" I'm Bryan -- welcome the foxsports.com. Is your review we're going to count out the top team performances of 2008. It wasn't easy but we were able to Whittle down the list of the top eight teams eight teams pro. We start with an honorable mention they didn't win a championship but we had -- their -- the 2008 New England Patriots. Led by Tom Brady's MVP performance the pats finished the regular season with a perfect sixteen NL record but their quest for perfection ended in Arizona where they were stunned by the New York Giants still New England is one of only three teams go eighteen -- one in NFL history that's enough to earn a spot on our list. Number eight the countdown begins on the eyes with the Detroit Red Wings showed why their franchise is one of the best. The wings skated to the best record in the regular season and did not let up in the post season. Detroit held -- Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games to win their fourth title in the last eleven years. Hamburg Zetterberg -- most valuable to the wings run becoming just the second European after teammate Nichols -- shown to win MVP honors. That brought the Stanley Cup back to hockey town."

" Sports of the diamond for number seven the Tampa Bay Rays did the unthinkable in 2008 skipper Joe maddening company HR and 96 law team into a serious World Series contender."

" Led by a handful of young stars including Evan Longoria and BJ Upton the rays won the franchise's first AL east title made their first postseason appearance and earned a spot in the fall classic."

" Unfortunately Tampa's dream season came to an end in five games against the Philadelphia Phillies."

" We'll have more on them later on the number six or 2008 US Ryder Cup team for the first time in nearly a decade the Americans wrestled the coveted Ryder Cup out of the arms of the heavily favored Europeans at Valhalla golf club. Captain by Paul azinger this year is Ryder Cup squad relied on veterans like Phil Mickelson and Jim pyrrhic. The rookies also shined with contributions from Anthony Kim. And JB Holmes. Team USA and the -- streak of three consecutive victories in Ryder Cup play even without the help of the world number one Tiger Woods had number five the Boston Celtics after 22 years the -- claim their spot atop the NBA winning their seventeenth world championship. And they did it in dominating fashion both for the season GM Danny Ainge assembled a new version the Big Three. And Kevin Garnett Paul Pierce. And Ray Allen did not disappoint. Boston cruised to the regular season -- survive the Eastern Conference playoffs before meeting up with the longtime rival the LA Lakers. In the finals gangrene capped their return to glory with a four games to two win over Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. Boston's starting nine point winning game six was the biggest in -- series finale. Back to the diamond for number for the Philadelphia Phillies long known as he losing his team in baseball the Phillies claimed their first World Series title 28 years where the line above Ryan Howard Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins the -- repeated as NL east champs."

" But we're poised for an even deeper post season run."

" Philly ace Cole Hamels went undefeated in five post season starts and Philadelphia overcame years of bad memories and even a few days of bad weather the top the raising five games claiming the 2008. World Series title. We'll halfway across the world for number three where we saw -- record breaking performance by the US -- in the pool. The team set a world record on the way to winning the four by 100 freestyle relay. That accounted for one of the record eight gold medals Michael Phelps took home during the 2008 summer games. As a team the Americans overcame a tough French quartet. In the final ten metres securing the closest 400 meter relay win in Olympic history at eight hundreds of a seconds. Staying in Beijing we find our number two team."

" The United States men's basketball squad after a series of lackluster performances in international play."

" The Americans put together an impressive display of basketball skills."

" Led by superstars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James team USA made up for the bronze medal effort in 2004. This time around the redeem team breezed past opponents by an average of thirty point game."

" And eventually beat out the Spaniards in the finals Olympic gold was back in the birthplace of basketball. And the top team on our list of 2008 New York Giants this was a story that could not be written it was an improbable run to the Super Bowl by a team of road Warriors. They set an NFL record with ten consecutive road wins beginning in week three at Washington and -- I went to Tampa Bay Green Bay and Dallas in the playoffs. Going into Super Bowl 42."

" No was giving the Giants a shot against the eighteen and -- the world what Patriots with a combination of great defense a Houdini act like Eli Manning."

" And arguably the greatest catch in Super Bowl history the New York Giants shocked the Patriots and were crowned Super Bowl 42 champions."