What's In And Out For 2008?

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.