Sports Top National Sports Stories From 2011 December 20, 2011 / 10:20 AM CST / CBS News (credit: Gail Oskin/Getty Images) Feb. 6: Super Bowl XLV (credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) April 4: UConn Defeats Butler For National Championship (credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) April 8: Manny Ramirez Retires (credit: J. Meric/Getty Images) April 13: Barry Bonds Found Guilty On Obstruction Of Justice Conviction (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) May 8: Phil Jackson Retires (credit: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) May 13: Derek Boogaard Found Dead (credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) May 17: Harmon Killebrew Dies (credit: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) June 12: Mavericks Win NBA Finals (credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) June 15: Riots Breaks Out After Game In Vancouver (credit: Elsa/Getty Images) June 19: Rory McIlroy Wins U.S. Open (credit: KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images) July 17: Japan Wins Women's World Cup (credit: CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) July 25: NFL Lockout (credit: Rob Carr/Getty Images) Aug. 18: Georgetown, China's Bayi Teams Fight (credit: YangShiZhonh -China Daily/AFP/Getty Images) Sept. 17: Mayweather's KO Punch (credit: JOHN GURZINSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Sept. 19: Mariano Rivera Sets Saves Record (credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images) Oct. 7: Minnesota Lynx Win WNBA Finals (credit: Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images) Oct. 16: IndyCar Driver Dan Wheldon Dies In Fatal Crash (credit: Robert Laberge/Getty Images) Oct. 28: St. Louis Cardinals Win World Series (credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Nov. 7: Joe Frazier Dies At 67 (credit: -/AFP/Getty Images) Nov. 9: Penn State Scandal (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Nov. 12: Wilson Ramos Kidnapped (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images) Nov. 26: NBA Lockout (credit: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) Dec. 4: Tiger Woods Wins Chevron World Challenge (credit: Scott Halleran/Getty Images) Dec. 11: Tim Tebow Mania (credit: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)