Continuing his New Year's tradition going back into the last decade, Dan Shanoff weighs in with some trend-spotting: What's "out" with 2007 and "in" for 2008. Goodbye: Durant, Tebow, Dice-K, Saban, competitive eating and Reilly. Hello: Love, Pryor, Fuk-U, Rod, competitive drinking and B.D. Drew. And so many, many more. Full list follows:

Out: 756
In: 19-0

Out: Adrian Peterson
In: Darren McFadden

Out: YouTube laterals
In: YouTube confessionals

Out: Nick Saban
In: Rich Rodriguez

Out: Kevin Durant
In: Kevin Love

Out: Air Zoom LeBron IV
In: Air Jordan XXXIII

Out: Tim Tebow (WTF?!)
In: Terrelle Pryor

Out: Butler
In: Dayton

Out: Open-wheel drivers jump to NASCAR
In: Top-tier boxers jump to MMA

Out: Steve Nash
In: Derrick Rose

Out: Mainstream sportswriters go online
In: Sports bloggers go mainstream

Out: Eva Longoria
In: Evan Longoria

Out: Wrigley Field
In: AON Wrigley Field

Out: MLB PED scandal
In: PGA PED scandal

Out: Kige Ramsey
In: Pac-Man Jones TV

Out: Jesus in the clubhouse
In: Jews in the front office

Out: The Big Lead
In: Awful Announcing

Out: Boston sports success
In: God, anything but Boston sports success

Out: Michael Vick
In: Roger Clemens

Out: Rick Reilly
In: Big Daddy Drew

Out: Women's World Cup
In: EuroCup

Out: "Blades of Glory"
In: "Semi-Pro"

Out: Rick Ankiel
In: Jacoby Ellsbury

Out: Gilbert Arenas
In: Rod Benson

Out: Billy Donovan
In: Bruce Pearl

Out: Ron Jaworski joins MNF
In: Tony Kornheiser leaves MNF

Out: Trade Kobe
In: Trade Dirk

Out: Greg Oden sits out
In: Greg Oden suits up

Out: Competitive eating
In: Competitive drinking

Out: Michelle Wie
In: Tadd Fujikawa

Out: Fanhouse
In: Sporting Blog

Out: Mark McGwire
In: Goose Gossage

Out: White House mountain biking
In: White House pick-up hoops

Out: George Steinbrenner
In: Hank Steinbrenner

Out: ESPN Mobile
In: ESPN 360

Out: Schilling's blog
In: Canseco's new book

Out: Charlie Weis
In: Brady Quinn

Out: Isiah Thomas
In: Clay Bennett

Out: The Beckhams
In: The Bradys

Out: Daisuke Matsuzaka
In: Kosuke Fukudome

Out: Joakim Noah
In: Tyler Hansbrough

Out: Erin Andrews
In: Bear Grylls

Out: Olympic safety
In: Olympic smog

Out: NBA refs who gamble
In: Tennis players who gamble

Out: Hope Solo
In: Dara Torres

Out: Canceling "Cold Pizza"
In: Canceling Dennis Miller

Out: Yardbarker
In: Ballhype

Out: '77 Yankees
In: '68 Tigers

Out: Mitchell Report
In: "God Save The Fan"

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