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2007 AFL Grand Final
2007 AFL Grand Final: Geelong beat Port Adelaide 24.19 (163) to 6.8 (44) by 119 points at the MCG on 29 September 2007, the largest VFL/AFL Grand Final margin, ending Geelong's 44-year drought.
2007 NBA draft
2007 NBA draft, held June 28, 2007 at Madison Square Garden; Portland won the lottery (5.3% odds) and took Greg Oden No. 1 over Kevin Durant (No. 2, Seattle); class also produced Horford, Conley, Noah, and Marc Gasol.
2007 NBA Finals
2007 NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs swept LeBron James's Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0 for their fourth title; Tony Parker won Finals MVP (24.5 ppg); record-low 6.2/11 TV rating.
2007 NBA playoffs
2007 NBA playoffs: postseason of the 2006-07 season. San Antonio Spurs beat Cleveland 4-0 for the title; Tony Parker Finals MVP; Warriors upset 67-15 Dallas; Suns-Spurs bench suspensions controversy.
2007 New England Patriots season
2007 New England Patriots season: the franchise's 48th NFL year under Bill Belichick, when Tom Brady and Randy Moss set touchdown records and the team finished the first perfect 16-0 regular season before losing Super Bowl XLII to the Giants, ending 18-1.
2007 New York Giants season
2007 New York Giants season: Tom Coughlin's 10-6 wild-card team won four road playoff games and upset the 18-0 Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII on Eli Manning's late touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress.
2007 NFL Draft
2007 NFL Draft (April 28-29, 2007): JaMarcus Russell went first overall to Oakland; Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, Patrick Willis, and Darrelle Revis became Hall of Famers from the first round.
2007 NFL season
2007 NFL season: 17-week, 256-game regular season, Sept 6 to Dec 30, opened by Colts-Saints. Patriots went 16-0, the only perfect regular season, scoring 589 points, but lost Super Bowl XLII to the Giants; also first London game and Spygate fines.
2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup (Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007): sixth men's rugby union world championship, held in France 7 September to 20 October 2007; South Africa beat England 15-6 in the final for their second title, with Argentina reaching the semi-finals.
2007 Stanley Cup Finals
2007 Stanley Cup Finals: Anaheim Ducks beat Ottawa Senators 4-1, May 28-June 6, 2007, winning Game 5 6-2 at Honda Center; first California and West Coast Cup winner since 1925; Scott Niedermayer won the Conn Smythe.
2007 World Series
The 2007 World Series was won by the Boston Red Sox, who swept the Colorado Rockies 4-0 from October 24 to 28, 2007, outscoring them 29-10, with Mike Lowell as MVP.
2007–08 Boston Celtics season
2007-08 Boston Celtics season: after trading for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to join Paul Pierce, Boston went 66-16, set the NBA record 42-win turnaround, and beat the Lakers 4-2 for the franchise's 17th championship.
2007–08 NBA season
2007-08 NBA season: the Boston Celtics, rebuilt around Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce, won their 17th title, beating Kobe Bryant's Lakers 4-2 in the Finals; Bryant was MVP.
2007–08 NFL playoffs
2007–08 NFL playoffs: the twelve-team NFL postseason for the 2007 season, January 5 to February 3, 2008, ending with the New York Giants upsetting the 16-0 New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII at Glendale, Arizona.
2008 BCS National Championship Game
2008 BCS National Championship Game: LSU Tigers beat Ohio State Buckeyes 38-24 on January 7, 2008 at the Superdome; LSU, coached by Les Miles, became the first two-loss BCS champion.
2008 Detroit Lions season
2008 Detroit Lions season: the NFL's first 0-16 team, coached by Rod Marinelli and fired GM Matt Millen in September; 268 points scored, 517 allowed, last in NFC North; matched only by the 2017 Browns.
2008 Florida Gators football team
2008 Florida Gators football team, Urban Meyer's squad led by Tim Tebow, went 13-1, lost only 31-30 to Ole Miss, beat Alabama 31-20 for the SEC title, and won the BCS National Championship 24-14 over Oklahoma.
2008 NBA draft
2008 NBA draft, held June 26, 2008 at Madison Square Garden; Chicago Bulls won the lottery at 1.70% odds and drafted Derrick Rose No. 1; class also produced Westbrook, Love, and Curry.
2008 NBA Finals
2008 NBA Finals: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 for their 17th title and first since 1986; Paul Pierce Finals MVP (21.8 ppg); Game 6 won 131-92, a record 39-point closeout margin.
2008 New England Patriots season
2008 New England Patriots season: NFL team went 11-5 under Bill Belichick after Tom Brady tore his ACL and MCL in the opener; Matt Cassel started 15 games, won 10, but the Patriots missed the playoffs on tiebreakers to Miami and Baltimore.
2008 NFL Draft
The 2008 NFL Draft (April 26-27) saw Miami take Jake Long first overall, Matt Ryan third, and a new two-day format with 10-minute first-round picks; Matt Ryan and Jerod Mayo won rookie awards.
2008 NFL season
2008 NFL season, 89th NFL regular season; Pittsburgh Steelers won Super Bowl XLIII. Tennessee Titans led at 13-3, Detroit Lions went 0-16, Peyton Manning was AP MVP, and Drew Brees passed for 5,069 yards.
2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season
2008 Pittsburgh Steelers season: 12-4, AFC North champions under Mike Tomlin; NFL-best 13.9 points allowed per game; won Super Bowl XLIII 27-23 over Arizona on Santonio Holmes's late touchdown catch, February 1, 2009.
2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The 2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season was the year Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the French Open and Wimbledon, took Olympic gold in Beijing, and replaced Roger Federer as world No. 1.
2008 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines (June 12–16, 2008), also called the Torrey Pines Open, was won by Tiger Woods, 283 (−1), over Rocco Mediate in a 19-hole playoff while Woods played on a torn ACL and stress fractures, claiming his 14th major.
2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team
The 2008 US men's Olympic basketball team, the "Redeem Team", went 8-0 in Beijing to win gold, beating Spain 118-107 in the final under Jerry Colangelo and coach Mike Krzyzewski.
2008 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final
2008 Wimbledon men's singles final: Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 6-7(8-10), 9-7 on 6 July 2008 in 4h48m, ending Federer's five-title streak and winning his first Wimbledon in near darkness.
2008 World Series
2008 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 for their second title and first since 1980; Cole Hamels was MVP, and Game 5 became the first suspended World Series game, resumed after a 111-hour rain delay.
2008–09 NBA season
2008–09 NBA season, the NBA's 63rd season: Los Angeles Lakers won the title over Orlando Magic 4-1; LeBron James won MVP on a 66-16 Cavaliers team; Derrick Rose was Rookie of the Year.
2008–09 NFL playoffs
2008-09 NFL playoffs, ending in Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) beat Arizona Cardinals (9-7) 27-23 in Tampa on Feb 1, 2009, on Santonio Holmes's late catch, winning a record sixth title.