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.
