Presents a year-by-year account of major events and milestones in the history of twenty-first century sports, covering 2000 to 2009, a period that included the first World Series in over forty years to pit the New York Yankees against the New York Mets, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s death in a crash, Lance Armstrong's record-breaking seventh win of the Tour de France, and swimmer Michael Phelps eight gold medals and numerous world records at the Olympics.
