Leslie wins second MVP award
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Lisa Leslie was selected the WNBA&#39;s Most Valuable Player for the second time in her career. The Los Angeles Sparks center, the league&#39;s MVP in 2001, received 425 points and 33 of a possible 48 first-place votes from a national media panel Friday.
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London - South Africa flanker Schalk Burger won the player-of-the year award on Monday as the Springboks dominated the International Rugby Board&#39;s top honours.
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Leslie scored a season-high 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Wednesday night to lead the Sparks to a 77-69 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars.
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When Peyton Manning sees his name alongside some of the great players in NFL history, he beams with pride. Manning's phenomenal season earned him his second straight Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award &#151; and he came within one vote of being a unanimous choice.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Michael Phelps won another gold medal in a fantastic finish, tied an Olympic record, was congratulated by Mark Spitz and planned a trip to McDonald&#39;s for a Big Mac and fries.
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ANAHEIM - The Los Angeles Dodgers last season had the best double-play combination in baseball, so naturally they went out yesterday and signed an All-Star second baseman who admits his glove is merely apparel.
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Johan Santana is a unanimous pick for the AL Cy Young Award after a stellar second half that helped the Twins win the division title.
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Vladimir Guerrero of the Anaheim Angels won the A.L. Most Valuable Player award, easily beating the second-place finisher, Gary Sheffield of the Yankees.
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Aaron Peirsol won his second gold medal  at the Athens Olympics Thursday after winning an appeal against  his disqualification from the men's 200 meter backstroke.
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Oklahoma quarterback Jason White was a two-time award winner Thursday night, taking the Maxwell Award as college football's best all-around player and adding his second straight Davey O'Brien quarterback trophy.
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The huge lead was gone, and another MVP award also was slipping away.
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The Minnesota Twins pitcher picked up all 28 first-place votes. Curt Schilling of Boston wound up second in voting, twins closer Joe Nathan tied for fourth.
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FLACHAU, Austria  - Canadian Thomas Grandi stretched a pre-Christmas explosion of form, winning his second race in 48 hours with a World Cup giant slalom victory.
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Justin Morneau won the American League's Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday, edging Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees after a season in which his 34 homers and 130 RBIs helped the Minnesota Twins capture their division.
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For only the second time in a regular-season game, John Smoltz sensed an extra excitement that normally comes in the postseason.
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Seimone Augustus scores her 1,000th career point, reaching that mark in the second-fewest games in WNBA history, and the Minnesota Lynx earn an 83-58 victory over the Sparks.
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Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder have been selected by fans as winners of the Hank Aaron Award, which honors the top offensive players in the National and American leagues.