High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The thirtieth annual Winchester 400 motor race (run yearly since 1970) was held under Kendall Late Model Series sanction on September 26, 1999, at the Winchester Speedway, Indiana (USA).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 13, 1999 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 1999 Formula One season.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 Le Mans Fuji 1000 km was an endurance race backed by the Automobile Club de l`Ouest (ACO), who ran the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF), who ran the JGTC race series. It was run on November 7, 1999.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 FIA GT Zhuhai 500 km was the tenth and final round the 1999 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Zhuhai International Circuit, China, on November 26, 1999.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs, the championship of the National Hockey League (NHL), began in April, 1999, following the 1998–99 NHL season. The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-7 series for conference quarterfinals, semifinals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-7 series for the Stanley Cup. This is the last time all 4 WHA teams made the playoffs.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 NFL season was the 80th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Browns returned to the field for the first time since the 1995 season. Also, the Tennessee Oilers changed its name to Tennessee Titans, and the league retired the name "Oilers" – a first in league history.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 70th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 13, 1999 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the home of the Boston Red Sox of the American League.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 NBA Draft was held on June 30, 1999 at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. It was the first draft in which four players from the same college were picked in the first round, with Elton Brand (1st selection), Trajan Langdon (11th), Corey Maggette (13th) and William Avery (14th) being selected out of Duke University. It is widely viewed as one of the best draft classes, with a total of nine future NBA All Stars being chosen, as well as three winners of the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award - Manu Ginobili, Jason Terry, and Lamar Odom.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association`s 1998-99 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs by defeating the eighth-seeded Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks four games to one. The 1999 playoffs are memorable for the fact that a number eight seed made it to the Finals for the only time in history, as well as the fact that it came after a lockout-shortened fifty game season. This would also be the first time in which two teams would play each other on a back to back night in playoff history.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship round of the shortened 1998–99 NBA season or the 1999 season. The San Antonio Spurs of the Western Conference took on the New York Knicks of the Eastern Conference for the title, with the Spurs holding home court advantage. The series was played under a best-of-seven format, with the first team to collect four game victories winning the series.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP Super 9, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP International Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the ATP Tour World Championships and the Grand Slam Cup (organised by the ITF). Also included in the 1999 calendar are the Davis Cup and the Hopman Cup, which do not distribute ranking points, and are both organised by the ITF.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women`s tennis organised by the Women`s Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Colorado Rockies` 1999 season was the seventh overall for the team. Jim Leyland debuted as the Rockies` new manager, although, he resigned following the end of the season. Colorado finished with a record of 72-90, last in the National League West.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 1999 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season`s playoffs. The Houston Comets, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the New York Liberty, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, two games to one in a best-of-three series. This was Houston`s third title.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cincinnati Reds` 1999 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Jack McKeon.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a matchup between the Eastern Division Champion New York Yankees (98–64) and the Wild Card Boston Red Sox (94–68). The Yankees had advanced to the Series after sweeping the Western Division Champion Texas Rangers in the AL Division Series for the second consecutive year, and the Red Sox advanced by beating the Central Division Champion Cleveland Indians three games to two. The Yankees won the series four games to one and went on to win the World Series.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 season started with a new management team; Kevin Malone became the team`s General Manager and Davey Johnson was selected to be the new Dodgers Manager. Looking to make a splash, Malone exclaimed "There is a new Sheriff in town" as he took over the reins and made a splash by signing starting pitcher Kevin Brown to a huge long contract. However, the team struggled to a third-place finish in the Western Division of the National League.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 Cleveland Browns season marked the team`s return to the National Football League after a three-year absence. The 1999 season also marked the return of football to the city of Cleveland for the first time since the 1995 season.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 Indianapolis Colts season was the 47th season for the team in the National Football League and 16th in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Colts finished the National Football League`s 1999 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, and won the AFC East division.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1999 Major League Umpires Association mass resignation was a labor tactic used by the Major League Umpires Association (MLUA) against Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1999. Unable to strike because they had a labor agreement in place at the time, more than 50 umpires resigned in an attempt to force negotiations with MLB for a new labor agreement. However, MLB accepted the resignations of 22 umpires and hired new ones. The union membership became fractured on the issue, and 42 of the umpires tried to rescind their earlier action, but the MLUA was unable to retain the jobs of the 22 umpires whose resignations were accepted. The incident led to the decertification of the MLUA and the formation...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Milwaukee Brewers` 1999 season involved the Brewers` finishing 5th in the National League Central with a record of 74 wins and 87 losses.
