If you are unaware what this whole "End of the Year" this is all about, read the introduction. Otherwise, let's get started! Today, we begin with a recap of some of this year's biggest moments. This may take a while to read:
JANUARY
- Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States of America as well as becoming the first African-American to do just that.
- The Florida Gators defeat the Oklahoma Sooners to finish the college football season 12-1 and win the BCS National Championship. Unfortunately for the Gators, the only thing that is remembered from that game is the terrible coverage and incredible Tebowners by Thom Brennaman and the FOX Sports crew during the game.
- The Illinois House of Representatives impeach governor Rod Blagojevich. Pat Quinn, then Lt. Governor, becomes the new governor of the state.
- Days after being inaugurated, President Obama approves the bill to close down Guantanamo Bay prison.
- US Airways pilot Captain "Sully" Sullenberg saves his passengers and crew in "The Miracle at the Hudson.."
- The MLB Network launches.
- Ricardo Moltaban dies, beginning the big string of deaths in 2009.
- A picture of Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps smoking on a bong is released on the English newspaper "News of the World."
- Israel attacks Hamas at the Gaza Strip as the second week of the three week Gaza War.
- Then New York Jets QB Brett Favre retires for the second straight season, Jets later release him which began the whole offseason drama.
FEBRUARY
- Chris Brown is arrested for assaulting then girlfriend Rihanna.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Arizona Cardinals in ones of the best Super Bowls of all time.
- New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez admits to using steroids.
- "Slumdog Millionaire" wins Best Picture in the 81st Academy Awards. "The Dark Knight," a.k.a. the actual best film of 2008, only wins three awards, including the Best Supporting Actor award for the late Heath Ledger.
- Tiger Woods returns from knee surgery to play his first golf tournament of 2009.
- Paul Harvey, and all hopes for a sequel to "Cars," both die,
MARCH
- The University of Syracuse defeats the University of Connecticut in six overtimes, the second longest game in college basketball history, in the Big East tournament.
- Natasha Richardson dies.
- Bernie Madoff is sentenced to 150 years of prison for operating a Ponzi scheme.(Note: I almost forgot to write about Madoff in this post, so thank you Time.com for that)
- The Jon Stewart/ Jim Cramer and CNBC fued of a week ends with an appearance by Cramer on "The Daily Show " (which Stewart owned, by the way).
- Jimmy Fallon replaces Conan O-Brien as host of "Late Night," and thousands (including me) switch to watching Craig Ferguson for the better.
APRIL
- The Swine Flu (H1N1 virus) pandemic of 2009 begins.
- The North Carolina Tar Heels win one of the most boring NCAA tournaments ever. One week later, Connecticut finishes the season a perfect 39-0 and win the tournament on the woman's side.
- The comedy "Parks and Recreations" debuts on TV, while "ER" premieres its last episode
- Susan Boyle sings a song from "Le Miserable" beautifully on "Britain's Got Talent," becomes internet sensation with video.
- Angel Cabrera defeats Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell in one of the greatest Masters Tournaments of all time.
- The Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls play the greatest early round playoff series in NBA history.
- TV legend Bea Arthur and sports broadcasting legend Harry Kalas die.
- Somalian pirates kidnap a U.S. naval ship. They are eventually all gunned down and the hostages are saved.
- Miss California Carrie Prejean shockingly (?) says she doesn't support marriage, begins her rise to fame.
MAY
- Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez is suspended 50 games for using performance enhancing drugs, making thousand of his fantasy owners cry.
- The best Pixar film of the decade, "Up," is released in theaters.
- The TV Show "Glee" premieres the day before Kris Allen was crowned the winner of "American Idol." In related TV news, "Chuck" was renewed for a third season!
- Sonya Sotmayor becomes the first Hispanic woman to be nominated for the Supreme Court. (Spolier alert: she eventually does become one).
JUNE
- Governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford went missing hiking on Father's Day, said to his workers that he was going to hike on the Appalachian Trail. But he was really seeing his mistress in Argentina.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Detroit Red Wings in seven games to win the Stanley Cup.
- Conan O' Brien replaces Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show."
- The album of the summer (that was released during this time) , a.k.a. the fifth Black Eyed Peas album "The E.N.D." is released.
- The Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA Title over the Orlando Magic,and Kobe Bryant is forgiven of everything he's done this decade.
- The following things passed away:
1. Michael Jackson (the biggest one of the year)
2. Ed McMahon
3. Farah Fawcett
4. David Carradine
5. Billy Mays
6. Jon and Kate Gosslein's marriage
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is "re-elected" as the President of Iran. Because of this, protests outbreak in the major cities by citizens, yet the government blamed the U.S. for this.
- NFL wide receiver Donte Stallworth is sentenced to thirty years of jail and some other punishments for killing a man.
- David Letterman makes a joke involving Sarah Palin's daughter and Alex Rodriguez, and a big Letterman/ Palin fued begins.
- Artie Lange appears on "Joe Buck Live" in one of the most awkward moments of the year.
- The United States soccer team shocks the world by beating Spain and almost beating Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup.
JULY
- Hey, another death! This time, it's Walter Kronkite and Steve McNair.
- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlesberger is charged with sexual assault. But it was a civil case and the lady dropped it a few weeks later, so all was well.
- The viral video of a naked ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews that was out for a few months was acknowledged by Andrews's lawyer and all the sports blogs blame themselves.
- Michael Jackson finally has that funeral of his.
- Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle pitches a perfect game, the first in five years and his second career no-hitter. And I was there! I was there!
- Michael Vick is released from his prison sentence.
- Brett Favre says that he will remain retired and will not play for the Minnesota Vikings.
- Stewart Cink makes millions of baby boomers angry by defeating the sixty year old Tom Watson in a playoff at the British Open. Tiger Woods misses the cut.
- The mj15 blog debuts with this introduction post simply titled "Welcome!"
- "The Hurt Locker" is released in select theaters.
- Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick in a terrific Wimbledon final.
- Bill Clinton saves the two captured American reporter from North Korean prison.
- The countdown to the big 2010 NBA free agency reached less than one year.
- "The Beer Summit," involving President Obama with the black professor and white policeman who were in the news that time was held.
AUGUST
- The list of deaths in 2009 is just starting to get really depressing. Check out the list from this month:
1. John Hughes
2. Ted Kennedy
3. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Brett Favre un-retires, signs with the Minnesota Vikings. A few days later, Michael Vick is signed with the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Y.E. Yang becomes the first Asian to win a golf major by defeating Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship.
- Rick Pitino is involved in a sex scandal I still have no understanding of.
-Usain. F-in. Bolt! Enough said
- Former NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress goes to jail with a sentence that was more than Donte Stallworth and Michael Vick had combined.
SEPTEMBER
- Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift's speech in the MTV Video Music Awards by saying the Beyonce's videos was better than hers.
- The NFL Red Zone channel is launched.
- The eleventh Jay-Z album "The Blueprint 3" is released.
- "Modern Family" and "Community" both premiere on TV.
- With the help of stars like Albert Puhols, Ian Kinsler, Roy Halladay, CC Sabathia and Matt Holiday, mj15 wins his first fantasy baseball championship (http://games.espn.go.com/flb/clubhouse?leagueId=43812&teamId=2&seasonId=2009)
- Director Roman Polanski is arrested in Switzerland by the United States for chargers of rape that he had over thirty years ago.
- The Jay Leno at 9 p.m. experiment begins on NBC.
- Hey, another celebrity death! This time, it's Patrick Swayze.
- The best two word quote of the year "You lie!" is set free from South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's mouth during one of President Obama's speech.
-Tennis star Serena Williams, during the U.S. Open Women's final, goes on a tirade, going as far as threatening to hurt a judge.
- The popular sports blog "Fire Joe Morgan" returns for one day on Deadspin (http://deadspin.com/tag/fjm/)
- The first Cowboys game in the new Cowboy Stadium is played with a record attendance of over 100,000+ (but they still lost). In related NFL news, Gus Johnson receives his first Gusgasm in over a year while calling this awesome moment.
OCTOBER
- Balloon Boy is in the motherhumping hizzzzzyyyyy!
- Rio de Janeiro is announced as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Chicago finishes fourth, and becomes the laughing stock of the world for a weekend.
- Tiger Woods wins his second Fed Ex Cup in the last tournament he plays this year.
- The 700+ page epic that is Bill Simmons "The Book of Basketball" is released.
- David Letterman admits to having sexual relations with some of his assistants after some guy tried o exhort him.
- NASA blows up part of the moon and finds water in it in the biggest waste of tax money this year.
- Steve Phillps is is released as a baseball analyst for ESPN after having an affair with one of his assistants, bringing rise to the infamous Deadspin "ESPN Horndoggery" posts.
NOVEMBER
- Tiger Woods gets in a car accident near his house days after the National Enquirer reported that he was involved in an affair. This begins the legend that is the Tiger Woods saga.
- The Detroit Lions defeat the Cleveland Browns 38-37 in the best game of the year that you didn't see.
- The New York Yankess beat the Philadelphia Phillies to win their 27th World Series and everyone forgets that Alex Rodriguez used steroids. In related baseball news, the Detroit Tigers pull a New York Mets and choke away the AL Central in a game in which Chip Caray introduces "fisted" to a live baseball game.
- "Mad Men" has one of the best hours of any drama on TV with their third season finale. In related TV news, the "Seinfeld" "reunion" takes place on the season finale of "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
- "Fantastic Mr. Fox" premieres in theaters.
- The Taylor Swift album "Fearless" is released.
- Oprah Winfrey announces that she will finish her talk show in 2011 while crying.
- The "Twilight" sequel "New Moon" grosses $141 million in it's opening weekend, the third most all-time, including a opening day record of $72 million.
- Jimmie Johnson becomes the first person in NASCAR history to win four straight Sprint Cups. In related sports news, the very revealing Andre Agassi biography is released.
- The Fort Hood massacre. Enough said.
DECEMBER
- The Tiger Woods saga becomes even bigger, with fourteen other women admitting to having an affair with him. Some of his sponsors also drop him, his mother-in-law is hospitalized with stomach pains and he ends up taking a temporary leave from the game of golf.
- "Up in the Air" and James Cameron's "Avatar" premieres in theaters.
- Bobby Bowden retires as head football coach of Florida State. Urban Meyer also announces that he will step down as head coach of the Florida Gators after the Sugar Bowl game against Cincinnati due to health issues in the "WTF News of the Month."
- NFL player Chris Henry dies at the age of 26, Oral Roberts at some old age and actress Brittany Murphy dies at the age of 32, officially ending the string of huge celebrity deaths in 2009 (I think. Remember, there's still three more days left!)
- The Phillies receive Roy Halladay and the Mariners receive Cliff Lee in one of the biggest baseball trades in recent memory.
- Some guy tried to bomb an airplane, but instead ended up burning his testicles.
- The MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" premieres and becomes an overnight success, as well as a controversial one.
- A woman tried to attack the pope during the Christmas Mass, like last year, but failed, like last year.
- In politics, President Obama announces that there will be more troops in Afghanistan and a health care bill is finally passed by the US Senate and the US House of Representatives.
And... that's about it for now. Or at least, that's as much as I could fit right now. If you see me leave anything out, please make it known to me through e-mail or through the comments section. Also, make sure to read part two tomorrow! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a nap.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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