le Mans Series, Teams' Championship
Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.


2001 American League Championship Series
The 2001 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a rematch of the 2000 ALCS between the New York Yankees, who had come off a dramatic comeback against the Oakland Athletics in the Division Series after being down two games to zero, and the Seattle Mariners, who also rallied to win their Division Series in five games over the Cleveland Indians. The series had additional poignancy, coming immediately after downtown New York City was devastated by the events of September 11, 2001 (the series was played in late October, due to Major League Baseball temporarily shutting down in the wake of the attacks).


2001 American League Championship Series
Though the Mariners had won an American League record 116 regular season games (tying the major league record established by the 1906 Chicago Cubs (116–36 (.763)), and had home field advantage, the Yankees won the first two games in Seattle. Mariners' manager Lou Piniella, a former Yankee player and manager, guaranteed after Game 2 that the Mariners would win at least two of the next three games in New York to return the series to Seattle. The visitors won a blowout in Game 3, but lost a tight Game 4, and the Yankees closed out the best-of-seven series in New York with a 12–3 rout in Game 5 for their fourth-straight league pennant.


2001 American League Championship Series
The Yankees then attempted to win a fourth consecutive World Series title, but lost a close seventh game on the road to the Arizona Diamondbacks.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The starting date of October 17 was the latest ever for a League Championship series (the regular season concluded on Sunday, October 7.) The Yankees took a 1–0 lead on a Chuck Knoblauch single that scored Jorge Posada in the second off of Aaron Sele, then increased it to 3–0 on a Paul O'Neill two-run home run in the fourth. The Mariners got on the board on a John Olerud groundout that scored Edgar Martínez in the fifth off of Andy Pettitte.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The score remained 3–1 until the ninth, when the Yankees increased their lead to 4–1 off of Jose Paniagua on a David Justice single that scored Alfonso Soriano, who singled and stole second. The Mariners got that run back in the bottom of the inning when Mariano Rivera threw a wild pitch to Bret Boone that scored Ichiro Suzuki, who doubled with one out and went to third on another wild pitch, but Rivera retired Boone and Martínez to end the game.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Thursday, October 18, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
New York took a 2–0 lead in the second against Freddy García on a Scott Brosius double that scored Tino Martinez and Jorge Posada, who singled and walked, respectively. Brosius then scored on a Chuck Knoblauch single two batters later to make it 3–0 Yankees. The Mariners responded in the fourth on a two-run home run from Stan Javier off of Mike Mussina after Mike Cameron was hit by a pitch to make it a one-run game. That ended the scoring and the Yankees took a 2–0 series lead back to The Bronx.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Through 2020, this remains the most recent MLB postseason game played in Seattle.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Saturday, October 20, 2001 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Yankees jumped to a 2–0 lead in the first on a Bernie Williams two-run home run off of Jamie Moyer after David Justice walked. But they did not score again until the eighth on a David Justice RBI single off of Jose Paniagua. Orlando Hernández pitched four shutout innings before letting the Mariners load the bases on two walks and a single in the fifth. Bret Boone's single scored two to tie the game. Next inning, John Olerud's lead-off home run put the Mariners up 3−2, their first lead in the series.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
After allowing a single and walk, Hernández was relieved by Mike Stanton. An error allowed another run to score and put runners on second and third. After David Bell flied out, Ichiro Suzuki was intentionally walked to load the bases and Mark McLemore cleared them with a triple. Mark Wohlers relieved Stanton and gave up a two-run home run to Boone to make it 9−2.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the seventh inning, with runners on first and third on a walk and error, Bell's single scored Cameron. Jay Witasick relieved Wohlers and, after getting two outs, allowed an RBI single to Boone. Next inning, Stan Javier hit a leadoff single, moved to third on two ground outs, and scored on Bell's single off of Witasick. In the ninth, Witasick allowed a one-out home run to Jay Buhner, then a triple to Al Martin, who scored on Olerud's single. John Halama retired the Yankees in order to end the game, a 14–3 Mariners win which guaranteed a Game 5.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Sunday, October 21, 2001 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Starting pitchers Paul Abbott and Roger Clemens both lasted only five innings, but Game 4 remained scoreless until the top of the eighth. Seattle's Bret Boone hit a solo home run off reliever Ramiro Mendoza for the game's first tally, but the Yankees responded in the bottom of the inning with a Bernie Williams home run to right on a full count off Arthur Rhodes to tie the game. Mariano Rivera retired the side in order in the ninth, and Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki got the first out, then allowed an infield single by Scott Brosius. The next hitter was rookie Alfonso Soriano, whose walk-off home run to right-center won the game, 3–1.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Through the seventh, each team had just one hit: John Olerud's leadoff single in the fourth off of Clemens for the Mariners, and Tino Martinez's ground-rule double off of Norm Charlton in the sixth for the Yankees. Abbott held New York hitless through the first five, but with eight walks; the Seattle bullpen issued two more walks while the Yankees gave up five total, four by Clemens. New York took a 3–1 series lead with another home game on Monday.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Monday, October 22, 2001 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the bottom of the third inning, an error by Mariner third baseman David Bell allowed Scott Brosius to reach base. Alfonso Soriano then singled and both men advanced a base on Chuck Knoblauch's sacrifice bunt. Derek Jeter's sacrifice fly and David Justice's double scored a run each, then Bernie Williams capped the scoring with a two-run home run off Aaron Sele, all four runs unearned. Paul O'Neill homered in the fourth to put the Yankees up 5–0. In the sixth, Mariners reliever John Halama allowed three straight singles to load the bases with no outs. Joel Piñeiro relieved him and struck out Brosius, but then threw a wild pitch to Soriano to let all three  runners move up. Soriano walked to reload the bases before Knoblauch's single, Jeter's walk, and Justice's single scored a run each, and New York led 9–0 with three innings remaining.


2001 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Mariners got their only runs in the seventh when they loaded the bases on three singles with one out: a single by Bell scored two, followed by a single by Ichiro Suzuki scoring another off of Andy Pettitte. In the bottom of the eighth, Tino Martinez hit a three-run home run off of José Paniagua, and Mariano Rivera pitched a scoreless ninth as the Yankees cruised to a 12–3 win and advanced to a fourth consecutive World Series.


2001 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
The Yankees' streak of consecutive World Series wins ended at three, as they fell to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven games. They made the World Series again in 2003, but lost to the underdog Florida Marlins, and did not win another World Series until 2009.


2001 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
The Mariners' 116 wins in the regular season remain the most of an American League team and tied with the 1906 Cubs as the most in MLB. Despite their success under manager Piniella, the team went on a downward slide that has never recovered (Pinella left in 2002). As of 2021, they have yet to return to the postseason, which is the longest active drought in all of the four major North American professional sports.


2001 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
To the dismay of many Mariners fans, Ichiro would be traded from Seattle to the New York Yankees during the 2012 season, ending his eleven year run with the team. Ichiro was a Yankee until 2014 before signing a series of one-year contracts with the Marlins until 2017. Ichiro ended his career with the Mariners in 2019 at the age of 45.


2001 American League Division Series
The 2001 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2001 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 9, and ended on Monday, October 15, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:


2001 American League Division Series
The Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Yankees became the American League champion, and lost to the National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.


2001 American League Division Series
This was the first time that in either league that both Division Series winners in their respective league advanced to the League Championship Series after overcoming a 2–1 series deficit in the same year.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 1
In the opener on Tuesday afternoon in Seattle, the Indians held the Mariners scoreless. Bartolo Colón pitched brilliantly, giving up six hits and no runs in eight innings while fanning ten. The highlight for Seattle was the hitting performance of Ichiro Suzuki, who went 3 for 4 in his playoff debut. Roberto Alomar doubled off Freddy Garcia to leadoff the fourth, then scored on Juan Gonzalez's single. A single and walk loaded the bases before back-to-back RBI singles by Travis Fryman and Marty Cordova made it 3–0 Indians. In the sixth, three consecutive one-out singles made it 4–0. Ellis Burks's leadoff home run in the eighth off Jose Paniagua made it 5–0, the final score.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 2
Seattle scored four runs in the first inning of the Thursday afternoon game with a pair of two-run blasts before an out was recorded; Mike Cameron to left after a rare walk to Ichiro Suzuki and Edgar Martínez to center following a Bret Boone single. David Bell added an insurance homer to left in the fifth, and Cleveland starter Chuck Finley lasted only 4+1⁄3 innings.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 2
Jamie Moyer kept the Indians at bay in the sun and shadows with one run in six-plus innings, and the trio of Jeff Nelson, Arthur Rhodes, and Kazuhiro Sasaki sealed the deal out of the bullpen. The Indians scored their only run in the seventh on a bases-loaded double play from Marty Cordova off Nelson; the run was charged to Moyer.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 3
The Mariners drew first blood early on after a bases-loaded walk by John Olerud off CC Sabathia drove in a run, but Seattle would not score again until the seventh on Ichiro Suzuki's RBI single with two on. Sabathia pitched six innings while four Indian relieves held the Mariners scoreless over the final three innings. In the bottom of the first, a one-out single by Omar Vizquel off Aaron Sele was followed by an RBI double by Roberto Alomar and RBI single by Juan González. Next inning, an error and single was followed by Vizquel's two-run triple, both runs unearned. In the third, Seattle reliever Paul Abbott allowed a leadoff home run to González, then after two strikeouts and two singles, Einar Diaz drove in a run with a single. A walk loaded the bases before Vizquel's single and Alomar's walk made it 8–1.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 3
Abbott pitched a scoreless fourth before allowing a home run to Kenny Lofton in the fifth. Jim Thome's leadoff home run in the sixth made it 10–1. After two walks, John Halama relieved Abbott and allowed an RBI single to Jolbert Cabrera and sacrifice fly to Lofton. Sele was charged with four runs on five hits in two innings, while Abbott was charged with eight runs on nine hits and five walks in three innings, but the Indians piled on in the eighth. José Paniagua got two outs, then loaded the bases on a hit-by-pitch and two walks. Vizquel cleared them with a double before consecutive RBI doubles by Alomar and González capped the scoring at 17–2. Up two games to one in this series, the Indians were ready to pull one of the greatest upsets in sports history.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 4
Facing elimination on Sunday afternoon, the Mariners called on Freddy García to go up against Bartolo Colón in a Game 1 rematch. The first pitch was delayed two hours by rain. In the bottom of the second, García allowed a leadoff home run to Juan González; Colón pitched six shutout innings, but loaded the bases in the seventh with no outs with a walk, single, and another walk. Pinch hitter Al Martin grounded to Jim Thome at first, who threw home for the first out.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 4
A sacrifice fly to the left field corner by David Bell tied the game, then back-to-back RBI singles through the infield to right by Ichiro Suzuki and Mark McLemore put the Mariners up 3–1. Danys Baez relieved Colón and retired Edgar Martínez with a fielder's choice to shortstop Omar Vizquel to end the threat.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 4
Gonzalez led off the bottom of the seventh with a double to center and advanced to third on Thome's groundout to second. Jeff Nelson relieved García, and Ellis Burks' check swing on a high pitch resulted in a strikeout, but the ball went off the top of new catcher Tom Lampkin's glove to the backstop and Burks was safe at first, but González held at third. Travis Fryman's groundout glanced off Nelson's glove which disrupted a double play; shortstop McLemore had to adjust and the M's got the out at second, but Fryman beat out Bret Boone's throw to first and González scored. Arthur Rhodes relieved Nelson and Wil Cordero flew out deep to left.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 4
Seattle got that run back in the eighth: after Boone struck out, John Olerud singled up the middle, and Stan Javier grounded a fielder's choice to shortstop. Mike Cameron's double to center scored Javier easily and Seattle led 4–2; lefthander Ricardo Rincón replaced Baez and struck out Lampkin on a check swing. Rhodes retired Einar Díaz and Kenny Lofton on ground outs to first; Vizquel lined a single to center and advanced on a wild pitch strike in the dirt. Roberto Alomar flew out, caught by a sprinting Ichiro in right center.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 4
In the ninth, Bell lined out to left, Ichiro singled up the middle, and McLemore was caught looking on a slider. Paul Shuey relieved Rincón to face Martínez, who turned an inside pitch into a home run, high and deep down the left field line, to put the Mariners up 6–2. Boone singled and stole second, but Olerud struck out. Seattle closer Kazuhiro Sasaki retired the Indians in order: González was caught looking, Thome fanned, and Burks popped up to second to end the game, forcing a deciding Game 5 in Seattle on Monday afternoon.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 5
In a must-win game for both sides on Monday afternoon, Seattle came out on top and advanced to the ALCS for the third time in their history, and avenged their loss to the Indians in the 1995 ALCS.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 5
In the bottom of the second, the Mariners loaded the bases off Chuck Finley with no outs, as Edgar Martínez and John Olerud walked, and Mike Cameron was hit by a pitch while looking to bunt. Dan Wilson fanned and David Bell was caught looking, but Mark McLemore lined his first pitch to left to score two. He was caught off first and while in a rundown, Cameron broke from third but made the third out at home in a collision with catcher Einar Díaz.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 5
In the top of the third, Travis Fryman led off with a double to left-center and advanced to third on Marty Cordova's fly to right. Díaz walked, and Kenny Lofton's single up the middle scored Fryman. Omar Vizquel bunted so well it was a single to load the bases with one out. On the first pitch, Roberto Alomar grounded to third for a 'round-the-horn 5-4-3 double play; he had also hit into a double play to end Cleveland's first inning.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 5
The M's threatened in the fifth with two singles and a walk to load the bases with one out, and Finley was relieved by David Riske; Bret Boone struck out and Martínez grounded to short for a fielder's choice.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 5
Seattle starter Jamie Moyer got his second win of the series, going six innings with six strikeouts, one walk,  and yielding only one run. Jeff Nelson relieved him in the seventh and retired the side in order, striking out Juan González and Ellis Burks, then inducing Jim Thome to ground out to second on a full count. In the bottom of the inning, Ichiro Suzuki beat out his second leadoff infield hit to shortstop, and Stan Javier bunted him over again. Ricardo Rincón was relieved by Danys Baez, who struck out Boone. With two outs, Martínez's line drive single to left center scored Ichiro from second and put the Mariners up 3–1. Olerud lashed a single to right, and Al Martin pinch ran for Martínez at second, but Cameron lined out to center.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 5
In the eighth, Fryman was caught looking on full count, Cordova fanned on a check swing, then Díaz laced a single up the middle on full count. Lefthander Arthur Rhodes replaced Nelson and Lofton flew out to center field, near the warning track. In the bottom half, Baez struck out the side (Wilson, Bell, McLemore). Seattle closer Kazuhiro Sasaki retired Cleveland in order in the ninth for the save: Vizquel grounded out to first, Alomar struck out swinging, and González grounded to third to end the series.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 5
For the Indians, it marked the third time in six seasons they had lost the ALDS, following defeats in 1996 and 1999. After their offensive outburst of 17 runs in the third game, they managed only three runs and nine hits over the last two games. A perennial playoff team throughout the late 1990s, Cleveland did not return to the postseason until 2007.


2001 American League Division Series, Seattle vs. Cleveland, Game 5
Through 2020, this remains the Mariners' most recent playoff series win, and Seattle has yet to return to the postseason.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 1
Roger Clemens, coming off a 20–3 regular season record, struggled in Game 1, lasting four innings while giving up two runs. Johnny Damon singled to lead off the first, stole second, moved to third on a groundout, and scored on Jason Giambi's sacrifice fly. Terrence Long then homered in the fourth.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 1
The Yankees got on the board in the fifth when Alfonso Soriano singled with two outs off Mark Mulder, stole second, and scored on Chuck Knoblauch's single.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 1
Sterling Hitchcock, Clemens' replacement, gave up two more runs, home runs to Jason Giambi in the seventh and Terrence Long's second of the game in the eighth. Jay Witasick relieved Hitchcock and walked Ramón Hernández. Frank Menechino hit into a forceout, moved to third on Damon's single and scored on Miguel Tejada's sacrifice fly.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 1
The Yankees trailed 5–1 in the bottom of the eighth when Bernie Williams singled with one out off Jim Mecir, then Tino Martinez blasted a two-run home run that brought them within two. Jason Isringhausen, however, sat the Yankees down in order in the bottom of the ninth for Oakland.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 2
With Paul McCartney in the crowd, Andy Pettitte pitched well in Game 2, giving up one run in six innings, but Tim Hudson pitched better, pitching eight shutout innings. Oakland scored first on a Ron Gant homer in the fourth---just as McCartney was shown on TV---and tacked on an insurance run off Mariano Rivera in the top of the ninth when Johnny Damon tripled with one out and scored on Scott Brosius's error. Jason Isringhausen got the save for the second straight night as the Yankees got the first two runners on base before wasting three opportunities to tie or win it.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 2
The Yankees were now in a two games to none hole and the Athletics were just one win away from advancing to the ALCS for the first time since 1992.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 3
This series is notable for a defensive play in the seventh inning of Game 3. With Oakland leading the five-game series two games to none, on the verge of completing a sweep, the Yankees took a 1–0 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning behind a strong performance from Mike Mussina and Jorge Posada's home run in the fifth (Shane Spencer followed with a double for the Yankees' only other hit of the game). With two outs and Jeremy Giambi on first base, Terrence Long hit a line drive into the right field corner.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 3
With Giambi rounding third base, right fielder Shane Spencer's throw missed both cut-off men. It appeared that Giambi would score easily, tying the game, when the shortstop Derek Jeter, while running across the diamond, reached out, cradled the ball, and shovel passed it to catcher Jorge Posada. Posada tagged Giambi, who attempted to jump over the tag as opposed to sliding around it. ESPN ranks this play as the 45th most memorable moment of the last 25 years.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 3
It would be replayed countless times over the following years, most recently as part of filmmaker Ken Burns's documentary The Tenth Inning in late September 2010. After the game, Jeter told the press that the team had been practicing this type of play all year as a result of a similarly botched throw in spring training.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 3
According to Jeter, the idea of stationing the shortstop down the first base line on balls hit to deep right field came from Yankee bench coach Don Zimmer, who was a shortstop and second baseman during his playing career; however, he stated that his initial intent was to throw the ball to third to try to get Long, and that his throw home was a reaction play. Zimmer confirmed the origin of the play's design in a conversation with Oakland's third base coach Ron Washington the next day.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 3
This single play is often credited with changing the momentum of the series as the Yankees' win forced a Game 4.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 4
With the momentum of the dramatic Game 3 on their side, the Yankees attacked early. In the second with runners on first and second on two walks, Oakland second baseman F.P. Santangelo's error on Paul O'Neill's ground ball scored a run, then Scott Brosius's ground out scored another. Next inning, the Yankees made it 4–0 on Bernie Williams's two run double. In the bottom of the inning with runners on first and second, Terrance Long's single scored a run, then after a wild pitch, Jeremy Giambi's groundout scored another.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 4
However, Orlando Hernández would allow no other runs and pitched 5+2⁄3 and Mike Stanton and Ramiro Mendoza sealed the deal out of the bullpen. In the fourth, O'Neill hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on Alfonso Soriano's single, knocking Cory Lidle out after 3+1⁄3 innings. Erik Hiljus walked two with two outs to load the bases, then Williams hit a two-run single off Mike Magnante. In the ninth, David Justice tripled with one out off Jeff Tam and scored on Williams' double, his fifth RBI of the game. After moving to third on a groundout, he scored on Jorge Posada's single as the Yankees 9–2 win forced a Game 5 in New York.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 5
In Game 5, RBI singles by Jason Giambi in the first and Jeremy Giambi in the second off Roger Clemens, both coming after leadoff doubles, put Oakland up 2–0. In the bottom of the second, the Yankees loaded the bases off Mark Mulder on two singles and a hit-by-pitch before Alfonso Soriano's two-run single tied the game. Next inning, two errors by Oakland allowed the Yankees to go up 3–2. Next inning, Chuck Knoblauch hit a leadoff single, reached second on an error, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, and scored on Derek Jeter's sacrifice fly.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 5
The A's cut the Yankees lead to 4–3 on Jason Giambi's single with two on off Mike Stanton, but the Yankees got that run back off Tim Hudson on David Justice's home run in the sixth. Roger Clemens pitched just 4+1⁄3 innings, but the bullpen pitched well as Mariano Rivera closed it out to send the Yankees to the ALCS for the fourth straight season.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 5
For Oakland, it marked the second straight season they lost the ALDS to the Yankees in five games. The Yankees became the first MLB team to win a division series after losing the first two games at home. The San Francisco Giants would follow in 2012 and Toronto Blue Jays in 2015.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 5
Jeter also made another spectacular play (again with Terrence Long batting) that is often overlooked. In the top of the eighth inning of Game 5, Long hit a towering foul pop up in a two-run game. Jeter, running and following the ball at the same time made a backhanded grab and then turning his body, flipped into the stands. For a moment, no one knew if the ball had been caught. Here is Thom Brennaman's call of the play on Fox television:


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 5
"1-1 to Terrence Long. Popped up, third base side, Brosius and Jeter both over. JETER... DID HE GET IT?! DID HE GET IT?! DID HE GET IT?! HE GOT IT! HE GOT IT! They throw to second; the runner tags and he's safe. Or are they saying he didn't get it? Now they're appealing; the first base umpire didn't know if Jeter caught it, had to ask the second base umpire and they said he caught it."


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 5
Jeter would continue to play in the postseason despite a slight leg injury from the tumble.


2001 American League Division Series, New York vs. Oakland, Game 5
Game 5 of the 2001 ALDS is depicted as the opening scene in the 2011 film Moneyball. The film shows Damon’s first inning leadoff double followed by Jason Giambi’s RBI single. However, the defensive miscues by Oakland are then shown as three errors were committed. The final out of the game (Eric Byrnes striking out) is used as a transition point from the game footage to the actual beginning of the film.


2001 American Memorial
The 2001 American Memorial was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on September 15, 2001, at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz, in Klettwitz, Germany. It was the 16th round of the 2001 CART season and the first race in the series to be held in Europe. Originally known as the German 500, the race's name was changed by CART in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Kenny Bräck won the race for Team Rahal; his teammate Max Papis finished in second place, and Patrick Carpentier was third.


2001 American Memorial
The season points leader entering the race, Gil de Ferran, was awarded the pole position when qualifying was cancelled after a practice session was rained out. Bräck took the lead early in the race, and built a seven-second advantage before going off course while trying to lap another car. Carpentier took his place after the lap 64 incident, and held the lead until Tony Kanaan passed him on lap 95. After passing Carpentier for second, Alex Zanardi moved ahead of Kanaan after a series of pit stops between laps 121 to 123. Zanardi held the top spot entering his final scheduled pit stop with 12 laps remaining.


2001 American Memorial
Upon leaving the pit lane, Zanardi lost control of his car, which turned sideways onto the circuit. Alex Tagliani crashed into Zanardi's car, splitting the chassis into two pieces. The crash led to the amputation of both of Zanardi's legs. The rest of the race was run under a caution flag, and Bräck, who had moved into second place before Zanardi's pit stop, secured the victory. Zanardi and Tagliani were taken to a Berlin hospital; Zanardi had a fractured pelvis and a concussion in addition to his amputations, while Tagliani was not severely injured.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Background
The German 500 was the first CART race ever to be held in Europe. It was the beginning of a two-week European stretch for the series; the Rockingham 500 was held at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, England one week later. EuroSpeedway chairman Hans-Jörg Fischer hoped for a crowd of 70,000 at the track, which had a capacity of 90,000.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Background
Entering the German 500, the 16th round of the 2001 CART season, Gil de Ferran held the lead in the season's points standings with 115 points. Bräck and Hélio Castroneves were joint second on 110 points, and Michael Andretti was fourth, seven points further back.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Background
Four days before the race, the September 11 attacks took place, causing most major American sporting events scheduled on the same weekend as the German 500 to be postponed, including National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) games, and a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race, the New Hampshire 300, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Italian Grand Prix, a Formula One race, was held that weekend.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Background
According to Ronald Richards, the vice president of CART, the series decided to continue with the race prior to the cancellation of that week's NFL games, a decision followed by other American leagues. Richards acknowledged that "We wish we would have had the input regarding the NFL's decision prior to making our decision."


2001 American Memorial, Report, Background
In remembrance of the September 11 attacks' victims, and in a desire to avoid criticism for holding the German 500 so soon afterward, CART changed the race's name to the American Memorial. The series also held tributes on the day of the race, and made a $500,000 donation to the World Trade Center Relief Fund, matching the event's prize fund.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Practice and qualifying
The first day of practice for the American Memorial was scheduled on September 13, but was cancelled because of rain. Practice was held the following day, and Tony Kanaan of Mo Nunn Racing recorded the fastest lap of 34.624 seconds. Teammate Zanardi had a lap of 34.991 seconds for the second-fastest time; he was followed by Carpentier, Bräck, and Bruno Junqueira.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Practice and qualifying
As of September 13, Andretti was unable to travel to Germany from his Nazareth, Pennsylvania residence, since his planned September 11 flight had been grounded. Andretti was able to arrange a charter flight to Germany and landed in Dresden the next day.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Practice and qualifying
Due to the rainout and the racers' lack of familiarity with the EuroSpeedway, CART cancelled qualifying for the American Memorial. The starting grid was determined by drivers' order in the season points standings. The pole position went to de Ferran, though due to the lack of qualifying, he was not awarded a point in the standings as was customary for pole winners. Bräck earned second position since he held a tie-breaker over Castroneves, who started third, and Andretti began the race in fourth.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Race
On race day, a 30-minute warm-up session was held before the event began; Kanaan again posted the fastest time (35.288 seconds), followed by Zanardi and Paul Tracy. The 154-lap race began at 1:56 p.m. local time; Bräck immediately took the lead, and Andretti went into second coming out of the first turn. They remained the top two in lap 20, with Dario Franchitti in third. Six laps later, Andretti passed Franchitti to reclaim second when the latter was unable to pass a slower car.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Race
Drivers near the lead begin making their first round of pit stops on lap 35, and continued doing so through lap 40. Around that time, Bryan Herta and Cristiano da Matta experienced problems with their cars and became the first two drivers to retire from the race. By lap 60, Bräck had built a lead of more than seven seconds. Carpentier had moved into second place, and Andretti, Tagliani, and Franchitti rounded out the top five. Bräck relinquished his lead on lap 64, when he went off course while attempting to lap Junqueira. The first caution flag of the day came out, but not before Carpentier took the lead as Bräck regained control of his car and re-entered the track in second place. Pit stops took place during the caution, with Carpentier, Bräck, and Andretti still in the top three positions.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Race
Green flag racing resumed on lap 70, and Kanaan began moving toward the front of the field; he passed Andretti for third place on lap 73, and took second from Bräck four laps later. The second caution of the race occurred on lap 80, when Junqueira and Toranosuke Takagi collided; Takagi spun off the track, but was able to continue. Andretti and Franchitti made pit stops during the caution, and the green flag came out on lap 85.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Race
Kanaan passed Carpentier on lap 95, and Zanardi went into second shortly afterward, as Carpentier tried conserving fuel to complete the race with one fewer pit stop than the other contenders. Kanaan, Zanardi, and Bräck made pit stops from laps 105 to 113, and Andretti inherited the lead. Franchitti suffered a "mechanical problem" on lap 116 and had to retire from the race. More pit stops occurred from laps 121 to 123, and Zanardi claimed the lead over Kanaan. The two contested the lead, and Kanaan was two-tenths of a second behind Zanardi when he made a pit stop for the final time on lap 141. Bräck moved up to second, and was followed by Carpentier and Tagliani.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Race
Zanardi went onto pit road for his last stop on lap 142. When attempting to re-enter the track, "he seemed to accelerate too early", according to the Associated Press' recap. Zanardi could not control his vehicle's rear end, and the car slid sideways onto the track, after having gone through grass. After Carpentier veered up the track to narrowly miss Zanardi's car, Tagliani drove straight into it at an estimated speed of 200 mph (320 km/h). The impact split Zanardi's chassis into two pieces and littered the circuit with debris.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Race
The drivers were taken by airlift to the Klinikum Berlin-Marzahn hospital. Following the accident, the last 12 laps were run under a caution flag. There was one further retirement, on lap 153; Christian Fittipaldi made a pit stop due to a fire in the back of his car and dropped out. Bräck won the race, finishing ahead of Papis and Carpentier, who were second and third respectively. Andretti took fourth place, followed by Oriol Servia in fifth, Takagi in sixth, and Kanaan in seventh. De Ferran, Scott Dixon, and Tracy rounded out the top ten.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Post-race
According to CART physician Dr. Steve Olvey, Zanardi's diagnosis when he left the track was "extremely critical". His life had been endangered by the crash when the collision caused a traumatic amputation of both of his legs: the entire left leg from the thigh down and the right leg from the knee down. This resulted in the loss of 75% of his blood volume; last rites were given to him afterward. Upon arriving at Klinikum Berlin-Marzahn, Zanardi underwent a three-hour operation to clean and close the wounds. He also fractured his pelvis and suffered a concussion.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Post-race
Tagliani had a sore back as a result of the accident, and was released from the hospital after one day. On September 17, one of Zanardi's doctors said that his life was not in danger, although he had been placed under an induced coma in an attempt to prevent trauma shock. Doctors took Zanardi off the coma three days later, and he left Klinikum Berlin-Marzahn on October 30.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Post-race
Johnny Herbert, who had previously been Zanardi's teammate in Formula One, said of the incident, "It's a big shock to everybody. You have accidents, yes, but you don't expect something this gruesome." Laz Denes, a spokesman for Zanardi's Mo Nunn Racing team, said the impact was "immense, almost harder than anything I've ever seen." According to Denes, the point of contact "was about 12 inches past the cockpit," and he called Zanardi's survival a "miracle". Tagliani commented several days after the crash that Zanardi was constantly in his thoughts. During his hospital stay, Zanardi contacted Tagliani and told him that he was not at fault.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Post-race
With his victory, Bräck claimed the lead in the points competition; with five races left in the season, he had 131 points. De Ferran was in second, 11 points behind Bräck, and Andretti was five points further back. Castroneves was 20 points out of the lead, in fourth place. Dixon trailed Bräck by 45 points, and was in front of Franchitti by one point. Carpentier's top-three finish left him in seventh, with 83 points, while Cristiano da Matta was five points behind him.


2001 American Memorial, Report, Post-race
In 2002, the German 500 was not held after the EuroSpeedway filed for insolvency. The race returned to EuroSpeedway the following year, as did Zanardi, who ran 13 laps to represent those that he never completed in 2001.


2001 American Society of Cinematographers Awards
The 16th American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on February 17, 2002, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2001.


2001 Amstel Gold Race
The 2001 Amstel Gold Race was the 36th edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 28, 2001 in the Limburg province, The Netherlands. The race stretched 257 kilometres, with the start and finish in Maastricht. There were a total of 190 competitors, with 37 finishing the race.


2001 Amsterdam Admirals season
The 2001 Amsterdam Admirals season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his first year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses.


2001 Amsterdam Tournament
The Amsterdam Tournament is a pre-season football tournament held for club teams from around the world, hosted at the Amsterdam ArenA. The 2001 tournament was contested by Ajax, Liverpool, Milan and Valencia on 26 July and 28 July 2001. Ajax won the tournament for the first time.


2001 Amsterdam Tournament, Table
NB: An extra point is awarded for each goal scored.


2001 Amílcar Cabral Cup
The 2001 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Mali. The title was won by Senegal (U-23 Team).


2001 Anaheim Angels season
The Anaheim Angels 2001 season involved the Angels finishing third in the American League west with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.


2001 Anaheim Angels season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2001 Andorran parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 4 March 2001. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party of Andorra, which won 15 of the 28 seats. Its leader, Marc Forné Molné, remained Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 81.6%.


2001 Angola Cup
The 2001 Taça de Angola was the 20th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition following the Girabola. Sonangol do Namibe beat Sporting de Cabinda 3-2 in the final to secure its 1st title.


2001 Angola Cup
The winner qualified to the 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup.


2001 Angola Cup, Championship bracket
The knockout rounds were played according to the following schedule:


2001 Angola train attack
The 2001 Angola train attack was an attack during the Angolan Civil War when on 10 August 2001 UNITA forces derailed a train travelling between towns of Zenza and Dondo with an anti-tank mine and then attacked the passengers with small arms fire.


2001 Angola train attack, History
The Angolan Civil War had been going on since 1975 and was a legacy of the cold war. As part of its ongoing efforts to overthrow the government, the 2001 Angola train attack occurred on 10 August 2001 when a passenger train in Angola hit an anti-tank mine placed on the track by National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) rebels. After its derailment, rebels attacked the passengers with gunfire, killing around 250 people of the 500 who were on the train. The attack took place about 150 kilometres (93 mi) south-east of the capital, Luanda. On 16 August 2001, members of the United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the attack, calling it a "terrorist attack".


2001 Ansett Australia Cup
The 2001 Ansett Australia Cup was contested by all sixteen clubs of the Australian Football League prior to the beginning of the AFLs 2001 season. It ran for five weeks in February and March 2001. The competition took a round-robin format to provide all teams with at least 3 practice games to prepare for the 2001 regular season, with all clubs divided into four groups of four, and the group winners qualifying for the knockout semi finals. Group A comprised the defending premiers Essendon, Port Adelaide, Geelong and Sydney. Group B featured Kangaroos, Collingwood, West Coast and St Kilda. Group C featured Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Western Bulldogs and Adelaide while finally Group D comprised Hawthorn, Richmond, Fremantle and Melbourne.


2001 Ansett Australia Cup
In the group stages, the Brisbane Lions, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn and Kangaroos finished top of their respective groups and qualified for the semi finals. Port Adelaide won Group A with 3 wins out of 3, qualifying ahead of Sydney and Geelong. The win over Geelong that secured Port Adelaide a place in the semi finals was marred however by a serious broken leg suffered by key ruckman Brendon Lade. In Group B, Kangaroos won their place in the semi finals after a 28-point win in the final group game against Collingwood. Group C was won by Brisbane Lions after they defeated Carlton by 13 points in the deciding game of the group. Group D was secured by Hawthorn after a 100-point thumping of Melbourne meant they qualified ahead of Richmond on percentage.


2001 Ansett Australia Cup
In the knockout semi finals, Brisbane Lions and Port Adelaide beat Hawthorn and Kangaroos respectively to qualify for the Grand Final. Port Adelaide trailed Kangaroos at 3/4 time but kicked the first 5 goals of the final term to secure a 16-point victory in front of their own fans at Football Park. In the other semi final at Colonial Stadium, the Brisbane Lions kicked the final 4 goals of the game against Hawthorn to win by 15 points. The win by Brisbane Lions was significant as it broke a finals hoodoo in Melbourne, and set up the first grand final between two Non Victorian/Interstate teams in VFL/AFL history.


2001 Ansett Australia Cup, Knockout Phase, Grand final
The Brisbane Lions (the eventual regular season premiers) were playing in its first grand final of any kind (since the merger with Fitzroy), while Port Adelaide were playing in their second pre-season grand final after going down to Hawthorn back in 1999. The Brisbane Lions were unhappy with the arrangements for the final, as they had to travel interstate for the 4th time in 5 games, while Port Adelaide played their 4th game at home.


2001 Ansett Australia Cup, Knockout Phase, Grand final
In the final, Port Adelaide took out their first pre season title with a convincing 85-point thumping of the Brisbane Lions. After an even first 1/4, Port took control in the second term with an 8 goal to 0 blitz, during which Stuart Dew kicked 3 goals in 3 minutes, and comfortably held on to secure the first silverware the club had won since their 1997 entry into the AFL.


2001 Antrim Borough Council election
Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.


2001 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim North West
1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim South East
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Alliance


2001 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim Town
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance


2001 Arab Athletics Championships
The 2001 Arab Athletics Championships was the twelfth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries which took place in Damascus, Syria from 2–5 October. A total of 44 events were contested. The women's heptathlon and half marathon events were not held, although one new women's event was held for the first time: the pole vault. The electronic timing system at the event failed during the competition and as a result some of the races were hand-timed. Results for all such hand timed events were recorded to the tenth of a second, rather than the hundredth of a second typically used in electronic times. The distance for the men's half marathon race was also mis-measured, falling short of the 21.1 km (13.1-mile) requirement.


2001 Arab Club Champions Cup
The 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, called Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup, was won by Qatari side Al Sadd SC, the hosts. It was the 17th tournament and was held from 28 November to 12 December 2001.


2001 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary Stage, Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Al Ain on 2001.


2001 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary Stage, Zone 2 (Red Sea)
Al-Ahli Jeddah and Al-Ahli Sana'a' advanced to the final tournament.


2001 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary Stage, Zone 4 (East Region)
The qualifying tournament took place in Amman. Nejmeh was disqualified from the qualifying tournament because the fifa has frozen the activity of the Lebanese Football Association.


2001 Arab Club Champions Cup, Final Tournament, Group Stage
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.


2001 Arab Club Champions Cup, Final Tournament, Group Stage, Group B
Al-Faisaly SC withdrew from the tournament after the first match after contesting the referee falsely, the result was annulled. Al Rayyan SC replaced Al Ain SC who withdrew from the tournament.


2001 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
The 2001 Arab Cup Winners' Cup was the 12th and the last edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Tunis, Tunisia between 26 February – 10 March 2002. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. Stade Tunisien from Tunisia won the final against Al-Hilal from Sudan for the second time.


2001 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
This was the last Arab Cup Winners' Cup; the tournament merges with the Arab Club Champions Cup and the Arab Super Cup to create in 2002 one tournament called Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament for Arab Clubs.


2001 Arab Cup Winners' Cup, Qualifying round
Stade Tunisien (the hosts) and Al-Hilal Riyadh (the holders) qualified automatically.


2001 Arab Super Cup
The 2001 Arab Super Cup was an international club competition played by the winners and runners up of the Arab Club Champions Cup and Arab Cup Winners' Cup. It was the eight and last edition and was won by Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia.


2001 Ards Borough Council election
Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.


2001 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Ards East
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2001 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Ards West
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance1997-2001 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance


2001 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Newtownards
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent


2001 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Peninsula
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Arena Football League season
The 2001 Arena Football League season was the 15th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Grand Rapids Rampage, who defeated the Nashville Kats in ArenaBowl XV.


2001 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand and Great Britain
The 2001 Argentina rugby union tour of Europe were two a series of matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team. The first tour (four match) was held in June, the second (two match) in November.


2001 Argentine legislative election
An Argentine legislative election took place on Sunday, 14 October 2001 to elect 127 of the 257 seats in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, and all 72 seats in the Argentine Senate. The elections were held during the second year of the administration of President Fernando de la Rúa. Elections to the Chamber of Deputies are held using staggered elections, with only 127 of the 257 seats in that chamber being up for grabs.


2001 Argentine legislative election
In the event, the opposition Justicialist Party took control of both chambers of the legislature, severely limiting the power of the administration of De la Rúa. His government was supported by the Radical Civic Union, the Broad Front and the Front for a Country in Solidarity, who contested the election jointly under the banner of the Alliance for Work, Justice and Education.


2001 Argentine legislative election
The Argentine Senate faced its first elections since 1995, and in accordance with an agreement crafted following the 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution, all 72 seats would be renewed, and three classes of senators elected in 2001 would serve for two, four, or six-years in their first term afterwards. Senators, save for the City of Buenos Aires, had previously been elected by their respective provincial legislatures, but would now be popularly elected.


2001 Argentine legislative election, Background
In 1999, Fernando de la Rúa had been elected President of Argentina in that year's elections. De la Rúa had inherited an economy in recession, and in the midst of an economic crisis. In the end, the 2001 legislative elections were seen as a rebuke for De la Rúa and his handling of the crisis, which was at that point in its fourth year. The Justicialist Party, which had suffered a defeat in 1999, staged a comeback in this election, benefiting from its role as the principal opposition party. Elections in Argentina are compulsory, meaning that those who fail to turn out potentially could face a fine or other punishment. Despite this, roughly a quarter (24.4%) of Argentines eligible to vote, chose to stay at home. The blank votes additionally made up a major share of all votes cast.


2001 Arizona Cardinals season
The 2001 Arizona Cardinals season was the franchise’s 82nd year with the National Football League and the 14th season in Arizona. It was their final season in the NFC East division before moving to their current division, the NFC West.


2001 Arizona Cardinals season
Due to being the only team in the league with a Week 1 bye, the Cardinals were the final team to play their season opener, which was pushed back even further in wake of the September 11 attacks. The 2001 Cardinals were also the most recent team in NFL history to have a Week 1 bye until the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins in 2017 due to Hurricane Irma.


2001 Arizona Cardinals season
The 2001 season was Pat Tillman’s final season as he left the NFL to join the U.S. Army following the season.


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season
The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, in their fourth year of existence, looked to improve on their 2000 season. They had to contend in what was a strong National League West Division.


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season
Arizona had the best one-two pitching combination in the majors: Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, who combined for 43 victories. Outfielder Luis Gonzalez slugged 57 home runs. They finished the regular season with a record of 92-70, which was good enough for the division title.


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season
In the playoffs, they won their NLDS matchup vs. St. Louis on a walk-off hit by Tony Womack. They defeated the Braves in five games in the NLCS. In the World Series, they won a dramatic seven-game series against the New York Yankees on a walk-off hit by Gonzalez, against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. The Arizona Diamondbacks became the fastest expansion franchise in Major League history to win a World Series title in just their fourth season. The championship remains the only one won by an Arizona based sports team.


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Spring training
The 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks held their 4th Spring training at Tucson Electric Park in Tucson, Arizona.


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Post season, Game 1
October 27, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Post season, Game 2
October 28, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Post season
October 31, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York City


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Post season, Game 6
November 3, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona


2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season, Post season
November 4, 2001 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona


2001 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 2001 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Dirk Koetter.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 2001 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by John Mackovic in his first season with the Wildcats, replacing longtime coach Dick Tomey. Arizona finished the year with a record of 5–6 (2–6 against Pac-10 opponents) and again missed the postseason due to a losing record.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team
The season was mostly affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks, which led to the NCAA cancelling a week of college football in mid-September, and the Wildcats had to regroup and play the rest of the year with pride.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
After Arizona completed the 2000 season, Tomey resigned as coach due to the inability to get the Wildcats to complete their goal of reaching the Rose Bowl. Arizona had started the season at 5–1, only to lose their remaining games, including the finale against Arizona State, which led to Tomey resigning, despite several rumors that he would be fired.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
Mackovic, the former Illinois and Texas coach, was hired to replace Tomey to rebuild the program. After being introduced, Mackovic promised that the team would be rebuilt with strong recruiting classes and he would lead them to a Rose Bowl, in which Tomey was unable to do. He previously served as Arizona's offensive coordinator under Jim Young from 1973 to 1976.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
In addition, Mackovic would also bring in a new coaching staff, as well as bringing back Larry Mac Duff as defensive coordinator (Mac Duff was formerly part of Tomey's staff in the same position and helped build Arizona's “Desert Swarm” defense in the early 1990s). Mac Duff served as the special teams for the NFL's New York Giants, who had reached the Super Bowl in the 2000–01 season (the Giants ultimately lost to the Ravens in the Super Bowl) before returning to Arizona in the offseason.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
By the preseason, Arizona was picked to finish in the middle of the Pac-10 standings, though Mackovic was confident that the team would improve despite having a new quarterback.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, San Diego State
In Mackovic's debut as Arizona coach, the Wildcats opened the season with a matchup against San Diego State. It was Arizona's first visit to San Diego since they won the Holiday Bowl in 1998. Arizona's offense started slow, but would pick up momentum to get points and the defense shut down the Aztecs to give Mackovic his first win and end the Wildcats’ five-game losing streak (that dated back to the previous year that led to Tomey stepping down).


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Idaho
In their home opener, Arizona hosted Idaho. The Wildcats’ offense would dominate, though they would miss a pair of extra points after touchdowns. Mac Duff's defense was “Desert Swarm”-like early, by shutting out the Vandals in the first three quarters. In the fourth, Idaho would mount a furious rally, as Arizona's defense was playing garbage time, but would fall short as the Wildcats held on and Mackovic won his first home game.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UNLV
The Wildcats hosted UNLV in their next game. It was the first meeting between the two schools. The was originally going to be played on September 15, but was postponed a week later along with all other college football games in the wake of the September 11 tragedy.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UNLV
On the day of the game, Arizona Stadium had heavy security measures due to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, as fans entered the stadium. During the pregame, fans held American flags and the stadium observed a moment of silence for the 9/11 victims and the Arizona marching band played the national anthem before kickoff. At halftime, the band, along with UNLV's, performed “God Bless America” and “America the Beautiful” as a symbol of pride.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UNLV
In the game itself, the Wildcats would outplay the Rebels and Arizona's passing offense dominated on its way to a win and went to 3–0 under Mackovic before entering Pac-10 play.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon
After losing to Washington State to begin conference play, Arizona hosted Oregon (who was ranked seventh). The Wildcats would be no match for the Ducks, as Oregon's offense put up 63 points on the scoreboard. At one point earlier in the game, the score was tied at 14 before the Ducks broke it open, and gave the Wildcats an ugly loss.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Washington
Arizona traveled to Seattle to take on Washington, who was also ranked (15th). The Wildcats would battle the Huskies in a back and forth affair, and took the lead in the fourth quarter. However, Washington was able to drive into Arizona territory and scored in the final minute to give Arizona a painful loss for the second year in a row.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, USC
The Wildcats returned home after their heartbreaking loss at Washington and faced USC (who, like Arizona, had a first-year head coach). The Trojans would dominate early, and led 31–13 at halftime before the Wildcats stormed back in the second half to tie the game at 34 in the fourth quarter. Late in the quarter, Arizona had an opportunity to take the lead. However, they would throw an interception that USC returned for a touchdown that gave the Trojans the lead back. The Wildcats would have one last chance in the closing seconds, but ended up being stopped and Arizona fell short again for their fifth straight loss, which tied the same streak that ended the previous season. It was also their tenth consecutive Pac-10 loss that also dated back to 2000.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, USC
A memorable moment occurred early in the fourth quarter, as the Arizona Stadium PA announced gave an update on the World Series score between the Diamondbacks and Yankees (the first game of the series was played on the same day of the Arizona-USC game).


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, USC
When it was announced that the Diamondbacks led 5-1 after three innings, the stadium crowd let out a loud cheer and the Arizona student section chanted “Let’s go, D’Backs”, as the Diamondbacks representative all of Arizona, including Tucson (the Diamondbacks would ultimately win the game and the series in seven games, much to the delight of the Arizona fans).


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, California
Attempted to look for Mackovic's first conference win, the Wildcats traveled to Berkeley to face winless California. Arizona started off slow early but would take control later on with a solid offense and blitzing defense. The Golden Bears would make things interesting late and pulled within two scores, but would not come closer as the Wildcats finally ended their Pac-10 slump and Mackovic earned his first conference victory. The win also kept Arizona's chances alive for a bowl.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
After their loss to Stanford that ended their bowl hopes, the Wildcats went to Tempe for the annual rivalry matchup with Arizona State and treated it as their own bowl game. As the Sun Devils had a new coach, the “Duel in the Desert” had a meeting between first-year coaches for both teams.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
This was the first year in modern history that the Territorial Cup, the rivalry trophy, would be awarded to the winner. The cup, which was originally awarded in 1899 in the first game between the teams and claimed to be college football's oldest rivalry trophy, went lost for decades before being discovered in 1980. Both Arizona and ASU agreed to have the cup be used for the football rivalry and that the winning team would possess it until the next season.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
In the game, the Wildcats scored first and led 20–0 at one point before ASU climbed back in it to cut the lead to 20–14. However, Arizona answered to increase their lead and seemed to break it open with a defensive touchdown. By the fourth quarter, Arizona State tried to come back, but the Wildcats’ defense would come up big to seal the game and Arizona earned their first win in the rivalry since 1998 and also captured the Territorial Cup.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
After the game, a fight ensued when Arizona celebrated at midfield and ASU players ran out to start a melee with them, which added more fuel to the rivalry.


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
With the win, Arizona finished the season with a 5–6 record, matching the previous season's record (also 5–6).


2001 Arizona Wildcats football team, After the season
The Wildcats attempted to improve on their 2001 record in 2002 for a chance at a bowl. However, they would continue to struggle against Pac-10 opponents and Mackovic would be become the center of controversy involving him and his treatment of his players, and fans called for his firing. The Wildcats would end with another losing season, which showed a sign that the Mackovic would be over soon.


2001 Arizona Wildcats softball team
The 2001 Arizona Wildcats softball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2001 NCAA Division I softball season. The Wildcats were coached by Mike Candrea, who led his seventeenth season. The Wildcats finished with a record of 65–4. They played their home games at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and competed in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they finished first with a 19–2 record.


2001 Arizona Wildcats softball team
The Wildcats were invited to the 2001 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the West Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their sixth NCAA Women's College World Series Championship.


2001 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 2001 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Razorbacks played five home games at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas and two home games at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Razorbacks reached the 2002 Cotton Bowl Classic in Houston Nutt's fourth season as head coach.