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Golf pro Payne Stewart and five other passengers in his twin-engine Learjet 35 were killed when it finally crashed in South Dakota well of course hours after it took off from Orlando.

13-time NBA All-Star, basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain passed away at his home in Bel-Air, California at the age of 63.

Boston Celtics legend Kevin McHale, is enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

In game 4 of the 1998 World Series Yankee pitcher Andy Pettite threw shut out ball to complete the 4 game sweep of the Padres for another Yankee World Series victory.

As a result of stalled collective bargaining negotiations with the National Basketball Players Association, the NBA announced that all 114 preseason games for 1998 have been canceled.

The 35-year-old right-hander Roger Clemens received 25 first-place Cy Young Award votes and 134 points, Randy Johnson of Seattle finished second.

Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer, were among five officials added to the NBA's 58-member staff.

Wayne Gretzky's wife, Janet Jones, was taken to a Manhattan hospital with a concussion after being struck by a pane of treated glass that fell from the boards during the Rangers' game at Madison Square Garden.

North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith announced his retirement after 36 seasons and two national championships.

In the first NHL regular-season game played outside North America the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 3-2 at Yoyogi Arena in Tokyo, Japan.