The Biggest Sports Stories From 2009
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Serena Williams fined the max, $10k at US Open.
Michael Phelps was pictured taking a bong hit. It must suck sharing a bong with Phelps and his greatest lung capacity of all-time.
LA Lakers win their 15th NBA Championship.
Tiger Woods outed by multiple mistresses.
Pete Carroll unhappy about Mark Sanchez leaving USC for NFL. Citing underclassman failure rates for quarterbacks in the NFL,
Pete Carroll stunned many by being completely unsupportive of his
junior quarterback Mark Sanchez leaving for the NFL.
Favre un-retires and becomes a Viking.
Rush Limbaugh ousted out of a group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams.
Vick signs with the Eagles. PETA needs to chill out.
Iverson un-retires from a brief retirement and rejoins the 76ers.
John Calipari becomes head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky
Plaxico Burress sentenced to two years in prison for shooting himself. Justice is arbitrary.
AROD admits to using steroids.
Head coach Jeff Jagodzinski fired by Boston College. Boston College essentially gave coach Jeff Jagodzinski an ultimatum
telling him that if he interviewed for the vacant New York Jets head
coaching job, he would lose his job...and they followed through.
Jagodzinski would be hired on by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he was
again fired before the NFL season even began.
Manny Ramirez suspended 50 games for performance enhancing drugs.
Joe Torre's 'The Yankee Years' book is released. Co-written with Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci,
Joe Torre's book took a look inside the locker room of the New York
Yankees that included superstars Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter.
Arizona residents fed hardcore porn during Super Bowl XLIII. While most Arizona Cardinals' fans were celebrating Larry
Fitzgerald's fourth quarter touchdown in the Superbowl, some turned
their attention back to the TV to see porn playing on the boob tube
after a cross-up by their Comcast cable company.
France qualifies for World Cup via handball.
Alberto Contador wins Tour De France
Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas passes away at age 73. Famed Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas collapsed
before an April game in Washington just months after seeing the team
win their second World Series title in his 37 years with the ballclub.
Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game.
Artie Lange ruins premiere of HBO's Joe Buck Live. Using a myriad of curses and jokes mainly directed at Joe Buck,
comedian Artie Lange successfully caused unrest and uneasiness in the
premier of Buck's HBO show.
Steelers win Sixth Super Bowl. Ben Roethlisberger found Santonio Holmes in the corner of the endzone
with 35 seconds remaining, and with a ridiculous catch by Holmes, the
Steelers won their sixth Superbowl title.
Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield go on Oprah. Former heavyweights Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield were both guests on
Oprah's weekday television show. Mike Tyson opened up and even got
tearful when discussing the loss of his four-year old daughter, who died last year.
Usain Bolt is the fastest man ever.
Deadspin airs ESPN's dirty laundry as Steve Phillips is fired for having an affair with an intern. Deadspin has never been a big fan of ESPN having previously aired
information about ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury, and they went all out in
airing dirty laundry about a number of ESPN employees as information
that baseball analyst Steve Phillips had had an affair with an ESPN
intern -- eventually costing him his job with the company.
Syracuse defeats Uconn in 6 overtimes in the Big East tournament.
North Carolina rolls to their fifth mens basketball national title. The North Carolina Tar Heels won every game of their national
championship run by double digits, including the championship by 17
points over Michigan State. Wayne Ellington was named Final Four Most
Outstanding Player.
Nick Adenhart killed by a drunk driver.
Florida dominates Oklahoma in another unexciting BCS championship. Behind Tim Tebow and a suffocating defense that held the prolific
Sam Bradford-led Oklahoma offense to 14 points, Florida rolled for
their second BCS championship in three years.
Real Salt Lake wins MLS title. It took overtime and penalty kicks, but Real Salt Lake walked away with
the MLS title after knocking off the LA Galaxy, who lost their starting
goalkeeper to an injury in the second half.
US Soccer makes strides in Confederations Cup. The United States soccer team surprised many as they advanced to the
Confederations Cup final beating European champion Spain and nearly
upsetting Brazil in the final before giving up a late lead.
Mark Ingram wins Heisman Trophy. Running back Mark Ingram became the first Heisman Trophy award winner from the historic Alabama Crimson Tide football program.
Urban Meyer takes leave of absence from Florida. After initially saying he would retire from Florida for health reasons, Meyer said he would take a leave of absence after the Gator's BCS bowl game. When you have a .841 winning percentage, you get to do whatever you want.
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