Top 10 Southern California Sports Stories
By: North County Times - | ∞
1. The Anaheim Ducks win the first Stanley Cup in California history.
2. Should he stay or should he go: Kobe Bryant and his ongoing saga with the Lakers.
3. Stanford, six-touchdown underdogs, upsets No. 2 USC at The Coliseum.
4. The Chargers fire Marty Schottenheimer after a 14-2 season ends in the second round.
5. The Padres lose the NL Wild Card to the Rockies in a one-game playoff in Colorado.
6. David Beckham crosses the Atlantic to join the Galaxy, but plays in just five games.
7. Floyd Landis fights doping charges; stripped of Tour de France title.
8. The Angels win the AL West only to have the Red Sox sweep them out of ALDS.
9. UCLA's basketball team returns to the Final Four for the second year in a row.
10. LaDainian Tomlinson moves into seventh on all-time TD list and 18th on all-time rushing list.
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PirateParent wrote on Jan 1, 2008 1:23 AM:You got to be kidding me. How can Oceanside winning it's 10th CIF title, 4th in 4 years, and winning the California Div II State Championship not be the number one story? Get real North County Times.
to pirateparent wrote on Jan 1, 2008 10:35 AM:this is the top 10 involving pro/college and big time sports. Look at their real poll that was in Sundays paper. Oside was #3. Pick up the paper if you are a true fan and you get real.
What? wrote on Jan 1, 2008 11:19 AM:Pirateparent has a point. I would also like to toss in my fav socal sports story. El Cajon Native Jimmie Johnsons second consecutive Nextel Cup Title. All I have to say about stories 1,3 and 6 is who cares. 5 and 8 are just typical sports stories and aren't anything special.
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