2001 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 2001 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University  in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Dean Pees, the Golden Flashes compiled a 6–5 record (5–3 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the MAC East, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 281 to 248.


2001 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The team's statistical leaders included Josh Cribbs with 1,019 rushing yards and 1,516 passing yards and Jurron Kelly with 479 receiving yards.


2001 Kentucky Derby
The 2001 Kentucky Derby was the 127th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 2001. There was a crowd of 154,210 in attendance. The 127th Kentucky Derby was the first to be broadcast on NBC, garnering a Nielsen rating of 8.1.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Field
In order to qualify, any horse that was to be nominated had to be three years old. An entry fee of $15,000 was levied against all nominations. Colts were not permitted to carry more than 126 pounds, and Fillies were not permitted to carry more than 121 pounds. A total of 441 horses were nominated to enter into the 2001 Kentucky Derby.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
Monarchos, bumped by Point Given at the start and forced in on Jamaican Rum, was outrun for six furlongs, raced five or six wide, commenced a sweeping run five abreast on the second turn, came out a bit further entering the stretch, caught Congaree approaching the final sixteenth and drew clear under steady left-handed encouragement. Invisible Ink, unhurried to the far turn, moved up between foes approaching the stretch, angled outside the winner to secure room in the upper stretch, couldn't menace Monarchos, but closed with good determination to wear down Congaree for a second. Congaree, in hand early while tracking the leaders four or five wide, accelerated to the front about the five-sixteenths pole, and settled into the stretch with a clear advantage, showed the way into the final furlong but weakened gradually thereafter.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
Thunder Blitz, bumped at the start when Balto Star came out, was outrun to the far turn while along the inside, angled between rivals soon after while advancing, split foes approaching the final quarter, then improved position with a mild late run. Thunder Blitz returned bleeding from the mouth. Point Given broke to the inside bumping the winner, moved up steadily to gain a striking position five wide on the backstretch, made a threatening run on the second turn, then flattened out when straightened for the drive.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
Jamaican Rum, bumped at the start and squeezed back, was outrun for seven furlongs while racing well off the inside, leaned in while advancing six wide tightening it up on Dollar Bill at the three-eighths pole, then closed some ground while not a threat. A P Valentine, in behind rivals while unhurried into the backstretch, was checked when bumped by Talk Is Money at the half-mile ground, steadied between foes and was shuffled back at the three-eighths pole and rallied belatedly.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
Express tour settled in a striking position while near the inside between foes on the backstretch, and made a menacing run after angling out slightly on the second turn, then failed to sustain the needed momentum. Fifty Stars, outrun until the stretch while in behind rivals, angled out at the eighth pole but wasn't a factor. Startac failed to reach contention and was eight wide on the second turn and into the stretch. Millennium Wind, forwardly placed along the rail, was checked behind Songandaprayer, about the five-sixteenths pole and failed to threaten thereafter.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
Arctic Boy, squeezed a bit at the start, failed to threaten. Songandaprayer was hustled to the front along the rail soon after the start, and made the pace under pressure to the second turn, then tired from the effort. Balto Star forced the pace between rivals for seven furlongs and gave way. Dollar Bill, angled in behind horses soon after the start, eased out a bit on the backstretch, and was forced to take up sharply, lost his action at the three-eighths pole when in tight quarters and was finished.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
Keats pressed the leaders three wide to the far turn and gave way thereafter. Talk is Money exchanged bumps with A P Valentine leaving the half-mile ground, gave way soon after, was distanced before going a mile and eased through the stretch. A foul claim by the rider of Invisible Ink against the winner for alleged interference at the quarter-mile ground was disallowed.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Race Description
It was the second-fastest winning time in the Kentucky Derby, and the first year time was extended to hundredths instead of fifths. The 1:59.97 would have been equivalent to a 2:00.0 time in previous years.


2001 Kentucky Derby, Further reading
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2001 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 2001 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. They played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team was coached by Guy Morriss.


2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
The 2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 10 May 2001 to elect members to the Kerala State Assembly. Polls were held simultaneously in all 140 seats and resulted in a voter turnout of 72.47%.


2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
The election saw a change of guard in the state with the United Democratic Front winning 99 seats as opposed to the 40 won by the Left Democratic Front. The remaining seat was won by a UDF rebel candidate.


2001 Khaleej Times Trophy
The 2001 Khaleej Times Trophy was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates in late October 2001. It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The Pakistanis won the tournament by defeating the Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the final. All matches were held in Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.


2001 Kids' Choice Awards
The 14th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 21, 2001, at Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. It aired live on Nickelodeon and was hosted by Rosie O'Donnell for the sixth consecutive year.


2001 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 2001 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 107th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887.


2001 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 14 October 2001, O'Loughlin Gaels won the title after a 1-17 to 1-06 defeat of Graigue-Ballycallan in the final at Nowlan Park. It was their first ever championship title.


2001 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 2001 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 28 July 2001. It was the 51st running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


2001 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The winner was Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor's Galileo, a three-year-old bay colt trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O'Brien and ridden by Mick Kinane. Galileo's victory was the first in the race for O'Brien and fourth for Kinane after Belmez (1990), King's Theatre (1994) and Montjeu (2000). Michael Tabor had previously won the race with Montjeu.


2001 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
The race attracted a field of twelve runners: seven from the United Kingdom, three from Ireland and two from France. Favourite for the race was the undefeated Irish colt Galileo who had won the Epsom Derby and the Irish Derby and was accompanied by his pacemaker Ice Dancer. The Godolphin stable were represented by the five-year-old Fantastic Light, the winner of the Man o' War Stakes, Tattersalls Gold Cup and Prince of Wales's Stakes, as well as his pacemaker Give The Slip a high-class stayer who had won the Ebor Handicap and the Dubai City of Gold.


2001 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
The French challengers were the Prix du Jockey Club winner Anabaa Blue and the four-year-old Hightori who had won the Prix du Prince d'Orange and finished third in the Dubai World Cup. The other runners included the St Leger Stakes winner Millenary and Storming Home who had won the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot. Galileo headed the betting at odds of 1/2 ahead of Fantastic Light (7/2). Anabaa Blue (18/1) was the only other runner to start at odds of less than 20/1 reflecting the view that the race was effectively a match between the representatives of Ballydoyle and Godolphin.


2001 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
Give The Slip took the lead from the tart and set the pace from Ice Dancer, with Ababaa Blue, Golden Snake and Mutamam just behind. Give The Slip maintained his advantage into the straight where Mick Kinane produced Galileo with a run on the inside to take the lead approaching the final quarter mile. Fantastic Light made rapid progress on the outside and caught the favourite a furlong from the finish, but Galileo rallied and pulled away again in the closing stages to win by two lengths. Hightori, who had been badly hampered by the fading Give The Slip, finished strongly to take third by a short head from Storming Home, with Millenary in fifth place.


2001 King's Cup
The 32nd King's Cup were held from 10 – 17 February 2001 at Bangkok, Thailand. The King's Cup (คิงส์คัพ) is an annual football tournament; the first tournament was played in 1968.


2001 King's Cup
Sweden won the tournament beating China 3–0 in the final.


2001 King's Cup, Venue
All matches held at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand


2001 Kishtwar massacre
2001 Kishtwar massacre was the killing of 17 Hindu villagers in village Ladder near Kishtwar in Doda District of Jammu and Kashmir by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants on 3 August 2001 .


2001 Kishtwar massacre, The attack
According to the police, a group of 10 militants swooped on the village and dragged 20 males belonging to the Hindu community out of their houses. They were taken to the adjacent rocky mountain belt and shot. Five villagers were wounded.


2001 Kishtwar massacre, The aftermath
These killings were subsequently discussed in Indian parliament with opposition criticizing the Government. Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Mujib-ur-Rahman was shot dead 3 days later. His logbook had an entry dated 3 August, "The warriors of the Lashkar-e-Toiba have killed 19 unbelievers. This is our challenge to the Indian government." A complete bandh was observed in Jammu the following day in protest. Groups of demonstrators protesting against the Kishtwar carnage torched Pakistani flags and effigies of Gen Pervez Musharraf in Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur.


2001 Kodori crisis
The 2001 Kodori crisis was a confrontation in the Kodori Valley, Abkhazia, in October 2001 between Georgians (who were supported by ethnic Chechen fighters) and Abkhazian forces. The crisis was largely neglected by the world media, which was focused on the concurrent US attack on Afghanistan. The fighting resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people.


2001 Kodori crisis, Timeline
On October 4, 2001, a group of Chechen and Georgian fighters led by the commander Ruslan Gelayev entered the gorge from the Georgian side and attacked the village Giorgievskoe. Then, on October 8, 2001, a helicopter carrying United Nations observers was shot down over Kodori, killing nine.


2001 Kodori crisis, Aftermath
On 5 August 2004, Valery Chkhetiani, one of the Georgian fighters captured by Abkhazian forces, suffered a stroke during a walk and was brought to a hospital, where he died two days later, on 7 August. Chkhetiani, a resident of Kutaisi and born in 1973, had been condemned to a prison sentence of 15 years.


2001 Kodori crisis, Aftermath
On 29 July 2006, Mart Laar, former prime minister of Estonia and then adviser to the Georgian president, was quoted as saying that the Kodori conflict was engineered by Russia. Laar also warned that future provocations of Georgia by Russia are to be expected, but that Georgia has prepared itself to make it through any challenges posed by Russia.


2001 Kodori crisis, Aftermath
On 30 April 2008, Russia accused Georgia of massing 1500 troops in the Kodori region in preparation to invade Abkhazia. Georgia maintained the troops were present in accordance with a 1994 accord that allowed for peacekeeping forces in the region and were essential to maintaining order after the 2001 Kodori crisis. Russia responded by deploying troops to the region, further escalating tensions between Russia and Georgia. These forces would later take part in the war in 2008.


2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series
The 2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition for V8 Supercars. It was the second running of the second tier series for V8 Supercars. The series was contested over six rounds held across four different states, commencing on 25 February at Wakefield Park and concluding on 11 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park.


2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series
The series was won by Simon Wills who was victorious in ten of the 18 races. Wills finished 82 points clear of Paul Dumbrell.


2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series, Series calendar
The series was contested over six rounds with three races per round.


2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series, Series calendar
An additional non-points "special event", the Konica V8 Supercar Challenge, was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst on 6 October as a support race to the 2001 V8 Supercar 1000.


2001 Konica V8 Supercar Series, Points system
The season consisted of six rounds across four different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for all cars who started each race in finishing order and then in order that they retired from the race. Points may have been offered for race positions lower than 24th but at no race during the series did more than 24 cars start.


2001 Korean FA Cup
2001 Korean FA Cup, known as the Seoul Bank FA Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 6th edition of the Korean FA Cup. Since 2001 Korean FA Cup, Preliminary round was introduced.


2001 Korean League Cup
Korean League Cup 2001, known as Adidas Cup 2001 due to the competition's sponsorship.


2001 Kosovan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 17 November 2001. The first President of Kosovo taking office after the start of the UN Administration Ibrahim Rugova, was re elected and took office on 2 March 2002. The elections were held under the government of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.


2001 Kot Charwal massacre
2001 Kot Charwal massacre was the killing of 15 Bakarwals in the village of Chalwalkote by the Islamic militants in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on 9 February 2001.


2001 Kot Charwal massacre, Background
A violent insurgency has been going on in Jammu and Kashmir since 1989. The militants had intermittently massacred villagers who did not support their cause. The state government had supplied arms to the villagers who had formed Village Defence Committees (VDC) so that they could protect themselves from the militants. The militants suspected the villagers to be informants for Indian Army.


2001 Kot Charwal massacre, The attack
The militants came at night and initially asked the villagers to hand over the female members of the village for satisfying their sexual urges. When the villagers resisted this they were attacked. The terrorists came then bolted the house of Abdullah Remo and Bashir Abdullah. Then they lobbed a grenade inside before setting the house on fire. Of the 15 charred bodies which were recovered seven were of children, the youngest one being only four years old.


2001 Kot Charwal massacre, Aftermath
Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah condemned the killings.


2001 Kremlin Cup
The 2001 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 1 October through 7 October 2001.


2001 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles
Max Mirnyi /  Sandon Stolle defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Jeff Tarango 6–3, 6–0


2001 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis /  Anna Kournikova defeated  Elena Dementieva /  Lina Krasnoroutskaya 7–6(7–1), 6–3


2001 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman and David Prinosil were the defending champions but only Prinosil competed that year with Martin Damm.


2001 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Damm and Prinosil lost in the quarterfinals to Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer.


2001 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Max Mirnyi and Sandon Stolle won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Jeff Tarango.


2001 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 7–5 against Nicolas Kiefer.


2001 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but lost to  Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals.


2001 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Jelena Dokić won the title, defeating Dementieva in the final 6–3, 6–3.


2001 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Kroger St. Jude International
The 2001 Kroger St. Jude International was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from February 19 through February 25, 2001. Mark Philippoussis won the singles title.


2001 Kroger St. Jude International, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Alex O'Brien /  Jonathan Stark 6–3, 7–6(7–3)


2001 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles
Justin Gimelstob and Sébastien Lareau were the defending champions but only Gimelstob competed that year with Jared Palmer.


2001 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles
Gimelstob and Palmer lost in the second round to Tommy Haas and Glenn Weiner.


2001 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–3) against Alex O'Brien and Jonathan Stark.


2001 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles, Seeds
All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.


2001 Kroger St. Jude International – Singles
Magnus Larsson was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 Kroger St. Jude International – Singles
Mark Philippoussis won in the final 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 against Davide Sanguinetti.


2001 Kroger St. Jude International – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Kuala Lumpur FA season
In the 2001 season, Kuala Lumpur competed in the Premier 1, Malaysia Cup and Malaysia FA Cup. They finished 10th in the league, but were eliminated in the FA Cup by a second division team and lost all their group matches in the Malaysia Cup. Foreign players were barred for this season.


2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens
The 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the sixth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first Malaysia Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of  the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Petaling Jaya Stadium on 21–22 April 2001.


2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens
In their first event as hosts, Malaysia were defeated 36–5 by Canada in the Bowl quarterfinals whilst Australia won back to back Sevens titles for the first time by defeating New Zealand 19–17 in the Cup final.


2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. he bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.


2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens, Pool stage
The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played each other once. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens title.


2001 Kunlun earthquake
The 2001 Kunlun earthquake also known as the 2001 Kokoxili earthquake, occurred on 14 November 2001 at 09:26 UTC (17:26 local time), with an epicenter near Kokoxili, close to the border between Qinghai and Xinjiang in a remote mountainous region. With a magnitude of 7.8 Mw it was the most powerful earthquake in China for 5 decades. No casualties were reported, presumably due to the very low population density and the lack of high-rise buildings. This earthquake was associated with the longest surface rupture ever recorded on land, ~450 km.


2001 Kunlun earthquake, Tectonic setting
The Kunlun fault is one of the major sinistral strike-slip structures that accommodate the eastward motion of the Tibetan plateau relative to the Eurasian plate. This motion is caused by the lateral spreading of the zone of thickened crust associated with the collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates.


2001 Kunlun earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake rupture began on a relatively small strike-slip fault segment at the western end of the Kunlun fault in the region of the mountain Buka Daban Feng. The rupture propagated to the east via an extensional stepover before following the main strand of the Kunlun fault. The region of co-seismic deformation (i.e. that occurred during the earthquake) is unusually large, with significant faulting being observed up to 60 km from the main rupture trace. This deformation occurs in two swathes, ca. 20 and 60 km from the main fault trace. Pre -existing lineaments and geomorphological features suggest that this earthquake-triggered displacement occurred on existing faults. The co-seismic surface rupture extended for more than 400 km, making it the longest zone of co-seismic surface rupture so far observed.


2001 Kunlun earthquake, Earthquake
An analysis of the propagation speed indicates that the rupture propagated at a normal velocity along the original segment, but increased in velocity to above the S-wave velocity after the jump across the extensional stepover and continued at that speed until propagation stopped. This makes the Kunlun earthquake the best documented example of a supershear earthquake. It has been suggested that the unusually wide zone of co-seismic deformation is a direct result of the supershear rupture propagation.


2001 Kunlun earthquake, Damage
Due to the remoteness of the region, most reports of damage came from areas hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter. The nearest population centre, the city of Golmud, reported severe shaking but no buildings collapsed. Some damage was reported at the construction site for the Qingzang railway (Qinghai-Tibet railway) and along the Qinghai-Tibet highway.


2001 Kuomintang chairmanship election
The 2001 Kuomintang chairmanship election (Chinese: 2001年中國國民黨主席選舉) was held on 24 March 2001 in Taiwan. This was the first direct party leadership election in Kuomintang history in which all registered, due-paying party members were eligible to vote. In previous elections, only 2,000 high-ranking members could cast votes.


2001 Kuomintang chairmanship election, History
Lee Teng-hui had assumed the presidency and Kuomintang chairmanship in 1988, after the death of Chiang Ching-kuo. With the help of Lien Chan, Lee had withstood a challenge to his leadership in 1997, shortly after the Kuomintang lost that year's local elections handily. In 2000, the Kuomintang lost the presidential election to Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Shui-bian, and discontent over Lee's leadership had again broken out. He planned to resign the chairmanship in September,  but eventually submitted his resignation on 24 March, after days of speculation and protest. Lien Chan succeeded Lee as chairman in June. The first direct leadership election was scheduled for 24 March 2001. In previous elections, only 2,000 party representatives could vote for the office.


2001 Kuomintang chairmanship election, Election
Lien Chan registered for the election on 9 February 2001, and ran unopposed, as Tuan Hung-chun was declared ineligible. Lien was required to gather a petition of three percent of the party membership to validate his candidacy. He garnered 521,712 of 537,370 votes in the election itself, at a time when the Kuomintang had an eligible voter count of 928,175. Lien won 97.09% of all votes cast, a record that would stand until 2015, when Eric Chu was elected.


2001 Kurdistan Region municipal elections
The Kurdistan Region municipal elections, 2001 were held on May 26, 2001 in the territories of Kurdistan which were under control of Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), after the KDP's main rival, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) had held municipal elections in the territories they controlled, in February 2000. Aside from the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party, another 14 political parties and a total of 1,000 candidates participated for 571 posts, in 85 municipalities. To ensure the elections were fair, a committee was established to observe the elections, which included United Nations staff. These local and foreign observes concluded the elections were generally fair.


2001 Kurdistan Region municipal elections
The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which won a majority in every single municipality and a total of 81% of the votes. A distant second place was the Kurdistan Islamic Union. A total of 22 women were elected into local councils. All mayor positions were won by the KDP.


2001 Kvalserien
The 2001 Kvalserien was the 27th edition of the Kvalserien. It determined two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2001–02 Elitserien season and which four teams would play in the 2001–02 Allsvenskan season.


2001 Kyrgyzstan League, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and SKA PVO Bishkek won the championship.


2001 L.League
Statistics of L. League in the 2001 season. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.


2001 LFF Lyga
Final tables of the Lithuanian Championship in 2001 are presented below. The Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) organized three football leagues: A Lyga (the highest), 1 Lyga (second-tier), and 2 Lyga (third-tier), which comprised several regional zones.


2001 LG Abans Triangular Series
The 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka in December 2001. It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. The hosts Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating the West Indies by 34 runs in the final by D/L method.


2001 LG Cup (Egypt)
The LG Cup Egypt is an exhibition association football tournament that took place in Cairo, Egypt in 2001.


2001 LG Cup (Iran)
The LG Cup Iran is an exhibition association football tournament that took place in Tehran, Iran in 2001.


2001 LG Cup (snooker)
The 2001 LG Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 21 October 2001 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. The highest break of the tournament was 147 made by Ronnie O'Sullivan.


2001 LG Cup (snooker)
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost to Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals. Stephen Lee defeated Peter Ebdon 9–4 in the final to win his second ranking title.


2001 LG Cup (snooker), Tournament summary
Defending champion Mark Williams was the number 1 seed with World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


2001 LNBP season
The 2001 LNBP was the 2nd season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. It started on July 31, 2001 and ended on November 29, 2001. The league title was won by Gallos de Pelea de Ciudad Juárez, which defeated Lobos UAdeC in the championship series.


2001 LNBP season, Format
12 teams participate. The first 8 teams in the regular season standings qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs have quarterfinals (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7).


2001 LNBP season, Playoffs
Gallos de Pelea de Ciudad Juárez wins the championship series, 4–1.


2001 LNBP season, All-Star Game
The second LNBP All-Star Game was played in Torreón. The game was played between a team of Mexican players (Mexicanos) and a team of foreign players (Extranjeros). The Mexican won, 119–116.


2001 LPGA Championship
The 2001 LPGA Championship was the 47th LPGA Championship, played June 21–24 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the third of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2001.


2001 LPGA Championship
Karrie Webb won her only LPGA Championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Laura Diaz, and completed the career grand slam. It was her second consecutive major win, as she also took the U.S. Women's Open earlier in the month.


2001 LPGA Championship
Webb, age 26, became the fifth and youngest woman to win the career slam, passing Mickey Wright, who completed hers at age 27 in 1962. It was the fourth of Webb's seven major titles. With a 7-under 64 on Friday, she set the 36-hole scoring record at the LPGA Championship at 131 (−11).


2001 LPGA Championship
The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.


2001 LPGA Tour
The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.


2001 LPGA Tour
This was the first season that the Women's British Open was considered an LPGA major. There were seven first-time winners in 2001: Heather Daly-Donofrio, Wendy Doolan, Tina Fischer, Kate Golden, Carin Koch, Catriona Matthew, and Gloria Park.


2001 LPGA Tour
The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


2001 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


2001 LSU Tigers football team
The 2001 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Nick Saban, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU went 10–3 and won the SEC West and represented the division in the 2001 SEC Championship Game for the first time. After a 31–20 upset of favored Tennessee, LSU played in the 2002 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana, and defeated yet another higher ranked opponent, Illinois, 47–34.


2001 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2001 La Flèche Wallonne was the 65th edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 18 April 2001. The race started in Charleroi and finished in Huy. The race was won by Rik Verbrugghe of the Lotto team.


2001 Ladies European Tour
The 2001 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from March through September 2001. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


2001 Ladies European Tour, Tournaments
The table below shows the 2001 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.


2001 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 2001 Lafayette Leopards football team represented Lafayette College in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by Frank Tavani, in his second season as head coach. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.


2001 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette's September 15 game at Princeton was canceled due to college football's collective decision to postpone games following the September 11 attacks.


2001 Lafayette Leopards football team, Schedule
Most games were televised on LSN, the Lafayette Sports Network.


2001 Lancashire County Council election
Elections to Lancashire County Council were held in May 2001 on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election. The Labour party held overal control of the council.


2001 Lao League, Overview
Banks won the championship, which was arranged on a group stage. Two pools of six played each other with the top two qualifying for the semi-finals.


2001 Larne Borough Council election
Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.


2001 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Coast Road
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1997-2001 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist


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


2001 Larne Borough Council election, Districts results, Larne Town
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist2001: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent, Independent Unionist becomes Independent


2001 Las Vegas Bowl
The 2001 Las Vegas Bowl was the 10th edition of the annual college football bowl game. It featured the USC Trojans and the Utah Utes.


2001 Las Vegas Bowl, Game summary
The game was dominated by defense. Utah opened the scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run by Adam Tate, leading 7–0. They increased their lead to 10–0 in the second quarter, with a 26-yard field goal from Ryan Kaneshiro. That would be their final score of the game. In the third quarter, USC's Sunny Byrd scored a touchdown from 2 yards out, but the extra point missed leaving the score 10–6. Utah held on to win the game over USC.


2001 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 8th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards which honor the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music took place in Miami.


2001 Latvian Football Cup
Latvian Football Cup 2001 was the fifty-ninth season of the Latvian annual football knock-out competition.


2001 Latvian Football Cup, Semifinals
First legs were played on May 2 2001, second legs were played on May 10 2001.


2001 Latvian Higher League
The 2001 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the eleventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.


2001 Laurence Olivier Awards
The 2001 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2001 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.


2001 Laurence Olivier Awards, Productions with multiple nominations and awards
The following 22 productions, including one ballet and two operas, received multiple nominations:


2001 Laval municipal election
The 2001 Laval municipal election took place on November 4, 2001, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Laval, Quebec.


2001 Laval municipal election
Gilles Vaillancourt was elected to a fourth term as mayor, and his municipal party won every seat on city council.


2001 Lebanon Protest (7 August)
In 7 August 2001 (Arabic: ٧ آب ٢٠٠١) an Anti- Syrian occupation demonstration took place in Lebanon, which turned violent when the joint Lebanese-Syrian security System tried to repress the revolt, and resulted in the arrest of hundreds without legal justification, during the tenure of the pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud.


2001 Lebanon Protest (7 August)
On that day, the security forces attacked hundreds of young activists, mainly from the Chrsitian parties, including the Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces, the National Liberal Party and other non-partisan neutral activists in front of the Justice Palace in Beirut and engaged in a campaign of beatings and arrests that was characterized by extreme ferocity.


2001 Lebanon Protest (7 August)
This day is considered a turning point in the history of Lebanon when the resistance against the Syrian presence in Lebanon has started, and climaxed in the 2005 Cedar Revolution which led to the complete Syrian withdrawal in 2005.


2001 Lebanon Protest (7 August), History
By the end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990's, the Christians felt defeated, especially after the occupation of Syria, and their leaders Michel Aoun ending up exiled and Samir Geagea  imprisoned.


2001 Lebanon Protest (7 August), History
In 2000, Christian-Maronite Patriarch Nassrallah Boutros Sfeir campaigned in Mount Lebanon for the reconciliation of Chrisitians and Druze, after a dispute that goes back to the civil war, which is believed to have inspired the 7 August 2001 revolt.


2001 Lebanon Protest (7 August), History
Moreover, the withdrawal of Israel from the South of Lebanon in 2000, encouraged even more the total independence from the Syrians.


2001 Lebanon Protest (7 August), History
On the day of the 7 August 2001, the Lebanese security forces arrested hundreds of people who were demonstrating for freedom of expression and against the Syrian regime, and put them in prison without any arrest warrants or legal justifications.


2001 Lebanon Protest (7 August), History
In 2005, the assassination of the prime minister Rafik Hariri led to a massive Cedar Revolution which resulted in the total withdrawal of the Syrian troops from Lebanon on April 30, 2005.


2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics
The 2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on May 5–6, 2001. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.


2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics
A total of 44 events were contested, 23 by boys and 21 by girls.


2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners can be found on the LIAA webpage courtesy Dean H. Greenaway from the British Virgin Islands Athletics Association.


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The 2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. in the United States and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from August 13 through August 19, 2001.


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Martin Damm /  David Prinosil defeated  Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan 7–6(7–5), 6–3


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
Alex O'Brien and Jared Palmer were the defending champions but only O'Brien competed that year with Justin Gimelstob.


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
Gimelstob and O'Brien lost in the first round to Marius Barnard and Jim Thomas.


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
Martin Damm and David Prinosil won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–3 against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles
Àlex Corretja was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Marcelo Ríos.


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles
Andy Roddick won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Sjeng Schalken.


2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
The 2001 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Lehigh was undefeated in the regular season and won a fourth consecutive Patriot League championship, but lost in the second round of the Division I-AA national playoffs.


2001 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
In their first year under head coach Pete Lembo, the Mountain Hawks compiled a 11–1 record (10–0 in the regular season). Brant Hall, Matt Salvaterra, Josh Snyder and Morris Taylor were the team captains.


2001 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
The Mountain Hawks outscored opponents 410 to 182. With the addition of Georgetown to the conference, Lehigh's undefeated record made it the first team to win seven Patriot League games in one year.


2001 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
The Mountain Hawks were ranked No. 10 in the preseason Division I-AA national poll, and rose in the rankings as their 10-game win streak progressed, ending the season at No. 5. Lehigh qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs, hosting and winning a first-round game before losing, in the quarterfinals, to eventual national runner-up Furman.


2001 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Like most of the Patriot League, Lehigh played just 10 of its 11 scheduled regular season games, after its September 15 matchup, against Ivy League opponent Penn, was canceled following the September 11 attacks.


2001 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team
Lehigh played its home games at Goodman Stadium on the university's Goodman Campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix
The 2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, known informally as the 2001 Nazareth 225, was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on May 6, 2001 at Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA. It was the 4th round of the 2001 CART season. Rookie Scott Dixon won the race by just four tenths of a second over Kenny Bräck, while Paul Tracy took third.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix
Dixon scored his first and only CART win after he successfully gambled on a fuel-saving strategy that gave PacWest Racing its last win before the team folded in 2002 as well as its first win since 1997. Bräck's first podium of the season was the prelude to two consecutive wins at Motegi and Milwaukee, putting him solidly in the championship hunt. For Tracy, it was his second podium in three races, but he would not record another for the rest of the season.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix
The race was the first after the Firestone Firehawk 600 fiasco, and there were concerns about the G-Forces experienced at Nazareth that were ultimately unfounded. This would also be the last time that CART raced at the speedway, allowing open-wheel rival Indy Racing League to run its own 225-lap race from 2002-2004.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Background
The race weekend began just days after the 600-mile event at Texas Motor Speedway scheduled for April 29 was postponed and ultimately canceled due to extreme g-forces experienced by the drivers that made race conditions critically dangerous. Speedway and CART officials were still discussing options over possible dates later in the year for a make-up race, but after announcing that all ticket holders would receive refunds without word of a replacement event, it became clear that any future for the series at Texas Motor Speedway was in serious doubt.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Background
In the meantime, rumors spread that Nazareth Speedway would be cut from the 2002 schedule despite it being one of CART's longest-running events in an effort to reduce travel costs. On raceday itself, CART officials released a statement that the series would be reviewing its options after the race in Japan and make a decision then.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Background
... [O]ne of the things that has become clear to me in my five months at CART is that we must develop a process that allows us to more effectively determine where we conduct races. We have established more definitive criteria than were used in the past and are now approaching where we race in a more formal manner. This approach applies directly to the situation we face in the Lehigh Valley.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Background
It was later decided that the series would not continue racing at Nazareth, dropping the venue, along with Belle Isle, Michigan, Lausitz, and Houston for the 2002 season.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Background
Following driver complaints that the aerodynamic packages used at the track the year before had caused too much turbulence and reduced the amount of passing on-track, CART officials decided to use a low-downforce version of the Hanford device on the cars instead of the high-downforce version used previously at Nazareth. This configuration was normally used on intermediate-length ovals like the Milwaukee Mile and it was hoped that it would slow the cars down in the corners enough to encourage passing. It also meant that Patrick Carpentier's lap record from the previous year would remain untouched.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Background
Another technical innovation was the introduction of the HANS Device, a restraint that reduced the amount of lateral head movement by the driver in the event of a crash. CART had made it mandatory for all drivers on oval courses at the beginning of the season, and the race at Nazareth would be the first professional open-wheel race where all drivers would be required to use it.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Background
PacWest driver Maurício Gugelmin, after being involved in a major crash in Texas the week before, withdrew from the event at Nazareth following the death of his six-year-old son, who had cerebral palsy. Gugelmin had not missed a race since his CART debut at Mid-Ohio in 1993; his 130 consecutive race-streak had been the longest of all active drivers in the series. Because the news came on such short notice, PacWest Racing had no backup drivers available to fill in for Gugelmin, and so the NEXTEL sponsorship from his car was placed onto his teammate's, Scott Dixon, instead.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Practice and Qualifying
Friday morning practice saw rookie Bruno Junqueira top the time sheets with a 20.485. Junqueira and Chip Ganassi teammate Nicolas Minassian had tested at the track the previous November and then again two weeks before the race as part of a CART rookie test. Penske's Helio Castroneves took second place approximately two tenths slower than Junqueira, while Kenny Bräck took third.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Practice and Qualifying
Friday afternoon practice saw much of the same, but the speeds increased as the afternoon sun heated the track. Junqueira remained on top overall with his morning session time despite many other drivers improving their speeds on the warm track. Max Papis showed great improvement from the morning session as he slotted into second place while Helio Castroneves fell back to third after failing to improve on his earlier time.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Practice and Qualifying
Saturday morning practice was ultimately ended early due to light showers, but not before Bräck broke the twenty second barrier and took the top spot overall with a 19.926. Castroneves was the only other driver to go sub-twenty seconds with a 19.979 in the session. Junqueira improved his time by going 20.090, third overall.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Practice and Qualifying
Qualifying was delayed by just under ten minutes to allow the track crews to finish drying the track after the showers that stopped morning practice finally ended. Early in the session, Papis spun going into Turn 4, bringing out the yellow flag. He was able to get the car back into pit lane and retry his qualifying lap after everyone else had completed theirs.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Practice and Qualifying
Nicolas Minassian, meanwhile, was not as lucky. Halfway through the session, he lost control through Turn 2 and slammed into the outside wall, rupturing an oil line and sending the car up in flames. Minassian was able to exit the car under his own power and was soon released from the infield medical center. The car, however, was written off, forcing Minassian to use a backup and start the race from last place.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Practice and Qualifying
At the end of qualifying, Junqueira was able to push his #4 Toyota-powered Lola to pole position with a 19.700, his first pole position in the series and the first by a rookie since Alex Tagliani in Rio de Janeiro the previous year. This was also the third consecutive pole for Chip Ganassi Racing at Nazareth, following Juan Pablo Montoya in 1999 and 2000.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Practice and Qualifying
Bräck kept up his practice pace by starting second alongside Junqueira with a 19.738, his fourth consecutive front-row start of the season (Bräck had qualified first at the previous event in Texas, but the race was canceled the following day). Michel Jourdain Jr. qualified a career-best third, two and a half tenths behind the pole. Only four drivers were able to break the 20 second barrier in qualifying. Defending race winner and reigning CART champion Gil de Ferran could only muster 15th while teammate and previous race winner Castroneves would start 5th. Points leader Cristiano da Matta qualified 9th.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
On raceday itself, Bräck was fastest in the morning warmup, and the rain that complicated practice the day before had given way to clear skies.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
When the green flag waved later that afternoon, Bräck immediately jumped into the lead heading into Turn 1. Bryan Herta, who had qualified a respectable 7th, spun after the start-finish line, forcing the first caution. Sliding down the track, he managed to keep it off the inside wall just past pit exit, but stalled the car. Other than flat-spotting his tires, Herta suffered minor wing damage but he got his car restarted and was able to continue. The damage forced him to pit, however, and he was now a lap down.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
On Lap 4, just as the field was approaching the green flag, Castroneves spun going into Turn 4, but he kept the car under control and on the track. The incident, however, meant that he fell from 5th to 11th as the caution flag waved again. In the meantime, Oriol Servià streaked past Junqueira to take second place.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
Scott Dixon and Herta used the caution period to top off on fuel as they were both already at the back, precipitating the first of multiple race strategies that day.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The cars returned to the green flag single-file on Lap 10, Bräck still leading with Servià second. The cars continued with little on-track action with the exception of Patrick Carpentier's engine letting go on Lap 28, forcing him to retire. It was his third DNF in as many races. By Lap 40, Bräck had already begun lapping the field.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
On Lap 74, 4th-place Jourdain spun coming out of Turn 4 while passing the lapped car of Alex Zanardi. He got the car under control in the infield and got it back on the track, but the caution still came out as a result of the incident.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The caution provided a wonderful opportunity for the leaders to pit, and on Lap 76 the majority of the field came in for their first pit stop of the race. Junqueira overshot his pit box, resulting in a lengthy pit stop which dropped him back to 11th. Cristiano da Matta's quick stop vaulted him into 3rd place behind Bräck and Servià. Max Papis, meanwhile, retired from the race with a gearbox malfunction.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The green flag waved again on Lap 82, and once again Bräck took off from the rest of the field. da Matta was able to stay hooked up with Servià and fight for 2nd position while leaving 4th place Adrian Fernández behind. Castroneves had managed to climb back up to 5th after his earlier spin while his teammate de Ferran was having a miserable day, falling back from 15th to 19th, the last car on the lead lap, as a result of a poor-handling car and a stall in the pitlane. Within twenty laps, Bräck had already reached the tail end of the field and was beginning to close in on de Ferran.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The stretch of green-flag racing came to an end on Lap 113 when Tora Takagi, running in 15th place, spun coming out of Turn 4, bringing out the caution for the fourth time. He managed the keep the car off the wall and resumed without stopping.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The fuel strategies continued to diversify on Lap 116 as Jimmy Vasser, Paul Tracy, Junqueira, Dixon, and nine other drivers pitted for tires and fuel while the front-runners stayed on track.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The green waved on Lap 119, but scarcely a lap had gone by before the yellow came back out when de Ferran and Tagliani's cars collided going into Turn 3, putting both out of the race and ending a dismal weekend for the reigning champion. de Ferran was able to climb out of the car unhurt, but it took several laps to extricate Tagliani from his car; it was later determined that he had soreness and pain in his back as a result of the crash, but he would return at the next race at Motegi.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The top four drivers of Bräck, Servià, da Matta, and Fernández used the caution period to stop for tires and fuel on Lap 124, as did Castroneves and Michael Andretti. Bräck slotted into 10th place while Tony Kanaan inherited the lead behind the safety car. Kanaan, 2nd place Dario Franchitti, and 3rd place Shinji Nakano had all last pitted on Lap 76, while Tracy, Dixon, Vasser, Christian Fittipaldi, Jourdain, and Junqueira made up positions 4-9, having pit on Lap 116.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
At this point in the race, the first three cars would be forced to pit for fuel before the checkered flag, positions 4-9 would have to rely on fuel-saving measures and hope for more caution laps to safely make it to the end without stopping, while 10th place Bräck and the cars behind him had enough to fuel to complete the race.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
Herta, now four laps behind the leader, retired the car in the pits on Lap 131; this would be the first of four consecutive retirements for the Forsythe driver. With the cars still under caution, Franchitti pulled into the pitlane on Lap 142 for his final stop, dropping him down the order from 2nd to 16th place.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The green finally came back out on Lap 144 with Kanaan leading. Bräck began climbing through the pack, jumping from 9th to 7th on the restart while Kanaan could not pull away from the rest of the field. Dixon was able to get around Tracy for 3rd place, while at the same time Bräck had passed Fittipaldi, Vasser, and Tracy by Lap 168 to pull into 4th behind him. Four laps later, Zanardi was given a step-and-go penalty for speeding on the pit lane.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
On Lap 182, Nakano pitted from 2nd place for fuel and tires, but the quick lap times around the track meant that he would fall one lap down to 16th place. Just a few laps later, Fernández pulled into the pits from 12th to retire the car due to an electrical problem. Leader Kanaan finally relinquished the lead to Dixon on Lap 191 after running out of fuel on-track, forcing him to pit for fuel and tires, putting him a lap down in 17th place.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The stop was not without incident, however: as Kanaan moved onto the apron on the back straightaway to enter the pits, he almost collided with 3rd place Bräck, who was trying to pass him on the inside. The near-collision forced Bräck to lift and allowed 1st place Dixon to open up a gap between them.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
Despite dominating the first half of the race and carving his way through the field after the last yellow, Bräck was having difficulty keeping up with Dixon and he struggled to maintain pace as the laps wound down.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
On Lap 215, Jourdain spun coming out of Turn 4, bringing out the final caution of the day. He kept it off the wall but dropped to 13th place, the last car on the lead lap.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Race
The green waved again on Lap 219 with seven laps to go. Dixon tried to pull away from the field but Bräck refused to let him get away. It was still uncertain whether Dixon could make it the rest of the way without stopping for fuel, but Bräck could not challenge him. Despite a last-lap scare while trying to lap Jourdain, Dixon was able to hold off the dominant Team Rahal machine and take the win.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Post-Race
By winning the race, Dixon became the youngest winner in professional open-wheel racing history at 20 years, 9 months, and 14 days old until the record was broken by Marco Andretti at the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma in 2006; his performance here would be a deciding factor in his winning CART Rookie of the Year for the 2001 season. He also gave PacWest Racing its fifth and final win, the first since Mark Blundell at the 1997 Marlboro 500. The team would later fold just three races into the 2002 CART season.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Post-Race
This would also prove to be Dixon's only CART series win, as he would join Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2003 Indy Racing League season, where he has remained ever since. He would go on to win five championships in the IndyCar series and score 43 race victories; his ability to conserve fuel would later become one of his most well-known traits as a racer.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Post-Race
Dixon had denied Kenny Bräck his first CART series win, and he would have to wait until the next race at Motegi before earning his first victory. Nevertheless, this was Bräck's first podium of the season, and he would go on to earn five more, including four wins.


2001 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix, Report, Post-Race
Paul Tracy, who rounded out the podium, had taken his third Top-4 finish in a row and was now tied with da Matta for first place in the points standings. A string of crashes, bad luck, and mediocre finishes, though, destroyed his early-season form, and he ended up at the bottom of the standings at the end of the season.


2001 Liberty Bowl
The 2001 AXA Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 31, 2001, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 43rd edition of the Liberty Bowl featured the Louisville Cardinals and the BYU Cougars. The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the AXA Liberty Bowl. Louisville won the game, 28–10.


2001 Liechtenstein general election
General elections were held in Liechtenstein between 9 and 11 February 2001. The result was a victory for the Progressive Citizens' Party, which won 13 of the 25 seats in the Landtag. Voter turnout was 86.72%.


2001 Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito season
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito's 2001 season was the club's 71st year of existence, the 48th year in professional football, and the 3rd in the second level of professional football in Ecuador.


2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division
The 2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (also known as the Liga Bank Mandiri for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, the top Indonesian professional league for association football clubs, since its formation in 1994. It began on 14 January and ended on 7 October. It was contested by 28 teams. Persija won the title after beating defending champions, PSM 3–2 in the final. RCTI provided broadcast coverage for the season.


2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Awards, Top scorer
The following is a list of the top scorers from the 2001 season.


2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final
The 2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division Final was a football match which was played on 7 October 2001 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. It was contested by PSM Makassar and Persija Jakarta to determine the winner of the 2001 Liga Indonesia Premier Division. Persija won the match 3–2 to claim their first-ever professional title.


2001 Liga Perdana 1
The 2001 Liga Perdana 1 season is the fourth season of Liga Perdana 1. A total of 12 teams participated in the season.


2001 Liga Perdana 1
The season kicked off on March 31, 2001. Penang dominated the season and ended up winning the title.


2001 Liga Perdana 1, Teams
A total of 12 teams participated in the 2001 Liga Perdana 1 season. 12 teams competing in the fourth season of Liga Perdana 1. Malacca and Kelantan were promoted while Sabah and Brunei were relegated to Liga Perdana 2.


2001 Liga Perdana 2
The 2001 Liga Perdana 2 season is the fourth season of Liga Perdana 2. A total of 12 teams participated in the season.


2001 Liga Perdana 2
Sabah and Brunei were relegated from Liga Perdana 1 while Kedah JKR and PDRM were promoted from Liga FAM to a now increased total number of teams competing in the league from ten to become 12 teams.


2001 Liga Perdana 2
The season kicked off on 2 April 2001. Johor FC won the title and was promoted to Liga Perdana 1 alongside Sabah and NS Chempaka.


2001 Liga Perdana 2, Teams
12 teams competing in the fourth season of Liga Perdana 2.


2001 Liga Perdana 2, League table
1.Johor FC  - 47 PTS (2001 Liga Perdana 2 Champions)


2001 Liga Perdana 2, League table
3.NS Chempaka  - 37 PTS (Promoted to Liga Perdana 1)


2001 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
The 2001 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, or 2001 FIBA South American League, was the sixth edition of the top-tier tournament for basketball teams from South America. The tournament began on 12 February 2001 and finished on 13 April 2001. Argentine team Estudiantes de Olavarría won their first title, defeating Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia in the finals. This tournament saw the only appearance of a team from outside South America, the NBDL Ambassadors from the United States, coached by Nate Archibald. The team played their only home game in the stadium of Unión de Santa Fe in the quarterfinals, where they lost the series 1–2 against Brazilian team Flamengo.


2001 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, Format
Teams were split into four groups of four teams each, and played each other in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advanced to the final stage, a best-of-three direct playoff elimination in the quarterfinals and the semifinals, and a best-of-five elimination series in the Grand Finals, where the champion was decided.


2001 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano
The 2001 season of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 44th season of top-tier football in Bolivia.


2001 Limavady Borough Council election
Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.


2001 Limavady Borough Council election, Districts results, Bellarena
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP


2001 Limavady Borough Council election, Districts results, Benbradagh
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and SDLP, United Unionist leaves UUP


2001 Limavady Borough Council election, Districts results, Limavady Town
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from SDLP


2001 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 2001 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 107th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


2001 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 21 October 2001, Adare won the championship after a 2-17 to 2-08 defeat of Patrickswell in the final. It was their first ever championship title.


2001 Lincolnshire County Council election
The 2001 Lincolnshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 7 June 2001, the same day as the general election. Boundary changes to the electoral divisions of the county took effect at this election, with the number of seats increased by 1. The whole council of 77 members was up for election and the election resulted in the Conservative Party retaining control of the council, winning 49 seats.


2001 Lincolnshire County Council election, Results by division
Each electoral division returned one county councillor. The candidate elected to the council in each electoral division is shown in the table below. "Unopposed" indicates that the councillor was elected unopposed.


2001 Lisburn Borough Council election
Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.


2001 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Downshire
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance1997-2001 Change: UUP gain from Conservative


2001 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Dunmurry Cross
1997: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent


2001 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Killultagh
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2001 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Lisburn Town North
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Protestant Unionist2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: UUP and DUP gain from UDP and Protestant Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent


2001 Lisburn Borough Council election, Districts results, Lisburn Town South
1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, UDP becomes Independent


2001 Lithuanian Athletics Championships
The 2001 Lithuanian Athletics Championships were held at the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas from July 3 to July 4, 2001.


2001 Little League Softball World Series
The 2001 Little League Softball World Series was held in Portland, Oregon from August 10 to August 15, 2001. Four teams from the United States and four from throughout the world competed for the Little League Softball World Champions.


2001 Little League Softball World Series qualification
All the qualified teams qualify for the 2001 Little League Softball World Series in Portland, Oregon.


2001 Little League Softball World Series qualification, United States, Central
The tournament took place in Joplin, Missouri from August 1–6.


2001 Little League Softball World Series qualification, United States, East
The tournament took place in Georgetown, Delaware from August 1–6.


2001 Little League Softball World Series qualification, United States, South
The tournament took place in Toccoa, Georgia from August 3–7.


2001 Little League Softball World Series qualification, United States, West
The tournament took place in Sunnyvale, California from August 5–8.


2001 Little League World Series
The 2001 Little League World Series took place between August 17 and August 26 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Kitasuna Little League of Tokyo, Japan defeated Apopka National Little League of Apopka, Florida in the championship game of the 55th Little League World Series. This tournament saw the expansion of pool play to 16 teams, eight from the United States, and eight from around the world. Little League Volunteer Stadium was built to accommodate the number of added games that would be played in the pool stage, and it would also host the consolation game.


2001 Little League World Series
Following the conclusion of the tournament, Danny Almonte, a pitcher from the team representing the Mid-Atlantic, would be the center of a scandal where it was discovered that Almonte was not eligible to play in the tournament because he was two years over the maximum age limit. Because of this, the Mid-Atlantic team was forced to forfeit every game in the tournament they participated in retroactively.


2001 Little League World Series
The 2001 Little League World Series was also the first ever that had a female umpire to call the championship game: Flora Stansbury from Seneca, Missouri. U.S. President George W. Bush, himself a little leaguer as a child, was also in attendance at the championship game.


2001 Little League World Series
Nobuhisa Baba's single in the bottom of the sixth drove in the winning run.


2001 Little League World Series, Qualification
Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.


2001 Little League World Series, Pool play
The top two teams in each pool moved on to the elimination round.


2001 Little League World Series, Pool play, International
† Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least 10-run difference through 5 innings)


2001 Little League World Series, Champions path
The Kitasuna LL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of four wins and no losses. In total, their record was 9–1, their only loss coming in the LLWS qualifying round against Santiago de Veraguas LL of Panama.


2001 Little League World Series qualification
Qualification for the 2001 Little League World Series took place in sixteen different parts of the world during July and August 2001, with formats and number of teams varying by region.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Asia
The tournament took place in Hong Kong from July 28–August 4.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Canada
The tournament was held in Vancouver, British Columbia from August 4–11.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Caribbean
The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 20–28.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Europe, Middle East and Africa
The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland from August 2–10.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Great Lakes
The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 4–12.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Gulf
The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 5–11.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Latin America
The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 20–28.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Mid-Atlantic
The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–14.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Mid-Atlantic
*All games played by the New York representative, Rolando Paulino Little League, were forfeited due to the use of an ineligible player, Danny Almonte. The Mid-Atlantic Championship was retroactively awarded to the Pennsylvania representative, the State College American Little League.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Midwest
The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 4–12.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, New England
The tournament was held in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–14.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Northwest
The tournament was held in San Bernardino, California from August 4–14.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Pacific
The tournament took place in Hong Kong from July 29–August 3.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Southeast
The tournament took place in St. Petersburg, Florida from August 3–12.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, Transatlantic
The tournament was held in Kutno, Poland from July 8–15.


2001 Little League World Series qualification, West
The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 4–14.


2001 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 2001 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 87th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 22 April 2001. The race started in Liège and finished in Ans. The race was won by Oscar Camenzind of the Lampre team.


2001 London Broncos season
The 2001 London Broncos season was the twenty-second in the club's history and their sixth season in the Super League. The club was coached by Tony Rea, competing in Super League VI and finishing in 6th place. The club also got to the fifth round of the Challenge Cup.


2001 London Broncos season, Super League VI table
^ a: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats deducted 2 points for salary cap breaches


2001 London Broncos season, Challenge Cup
For the second consecutive year, the Broncos were knocked out of the cup at the fifth round stage.


2001 London Marathon
The 2001 London Marathon was the 21st running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 22 April. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz in a time of 2:07:11 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu in 2:23:57.


2001 London Marathon
In the wheelchair races, France's Denis Lemeunier (1:42:37) and Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:13:55) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.


2001 London Marathon
Around 92,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 43,517 had their applications accepted and 31,156 started the race. A total of 30,066 runners finished the race, comprising 23,259 men and 6807 women.


2001 London Sevens
The 2001 London Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2000–01 season. It was the London Sevens leg held  at Twickenham Stadium on 27–28 May 2001.


2001 London Sevens
The tournament was the eighth event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 19–12 in the Cup final.


2001 London Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.


2001 London Sevens, Pool stage
The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played each other once. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2001 Tokyo Sevens title.


2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 112th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 44th season in Los Angeles, California. It was the first season with Jim Tracy as manager, after serving as the Bench coach the previous two seasons. The Dodgers won 86 games, finishing third in the Western Division of the National League, six games behind the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks. This was their last season to be broadcast by KTLA (5).


2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season
Shawn Green had his best season, hitting a Dodger-record 49 home runs and also setting L.A. records for extra-base hits (84) and total bases (358). Paul Lo Duca became the full-time catcher and led the team with a .320 batting average and Jeff Shaw became the Dodgers all-time leader in saves, with 129.


2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The Dodgers selected 49 players in this draft. Of those, only three of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They lost their first round pick this year to the Atlanta Braves as a result of their signing free agent pitcher Andy Ashby. The second round pick was right-handed pitcher Billy Pilkington from Santiago High School in Garden Grove, California. He played four seasons in the minors and had a record of 30-21 and a 3.67 ERA in 19 games (17 starts) before he was released. This years draft class was so bad that only four players in the top 20 picks even reached AAA.


2001 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Major League Baseball Draft
The only player that made the Majors for more than a cameo appearance was Edwin Jackson, selected in the sixth round as an outfielder out of Shaw High School in Columbus, Georgia. He was converted to a pitcher and made it to the Majors in 2003 with the Dodgers and was then traded in 2006. He was a 2009 All-Star with the Detroit Tigers and also pitched a no-hitter in 2010 while a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.


2001 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 27th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2001, were given on 15 December 2001.


2001 Los Angeles Galaxy season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2001 Los Angeles Galaxy season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2001 Los Angeles Galaxy season, Matches, FIFA Club World Championship
As winners of the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Los Angeles Galaxy was one of the 12 teams that were invited to the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which would be hosted in Spain from 28 July to 12 August 2001. However, the tournament was cancelled, primarily due to the collapse of ISL, which was marketing partner of FIFA at the time.


2001 Los Angeles Sparks season
The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks won their first WNBA Finals.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election
The 2001 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 10, 2001, with a run-off election on June 5, 2001. Incumbent mayor Richard Riordan was prevented from running for a third term because of term limits. In the election to replace him, then-City Attorney James Hahn defeated Antonio Villaraigosa, the former speaker of the California State Assembly.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Results, Primary election
The primary election for Mayor was held on April 10, 2001. Villaraigosa finished first, with 30 percent of the vote. Hahn was second with 25 percent of the vote. City elections in Los Angeles are nonpartisan; the top two vote-getters advance to the runoff if no contender reaches 50 percent.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Results, Primary election
Riordan had endorsed his Senior Advisor and Parks Commissioner, businessman Steve Soboroff, to replace him. Soboroff, the only prominent Republican in the race, finished third with 21 percent of the vote. Also competing in the primary election were longtime Los Angeles City Council member Joel Wachs, United States Representative Xavier Becerra, and then-California State Controller Kathleen Connell. They finished with 11, 6 and 5 percent of the vote, respectively.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Results, Primary election
The Los Angeles Times made a dual endorsement of Hahn and Villaraigosa in the primary election, while the City's other daily newspapers, The Los Angeles Daily News and The Daily Breeze endorsed Soboroff.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Results, Primary election
The mayoral campaign of Xavier Becerra ran a tape of someone impersonating Gloria Molina disparaging the voting record of mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa. The tape was run by campaign staffer Lloyd Monserratt, and though no laws had been broken, this action tarnished the reputations of all involved.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Results, General election
Riordan switched his endorsement to Villaraigosa in the general election. Despite the popular Republican Mayor's endorsement, as well as the endorsement of the Los Angeles Times, Villaraigosa was unable to capture a majority. Hahn won the general election on June 5, 2001 with 53.53 percent of the vote, to Villaraigosa's 46.47 percent.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Results, General election
Soboroff and Becerra remained neutral in the general election. Wachs endorsed Villaraigosa.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Further information
Hahn was sworn in as Los Angeles' 40th mayor in the summer of 2001.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Further information
Hahn faced Villaraigosa in a runoff rematch in the 2005 Los Angeles Mayoral election. In that race, Villaraigosa defeated Hahn to become the 41st mayor of Los Angeles.


2001 Los Angeles mayoral election, Further information
Soboroff would go on to become a Senior Fellow at UCLA and to the head of the Playa Vista development on Los Angeles' Westside, while Wachs became president of the Andy Warhol Foundation in New York City and Connell was termed out of her post as State Controller. Becerra remained a member of the United States Congress until his appointment to succeed Senator Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California in 2017.


2001 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 2001 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Jack Bicknell Jr., the Bulldogs played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech finished the season with a record of 7–5 overall and a mark of 7–1 in conference play, winning the WAC title. They were invited to the Humanitarian Bowl, where they lost to Clemson.


2001 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team
The 2001 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jerry Baldwin played their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.


2001 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team
The 2001 Louisiana–Monroe Indians football team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Indians offense scored 148 points while the defense allowed 351 points.


2001 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 2001 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, led by John L. Smith, played their home games in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. They ended the season with an 11–2 record.


2001 Lunar New Year Cup
The 2001 Lunar New Year Cup (aka Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong over the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year holiday.


2001 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2001 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 3rd championship in the history of the conference. It was played between March 10 and March 17, 2001. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the UConn Ice Arena in Storrs, Connecticut, the home venue of the Connecticut Huskies. By winning the tournament, Mercyhurst received MAAC's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2001 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play with each round being single-elimination. The teams that finish below eighth in the standings are ineligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third seed and sixth seeds, and the fourth seed and fifth seeds played with the winner advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, the highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play with the winner advancing to the championship game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2001 MAAC Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2001 MAC Championship Game
The 2001 MAC Championship Game was played on November 30, 2001 at the Glass Bowl in Toledo, Ohio. The game featured the winner of each division of the Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd, of the East Division, and the Toledo Rockets, of the West Division. The Rockets beat the Thundering Herd 41-36.


2001 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Central Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400
The 2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on September 23, 2001, at Dover Downs International Speedway. The race was the 27th of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Dale Jarrett of Robert Yates Racing won the pole position, while Dale Earnhardt, Inc.'s Dale Earnhardt Jr. led the most laps with 193 and won the race.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400
The race was the first to be run against the National Football League regular season since the signing of the consolidated NASCAR TV contract.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, First race since September 11
Following the September 11 attacks, NASCAR moved the previously-upcoming New Hampshire 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to late November. The Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway was postponed to early October. This schedule change made the MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400 the first race since the attacks.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, First race since September 11
To honor those killed in the attacks, fans were given American flags. During pre-race ceremonies, Lee Greenwood sang "God Bless the USA", and Tanya Tucker sang "God Bless America" and the national anthem. Greenwood praised the "raw emotion" felt from the fans, who sang along and chanted "U-S-A!" as he performed the song.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, First race since September 11
Baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. served as the grand marshal and had the race named for him as he was to play in his final game on the evening of the 400, though the attacks had also postponed his planned final game.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, First race since September 11
In a sense of patriotism, each car featured American flags. Ken Schrader removed every sponsor and decal from his car and completely painted the car as an American flag, a process that sponsor M&M's would recreate ten years later for Kyle Busch at the 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, First race since September 11
As a security measure, coolers, backpacks, and large bags were banned from the track, though concession prices were lowered in compensation. Volunteers from Dover Air Force Base assisted in scanning and inspecting every spectator entering the track, while Dover encouraged teams to not fly to the track. NASCAR on NBC's helicopters were also prohibited from flying around the track.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, Race
Dale Jarrett won the pole for the race with a lap time of 23.238 seconds and speed of 154.919 miles per hour (249.318 km/h), his first pole at Dover, while Bobby Labonte qualified second. Rick Mast, Jason Leffler, Lance Hooper, and Dave Marcis failed to qualify.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, Race
Labonte took the lead from Jarrett on the first lap before Jarrett reclaimed it on lap two. Dale Earnhardt Jr. became the leader on lap three and led until the first caution came out for Labonte and Bill Elliott crashing in turn two. Ricky Craven inherited the lead, which he maintained until Earnhardt retook it on lap 41. On lap 56, Jeremy Mayfield hit the turn two wall after his right front tire went down, causing him to lose consciousness.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, Race
He was able to walk to the infield care center, suffering only a chipped tooth and minor bruises; NASCAR officials inspected Mayfield's car and found a partially torn left lap seat belt, which was damaged in the same fashion as Dale Earnhardt's in the Daytona 500 earlier that year, a major factor in his death. A Goodyear spokesman later stated Mayfield's tire was too damaged to determine what had happened.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, Race
Ricky Rudd led during the nine caution laps following Mayfield's wreck, though Earnhardt became the leader for the restart on lap 65, which he would hold for 104 laps. During Earnhardt's run, three more cautions occurred: Brett Bodine spun on lap 71, oil was found on the track on lap 117, and Mark Martin, Johnny Benson Jr., Ron Hornaday Jr., and Ward Burton all crashed on the front stretch on lap 130. Earnhardt lost the lead to Elliott Sadler during caution laps on lap 169, when Andy Houston had an accident in turn two.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, Race
Tony Stewart also led three laps under the yellow flag until Earnhardt was cycled back into the lead for the green flag on lap 173. On lap 184, Rudd took the lead, holding it for a race-high 161 laps. Between the start and end of Rudd's lead, three yellow flags were waved: Michael Waltrip wrecked on lap 201, Robert Pressley crashed in turn one, and Dave Blaney fell victim to a broken seat belt on lap 268. With 140 laps remaining, Earnhardt had a slow pit stop and was relegated to eighth.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, Race
He was able to recover from the error and was in third by lap 329. On lap 345, Rudd spun after making contact with Rusty Wallace, bringing out the caution and making Jarrett the new leader until Earnhardt passed him on lap 362. With 11 laps to go, Jarrett also had problems of his own as he spun on the backstretch for the final yellow of the race. Earnhardt held off Jerry Nadeau on the final restart to take the win. During the final lap, the white flag was not waved to signify the refusal to surrender. Nadeau finished second and Rudd in third, while Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart rounded out the top five.


2001 MBNA Cal Ripken Jr. 400, Race
To honor the victims of the attack, Earnhardt drove a Polish victory lap with a large American flag. The win was described as the third time in 2001 in which Earnhardt had to "carry the emotional burden of the sport", after his father's death at the Daytona 500 and his victorious return to Daytona at the Pepsi 400. In Victory Lane, he stated he would donate $75,000 to relief efforts. Earnhardt added he would pledge $100 a lap and $10,000 for every pit stop under 14 seconds.


2001 MBNA Platinum 400
The 2001 MBNA Platinum 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on June 3, 2001, at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.


2001 MBNA Platinum 400
Qualifying was rained out, and Dale Jarrett would start on pole.


2001 MBNA Platinum 400
Contested over 400 laps, it was the thirteenth race of the 2001 season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports took his second win of the season leading 381 out of the 400 laps, while Steve Park finished second and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished third. Jarrett retained his points lead but was reduced from 75 points to 50.


2001 MBNA Platinum 400
Sixteen lead changes were made in this 199-minute event. While the average green flag run was almost 62 laps, more than 7% of the race was held under a caution flag.


2001 MBNA Platinum 400, Report, Background
Dover Downs International Speedway, now called Dover International Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Bristol Motor Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, and ISM Raceway. The NASCAR race makes use of the track's standard configuration, a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, and both the front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the backstretch are banked at nine degrees.


2001 MBNA Platinum 400, Qualifying
Qualifying was rained out, thus Dale Jarrett would win the pole based on the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series rulebook.


2001 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 5–10, 2001 at the Arthur Ashe Athletic Center in Richmond, Virginia. Hampton defeated South Carolina State, 70–68 in the championship game, to win its first MEAC Tournament title. The Pirates earned an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament as #15 seed in the West region. In the round of 64, Hampton upset #2 seed Iowa State 58–57.


2001 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eleven conference members participated, with the top 5 teams receiving a bye to the quarterfinal round. After seeds 6 through 11 completed games in the first round, teams were re-seeded. The lowest remaining seed was slotted against the top seed, next lowest remaining faced the #2 seed, and third lowest remaining seed squared off against the #3 seed.


2001 MLS All-Star Game
The 2001 Major League Soccer All-Star Game was the 6th Major League Soccer All-Star Game, played on July 28, 2001 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The game ended in a 6–6 tie. It is the only MLS All-Star Game that has ended in a tie (with no penalties or winner decided).


2001 MLS SuperDraft
The 2001 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held on February 5, 2001 at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida.


2001 MLS SuperDraft, Player selection
Any player whose name is marked with an * was contracted under the Project-40 program.


2001 MTV Europe Music Awards
The 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards were held in The Festhalle, Frankfurt. The ceremony attracted the largest television audience for the awards until the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 and was one of the first entertainment broadcasts following the September 11th attacks in New York City.


2001 MTV Europe Music Awards
Performances included Blink-182 with "First Date", Depeche Mode with "Never Let Me Down Again", Rammstein with "Ich Will" and Kylie Minogue with "Can't Get You Out of My Head". Jay-Z performed his track "Girls, Girls, Girls" and Craig David took to the stage with a version of "Walking Away" that sampled U2's "One".


2001 MTV Europe Music Awards
The presenter line up included actress Christina Ricci, girl group Atomic Kitten, Nelly Furtado, Sugababes and Claudia Schiffer.


2001 MTV Europe Music Awards, Nominations
Limp Bizkit — Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water


2001 MTV Movie Awards
The 2001 MTV Movie Awards were held on June 2, 2001, and were hosted by Jimmy Fallon and Kirsten Dunst. The program featured performances from Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and  Pink (Moulin Rouge! ), Dave Matthews Band and Weezer. Sofia Coppola was presented with an award for Best New Filmmaker. This was Aaliyah's last awards show appearance before her death two months later.


2001 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best On-Screen Team
Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu (Charlie's Angels) – Charlie's Angels


2001 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Villain
Jim Carrey – Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas


2001 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Kiss
Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas – Save the Last Dance


2001 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Dance Sequence
Cameron Diaz — "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (from Charlie's Angels)


2001 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Musical Sequence
Piper Perabo — "One Way or Another" (from Coyote Ugly)


2001 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Fight
Zhang Ziyi vs. Entire Bar – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon


2001 MTV Movie Awards, Awards, Best Line
"Are You a Pothead, Focker?" — Robert De Niro (from Meet the Parents)


2001 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2001 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 2001, honoring the best music videos from June 10, 2000, to June 8, 2001. The show was hosted by Jamie Foxx at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.


2001 MTV Video Music Awards
Highlights of the show included a surprise appearance by Michael Jackson at the end of NSYNC's performance and a controversial performance from Britney Spears, in which she danced to "I'm a Slave 4 U" while utilizing a host of live animals, including a large albino snake draped over her shoulders. Macy Gray wore a dress with a promotional message, instructing viewers to buy her new album. Andy Dick portrayed a fictional cousin of Christina Aguilera, Daphne Aguilera, who, in a skit, "attacked" Aguilera in the audience. The show also featured memorials for Aaliyah and Joey Ramone. Many of the night's winners dedicated awards to the two fallen musicians over the course of the telecast.


2001 MTV Video Music Awards
Fatboy Slim took home six Moonmen, the most of the evening, for his "Weapon of Choice" video, which featured the dancing talents of actor Christopher Walken. NSYNC's "Pop" took home four awards. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, Pink and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott took home two awards, including the Video of the Year award, for their collaborative rendition of "Lady Marmalade".


2001 MTV Video Music Awards
The World Trade Center towers that featured in Limp Bizkit's winning rock video were destroyed in the September 11 attacks five days later.


2001 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Video of the Year
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade"


2001 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Female Video
Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) – "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"


2001 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Video from a Film
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade" (from Moulin Rouge!)


2001 MTV Video Music Awards, Nominations, Best Choreography in a Video
Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice" (Choreographers: Michael Rooney, Spike Jonze and Christopher Walken)