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2018 New England Patriots season
The 2018 New England Patriots season: Bill Belichick and Tom Brady's 11-5 AFC East championship campaign ending with a 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII, the lowest-scoring Super Bowl, for a sixth title.
2018 NFL Draft
2018 NFL Draft, the 83rd NFL player selection meeting, held April 26-28, 2018 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; Cleveland Browns picked first overall, with 32 compensatory picks to 15 teams and a five-quarterback first round.
2018 NFL season
The 2018 NFL season, the league's 99th, ran September 6, 2018 to Super Bowl LIII, where the Patriots beat the Rams 13-3 in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl. Patrick Mahomes won MVP amid record offensive output and a 5% ratings rebound.
2018 Open Championship
2018 Open Championship, the 147th Open, held 19–22 July 2018 at Carnoustie Golf Links, Scotland. Francesco Molinari won his first major at 276 (−8), the first Italian major champion, beating Rose and McIlroy by two.
2018 PDC World Darts Championship
2018 PDC World Darts Championship, the William Hill World Darts Championship, held 14 December 2017 to 1 January 2018 at Alexandra Palace, London. Debutant Rob Cross beat retiring 16-time champion Phil Taylor 7-2 in the final, averaging 107.67.
2018 PGA Championship
The 2018 PGA Championship, the 100th edition, was held August 9–12 at Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis. Brooks Koepka won at 16-under 264, a PGA Championship scoring record, two shots over Tiger Woods.
2018 Philadelphia Eagles season
2018 Philadelphia Eagles season: defending Super Bowl LII champions, NFL team, finished 9-7, won Wild Card 16-15 at Bears on double doink, lost divisional round 20-14 to Saints.
2018 Premier League Darts
2018 Premier League Darts: PDC invitational league, February 1 to May 17, 2018, ten players, first Berlin night. Michael van Gerwen beat Michael Smith 11-4 (112.37 average) for a fourth title.
2018 Pro Bowl
2018 Pro Bowl: NFL all-star game of January 28, 2018 at Camping World Stadium, Orlando; AFC vs NFC format restored; Tomlin and Payton coached; Brees top vote-getter; attendance 51,019.
2018 Roger Federer tennis season
2018 Roger Federer tennis season: Swiss player's ATP season with 20th Grand Slam at Australian Open (beat Cilic), Rotterdam and Stuttgart titles, oldest world No. 1 at 36, year-end No. 3 behind Djokovic and Nadal.
2018 Ryder Cup
2018 Ryder Cup, 42nd edition at Le Golf National, Guyancourt near Paris, 28–30 September 2018. Europe beat the USA 17½–10½, Molinari 5-0 clinching, Bjørn's wildcards 9½ points vs Furyk's 2.
2018 Six Nations Championship
2018 Six Nations Championship (NatWest 6 Nations): annual European rugby union tournament won by Ireland with a Grand Slam, their third, sealed 24-15 over England at Twickenham; Jacob Stockdale scored a record seven tries.
2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, USC Gamecocks, NCAA Division I FBS squad under Will Muschamp; went 7-6, 4-4 SEC East, lost Belk Bowl 28-0 to Virginia.
2018 Stanley Cup Finals
2018 Stanley Cup Final: Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 for their first Cup in 43 seasons; Ovechkin won Conn Smythe with 15 playoff goals; Vegas reached the Final in its inaugural season.
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL postseason won by the Washington Capitals, who beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 for their first Cup; Vegas reached the Final in its inaugural season.
2018 Thomas & Uber Cup
2018 Thomas & Uber Cup Finals: badminton world team championships, 20–27 May 2018, Bangkok, Thailand. China won the Thomas Cup beating Japan 3-1; Japan won the Uber Cup over host Thailand.
2018 US Open (tennis)
2018 US Open (tennis): Grand Slam hard-court event, 27 Aug–9 Sep 2018, New York. Naomi Osaka beat Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 in a controversial final; Djokovic won his 14th major; record $53 million prize money and 800,000+ attendance.
2018 Wimbledon Championships
2018 Wimbledon Championships, July 2–15 at the All England Club: Djokovic beat Anderson for the men's title, Kerber beat Serena Williams for the women's, and the 6h36m Anderson–Isner semifinal prompted the 2019 final-set tiebreak.
2018 Women's Hockey World Cup
Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup London 2018, the 14th FIH women's field hockey World Cup, held 21 July to 5 August 2018 at Lee Valley, London; 16 teams, new four-pool format; Netherlands beat Ireland 6-0 for a record eighth title, Spain took bronze.
2018 World Cup of Golf
2018 World Cup of Golf (ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf): 59th and final edition, November 21-25, 2018, Metropolitan Golf Club, Melbourne. Belgium's Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry won at 265 (-23), three strokes clear, for Belgium's first title.
2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (42nd IIHF U20 World Championship) were held in Buffalo, New York, December 26, 2017 to January 5, 2018; Canada beat Sweden 3-1 for its 17th gold medal, with the United States taking bronze.
2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, held April 21–28, 2018 at Östersund Arena, Sweden. Switzerland beat Russia 9-6 for gold; Canada's Crocker and Muyres took bronze; 40 teams competed.
2018 World Series
2018 World Series: the 114th MLB championship, in which the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 for their ninth title; Game 3 was the longest World Series game ever at 18 innings and 7 hours 20 minutes.
2018 WTA Tour
2018 WTA Tour: 45th season of women's professional tennis, 55 tournaments plus four Grand Slams in 32 countries, $139 million prize money; Halep year-end No. 1, Svitolina won the final Singapore WTA Finals.
2018–19 Golden State Warriors season
2018-19 Golden State Warriors season: defending NBA champions, 57-25, first in the West; beat Clippers, Rockets, Blazers, then lost the 2019 Finals 4-2 to Toronto amid Durant's Achilles rupture and Thompson's ACL tear.
2018–19 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 2018–19 Los Angeles Lakers season, LeBron James's first with the team under a $153.3 million contract, finished 37–45 and extended the franchise's playoff drought to six seasons.
2018–19 NBA season
2018-19 NBA season, the league's 73rd, ended with the Toronto Raptors winning their first title over Golden State in six Finals games; Kawhi Leonard was Finals MVP, Giannis Antetokounmpo MVP, and the shot clock reset to 14 seconds on offensive rebounds.
2018–19 NFL playoffs
2018–19 NFL playoffs: postseason of the 2018 NFL season, ending with the Patriots beating the Rams 13–3 in Super Bowl LIII; marked by the Saints–Rams pass interference no-call and a resulting replay rule change.
2018–19 NHL season
2018-19 NHL season: 31-team, 1,271-game regular season, Oct. 3, 2018 to April 6, 2019, with Winter Classic at Notre Dame Stadium; St. Louis Blues won their first Stanley Cup, beating Boston in Game 7.
2018–19 Toronto Raptors season
2018-19 Toronto Raptors season: franchise's 24th NBA season; acquired Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green for DeMar DeRozan; went 58-24 under Nick Nurse and won the franchise's and Canada's first NBA championship, beating Golden State 4-2 in the 2019 Finals.