* Hanley Ramirez ( 2006 – 2012 )-As the main piece of the Josh Beckett & Mike Lowell trade in the 2005 off-season, Ramirez was the face of the franchise during his tenure and a major offensive cog, having a 30-30 season in 2008, winning a batting title and finishing 2nd in MVP voting in 2009, and participating in three All-Star games.

Also in the off-season, on May 29, 2008, the Canucks lost defensive prospect Luc Bourdon to a fatal motorcycle crash near his hometown of Shippagan, New Brunswick.

In 2008, the Soul signed WR Chris Jackson in the off-season.

Leinart was named the Cardinals ' starting QB going into the 2008 off-season, but Ken Whisenhunt stated that it would be very possible for Warner to be the starter before Week 1 of the regular season.

In late 2005, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment announced that they would be renovating the western side of the Air Canada Centre during the 2008 off-season, to connect it with the Maple Leaf Square development.

With the departure of Bobby Holik to the New Jersey Devils in the 2008 off-season, the Thrashers ' captaincy remained vacant for the first half of the 2008 – 09 season.

In the off-season, in May 2008, Nash was named the cover athlete and spokesman for NHL 2K9.

Becoming an unrestricted free agent once more in the 2008 off-season, Blake signed a one-year, US $ 5 million contract with the Kings ' Pacific Division rival San Jose Sharks on July 3, 2008.

During the Brett Favre – Green Bay Packers dispute throughout the 2008 off-season, Favre discredited the Packers for not interviewing Mariucci for their head coaching job in 2006.

Further into the off-season the Bulldogs also lost seasoned halfback Brent Sherwin, and prospects for the 2008 season began to look dim.

Todd Greenberg's influence took hold during the 2008 – 09 off-season, and was ultimately realised in 2009.

Steve Bernier had been acquired in the 2008 off-season in another trade with the Sabres, and began the season on the top line with the Sedins.

Steve Bernier had been acquired in the 2008 off-season in another trade with the Sabres, and began the season on the top line with the Sedins.

New head coach Brent Sutter promised that Kiprusoff would face a lighter schedule in 2009 – 10, he played 76 games in 2008 – 09, while Kiprusoff hired a personal trainer and set aside his previously indifferent attitude towards off-season training.

The following off-season, Fedotenko signed his third consecutive one-year contract, a $ 2. 25 million deal with Pittsburgh Penguins in July 2008.

Construction began during the off-season of 2008 while the stadium continued to be used for baseball.

In the off-season, on July 5, 2008, Cooke signed a two-year, $ 2. 4-million contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He played winter ball in Venezuela during the off-season and signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers for, but was released before the start of the season and signed with the Seattle Mariners ; he was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, but was released on May 2, 2008.

With the departure of Markus Näslund in the 2008 off-season, Öhlund became the longest serving player on the Canucks ' roster.

In 2008, the Harps began the conversion from a semi-professional, part-time club to a full-time setup over the off-season, with 16 full-time players on the books as of the opening day of the season.

She is currently playing for CSKA in Russia during the 2008 – 09 WNBA off-season.

In the subsequent off-season, Cloutier's remaining year on his contract was bought out by the Kings on June 21, 2008.

In 2007 the international rules series was abandoned because of the aggression and the severity of the Australian team in the previous year, but in 2008, under new rules to protect the player with the ball, it resumed in Australia.

The 2008 Menier Chocolate Factory production opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in previews on November 24, 2009 and officially on December 13, 2009, with the same creative team.

The original Yankee Stadium closed in 2008 to make way for a new Yankee Stadium in which the team started play in 2009 ; it's north-northeast of the 1923 Yankee Stadium, on the former site of Macombs Dam Park.

The most sacrifice flies by a team in one game is five ; the record was established by the Seattle Mariners in 1988 and tied by the Colorado Rockies in 2006 and then tied again in 2008 by the Seattle Mariners.

This reaction was studied for the first time in 2008 by the team at RIKEN, Japan, in order to study the decay properties of < sup > 266 </ sup > Bh, which is a decay product in their claimed decay chains of ununtrium .< ref > The decay of < sup > 266 </ sup > Bh by the emission of 9. 05-9. 23 MeV alpha particles was further confirmed in 2010.

During the Orioles ' heyday in the 1970s, a club song, appropriately titled " Orioles Magic ", was composed, and played when the team ran out until Opening Day of 2008.

He volunteered to play for his home team Trinidad during the start of 2008 domestic season.

On 7 September 2008 he took part in Soccer Aid 2008, and on 6 June 2010 in Soccer Aid 2010, playing for the Rest of the World vs a team of England celebrities and ex pros.

On 30 October 2008 a spokesman for the team announced that the team would complete its last three performances of the year with five jets instead of six.

On October 22, 2008, the soccer team snapped a 201-game losing streak with a last-second goal against Cal Lutheran University, 1 – 0.

In 2007, 2008, and 2009, the women's table tennis team ( a club team ) competed in nationals.

* Cyril Domoraud ( b. 1971 ), Ivorian football player ( senior career 1992 – 2008 ) who played for the Côte d ' Ivoire national team ( 1995 – 2006 )

In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.

New management had not yet had an impact on the team in 2008.

On Domino Day 2008 ( November 14, 2008 ), the Weijers Domino Productions team attempted to set 10 records:

The figure skating team won the national championship five straight times from 2004 through 2008.

Former heavyweight rower Dominic Seiterle is a member of the Canadian national rowing team and won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's 8 + event.

In June 2008, EDuke32 became the only Duke Nukem 3D port to compile and run natively on 64-bit Linux systems without the use of a 32-bit compatibility environment thanks to significant porting contributions from the DOSBox team.

The 2008 team became the only team in NFL history to lose all 16 regular season games since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.

For 2008, the team dropped the black alternate jerseys in favor of a throwback uniform to commemorate the franchise's 75th anniversary.