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2008 Sports: A Big Three-Point Shot & Traditional Franchises Win Championships

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This is part of a series of sports history articles aimed at preserving the best moments of the modern sports era, from 1976 to the present. The focus is team sports—college & pro basketball and football, major league baseball and hockey.
This article offers a snapshot of 2008 sports, a year that saw a big Final Four three-point shot and four traditional franchises win pro sports titles.

The 2008 Detroit Red Wings Tease But Finally Deliver

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The Detroit Red Wings are one of hockey’s proudest franchises, and the track record backs them up. They came into the 2008 season having three recent Stanley Cups under the belt (1997, 1997, 2002). Those Cups had been won under the leadership of head coach Scotty Bowman. The 2008 Detroit Red Wings won a championship for third-year boss Mike Babcock, and were that rarest of birds—an NHL team that validated regular season dominance with a Stanley Cup.