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	Associated Press Athlete of the Year Award by Baseball Almanac
		In 1931, the Associated Press began naming an overall athlete of the year.
		Sandy Koufax is the only two time recipient and Fred Lynn is the only rookie baseball player to win the Associated Press Athlete of the Year Award.
		Roger Maris won the Associated Press Athlete of the Year Award during his historic sixty-one home run season.
	baseball-almanac.com /awards/aw_apr.shtml (177 words)

	Associated Press Athlete of the Year - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1931, the first and most prestigious "Athlete of the Year" award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP).
		At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete.
		The awards are voted on annually by a panel of AP sports editors from across the United States.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Associated_Press_Athlete_of_the_Year (148 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Lance Armstrong was honored as The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, the second straight year he's won the award voted on by sports writers and broadcasters.
		Annika Sorenstam capped her year when she was voted Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year by more than double the margin over Connecticut basketball star Diana Taurasi.
		She became the first woman in 58 years to play on the PGA Tour -- at the Colonial, making her one of the most famous athletes in the world.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=12616 (930 words)

	History of Women in Sports Timeline - Part 3 - 1930-1959
		She is named the Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year for track and field.
		The Sullivan Award is named after the former AAU president and given to the athlete who, “by his or her performance, example and influence as an amateur, has done the most during the year to advance the cause of sportsmanship.” An athlete cannot win the award more than once.
		She became the youngest athlete ever to be named AP Athlete of the Year, Golfer of the Year and Teenager of the Year.
	www.northnet.org /stlawrenceaauw/timelne3.htm (4241 words)

	Associated Press Athletes of the Year 2006 - Golf
		Tiger last won the Associated Press Athlete of the Year for the fourth time tying the record of Lance Armstrong.
		The female Athlete of the Year 2006 was Lorena Ochoa from Mexico.
		It was the fourth straight year that a golfer has won the Associated Press Athlete of the Year as Annika Sorenstam has won the award the previous years.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art48290.asp (597 words)

	SPORTS PEOPLE; Joyner-Kersee Honored - New York Times
		LEAD: One day after Ben Johnson, the sprinter from Canada, was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, the news agency yesterday selected Jackie Joyner-Kersee as the Female Athlete of the Year.
		It was only the third time in the 57-year history of the awards that athletes from the same sport were chosen in the same year.
		One day after Ben Johnson, the sprinter from Canada, was named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, the news agency yesterday selected Jackie Joyner-Kersee as the Female Athlete of the Year.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE0DE1139F935A15752C0A96E948260 (201 words)

	Track and Field Star Marion Jones is Female Athlete of the Year
		The five medals represented a first for a female track and field athlete at one Games, and for that accomplishment Jones was chosen Wednesday as The Associated Press' Female Athlete of the Year.
		Her 100 and 200 times were the fastest in the world this year.
		Even more remarkable for Jones, she ran only one other individual 400 race during the year and had not run on a 1,600 relay since she was a sophomore at North Carolina.
	www.caaws.ca /girlsatplay/stuff/awards/jones.htm (610 words)

	Seattle Times: Golf: AP picks Woods as top male athlete
		By year's end, however, he had put together one of the sport's most dominant seasons in the 20th century.
		Yesterday, Woods was selected The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year in a close vote over Lance Armstrong.
		The U.S. women's World Cup soccer team was named the AP Female Athletes of the Year last week and also won for story of the year.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /sports/golf/html98/wood_19991228.html (548 words)

	Lance Armstrong wins AP male athlete honours
		In his last chance to win, Lance Armstrong bagged the Associated Press Athlete of the Year honour for the fourth year in a row on Wednesday.
		He is the only athlete to be selected by sports writers four times since the honour was first awarded in 1931.
		Armstrong's legacy was suddenly at stake, a bitter pill to swallow for someone called one of the most inspirational athletes of his generation, a man who survived testicular cancer which spread to his lungs and brain.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/story/2005/12/28/armstrong_ap_athlete051228.html (1346 words)

	Black Athlete Sports Network—The Soul of Sports
		Since they haven't named their Female Athlete of the Year and presuming they want to make as ridiculous a choice so they look foolish twice our recommendation to them (not us) is that they name Marion Jones.
		Vijay Singh is the Male Athlete of the Year
		Jason Campbell is an Athlete of the Year.
	www.blackathlete.net /Blackbox/blackbox123004.html (447 words)

	AP Female Athlete of the Year: Golfer Ochoa captures AP's top honor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tiger Woods was voted AP Male Athlete of the Year, the first time since 1993 that the male and female athletes came from the same sport (Michael Jordan-Sheryl Swoopes in basketball).
		There was no indication Ochoa had learned from her past failures at the first LPGA major of the year at the Kraft Nabisco, when she lost a three-shot lead in the final round.
		Three years later, she won the first of five consecutive titles in her age group at the Junior Worlds in San Diego.
	postgazette.com /pg/06361/749161-139.stm (727 words)

	SI.com - More Sports - Armstrong named AP Male Athlete of the Year - Sunday December 28, 2003 2:38PM
		But just when his dominance of one of world's most grueling sports events teetered near its end, Armstrong fought off Jan Ullrich of Germany by 62 seconds to put himself in position to become the first rider to win six in a row in 2004.
		On Sunday, Armstrong was honored as The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, the second straight year he's won the award voted on by sports writers and broadcasters.
		Pushing him all the way was Ullrich, a five-time runner-up in the Tour de France whom Armstrong considers his chief rival in 2004.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/more/12/28/bc.apmaleathlete.ap (636 words)

	Armstrong wins 4th straight AP athlete honor
		Lance Armstrong, who won his seventh consecutive Tour de France, was honored as The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the fourth straight year Wednesday.
		He is the only athlete to be selected by U.S. sports writers four times since the honor first was awarded in 1931.
		Sorenstam, who became the first woman in 19 years to capture the first two legs of the Grand Slam and won 10 times on the U.S. LPGA Tour, became the first golfer since Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1945-47) to win the award three straight years.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-12/30/content_508092.htm (360 words)

	Cyclist named top male athlete (printable version)
		Already recognized as one of the truly inspiring athletes of his generation, Armstrong took his cycling legacy a step further when he won a record-breaking sixth consecutive Tour de France in July.
		And for his accomplishment, he was honored Monday as The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third straight year.
		It was also the year he got divorced, and he acknowledged that he struggled to balance the pressures of his personal and professional lives.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=88513 (785 words)

	Sorenstam is AP Female Athlete of the Year \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Sorenstam is AP Female Athlete of the Year
		Small wonder then, that what was an average year for golfer Annika Sorenstam was more than good enough to earn her recognition as The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second year running.
		Those same emotions mixed once again coming down the stretch of this year's ADT Championship, where Sorenstam missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation to win the tournament outright, then had to cobble together a bogey on the first extra hole for the victory.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/54456 (976 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		In December 2002, Williams was honored as the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.
		In both January and March 2003, Williams was voted by the International Tennis Writers’ Association as Player of the Month.
		Thus far in 2003, Williams has been honored as the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, the ESPY Female Athlete of the Year and the ESPY Female Tennis Player of the Year.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=966 (179 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Armstrong wins fourth straight AP Male Athlete of the Year honor
		He is the only athlete to be selected by sports writers four times since the honor first was awarded in 1931.
		Also Wednesday, Annika Sorenstam was selected as the AP Female Athlete of the Year.
		It was the most serious challenge to the legacy of an athlete who survived testicular cancer, which spread to his lungs and brain, to become one of the most inspirational athletes of his generation.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20051229-0045-cyc-apmaleathlete.html (823 words)

	Sorenstam repeats as AP's Female Athlete of the Year - The Boston Globe
		Small wonder then, that what was an average year for golfer Annika Sorenstam was more than good enough to earn her recognition yesterday as the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second straight year.
		The judge in a steroids distribution case in San Francisco that has implicated several elite athletes refused to dismiss charges against three defendants, but ruled they may argue that statements given to investigators were illegally coerced.
		Ray believes the NHLPA might have shut him out as punishment after he said in October that he would be willing to cross the line and return playing if the NHL used replacement players.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2004/12/29/sorenstam_repeats_as_aps_female_athlete_of_the_year (819 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		In December, Sorenstam was named Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year and Association of Golf Writers (Europe) Player of the Year.
		In January 2006, she was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year, and in March, she won the MasterCard Classic.
		To date this year, she is third on the 2006 ADT Official Money List, earning $1,366,541, and ranked first in top-10 finishes (11 in 13 starts).
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=964 (222 words)

	kitsapsun.com: Sports
		Tiger Woods was named the Associated Press Athlete of the Year, but he says tennis star Roger Federer might have been more deserving.
		What made this year different from others was the magnitude of his loss.
		The rest of the year was a blur of trophies.
	www.kitsapsun.com /bsun/sports/article/0,2403,BSUN_19109_5237785,00.html (912 words)

	Associated Press Athlete of the Year Details, Meaning Associated Press Athlete of the Year Article and Explanation Guide
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	www.e-paranoids.com /a/as/associated_press_athlete_of_the_year.html (206 words)

	Golfer Sorenstam chosen AP female athlete of the year
		For her incredible exploits on the links, the Associated Press has named the Swede its female athlete of the year.
		Sorenstam this year became the first woman in 19 years to capture the first two legs of the Grand Slam, winning 10 times on the LPGA tour.
		Sorenstam's year did have its upsets as she filed for divorce from her husband of eight years.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/story/2005/12/28/sorenstam_ap_award051228.html (1413 words)

	ESPN.com - Golf Online - Another repeat for Tiger: AP Athlete of Year
		It was a year in which he kept raising the bar, and sailing over it.
		Woods challenged history and whipped that the way he did the rest of the field -- a 15-stroke victory, the largest margin in the 140 years of major championship golf, a 12-under 272 on a course where no one else broke par.
		The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year winners
	espn.go.com /golfonline/tours/s/2000/1226/974526.html (927 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		That same year, Retton was named Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year, 1984 Associated Press Amateur Athlete of the Year, and became the youngest inductee into the United States Olympic Committee Hall of Fame.
		Currently, she travels the country as a motivational speaker and is the new host of Intersport’s syndicated show American Sportswomen.
		She was warded the Women’s Sports Foundation Amateur Sportswomen of the Year in 1984 and she was inducted into the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame in Contemporary category, 1993.
	www.gogirlgo.com /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=45 (278 words)

	Armstrong, Sorenstam are AP's Athletes of Year
		He is the only athlete to be selected by sportswriters four times since the honor first was awarded in 1931.
		Former University of Arizona star Annika Sorenstam was named the AP's Female Athlete of the Year.
		The Swedish golf star was a landslide winner as the AP Female Athlete of the Year, making Sorenstam the first golfer since Babe Zaharias (1945-47) to win the award three straight years.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/sports/articles/1229pg2filler1229.html (378 words)

	Wilstein: Good or bad, Barry was athlete of year - Year in review 2004 - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The votes for the Associated Press Athlete of the Year are still coming in and the results will be announced on Dec. 29.
		But maybe he was fooled by Anderson and just didn’t notice the changes in his body the last five years when his arms, chest and neck started bulging and his jerseys didn’t fit anymore.
		Bonds is the epitome of the athlete of our age and there is no better choice for the athlete of the year.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6699212 (987 words)

	History of Women in Sports Timeline - Part 4 - 1960-1979
		She is named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for golf, repeating in 1964.
		She was the LPGA's player of the year from 1966 to 1973 (except for 1970).
		She is also named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for golf.
	www.northnet.org /stlawrenceaauw/timelne4.htm (4492 words)

	AP Male Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		AP Male Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods
		And there remained skepticism about his latest swing change, put to rest by a year that ranked among Woods' best on the PGA Tour.
		Voting for the 2006 Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year:
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06360/749032-139.stm (368 words)

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