my Top 10 Sports achievements of the Decade

1) The Boston Red Sox win the ALCS after being down 0-3 to their arch-rivals the New York Yankees, go on to win their first World Series in 86 years
2) Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France 7 straight times
3) Michael Phelps wins 8 gold medals at the 2008 Olympics
4) The New York Giants stop the New Englands Patriots' perfect season in Super Bowl XLII
5) The Texas Longhorns led by Vince Young beat behemoth USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl, the greatest college bowl game ever played.
6) Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O' Neal lead the L.A. Lakers to 3 straight NBA titles (one of which stolen from the Sacramento Kings by shady refs but whatevs)
7) S.F. Giants star Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron's all-time Home Run record (also shady but hey I witnessed plenty of those dingers!)
8) Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams dominate the decade in Grand Slam singles and doubles wins
9) George Mason University makes the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four as a #11 seed
10) The Fresno State Bulldogs Baseball team wins the 2008 College World Series in a historic underdog victory (the photo below is mine from the victory rally)

my Top 10 Entertainers of the Decade

1) Clint Eastwood
2) Meryl Streep
3) Judd Apatow
4) Peter Jackson
5) David Chase
6) Tina Fey
7) Jon Stewart
8) Quentin Tarantino
9) J.J. Abrams
10) Johnny Depp

My Top 10 Musicians of the Decade (and don't hate!)

1) Coldplay
2) Beyonce
3) Eminem
4) Green Day
5) Madonna
6) Linkin Park
7) Kanye West
8) Muse
9) Gwen Stefani
10) The Killers

and now my Top 10 in film....

1) The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2) Brokeback Mountain
3) Gladiator
4) The Dark Knight
5) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for make benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
6) Dreamgirls
7) The 40 Year-Old Virgin
8) Moulin Rouge!
9) Lost in Translation
10) Kill Bill Vol. I

continuing the Top 10 theme.....

....here are my Top 10 TV comedies of the decade:

1) Sex and the City, HBO
2) The Daily Show, Comedy Central
3) The Office, NBC
4) Arrested Development, FOX
5) Will & Grace, NBC
6) Weeds, Showtime
7) Freaks and Geeks, NBC
8) Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO
9) Malcolm in the Middle, FOX
10) South Park, Comedy Central

since Top 10 lists are all the rage nowadays.....

....here's my Top 10 TV dramas of the decade:

1) The Sopranos, HBO
2) LOST, ABC
3) Mad Men, AMC
4) Six Feet Under, HBO
5) Battlestar Galactica, SyFy
6) The Shield, F/X
7) 24, FOX
8) Rome, HBO
9) Big Love, HBO
10) Dexter, Showtime