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• In the last month of the 2008 National Football League regular season, December, we saw a handful of coaches fired, including four dismissals on December 29, 2008. Several teams finished the season setting NFL records, however not all records were positive, like the Detroit Lions finishing the NFL's first-ever 0-16 season.

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• Fast Facts

  1. NFL founded in 1920
  2. Players compete within 32 teams, eight divisions and two conferences
  3. 2008 NFL salary cap: $116 per teamESPN.com: NFL salary cap rising by $7 million for 2008 season
  4. League began testing for banned substances in 1987CBS News: NFL Steroid Policy 'Not Perfect'

• Top December 2008 NFL Gossip

  Denver Broncos fire head coach Mike Shanahan

  New York Jets reportedly want to keep Brett Favre for another year, should he decide to play another season

  Dismissed New York Jets coach Eric Mangini reportedly on the short list to replace Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennel

  NFL has reportedly decided that the 2010 Pro Bowl will be played in Miami, Florida, the same site of the Super Bowl that year and will be moved up to two weeks before the Super Bowl

  Head coach Romeo Crennel was fired by the Cleveland Browns

  New York Jets fire head coach Eric Mangini

  Head coach Rod Marinelli and several members of the coaching staff dismissed after the Detroit Lions complete the first-ever 0-16 NFL season

  San Francisco 49ers announcing that they will keep head coach Mike Singletary, removing his interim label after he signed a four-year contract with the team

  Former NFL guard Danny Villa surrendering to police in Arizona; Villa was wanted in Massachusetts on charges of raping a child over the age of 14

  St. Louis Rams players petitioning to keep head coach Jim Haslett in place in 2009

  Seattle Seahawks players chipping in to buy outgoing head coach Mike Holmgren a Harley-Davidson motorcycle

  Former Denver Broncos player Matt Lepsis admitting that he played the first games of the 2007 season under the influence of drugs

  Darren Sharper of the Minnesota Vikings reportedly parked in a handicapped space at a Twin Cities television studio

  Regardless of how the San Diego Chargers finish the season, head coach Norv Turner will reportedly stay with the team in 2009

  St. Louis Rams president John Shaw stepping down, just two days after vice president and general manager Jay Zygmunt resigned

  Police raiding the New Jersey home of Plaxico Burress reportedly finding an arsenol of guns and ammunition, unknown if the weapons are registered or if Burress will face additional charges

  Washington Redskins vice president Vinny Cerrato announcing that head coach Jim Zorn will return next year

  Shaun Ellis of the New York Jets fined $10,000 for throwing a giant snowball at the fans following their loss to the Seattle Seahawks Sunday

  NFL filing an appeal in the StarCaps lawsuit in an attempt to unblock a ruling that prevents the league from suspending several players including Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Minnesota Vikings and Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints

  New England Patriots fan ejected from Gillette Stadium and arrested after tackling Junior Seau in the fourth quarter of Sunday's win

  After the Dallas Cowboys lost Saturday night, reports came in that Pacman Jones was spotted at a Dallas-area nightclub, leading to speculation that he may be falling off the wagon just two games after his reinstatement

  Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy telling the press he will sit down with his wife after the season to discuss if he will continue coaching or retire

  Vince Young suing three Texas men who trademarked "VY" and "INVINCIBLE" after he won the Rose Bowl in 2006; Young claims he cannot secure endorsement deals becuase these 'squatters' control his name

  Rosters for the 2009 Pro Bowl announced

  Greg White of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers legally changing his name from Gregory Alphonso White Jr. to Stylez G. White; reportedly taking the Stylez from a character in the 1985 film Teen Wolf

  Kansas City Chiefs President, CEO and GM Carl Peterson stepping down after 20 years of service to the team

  Pittsburgh Steelers punter Mitch Berger accusing Baltimore Ravens cornerback Frank Walker of spitting on him near the end of Sunday's game

  Jason Witten reportedly approached Terrell Owens in the Dallas Cowboys locker room to discuss a play, Owens told Witten not to speak to him

  Jeremy Bridges of the Carolina Panthers arrested Sunday night on assault charges stemming from a altercation with a bouncer after spraying several bar patrons with champagne

  O.J. Simpson sentenced to 15 years for his role in the Las Vegas heist, with a possibility of parole after six years; "The Juice" will also have to stay behind bars while he appeals, should he choose to

  Tyjuan Hagler of the Indianapolis Colts reportedly involved in a domestic dispute, lineback claims he was assaulted by Alana Mosley, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child

  Plaxico Burress released on $100,000 bond, reported to the New York Giants as instructed and was suspended for the remainder of the 2008 season by the team

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