2014: A Sporting Year In Review!

What a year we had! 2014 provided the sports world with many memorable moments and events, both good and bad. We all know about the great stories and plays and games. We all know about the Alex Rodriguez, the World Cup, Ray Rice, Donald Sterling and everybody else from the sports world. All those personalities made us turn on the TV and listen to the radio to hear or watch what was gonna happen next. There was more to it than that. We saw the great performances on the playing surfaces: UCONN sweeps the basketball championships, the Spurs win another NBA crown. There were so many great moments on the field as well.; So we are here to help.

The following is the full list of championships won during the calender year 2014!

Golf:
Masters Tournament Winner:
Bubba Watson (Second Masters and Major win; sixth PGA Tour win)
U.S. Open Winner:
Martin Kaymer (Second Major win and first U.S. Open win; 21st professional win; third PGA Tour win)
2014 Open Championship Winner:
Rory McIlroy (Third major win and first British Open win; 7th PGA Tour win)
2014 PGA Championship Winner:
Rory McIlroy (Fourth major win and second PGA Championship; 9th PGA Tour win)

Tennis:
Australian Open Men's Winner:
Stanislas Wawrinka (first Australian Open and Grand Slam title)
Women's winner:
China Li Na (first Australian Open win; second Grand Slam title)
French Open Men's winner:
Rafael Nadal (ninth French Open title win; 14th overall Grand Slam title win; already achieved the Career Golden Slam in 2010)
Women's winner:
Maria Sharapova (second French Open title win; fifth overall Grand Slam title win; already achieved the Career Grand Slam in 2012)
Wimbledon Championships Men's winner:
Novak Djokovic (second Wimbledon title win; 7th overall Grand Slam title win)
Women's winner:
Petra Kvitová (second Wimbledon and Grand Slam title win)
US Open Men's winner:
Marin Čilić (first US Open and Grand Slam win)
Women's winner:
Serena Williams (sixth US Open win; 18th overall Grand Slam title win; already achieved the Super Slam and Career Golden Slam in 2012)

College:
BCS National Championship
#1 Florida State defeated #2 Auburn 34–31.

Basketball 
2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The Connecticut Huskies defeated the Kentucky Wildcats, 60–54, to claim its fourth NCAA title.

2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
The Connecticut Huskies defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 79–58, to claim its ninth NCAA title.

NFL:
Super Bowl XLVIII, at MetLife Stadium
Seattle Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos 43–8, to claim its first title.

MLB:
World Series
San Francisco Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals, 4–3 in games, to claim its eighth World Series title.

NBA:
NBA Playoffs
The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat, 4–1 (in games won), to claim its fifth NBA title.

NHL:
Stanley Cup playoffs
The Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Rangers, 4–1 (in games won), to claim its second NHL title.

If 2014 was this good a year, 2015 should be just as good if not better!