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The Lineup
The Lineup Episode 8
Check out all of the latest sports madness in the year-end episode of The Lineup!
The Lineup Episode 7
Trash talk, basketball, NHL 94, and a tribute to Canada -- all that and more with The Global Media Award-nominated trio in this episode of The Lineup.
The Lineup Episode 6
It's football time, rookie! Join The Lineup trio in our special Madden NFL 09 episode.
The Lineup Episode 5
Tennis, hockey, and Shanker goes to minicamp. Your favorite trio are back in episode 5 of The Lineup.
The Lineup Episode 4
Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, and blindfolded football. Brian, Aaron, and Shanker bring you loads of boxing and football in Episode 4 of The Lineup.
From the Bleachers
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Ahh, the season of giving. This week on FtB, the crew discuss EA giving us more big-head Wii games, Midway giving us TNA Impact! 2, someone giving us a...
- Posted Dec 15, 2008 5:44 pm PT
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I wanted to let everyone know that GameSpot's weekly sports gaming podcast, From the Bleachers, is on indefinite hiatus. Thanks to everyone who listened to the show this year and I'll keep you updated with more information when and if this situation changes.
That said, GameSpot's coverage of sports games continues apace. We'll still be covering all the games here on the site and on this very blog, and you can always check our busy sports gaming discussion forum to find out what your fellow fans are talking about.
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Now, on Friday I mentioned that I'd wait until Monday to announce GameSpot's choice for 2008 Sports Game of the Year: NHL 09. With this year's selection, EA Sports' NHL series becomes the third sports series in GameSpot's history to be named best sports game in back-to-back years (the other two are EA Sports' FIFA series and 2K Sports' NFL Football series). While its obviously too early to start handing out trophies for next year's games it's clear that, just like in real sports, momentum means a lot in game development and, right now, the NHL development team has a ton of momentum. Here's hoping that nothing--not even big head hockey--can take that away from them.
If you want to know more of our thoughts on NHL 09, go back and check out the last episode of The Lineup, where you can see our tribute to the game and also check out the incredible trophy awarded to the game by the show.
Now a trophy like that doesn't grow on trees, obviously, because that would be a seriously messed-up tree. Having seen the trophy on the show, I'm certain you spent the weekend asking yourself, "Where can I find a large picture of The Lineup's 2008 Sports Game of the Year trophy, along with a detailed breakdown of its many fine parts?"
The answer? Right here:
I hope to post at least once more to this blog before I head out for holiday break but, if I don't get around to it, I'd like to wish you all a happy holiday season. Here's to 2009!
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