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This past year has been one to remember. So much has happened in the world of sports, that it’s hard to pinpoint just one event that stands above all else in 2008. From the supposed affair between Madonna and A-Rod to the continued story of Roger Clemens and steroids. Also, who would have thought back in spring training the Philadelphia Phillies would have won the World Series. Philly never wins anything! I know this because I’ve been a Philly fan my entire life.

So, in remembering 2008, why don’t you tell us what your favorite sports moment of 2008 was. For instance, one thing that stands out for me is Matt Leinart’s incident that involved a former boy bander, hot tub, girls under-21 and a beer bong. 

So please, feel free to share!

For more photos of Matt and the gang, click here.

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This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• The NBA Really Wants You to Know it’s the Finals - Sports by Brooks
• Top 7: Famous Batting Stances - Joe Sports Fan
• The other Vick is at it now: Marcus Vick gets DUI - Deadspin
• Dallas Cowboy Ken Hamlin is listed on an “adult” dating site - Sports by Brooks
• Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush are talking marriage - Larry Brown Sports
• Marko Jaric and Adriana Lima are engaged - The Big Lead

And in the Smarter Sports Blog we talked about:

• “Cheeeeeese”
• Funny Video: Patriots Players Karaoke to The Right Stuff
• Roger Clemens Reportedly Took Viagra
• Jonathan Papelbon and Sox Bullpen Sign Ball for Nude Pictures
• Michael Wilbon and J.A. Adande Party with Playmates
  

It looks like the Rocket was taking a little blue pill to help him on the field. Yes, I said on the field, not off.

Today new information was released that says that Roger Clemens used to hide Viagra in a GNC vitamin bottle in locker, and would take it to help him perform better on the field. Apparently, Viagra is really big in the majors and professional sports, and according to Balco founder Victor Conte, he says it’s bigger than creatine. Sorry, some of the jokes are just too easy.

Everyone now awaits a statement from Clemens hoping to clear up the matter and hear his side of the story. But for now, there is nothing that says taking Viagra is against the rules. It’s perfectly natural.

Maybe Clemens actually needed the pill for “other” things than baseball. I mean, having a nickname like “The Rocket” can be hard to live up to you know.

Source: Fox Sports

This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Randy Johnson ties Rogers Clemens for second on all-time strikeouts list - SI
• Kristen Bell likes her some Chris Osgood - Deadspin
• The stressful job of numbering baseball cards - Joe Sports Fan
• Saluting the handsome ones - Larry Brown Sports
• Top 100 Valuable Sports Blogs - Juiced Sports Blogs
  
• Red Auerbach and the practice of flopping - Sports by Brooks
• Get your weekly Yankees news from the Yankees Chick
• Mariah Carey can’t throw a pitch - YouTube

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And in the Smarter Sports Blog we talked about:

• “Peekaboo!”
• NFL Rumors: Terrell Owens to the Raiders in 2009?
• Kobe Video: Kobe Bryant Jumps Over a Pool of Snakes
• NFL Gossip: Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson Back On?
• NBA Gossip: Kobe’s Alleged Other Woman, Vanessa Curry

This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Dennis Rodman arrested for domestic violence - LA Times
• Book sales not going so well? Jose Canseco’s $2.5 million home foreclosed on - Fox Sports
• Chelsea soccer players celebrate and party with Jenna Jameson - The Sun
• Top 7: Overhyped Pitching Debuts - Joe Sports Fan
• Joe Buck and Tim McCarver got rides at the World Series by U.S. Marshalls - Sports by Brooks
• Karl Malone Impregnated a 13-year-old - Buffalo News
• We Should Be GMs give their April Phillies Rewind - We Should be GMs
  
• Dwayne Wade explains his relationship with Star Jones - Deuce of Davenport

And in the Smarter Sports Blog we talked about:

• “The Rangers will try anything, and anyone, for a win”
• Buffalo Guard Suspended for Term Paper Ad on Facebook
• Show Me the Money! Eagles Sue Terrell Owens for $770,000
• Peyton Manning Loses his Cool on the Sidelines
• Roger Clemens Linked to John Daly’s Ex, Paulette Dean Daly
  

And the hits just keep on coming for Roger Clemens.

No he hasn’t resurrected his now questionable baseball career, but reports have now surfaced that the Rocket had a romantic relationship with the ex-wife of pro golfer John Daly, Paulette Dean Daly. This report comes just days after Clemens was tied to a romantic relationship with country singer Mindy McCready.

According to the New York Daily News, Clemens arranged trips for Daly to Anaheim Stadium to watch him pitch against the Angels while he was playing for the New York Yankees. In addition to the Anaheim trips, he was also to have spent some time with Daly in Palm Springs, California.

When asked to comment about whether her relationship with Clemens was romantic, Daly is quoted saying, “You know what, I’m really uncomfortable talking about this. I’m just going to have to say, ‘No comment.”

For a guy who stayed relatively quiet and away from controversy his entire career, Clemens’ reputation as both a player, husband and friend have now all been thrown under the bus. First the steroid allegations and now his romantic links to McCready and Daly. What’s next? He clubbed a baby seal while dumping motor oil into the Chesapeake Bay while he played for the Red Sox?

Source: New York Daily News

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Jose Canseco’s new book Vindicted is going to be released to the general public starting April first, but one lucky reader was already able to pick up a copy.

Joe Lavin of Boston purchased Canseco’s fully titled book, Vindicted: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball, that happened to be on sale by mistake.

The book, like you would have guessed and by what Canseco has been blabbing for months now, is going to reveal big names in baseball who have been taking steroids. Roger Clemens, Magglio Ordonez and Alex Rodriguez. All names we have heard before and all according to Canseco’s so-called personal encounters with these players.

But what’s even funnier and not even related to baseball is Canseco’s hatred for Alex Rodriguez. The juiced up has-been claims that even after Canseco introduced Rodriguez to a steroid supplier, Rodriguez was trying to have “relations” with his wife and was repeatedly calling her.

And Canseco makes it very clear at the end of chapter to A-Rod:

“So A-Rod, if you’re reading this book, and if I’m not getting through to you, let’s get clear on one thing: I hate your…”.

I can’t write the last few words, but I’m sure you can figure out what it says, or you can just go to Joe Lavin’s site and read it all for yourself.

I thought I read somewhere that steroids might give you mood swings, but I didn’t know it made you throw tantrums like a 5-year-old.

To read what Lavin found in the book, click here.

Source: Deadspin via JoeLavin.com

It was a slow week because of the holidays, but here is what happened in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Patrick Ewing bad at judging talent, 100% Injury Report gives their take on the New York Knicks - 100% Injury Rate
• Apparently, St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger was on The Hills. Well, on paper at least - Awful Announcing
• Nick Saban gets jiggy wit it at a holiday party - Every Day Should Be Saturday
• The worst New York Yankees related gifts - Yankees Chick
• Champ Bailey puts Philip Rivers in his place for trash talking - Larry Brown Sports
• What has Derrick Coleman been up to? - Can’t Stop the Bleeding
• Arkansas’ Darren McFadden gets a new Cadillac Escalade - Sports by Brooks

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And in Smarter Sports we talked about:

• The Rock sings the 12 Days of Christmas
• Roger Clemens issues video, denies using steroids and HGH

The Mitchell Report has been out for quite some time now and finally Roger Clemens confronts the world face to face and denies using steroids or HGH (human growth hormone). If you haven’t seen the video because you were too busy stuffing your face this past week, here it is again. And if you’re an avid watcher of the news show 60 Minutes, Clemens states he’ll be doing an interview on the show to clear the air about him using steroids.

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This week in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Jason Elam release his new book, “Monday Night Jihad” - Sports by Brooks
• One writer upset doctor didn’t screw up Dick Vitale’s surgery - The Sports Hernia
• The best and worst of the College Bowl Games - Rumors and Rants
• Top Ten Baseball Degenerates - Yankees Chick
• Top 7 players on Mitchell Report whose fame has changed - Joe Sports Fan
• Woman arrested for flashing the jumbotron at a Grizzlies game - Awful Announcing

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And in Smarter Sports we talked about:

• NFL Fantasy Stats of the Week
• “Don’t Stop Believin” Tony Romo
• Michael Jordan Laces them up, Practices with Bobcats
• Curt Schilling tells Roger Clemens to Prove Innocence
• Santa Brings the Pain! Kicks Robber While he’s Down