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2008 Year in Review: The Bear Awards

2008 is nearing its end and that means it's time to look back at all the memories this year in sports has given us, and trust me there have been a lot of them. All the great games, athletes, moments, and everything other great thing that has happen this year. And is there a better way to remember stuff than, an award show. I give you guys: The Bear Awards.




Best Game


The Bear Award for best game goes to Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate and their 19-hole Monday Playoff at the US Open at Torrey Pines. So many great choices for this one, the Super Bowl, the NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Finals Game 7 between the Celtics and Cavs, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the All-England Club, Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals, the NCAA Basketball Title Game and I choose a playoff at a golf major. But the major had everything a huge superstar who is by far better than everyone else, even if he was playing on one leg and almost everyone loves, an unknown that you can't help but to love. One guy took a seeming insurmountable lead, the other guy took his own lead, and than it went to overtime. Where it took Tiger one hole to beat Rocco. It was one hell of a game, if you would it a game. Congrats to Tiger and Rocco and realling in their first career Bear awards.




A very close second: Super Bowl XLII: Giants 17, Patriots 14 - Another a game that had everything, an evil empire going for perfection, a team that nobody believed in,a a QB, who couldn't get out of his big brother's shadow, a QB with a hot super model girlfriend, a mad genius coach accused of cheating, a mad coach. A play for the ages and the underdog winning and guess what I couldn't get that golf playoff out of my head.




Honorable Mention: Texas Tech 39, Texas 33 (College Football) NCAA Title Game: Kansas tops Memphis off Mario's miracle in OT, Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, NFC Title: Giants over Packers, the Olympic 100m butterfly Michael Phelps wins by 0.001









Male Athlete of the Year









The Bear award for Male Athlete of the Year goes to Michael Phelps. Phelps had the more historic year in sports history winning 8 gold medals in the water cube in Beijing with a little help from Jason Lezak, lets give Jason a short clap. Clap. Now back to Michael Phelps. 8 golds medals in one year, 14 total, greatest Olympian of all time, no doubt. And it all came to center in 2008, aka the year of Michael Phelps and the water cube. He made showing up for work because of swim hang-over a decent excuse, you didn't care how late it was you'd stay up to watch him. Michael Phelps win his first ever Bear award.




Runner-Up: New York Giants QB Eli Manning - Eli lead the Giants on the road threw Tampa, Dallas, Green Bay, and past the Patriots for a Super Bowl title, and now he has a legit shot at the MVP and has the Giant in position for another Super Bowl shot.




Honorable Mention: Usian Bolt, Rafael Nadal, Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce, Josh Hamilton, and Tiger Woods









Best Female Athlete









The Bear Award for best female athlete goes to Candace Parker. Parker may have had the best year out of anybody he won a national title at Tennessee an Olympic Gold medal in Beijing, and was draft first overall by the LA Sparks where he was rookie of the year and MVP. Hard to get much better than that. I can't find anyone better so that is why Candace Park you get your first career Bear award.



Runner Up: Danica Patrick - first women ever to win an Indy car even if it was a fuel strategy win and in Japan, I guess the Japan part doesn't make a difference and oh yeah he did the swimsuit issue. There is something athletic about that right?



Honorable Mention: Serena and Venus Williams, Paula Cramer, and Laurena Ocha

Breakout Athlete of the Year

The Bear award for breakout athlete of the year goes Bulls' Guard Derrick Rose. Before you guys call me a homer, listen Rose led Memphis to the National Title game, even though they lost they still made, he was the top pick in the NBA draft, on Team USA's development squad with Kevin Durant among other. And he is on rookie of the year pace with the Chicago Bulls. Hard to burst on to the seen quicker than that. This Rose's first career Bear award.

Runner-Up: UFC Heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar - After losing his UFC debut to Frank Mir he has beat veteran Heath Herring and Hall of Famer Randy Couture and he is now heavyweight champ and the UFC's biggest PPV draw.
Honorable Mention: Stephon Curry, Michael Turner, Joey Lagano, David Price, Andre Johnson, Anthony Kim

Feel-Good Sports Moment of the Year

The Bear award for sports moment of the year goes to Josh Hamilton and his 28 home run round at the home run derby at Yankee Stadium. Josh Hamilton did something Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmaro or A-Rod had never done, a 28 home run round in the home run in with everyone watching him at the Final derby and All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. Hamilton was coming off drug and alochol abuse problems that kept him out of baseball for three years before he returned in 2007 with the Reds and but his name last year with the Rangers and it all came to peak at that July night at Yankee Stadium.
Runner-Up: Charlie Manual manages the Phillies to a World Series title a week after the death of his mother.
Honorable mention: Patriots' QB Matt Cassel lights up the Raiders for 280 yards and 4 TDs four days after the death of his father, Turner Gill leads perennial dormat Buffalo to MAC title, Broncos QB Jay Cutler finds out he's diabetic and still has great season with Broncos.

Here are a bunch of other awards to that I'm either too lazy or they aren't important enough to type out.

Best Play: David Tyree's catch in Super Bowl XLII to give the Giants a shot at the win that they took
Best Quote: "I'm earning my paycheck to by doing nothing. I'm just enjoying life" - Soon to be former Knicks Guard Stephon Marbury
Coach of the Year: Phillies Manager Charlie Manual
Feud of the Year: Manny Ramirez vs. the Boston Red Sox
Team of the Year: Boston Celtics
Team that 2009 couldn't come faster for: 0-16 Detroit Lions
Sports Town of the Year: Boston
Worst Sports Town of the Year: Seattle

Ok, thats all I got happy New Year, hopefully 2009 will be as good as 2008