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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"
As always, you can direct comments or questions to danshanoff-[at]-gmail-[dot]-com.
Comments
Needs more SSW.
Out: SSW
In: SASW
The 1968 Tigers...Awesome. Mickey Lolich will be sending you a dozen donuts very shortly Mr. Shanoff.
Out: Shanoff
In: Big Daddy Drew
out: SSW
in: anything but SSW
Out: Hot or Not
In: In and Out
They've released 10 Jordans since the XXII came out last February? Damn.
Competitive drinking was never not-in.
Out: Butler
In: Dayton
Wow, Deadspin finally notices Butler and they're already out.
out: Mike Patrick
in: Ron Franklin
Competitive drinking never goes out of style.
Out: NHL Closer
In: Threatening Denton's family
@Innings Eater: Jinx. Do a shot.
@Lamppost: my thoughts exactly
Out: SSW
In: ...
Step 3: Profit!
what kind out in and out list is this? I understand everything here. usually there is at least 25% of it I don't get at all.
@TheStarterWife: Done and done.
Out: Freshman kickers who beat Florida
In: Sophomore kickers who beat Florida
Out: Memes
In: Units of cultural diffusion
Out: Cheese Doodles
In: Pringles Mini's
Out: Brian Billick
In: Kirk Ferentz
Out: Soulja Boy
In: Ronnie D
Evan can grow a better mustache than I can.
Out: Shanoff sucking off Tebow.
In: Shanoff licking Tebow's balls.
Hey whatever works dude.
Out: John Amaechi
In: Richard Jefferson
Out: Patriots 32nd overall pick
In: Patriots 7th overall pick
NOOO!!!
OUT: Zeppelin reunion tour
IN: Page and Krause tour (Mitchell and Jerry)
/yuck
@The Fan's Attic: nice.
In: Brady Quinn
Until his career ends, but the pictures say otherwise...
Doh! IN: Plant and Krause (Jacques and Jerry) = = dangit not funny anymore.
Meme Machine
Out: Bowls
In: Playoffs
In my dreams.
Out: Hirshey
In: Fans Attic
Out: ESPN Comment of the day
In: Deadspin Comment of the day
Out: Red Eye
In: Anything but that
Will, please free yourself and Arden Myrin and Greg Proops from that crapfest.
Out: Commentariat
In: Commeneoisie
Out: Memes
In: Portmanteaus
Out: MYFO
In: MYFO (please?)
Out: Shameless plugs for your own book
In: Writing original content
Out: Playoff Beards
In: Playoff Beards
Still Out: [HORSE REDACTED]
Still In: More crappy prose from Dee.
Out: SLAVA MED VE DEN KO
In: ANDREI KIR I LEN KO
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Sent from my Blackberry Wireless
Out: ESPN memos
In: hijacked ESPN teleconferences
@Lamppost: OUT: Posts with mobile unit signatures
IN: Voice-activated Commenting
@JohnCocktosten: Hey, you? Yeah, fuck you.
Out: Tigers-Tigers as THE SEC matchup
In: WLOCP love for Tebow and Stafford
[hits pause on iTunes, currently playing "Squeeze Box" by The Who]
[logs onto Deadspin]
[confused]
[hits pause on iTunes again]
[even more confused]
[throws laptop into wall]
Whoa! Who gave Jack Arute permission to grow a goatee?
@Tony E:
Out: Huffing It
In: "High Ankle Sprains"
Out: Gangbangs
In: Roasting
@pr0ff3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: I am intrigued...
Out: Long-winded cover stories about the troubled staff of Gawker in New York magazine.
In: Will Leitch's self-destructive, drunken book tour.
@nationalcoholic: very clever.
Out: Facials
In: Pregnancy
Beats working for a living.
Is EuroCup the same thing as Euro 2008?
Out: my 12 year old 26" Mitsubishi TV.
In: my new 46" Samsung LCD monstrosity.
also in: potentially serious retinal damage.
Out: Deadspin Pants Parties, on location at sporting events.
In: Deadspin Pants Parties at Chief Wahoo's house...and TSW can make the snacks.
Out: Bobby Bowden complaining about his players listening to the e-bay
In: Bobby Bowden complaining about his players cheating in an online test and sounding like Sgt. Shultz when he says the coaches knew nothing--NOTHING--about it
Out: Online poker.
In: Russian Roulette. But not for long.
I object to the implication that Schilling's blog was ever "in."
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