New England Patriots wide receiver David Givens leaps for extra yardage as he is tackled by Carolina Panthers cornerback Ricky Manning Jr. in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXVIII, on Feb. 1. The Patriots beat Carolina 32-29 to win their second Super Bowl in three years.
Connecticut's Emeka Okafor and Georgia Tech's Clarence Moore fight for a rebound during the NCAA Final Four championship game on April 5 in San Antonio. Connecticut won the game,82-73. Okafor was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Smarty Jones, with Stewart Elliott aboard, drives for the finish line to win the 130th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., May 1. A few weeks later, long shot Birdstone passed Smarty Jones down the stretch during the Belmont, to foil his Triple Crown bid.
Detroit Piston Tayshaun Prince hugs Piston owner Bill Davidson after the Pistons defeated the Los Angelses Lakers, 100-87, to claim the NBA championship in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Auburn Hills, Mich., June 15.
Overall leader and five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, strains in the last meters on his way to winning the 16th stage of the Tour de France on July 21. Armstrong went on to win his sixth consecutive Tour.
Michael Phelps, of the United States, swims in a qualifying heat of the 200-meter butterfly at the Olympic Aquatic Centre during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Aug. 16. Phelps won eight medals, including six golds.
Hong Kong's Leung Chu Yan watches the ball as he serves to North Korea's O Il in the men's singles second round match at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Aug. 16.
In this image provided by Swatch, Mark Lewis-Francis of Great Britain can be seen in lane 3 crossing the finish line just ahead of Maurice Greene of the United States in lane 5 to give Britain the Olympic gold medal and the U.S. the silver in the men's 4x100m relay, on Aug. 28.
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds circles the bases after hitting his 700th career home run off San Diego Padres' pitcher John Peavy in the third inning of their game in San Francisco on Sept. 17.
The home ice of the Detroit Red Wings is shown empty at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on Oct. 19. Unable to reach a new labor agreement, the National Hockey League locked out its players, threatening to keep the sport on ice for the entire 2004-05 season and beyond in an effort to implement broad economic change.
Blood is seen around the ankle of Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling during the first inning of Game 2 of the World Series in Boston, Oct. 24. Schilling was pitching with a dislocated ankle tendon held together by suture.
The grave of George Herman "Babe" Ruth is decorated with items left by New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox fans on Oct. 28, in Hawthorne, N.Y. The "Curse of the Bambino" had followed Boston through four World Series defeats, each one in seven games. The end of the drought came on Oct. 27, when Boston completed a sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.
Vijay Singh of Fiji blasts a shot from the top of the fairway during the final round of the Chrysler Championship on Oct. 31. Singh shot a 65 to win the tournament. It was Singh's ninth win of the year, and he became golf's first player to earn over $10 million in one year. Earlier in the year, Singh passed Tiger Woods to become the world's No. 1-ranked golfer.
Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest is grabbed by fans after he went into the seats during a a brawl with the Detroit Pistons on Nov. 19, in Auburn Hills, Mich. The game was called by the officials. A number of players received lengthy suspensions stemming from the incident, including Artest, who was suspended for the entire season.
New York Yankees' Jason Giambi listens to a question at a news conference at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 31. Giambi injected himself with human growth hormone in 2003 and used steroids for at least three seasons, according to his grand jury testimony that was reviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chronicle reported on Dec. 2.
A Hasidic man and another businessman take a look at NASCAR driver Kurt Busch's #97 car after Busch and other NASCAR drivers took a 20-minute spin through the streets of New York on Dec. 2. NASCAR hopes to build a track on Staten Island, one of New York City's five boroughs.