Utah has one major league professional sports team, located in Salt Lake City: the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association, which moved from New Orleans at the close of the 1979 season. The Jazz, led by future hall of famers John Stockton and Karl Malone, advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in 1997, but lost to the Chicago Bulls. The Jazz again advanced to the Finals in 1998, but were again defeated by the Chicago Bulls in Michael Jordan's last game. Utah did host a WNBA team, the Starzz, but the team was relocated to San Antonio prior to the 2003 season. Basketball is also popular at the college level. The University of Utah's Running Utes have had great success in the recent past and won the NCAA championship back in 1944 and the National Invitation Tournament in 1947, while the Cougars of Brigham Young won NIT titles in 1951 and 1966, and were named college football's national champions in 1984. Salt Lake City is also home to minor league baseball and hockey teams.
Other annual sporting events include the Easter Jeep Sandhill Climb in Moab, the Ute Stampede (a rodeo) in Nephi in July, and various skiing events at Utah's world-class resort in Park City. Salt Lake city hosted the Winter Olympics in 2002.