zonersports.com - 1/1/2009
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Links to some great year in review stories and our post of the year.
The Biggest Choke Jobs of 2008
americaswhiteboy.blogspot.com 12/26/2008 — 2008 was a year full of teams who didn't fulfill their potential. Here is a review of the top six teams who should have won a championship in '08, but fell short.
2008 in review: Buzz, Mad Dog, Gus, Stray, Johnny Mac
weblogs.newsday.com 12/27/2008 — I enjoy compiling mindless lists as much as any burned-out journalist in late December.
Alas, Sunday editor Chicago Norm never has been big on looking-back pieces, so the best I can do for a Sports Media Year in Review is to blog it, then sneak it ...
2008 in review: WNBA.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/28/2008 — 2008 gave the WNBA had more mainstream attention than any year in recent memory -- but not always for the right reasons.
Candace Parker figured prominently in the WNBA in 2008. On the court, the former Tennessee star became the first rookie in league ...
2008 in review: Arena Football League.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/28/2008 — 2008 was a difficult year for the Arena Football League.
The year started out well enough. Attendance during the 2008 season was up 4%, while ESPN2 saw a 17% increase in viewership for regular season games. Ratings were also up during the playoffs. ...
2008 in review: NHL.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/29/2008 — 2008 was a good year for the NHL in the ratings department.
The year started out with a highly-touted outdoor game on New Year's Day. The first Winter Classic featured star Sidney Crosby scoring the game-winning goal in driving snow -- a perfect ...
2008 in review: NBA.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — What did David Stern do to deserve a year like 2008?
The Celtics and Lakers were not just good again, but championship contenders again. The Western Conference had a playoff race that silenced those who call the league's regular season meaningless. ...
Top OFTOT Photoshops - January 2008...
rockstarforhire.blogspot.com 12/31/2008 — So, here's the deal. As today is the final day of the year of our lord, 2008, I figured I'd do a little OFTOT Year in Review. But not like in words. Well, there will be words involved. But what I'm counting down are the best photoshops of each month, ...
2008 Lakers: Year In Review
laballtalk.com 12/31/2008 — How did each of the Lakers players perform this season? How would you describe their 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons? What should we be looking forward to? Take a look at this player by player breakdown of the last year...
The Rays year in review
hardballtimes.com 1/2/2009 — Rays Index looks back over the previous year . It's a fun read of what happened on the leading blog that covered the most interesting baseball story of 2008. Order the Hardball Times Annual 2009 today !
[2008 TAMPA BAY RAYS] Rays Index 2008 Year In Review
raysindex.com 1/2/2009 — In the past year Rays Index featured 1,112 posts and saw our readership increase by 154% to nearly a half-million unique visitors. By comparison, the Rays' attendance increased by 28.2%. In that time, the Rays went from a perennial loser to AL Champs. ...
The Sports Media Year In Review - 2008 —
Fang's Bites
Time to review 2008 and the Year in Sports Media. It was a very significant year seeing how ESPN's spending spree started and has no end in sight. We saw how the Olympics can still generate massive viewership. The NFL remains the 800 lb. ratings gorilla. Tiger Woods showed how he can garner ...
Review of the Year: July - December —
Lazio
Here is the second half of the Review of the Year:
July
Once Euro 2008 was on its way out, the mercato got lively or at least from a Lazio perspective it did. The first man to come in our doors was Kozak (at least I think it was Libor, I mean, nobody seemed to know when anything was ...
The Power Play's 2008 Year In Review —
The Power Play
Before I get this show on the road, I'd just like to thank all you Power Players out there on the interwebs for reading this little blog of mine over the last year. Without you, it would be less possible. 2008 was The Power Play's first full year covering the beautiful and sometimes not so ...
Second Half Of 2008 Review In Links!!!! —
The Program
Time to say goodbye to 2008 in our usual crazy way!! This took an immense amount of time to do but thanks to the bloggers on our site to make this all possible and all the people behind the scenes who also help us out on a day to day basis. You folks rock!!! Now with my trusty cider in hand, ...
2008 Year In Review —
The Sports Culture
Unlike most news outlets and Web sites, we’ve saved our obligatory 2008 year in review for the last day of 2008. Here’s our Top 10 stories of the year that was:
Shaq calls himself the “Black Michael Phelps”
David Hasselhoff, now no longer an Arizona football virgin ...
2008 Year in Review —
Sean's Ramblings
Welcome to my 4th annual year in review, where I take the first line or two of the first entry of each month in order to produce a random and (hopefully) interesting summary of 2008. January : New Year’s Day used to be one of the best days of the year as a sports fan. February : Are you just ...
WV23 Year In Review: December —
wrigleyville23
December brought the Winter Meetings, much Peavy talk, a new home for Kerry Wood and the wonderful WV23 Year In Review, which can be found in its entirety here . December 1: The Cubs don't offer arbitration to Kerry Wood, meaning he is lost for nothing. December 1: WV23 attempts to explain ...
2008 in review: NFL. —
Sports Media Watch
In 2008, the titan of television dominated in the ratings once again.
Propelled by some of the biggest draws in the sport, ratings hit ten year highs during the NFL Playoffs. On the AFC side, the New England Patriots entered the playoffs undefeated and on the heels of a regular season where ...
Review of the Year: January - June —
Lazio
2008 . Not the most memorable year in Lazio history. It will probably be remembered as a transitional period, a year in which many new faces arrived and where optimism and pessimism met somewhere in the middle. Depending on what lies ahead in the future, 2008 will either be seen as a catalyst ...
WV23 Year In Review: November —
wrigleyville23
November brought the return of Canadian Dempster, a whole lot of Jake Peavy stories and Kerry Wood leaving the Cubs. (The fully WV23 Year In Review can be found here .) November 1: Cubs are 5-1 to win the 2009 World Series. November 1: WV23 doesn't believe in seeing " fundamental shifts " in ...
WV23 Year In Review: October —
wrigleyville23
October kinda sucked. (The full WV23 Year In Review can be found here .) October 1: Sarge doesn't feel good about the Cubs-Dodgers series. October 1: WV23 tries something new with " Your View Of The Cubs ." It works, but lasts a very, very short time. Here are some of the views . October 2: ...
Pirates Year in Review: February 2008 —
Raise the Jolly Roger
Everyone else is doing it this time of year, so why not? Here comes the 2008 Pirates Year in Review, month-by-month. This is the February edition:
We started off the second month of the year by [ reading what might go down as one of the worst columns in history ]. I’m talking about [ ...
2008 Retrospective —
Boiled Sports
2008 is coming to a close...'09 is imminent. It's time to take a look back... Purdue Football Plays of the Year: Sheets Jukes to Get Tiller the record Tardy finishes hook and lateral to beat UM Best Game of the Year: Purdue 62 IU 10 Worst Game of the Year: Notre Dame ...
WV23 Year In Review: September —
wrigleyville23
September brought us much drama, including Astros whining, a Z no-hitter, Astros whining, the Cubs clinching and more Astros whining. (The full WV23 Year In Review can be found here .) September 1: It is reported the Orioles declined to take Geovany Soto as a throw-in as part of the Sammy ...
Pirates Year in Review: January 2008 —
Raise the Jolly Roger
Everyone else is doing it this time of year, so why not? Here comes the 2008 Pirates Year in Review, month-by-month. Here’s January:
Let’s see, the first thing I can see way back in January is potential interest in bringing back Matt Clement. We all know [ that didn't happen ...
WV23 Year In Review: August —
wrigleyville23
The dog days arrive, and that meant Olympic viewing, Dusty Baker follies and the Brewers trying to maim CC. Oh, and the Cubs built a healthy lead with Alfonso Soriano back in the lineup. (The full Year In Review series can be found here .) August 1: Jim Edmonds knows Ned Yost is a punk . ...
2008: Year in Review —
YanksBlog.com
MLB.com's Bryan Hoch gives a nice review of 2008 in Yankeedom, highlighting month-by-month the final year in the House that Ruth Built.
The review also includes of course the busy start to this offseason. What I thought was most interesting ...
WV23 Year In Review: July —
wrigleyville23
July was a big month. CC came to Milwaukee, Harden to Chicago, Soriano returned and the Cubs owned the Brewers at Wrigley North (the full Year in Review series can be found here ): July 1: Carrie Muskat helpfully explains that Derrek Lee is not trying to suck as he grounds into double play ...
WV23 Year In Review: June —
wrigleyville23
Merry Christmas! With June came another Soriano injury, Ted Lilly settling all family business and hints of Aces to come (the full Year In Review series can be found here ). June 1: Cecil Cooper calls home runs " rally killers ." When his own team hits them. With Ned Yost, Dusty Baker and ...
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