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A Shot for the Ages

In a year full of amazing feats, let's not forget Mario's Miracle

This week SI.com's Joe Posnanski looks back on the year in sports. His favorite memory? Kansas guard Mario Chalmers's last-second, game-tying three-pointer against Memphis in the NCAA final. "Even now," Posnanski writes, "those few seconds overwhelm everything for me, which is odd because the moment was so simple and direct—and this was a year of the overwhelming."

PICTURES OF THE YEAR

Action Packed
Alabama wideout Marquis Maze's play to thwart an interception by LSU's Chris Hawkins was one of the many telling images from SI photographers in 2008. Check out galleries of the best pictures, plus games of the year and notable retirements.
> For the best SI photographs, go to SI.com/bestpics.

BEST MOMENTS OF 2008

Oh, What a Year
This week SI writers recap the best and most memorable moments in each sport during 2008, from the Giants' upset of the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, to Paul Azinger 's captaining the U.S. to victory in the Ryder Cup, to Oklahoma's run through the Big 12 South in college football.
> See shots of this year's breakout stars at SI.com/breakout.

What to Look For in 2009

SI.com's experts forecast the biggest story lines of next year on the court, field and ice