Brett Favre made a mockery of the NFL, the Vikings and himself. Then he retired, again.
Tiger Woods was caught cheating on his wife, faced a divorce and took a leave of absence from golf.
Ben Roethlisberger beat yet another woman, and yet another rape charge. He was suspended for four games by the NFL.
Jenn Sterger pursued charges against Favre after he allegedly sent lewd and inappropriate text messages to her.
Ines Sainz pursued charges against Mark Sanchez after he allegedly sexually harassed her, while Sainz was covering the Jets.
The Jets followed this up by tripping a Miami Dolphins’ player while he was in play during a game in December. And Rex Ryan loves feet.
Lebron James decided that he no longer wanted to pursue a destiny. He no longer wanted to be mentioned as the greatest basketball player of all time.
He no longer wanted to be the golden boy of Cleveland so he did what every coward has done. He made The Decision to “take his talents to South Beach.”
Now that we got all of the highly covered stories out of the way we can talk about the real headliners coming from 2010.
MLB: The New York Yankees showed once again that while money may be able to buy you happiness, and fans, that doesn’t exactly equate to a World Series Championship. NYY spent over $45 million more than any other organization.
The best team in the American League wasn’t the Yankees ($206,738,389), it wasn’t the Red Sox ($162,747,333). The best team in the American League was the Texas Rangers ($55,250,545) who spent the fourth least amount of money in the entire MLB.
NFL: Josh McDaniels proved that he is the nucleus of all central spygate activities and that he is a terrible coach.
Mike Shanahan took one of the top defensive linemen and allowed him to play half the year.
We can talk about the lack of self motivation from Albert Haynesworth, but the blame has to also be placed on Shanahan, especially when you look at what happened to Donovan McNabb.
He was sat in favor of Rex Grossman when the Broncos had a chance to win in the final two minutes because McNabb didn’t have the cardiovascular capacity to play. Shanahan does not have the mental capacity to be a high level coach and will soon be unemployed.
Raheem Morris had the best year as a head coach. No ifs, ands or buts about it. In his second season at the helm he took the 3-13 Bucs from 2009 and led them to 10-6 this year with a second year quarterback and a new defense. It will be a travesty if Morris isn’t handed with the Coach of the Year award.
NHL: Nearly midway through the season we know that the Eastern Conference is extremely competitive with nobody running away with any of the three divisions.
The Western Conference on the other hand is a different story. Detroit, Vancouver and Dallas are running away with their divisions. Steven Stamkos is once again tearing apart opponents’ defense, as he leads the NHL with 35 goals.
NBA: The Orlando Magic have made the biggest in-season splash acquiring basically a brand new offense completely.
After struggling to find themselves early after the trade the Magic went on a franchise best nine-game-win streak. Both the East and West remain close, but the Spurs do currently hold a five-game advantage over the Lakers.
There is still much to be decided in sports and we are sure to see an illustrious finish to these sports seasons.
Kyle Bennett can be reached at minaret.sports@gmail.com.