2008 – The Sports Year In Review
With 2009 waiting to take over the calendar and offer sports fans thousands of beautiful, joyous, historic, tragic and glorious moments, here is a look back at the top 15 events of 2008.
Archive for December, 2008
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JR Speaks … Cherish your loved ones this holiday season
Happy Holidays to all!!! I hope all is well and everyone is enjoying this time of the year. I had planned on writing about Sam Bradford winning the college football Heisman Trophy, the Lakers snapping the Celtics’ 19-game winning streak and the NFL playoffs starting this up-coming week. But I [...]
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heintube – Dec. 30
Here is this Tuesday’s sampling of what heinnews.com has been watching the past week. Let’s go back in time with the semi-final of the 1987 EuroBasket between Greece and Yugoslavia – or should I say Galis v Petrovic
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Ammann wins first Four Hills jump, Federer ready for Nadal
Loads of great sports news going on this time of the year as 2008 slowly draws to a close – and throughout the sports landscape.
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NFL regular season finishes with great stories, Ronaldo returns to Brazil
So, we’re back. Sorry about the extended Christmas break. Let’s jump right into the action of the past weekend, mainly with NFL football.
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heintube – Dec. 23
Here is this Tuesday’s sampling of what heinnews.com has been watching the past week. If you have any suggestions, please send them to us, using the contact page or heinnews@gmx.de Aaahhh, Wes Welker of the New England Patriots brought back some nice childhood memories with his touchdown celebration – even [...]
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When is a joke not a joke?, Pau vs Marc
Journalists very rarely make headlines. But when they do, it’s most often for something negative. And that was the case for Rob Parker, a columnist for the Detroit News. He had the audacity to ask the NFL Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli at a press conference if he wished [...]
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Giants rise, Steelers tumble, turbulent Teixeira talks
What an exciting weekend for sports. The two main American football games lived up to their billing. And there are some fascinating contract talks in the world of baseball.
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Friday’s Predictions – Dec. 19
The NFL season is running down to the play-offs but there are still some real top-notch showdowns on the schedule.
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Zalgiris finally gets win, Messina talks confidence, Christmas gift for Cubs fans
Zalgiris has struggled all season in the Euroleague but has such a great history. So it was really nice to finally see the Lithuanian club grab a victory in the eighth game, beating Asseco Prokom by 11 points.
