Here's what I remember most about 2007 with these stories.
On New Year's Day, rising star NFL player of the Denver Broncos' Darrent Williams died sometime after they lost their last game to the 49ers which eliminated them from playoff contention.
Survivor crowned a new winner in Yul Kwon *I think* who was from the Asian-American tribe. *as part of the cultural twist test*.
We crowned new Dancing With The Stars champions in Apollo Anton Ohno and Helio Castroneves, with Juliana Huff as the winning partner.
The Indianapolis Colts won the Super Bowl, the San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Finals, the Anaheim Ducks (I think) won the Stanley Cup, the Boston Red Sox took home the World Series title, we saw David Beckham crossover into the USA.
Not all news was good, we learned that Jamie Gold who was the 2006 WSOP Main Event champion, see his dad pass away after a long battle with Lou Gehrig's disease. He of course got into legal trouble with Crispin Leyser after they agreed to split Jamie's $12,000,000.
Daniele Donato and Jessica Hughbanks brightened my day as I watched the deadly duo take the house by storm. Jessica finished 6th, Daniele won $50,000 for 2nd in Big Brother 8. Dick, Daniele's dad won $500,000. Eric was America's Player.
Michael Vick might've been the worst sports star this year. He flipped the dirty bird to his fans, he might've caused some viral thing to a woman, he had some strange substance in a water bottle, but most chilling of all he has been sentenced to jail for dogfighting and killing dogs.
:-\ Barry Bonds may have become the all-time HR leader, but he is now facing possible jail time for perjury and lying to a grand jury about steroids.
Phil Hellmuth wins 11th WSOP bracelet and is inducted to the Poker Hall Of Fame. Jerry Yang won the 2007 WSOP No Limit Hold Em Championship while Freddy Deeb won the 2007 WSOP HORSE Championship. (the pros championship) Tom Schenider won the Player Of The Year at the WSOP. NOTABLE:Vanessa Rousso had 0 cashes
:cry: Sean Taylor of the Washington Redskins was murdered just last week. This weekend was a tribute to him.
As reported by Ryan (Muse), we lost poker great Chip Reese. He was just in his late 50s.
Stephanie McIntosh has my chart's Song Of The Year with So Do I Say Sorry First. We also saw artists like Nelly Furtado, Fergie, Justin Timberlake and Carrie Underwood sell consistently....this year was all about High School Musical though.
:-\ Don Imus was fired from his original radio job but eventually came back. He was fired from his old job after making some racial comments towards the Rutgers basketball team.
Florida won the BCS Championship and the NCAA Championship in Basketball. They beat Ohio State both times.
Evel Knievel passed away at around 69 years old.
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(depending on your view) Britney Spears was a hot topic in the news. From shaving her head, to divorcing K-Fed and losing her kids. From a steaming song in Gimme More to having a #3 hit with it. Love or hate her, she is a HOT topic.
Damien is an @$$hole. He screwed over Ashley Tisdale on TRL who was dominating #1 by changing the format to allow billboard hot 100 makers to top.
IMO, Yankee04 is the Male poster of the year. Intra is the Female poster of the year. Notables include MC Steven, Chad, Mike, Ryan
Most disappointing posters go to Peepshow (Mazen) and Rico Shameless.
Alex Rodriguez is overrated, $30 million a year?! Greedy!
Daniele Donato is love <333333333333
We didn't talk much about Paris Hilton!
153 - I Adore You &
The bear is smiling! & BOOYAH!
asis: WTH IS THIS SMILEY?
Paramore IMO is the Breakout band of the year. Breakout singer for me goes to Colbie Caillat. Other singers I liked the most include Belinda, Nicole Willard, Ashley Tisdale, Stephanie McIntosh, Shiny Toy Guns, Rihanna, Paula Deanda, Muse, Three Days Grace and Dolores O'Riordan.
Soulja Boy's Crank That BY FAR is the most overrplayed song of the year. He is STILL #6 on downloads in December. Unfortunately there were lots of terrible songs including Low, Beautiful Girls, Lip Gloss, A Bay Bay and Party Like A Rockstar. (when Damien officially sold his soul to the devil)
PERSONAL MASH-UP QUOTE OF THE YEAR:There's the rest of the world 'BOOYAH' and then there's me. - Phil Hellmuth from 2007 WSOP mixed with BB8's Jessica Hughbanks.
Silly person of the year? Chris Crocker! WTH is this 2 girls 1 cup?!
The end of the year countdown is just a week or so away! Don't miss it.