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2002 Sports Year Brought Wacky Finishes and Controversies
A look back at 2002 highlights chaos across sports from NFL playoffs to Winter Olympics. Brady’s late drive, Berezhnaya Sikharulidze gold dispute, Sale Pelletier tie, Castroneves Indy win upheld, Marlin miscue at Daytona, All Star tie sparks outcry, and Angels finish dramatic World Series come-from-behind victory.
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Ted Williams
New England Patriots
Oakland Raiders
Patriots
Tom Brady
Raiders
New England
Oakland
Jerry Rice
Adam Vinatieri
Vinatieri
New Orleans
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Elena Berezhnaya
Anton Sikharulidze
Jamie Sale
David Pelletier
Marie- Reine le Gougne
Tonya Harding
Nancy Kerrigan
Switzerland
le Gougne
Didier Gailhaguet
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov
Italy
United States
FBI
Sarah Hughes
New York
Irina Slutskaya
Michelle Kwan
Hughes
Helio Castroneves
Castroneves
Paul Tracy
Tracy
Buddy Lazier
Laurent Redon
Indy Racing League
Brian Barnhart
IRL
al Unser Sr
Indy
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
Rubens Barrichello
Schumacher
Barrichello
Sterling Marlin
Marlin
Jeff Gordon
Nascar
Ward Burton
Bob Brenly
Joe Torre
Bud Selig
Anaheim