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Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Dwight Smith (26) celebrates his 50-yard interception return for a touchdown to cap the Buccaneers' 48-21 win over the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego, Jan. 26, 2003.
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Drake McElroy practices a manuever during the Winter X games Moto X practice, Jan. 31, 2003, in Aspen, Colo.
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Syracuse's Anthony Carmelo celebrates during the first half against Kansas during the NCAA men's final, April 7, 2003, in New Orleans. Syracuse won the game, 81-78. Anthony was named the tournament MVP.
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Golfer Annika Sorenstam talks with reporters at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, May 20, 2003. Sorenstam, of Sweden, became the first woman to compete in a PGA Tour event in over 50 years when she teed it up in Colonial.
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X-rays of the the National Baseball Hall of Fame bats of Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa are shown in these June 5, 2003, photos. All five showed no signs of cork. Sosa was ejected from a June 3 game after umpires found cork in his shattered bat.
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San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, left, elbows New Jersey Nets' Kenyon Martin during second-half action during Game 3 of the NBA Finals in East Rutherford, N.J., June 8, 2003. The Spurs won the NBA Championship, 4 games to 2.
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere, right, is consoled by teammate Keith Carney after the New Jersey Devils defeated the Mighty Ducks 3-0 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in East Rutherford, N.J., June 9, 2003.
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Serena Williams, right, is embraced by her sister Venus, after defeating her in the Women's Singles final on the Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, July 5, 2003. Serena won the final 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to retain her title.
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Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant holds the hand of his wife Vanessa as he pauses during a news conference, July 18, 2003, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Bryant, 24, was charged with a single count of felony sexual assault against a 19-year-old woman at an exclusive Colorado spa.
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Lance Armstrong, of the U.S., and Iban Mayo, of Spain, fall as Jan Ullrich of Germany steers around them (l-r) during the 15th stage of 2003 Tour de France, Col De Latrape, July 21, 2003. Armstrong won his fifth consecutive Tour in 2003.
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Chicago Cubs fan Steve Bartman gets a hand between left fielder Moises Alou and a foul ball against the Florida Marlins in the eighth inning during Game 6 of the National League championship series. The Cubs were unable to get a fan interference call, and went on to lose the series. Bartman publicly apologized, but became a pariah in his hometown.
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LeBron James trash cans are on display at the Cleveland Cavlaiers team shop at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Oct. 15, 2003. James' NBA debut was one of the most heavily hyped events of the year.
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New York Yankees surround bench coach Don Zimmer and support his head after Zimmer was thrown to the ground by Boston Red Sox's Pedro Martinez during an altercation in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, Oct. 11, 2003.
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Australia's George Gregan, right, is sent flying by tackle from England's Mike Tindall during the final of the Rugby World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Nov. 22, 2003. England won the match 20-17 in overtime.
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Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants leaves the federal building in San Francisco, Dec. 4, 2003. Bonds appeared before a grand jury focusing on possible tax and drug violations by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO, which supplied nutritional supplements to some of the nation's top athletes.