Boyfriend Jon Puts 2008 In The Bag

I bet he used a reusable canvas bag, too, cuz that's how Boyfriend rolls.

Boyfriend hands out his 2008 Awards, and there are no real shockers, although even though I understand the argument I still can't get behind Venus as POY.  Here's BF's short summary of the year, which I think pretty much captures it:

The sport [was] up to its usual tricks this year, serving up jarring plot twists (Justine Henin, the top WTA player, abruptly retiring), relentless melodrama, and enough mutually destructive in-fighting and finger-pointing to shame the post-election McCain and Palin camps.

In the end, though -- and it's ever thus -- order trumped chaos and the year was marked by excellence. Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer in the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played, and finally wrested away the top ranking. Forever answering those pesky questions about his mettle, Federer recovered to win the U.S. Open, salvaging his season and putting his assault on Mt. Sampras back on schedule for 2009. The Williams sisters continued to triumph in their unconventional way, each winning another Major. Tiny Serbia lay claim to three of the world's top ten players.