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Is it safe to come out? Not yet? OK, well, call us when it's 2008, because it seems like this past year has been one nonstop sports scandal. If it wasn't Barry Bonds being indicted on charges of lying to a grand jury about using performance-enhancing drugs, it was Michael Vick going to prison on dogfighting charges. There was cheating in the NFL, NASCAR and Formula 1. An NBA referee was caught .Year of the scandal (The Palm Beach Post)

QUINCY - Emotions ran the gamut locally in 2007, a year of both raucous celebration and solemn devastation. Sports fans will remember 2007 as the year the Red Sox won it all, again, and the Patriots won every regular-season game.YEAR IN REVIEW 2007: CELEBRATIONS MIXED WITH TEARS (The Patriot Ledger)

2007 was a lousy year in sports unless you were a fan of the pro teams from Boston, the semipro ones from the University of Florida or the real-student athletes from Appalachian StateThe year in Sports (The Courier News)

Eds: NewsNow; will be led. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas Speedway and a Baltimore company have submitted their joint proposal for a casino near the motor sports track in Wyandotte County.k1049 BC-KS-Gambling 12-28 0156 (Hays Daily News)

JT the Brick: Vick's dogfighting, Mitchell Report, gambling NBA ref also were big lowsJT: Taylor's death was worst story of '07 (MSNBC)

Everyone respected Tom Swope, it seemed, with the exception of the evening insects who took advantage of the open windows down on Post Square. Of course, it was the famous sportswriter's own fault. Annoyed by summer temperatures, his habit was to remove his shirt and compose in his skivvies.Post sports department a writer's paradise (The Cincinnati Post)