The Wizards played their home games at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas in 2008, and ended a four year playoff drought by posting an 11 – 10 – 9 record, which was good enough for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

* CommunityAmerica Ballpark ; Kansas City, Kansas ( 2008 – 2010 )

The Wizards entered an agreement with the Kansas City T-Bones to use their home stadium, CommunityAmerica Ballpark, during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

On January 31, 2008, the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas became the first zoo in the Americas to document parthenogenesis in Komodo dragons.

The combined revenues for the four casinos successfully operating in Kansas City exceeded $ 153 million per month in May 2008.

A fifth area casino, the 7th Street Casino, opened in Kansas City, KS in 2008.

The Church of the Nazarene, another Christian denomination claiming two million members worldwide, is headquartered in Lenexa, where it moved in 2008 from its longtime headquarters on the The Paseo in Kansas City itself.

In 2008, Democrats tapped Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to give a response in English ; Texas state Senator Leticia Van de Putte did the same in Spanish.

The Tigers finished 2nd to the Kansas Jayhawks in the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

* 2008 Kansas City T-Bones

In the Kansas Republican primary on August 5, 2008, he was defeated by Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins.

Although the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Chautauqua County remained a prohibition, or " dry ", county, until 2008 ' when a county wide ballot measure was approved to allow individual liquor sales with a 30 percent food requirement

* Peyton Hillis – NFL football running back ; Arkansas Razorbacks 2004 – 08, Denver Broncos 2008 – 10, Cleveland Browns 2010 – 2011, Kansas City Chiefs 2012 – present.

He went on to insult Canton, Kansas, that night ( drawing the ire of Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius ) followed by Canton, South Dakota, on August 5, 2008, and Canton, Texas, on August 12, 2008.

Kansas City Country Club, 2008

Typical residence in Mission Hills, Kansas, 2008

" The comment resulted in a local uproar, which prompted Stephen to apologize for the story during his July 30, 2008, show, insisting that he was incorrect and that the " real " crappy Canton was Canton, Kansas, after which he made several jokes at the town's expense.

On August 5, 2008, Colbert apologized to citizens of Canton, Kansas, then continued the running gag by directing his mock derision in successive weeks towards Canton, South Dakota and Canton, Texas.

Image: Marquette, Kansas Number 8 School House. jpg | 1888 Marquette School # 8 in 2008 ( now a grain storage building )

On the 2007 Kansas State Assessments in 2007, Fontana Elementary received building-wide Kansas Standard of Excellence certificates for both reading and math, and in 2008 for reading, math, and science.

During the 2008 Canadian parliamentary dispute, two of Canada's opposition parties signed an agreement to form what would become the country's second coalition government since Confederation if the minority Conservative government was defeated on a vote of non-confidence ; unseating Stephen Harper as Prime Minister.

On July 1, 2008, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres, 4 – 0, in the shortest nine-inning game in Coors Field history – one hour and 58 minutes.

On July 4, 2008, Colorado defeated the Florida Marlins, 18 – 17, after at one point being down, 13 – 4.

In 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys 44 – 6, and clinched a playoff spot, where they would go to lose the NFC Championship game to the Arizona Cardinals.

* 2008 – The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 16 – 3.

On November 4, 2007 the Patriots defeated the Colts 24 – 20 ; in the next matchup on November 2, 2008, the Colts won 18 – 15 in a game that was one of the reasons the Patriots failed to make the playoffs ; in the 2009 meeting, the Colts staged a spirited comeback to beat the Patriots 35 – 34 ; in the most recent 2010 game, the Colts almost staged another comeback, pulling within 31 – 28 after trailing 31 – 14 in the fourth quarter, but fell short due to a Patriots interception of a Manning pass late in the game.

Carolina defeated New Orleans on the road every year from 2002 to 2008, a streak of seven seasons.

On January 11, 2009 the team defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions and the 2008 NFC East champion New York Giants 23 – 11 en route to their 5th NFC Championship Game in 8 years and 5th in the 10 years the Eagles have been coached by Andy Reid.

In 2008, the Phillies clinched their second straight division title and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the Division Series to record the franchise's first post-season victory since winning the 1993 NLCS.

On January 11, 2009 the Chargers were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers 35 – 24 in the AFC Divisional Game ending the 2008 San Diego Chargers season.

However, a clean elections initiative in California was defeated by a wide margin at the November 2006 election, with just 25. 7 % in favor, 74. 3 % opposed, and in 2008 Alaska voters rejected a clean elections proposal by a two to one margin.

In the presidential election in May 2008, KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou ran on a platform supporting friendlier relations with mainland China and economic reforms, and defeated DPP candidate Frank Hsieh with 58. 48 % of the vote.

In 2008 Barack Obama defeated John McCain 54-45 %.

On February 18, 2008, in an exhibition match during the SAP Open, Sampras defeated another active player, former world No. 2 Tommy Haas.

However, soon after, on July 16, 2008, a presidentially sponsored bill to increase Argentina's export taxes on the basis of a sliding scale met with a legislative deadlock, and was ultimately defeated by the tie-breaking " against " vote of Vice President Julio Cobos.

Logo of the 40th anniversaryThe 40th Anniversary Suns Team – selected by the vote of the fans through the Internet – was unveiled on January 3, 2008, when the Suns defeated the Seattle SuperSonics, 104 – 96, to celebrate the team's 40th season.

Independent candidate David A. Bowers, a former Democrat, defeated incumbent Democrat Nelson Harris for Mayor in the May 2008 election with 53 % of the vote.

In the May 2008 council elections, Democrats Court Rosen, Anita Price, and Sherman Lea defeated a slate of loosely allied independent city council candidates including incumbent Brian Wishneff.

The first win since the resumption of the program came in 2008, when the Bearcats defeated Gallaudet University 23-22.

The Mercury defeated the 2008 conference champion San Antonio Silver Stars in the first round, winning the very exciting series 2 – 1 after losing the first game on the road.

Having defeated the Saints in both their regular season meetings, the Pies lost convincingly, ending their 2008 season.

In 2008 John McCain defeated Barack Obama by over 18 percent -- his only victory in a county west of the Cascades.

In the November 4, 2008, general election Barack Obama defeated John McCain, the presidential winner in Texas, by 1, 939 votes ( 67. 7 percent ) to 918 ( 32 percent ).

He was succeeded in January 2009 by fellow Republican Tryon D. Lewis, who had defeated West for the Republican nomination in the April 8, 2008, primary election.