top 10 sports moments of 2008

These Top 10 moments in sports gave us a rush we'll never forget.

Top 10 Sports Moments - For the first time in his 12-year NBA career, Kobe Bryant finally won his first MVP award. The Lakers All-Star earned the honor after leading his team to the best record in the Western Conference.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - For the first time in his 12-year NBA career, Kobe Bryant finally won his first MVP award. The Lakers All-Star earned the honor after leading his team to the best record in the Western Conference.

Top 10 Sports Moments - Jamaica's Usain Bolt became the first man to break world records in both the 100 and 200-meter races at the same Olympics this summer. Not since Carl Lewis in 1984 has any man doubled in the Olympic 100 and 200.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - Jamaica's Usain Bolt became the first man to break world records in both the 100 and 200-meter races at the same Olympics this summer. Not since Carl Lewis in 1984 has any man doubled in the Olympic 100 and 200.

Top 10 Sports Moments - Giants receiver Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub. He was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and was released on a $100,000 bond. He was later suspended by the Giants for the remainder of the season.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - Giants receiver Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub. He was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and was released on a $100,000 bond. He was later suspended by the Giants for the remainder of the season.

Top 10 Sports Moments - Madison Square Garden and Isiah Thomas, reached an $11.5 million settlement in a sexual harassment case brought by former team executive Anucha Browne Sanders. Her lawsuit charged that Thomas subjected her to unwanted sexual advances and verbal insults. Two weeks later, he was fired as the New York Knicks’ coach. Months later, he allegedly overdosed on sleeping pills.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - Madison Square Garden and Isiah Thomas, reached an $11.5 million settlement in a sexual harassment case brought by former team executive Anucha Browne Sanders. Her lawsuit charged that Thomas subjected her to unwanted sexual advances and verbal insults. Two weeks later, he was fired as the New York Knicks’ coach. Months later, he allegedly overdosed on sleeping pills.

Top 10 Sports Moments - Aquabrother Cullen Jones won the Olympic gold in Beijing. Jones, 24, is only the second Black swimmer to win a gold medal. He won the 400-meter freestyle relay at the Beijing Games. Anthony Ervin, in 2000, was the first African-American swimmer to make the U.S. Olympic team.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - Aquabrother Cullen Jones won the Olympic gold in Beijing. Jones, 24, is only the second Black swimmer to win a gold medal. He won the 400-meter freestyle relay at the Beijing Games. Anthony Ervin, in 2000, was the first African-American swimmer to make the U.S. Olympic team.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - Shani Davis won two speed-skating titles in three days during the World Cup Speed Skating finals in the Netherlands. The 26-year-old speed-skating champ clinched the overall season title in the 1,500 meters in 1 minute, 45.25 seconds, followed by a win in the 1,000 meters with a 1-minute, 8.63 second finish.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - Shani Davis won two speed-skating titles in three days during the World Cup Speed Skating finals in the Netherlands. The 26-year-old speed-skating champ clinched the overall season title in the 1,500 meters in 1 minute, 45.25 seconds, followed by a win in the 1,000 meters with a 1-minute, 8.63 second finish.

Top 10 Sports Moments - For the second time in two tries, Venus and Serena won the doubles gold, beating a team from Spain at the Olympic tennis complex. They did the same thing eight years ago in Sydney.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - For the second time in two tries, Venus and Serena won the doubles gold, beating a team from Spain at the Olympic tennis complex. They did the same thing eight years ago in Sydney.

Top 10 Sports Moments - Longtime basketball rivals Patrick Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon joined the Hall of Fame in the same class. The induction ceremonies were held on Sept. 5 in Springfield, Mass.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - Longtime basketball rivals Patrick Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon joined the Hall of Fame in the same class. The induction ceremonies were held on Sept. 5 in Springfield, Mass.

Top 10 Sports Moments - Jockey Sylvia Harris becomes the first Black female winner in a Chicago horse racing history and only the second in the county to win a thoroughbred horse race.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - Jockey Sylvia Harris becomes the first Black female winner in a Chicago horse racing history and only the second in the county to win a thoroughbred horse race.

Top 10 Sports Moments - After completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about steroid use, Marion Jones was released from prison. Jones, who is currently on probation, was forced to give back three gold medals and two bronze medals she won at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

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Top 10 Sports Moments - After completing most of her six-month sentence for lying about steroid use, Marion Jones was released from prison. Jones, who is currently on probation, was forced to give back three gold medals and two bronze medals she won at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.