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	NBA.com Ben Wallace Wins Fourth Defensive Player of the Year Award
		With this year’s honor, Wallace becomes the only player in NBA history to win the Defensive Player of the Year Award four times in five years and joins Dikembe Mutombo as the only players to earn the award in four separate seasons.
		The four-time Defensive Player of the Year led all NBA centers in rebounding and steals, guiding the Pistons to a Central Division crown and the best record in franchise history (64-18).
		Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received.
	www.nba.com /news/bwallace_060508.html (419 words)

	Player of the Year award named after Sobers
		The recommendation to name the award after Sir Garfield Sobers came from a group of three cricket legends -- Richie Benaud, Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Holding -- who were asked by the ICC to select an individual with whom to honour cricket's ultimate individual award.
		Players from all Full Member countries, as well as Kenya and the United States of America, who will be in London preparing for the ICC Champions Trophy, are expected to attend the Awards ceremony at Alexandra Palace on September 7.
		A total of eight awards will be presented on the night, culminating in the highest individual honour, the Player of the Year.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2004/sep/06trophy.htm (485 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Singh wins PGA Tour player of the year award
		Vijay Singh (center) won the PGA Tour player of the year award Monday for the first time, ending Tiger Woods' five-year hold on the honor with a season that left no debate about who was No. 1 in golf.
		Singh earlier won the PGA of America player of the year, which is determined by points.
		Craig Stadler was Champions Tour player of the year, while Mark McNulty was the Champions rookie of the year, and Hubert Green was the comeback player of the year after returning from cancer.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/golf/20041206-0918-glf-pgaawards.html (461 words)

	Dempsey Wins Honda Player of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Dempsey was presented the key to a new Honda Ridgeline truck during the annual Honda Player of the Year Award luncheon, which was held at The Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
		Among those also in attendance were previous Honda Player of the Year Award winners Landon Donovan, Cobi Jones, Alexi Lalas, Thomas Dooley and Hugo Perez, as well as other current and former players and coaches such as Steve Sampson, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Christopher Sullivan, Frank Yallop and Rick Davis.
		Honda's current support includes 16 years as a sponsor of the Honda Player of the Year Award and 9 years as a sponsor of the Honda Symposium, as well as 11 years as the official Automotive Sponsor and Official Vehicle of Major League Soccer.
	ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/526746.html (635 words)

	USATODAY.com - Woods wins seventh PGA player of the year award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Woods previously won player of the year from the PGA of America, which is based on points.
		The tour's award is a vote of the players, although tour officials have refused to release vote totals.
		Olin Browne was voted comeback player of the year on the PGA Tour, returning from nagging shoulder and back injuries and retooling his swing in his mid-40s to win the Deutsche Bank Championship and qualify for the Tour Championship for the first time.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/2005-12-06-woods-award_x.htm (606 words)

	ESPN.com - GOLF - Tiger clinches eighth PGA Player of the Year award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		His seventh victory of the year was enough for him to mathematically clinch PGA Player of the Year.
		The only two times he did not win the points-based award was in 1998 when Mark O'Meara won two majors, and in 2004 when Vijay Singh won nine times.
		Players receive 30 points for winning a major, 20 points for The Players Championship and 10 points for every other PGA Tour victory, with a 50-point bonus for winning two majors.
	sports.espn.go.com /golf/news/story?id=2574712 (351 words)

	ESPN.com: NCAA - Texas' Osterman named USA Softball Player of the Year
		She was a five-time Big 12 Player of the Week, MVP at the Big 12 Tournament, and honored by the NFCA as a first team Midwest All-Region selection and as a first-team All-American.
		A replica of the Player of the Year award will be placed in a permanent display in the ASA National Softball Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, along with a photo display of Osterman.
		The USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award is designed to recognize outstanding athletic achievement by female collegiate softball players across the country.
	espn.go.com /ncaa/s/2003/0522/1557576.html (474 words)

	FIH defends player of the year award -DAWN - Sport; 11 December, 2004
		Players are not silly they know who they should vote.
		Thursday's award ceremony was marred by a controversy after Australia's Jamie Dywer was announced as World Hockey player of the year, although he neither played at Olympic qualifiers in Madrid nor appearing in ongoing Champions Trophy.
		The criteria to vote for the player was the performance of the nominated players at qualifiers, Olympics and Champions Trophy.
	www.dawn.com /2004/12/11/spt7.htm (431 words)

	ESPN.com: NCW - Users: Stiles is Player of the Year
		The dominance of the Irish this year is due mostly to Riley and the contributions she adds to the team.
		Svetlana Abrosimova has been not only one of the best players in the country for the past four years, but early this season she was clearly the best player in the country.
		This year's Player of the Year is Purdue's Katie Douglas.
	espn.go.com /ncw/s/users/playerofyear.html (1985 words)

	Associated Press Player of the Year Award by Baseball Almanac
		A nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters is polled and the results are tallied by the Associated Press to determine an overall player of the year in the major leagues.
		The quotation by Todd Helton was made after he won the Associated Press Player of the Year Award and is made in reference to the New York Yankees winning the 2000 World Series.
		Barry Bonds, who won with two different ballclubs, is also the only recipient of the Associated Press Player of the Year Award to win twice.
	baseball-almanac.com /awards/aw_app.shtml (186 words)

	FIFA World Player of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams.
		The award's youngest winner, male or female, is Ronaldo, who won at the age of 20 in 1996.
		Although players from several nationalities, of three continents, have been nominated and won the award, they were all playing for European clubs at the time of their nomination or victory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year (466 words)

	Baseball Digest Player of the Year Award on Baseball Almanac
		Player profiles, official rosters, schedules, scouting reports, and articles that are in a class by themselves are what you are missing if you do not receive Baseball Digest in your mailbox every month.
		Pitchers were included in Player of the Year selections through 1993.
		In 1994 Baseball Digest began choosing both a Player and Pitcher of the Year.
	baseball-almanac.com /awards/aw_bdpy.shtml (580 words)

	Soccer News : Fabio Cannavaro wins World Player of the Year award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cannavaro received the award at glittering gala evening in Zurich, after gaining the most votes in the poll of national team coaches and captains.
		Cannavaro, who marshalled Italy's steadfast defence in Germany this summer, was the first defender to carry away the world player of the year award, which has been the preserve of strikers and midfielders since 1990.
		As well as winning the World Cup this year, Cannavaro won the Serie A with the Turin side in 2004/05 and 2005/06 before it was stripped of those titles and demoted to the second division in a match fixing scandal this year.
	www.keralanext.com /news/?id=925292 (596 words)

	Honda Player of the Year
		The Honda Player of the Year recognizes the best player on the U.S. National Team as chosen by the national sports media.
		The Honda Player of the Year award is considered the most important award an American soccer player can receive.
		The Honda Player of the Year award was created by Fútbol de Primera in 1991.
	www.soccerhall.org /history/HondaPlayeroftheYearAward.htm (210 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Fabio Cannavaro wins FIFA player of the year award - Monday December 18, 2006 4:37PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Zinedine Zidane, who took the World Cup's top player award despite receiving a red card in the final for head-butting Marco Materazzi in extra time, was second with 454 points.
		Marta of Brazil captured the women's award with 475 points, finishing ahead of Kristine Lilly of the United States with 388 and Renate Lingor of Germany with 305.
		Other honors awarded Monday included the Fair Play prize, which went to the fans of this year's World Cup in Germany; the Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper to Italy's Gianluigi Buffon; and the FIFA President's Award to former Internazionale legend Giacinto Facchetti, who died in September.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/soccer/12/18/bc.eu.spt.soc.fifa.player.ap/index.html?eref=si_soccer (644 words)

	Player of the Year
		This is the criteria that should be used when considering a nomination to the NSA Missouri Player of the Year.
		Note: This banquet/dinner is being held for Player of the Year and Hall of Fame Inductees.
		This is very important as should this application be submitted incomplete, your candidate will not be considered for election for the NSA Missouri Player of the Year.
	www.nsamissouri.com /Playeroftheyear.html (248 words)

	Player of the year award could be decided by a 'W' Sporting News, The - Find Articles
		Player of the year award could be decided by a 'W' Sporting News, The, Dec 23, 2005 by Mike DeCourcy
		No one aside from Morrison or Redick remains a serious contender for the national player of the year awards that will be presented at the end of the season.
		Redick says, "Anybody would be crazy to say they wouldn't want to be player of the year." He already has one such accolade, though: the Adolph F. Rupp Trophy, presented last April by the Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_51_229/ai_n15956017 (1190 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Football \| Gerrard named player of the year
		It is the first time the 25-year-old has been named player of the year by his peers, although he was Young Player of the Year in 2001.
		Wayne Rooney, the 20-year-old Manchester United striker, won the PFA Young Player of the Year award for the second successive season.
		It was no surprise that champions Chelsea had the most players named in the Premiership Team of the Year in the shape of John Terry, William Gallas, Joe Cole and Frank Lampard.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm (612 words)

	AP Wire \| 11/12/2006 \| Ochoa wraps up player of the year award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She ran her winning streak to three with her sixth victory of the year and earned $150,000 for a season total of $2,492,872.
		The former University of Arizona player won the player of the year award for the first time, ending Sorenstam's five-year reign.
		Ochoa is the first player other than Sorenstam and Karrie Webb to earn the award since 1996.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/sports/15997300.htm (662 words)

	Maxwell Football Club - Maxwell Award
		This award is presented in honor of Robert W. (Tiny) Maxwell, legendary college player, official and sports columnist.
		Voters for the Maxwell College Awards are NCAA Head College Football Coaches, members of the Maxwell Football Club and sportswriters and sportscasters from across the country.
		The Maxwell Award has been awarded to players such as Jason White, University of Oklahoma quarterback (2004), Eli Manning, University of Mississippi quarterback (2003), Larry Johnson (2002), Penn State University, Ken Dorsey (2001), Drew Brees (2000), Ron Dayne (1999), Ricky Williams, Charlie Ward, Kerry Collins and Eddie George.
	www.maxwellfootballclub.org /content/awards/maxwell/maxwell_m.htm (214 words)

	MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award is the newest annual award officially sponsored by Major League Baseball.
		This award, officially called the Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award presented by Viagra® (sildenafil citrate), is a supplement to The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award, first given in 1965.
		1 TSN Comeback Player of the Year Award
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MLB_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award (734 words)

	rediff.com: cricket channel - Gilchrist bags FICA player of the year award
		The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations is the official body representing all players around the world and Gilchrist's award comes as recognition of the incredible form the wicketkeeper-batsman has displayed in 2002.
		The left-hander came top of a list of six nominees, who were all bidding to win the award -- voted for by fellow players -- for the first time in their careers.
		Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara was named the Young Player of the Year and the Australian Test side won the International Team of the Year award.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2002/jul/11gil.htm (309 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Soccer: Zidane wins FIFA World Player of the Year award
		Disappointment in Madrid at Figo's failure to take the individual award will have been tempered by Real Madrid's election as FIFA Team of the Century; one of four special awards to mark the end of the first complete century of worldwide organised football competition.
		Other awards at tonight's gala ceremony in Rome went to Holland as Team of the Year and Nigeria as Best Mover of the Year, while Leeds United's South African defender Lucas Radebe took the Fair Play award.
		Radebe, meanwhile, picked up the Fair Play award for his strenuous efforts to combat racism in football and the community, as well as working with children in Soweto in his home country.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2000/1211/fifa.html (618 words)

	Ramprakash wins player of the year award \| Cricket \| Guardian Unlimited Sport
		Alastair Cook took the PCA young player of the year award for the second season running.
		The PCA special merit award went to Dennis Amiss, the former England batsman who scored 100 centuries in his professional career and last year stood down as Warwickshire chief executive.
		The umpire of the year award was won by former professional player Neil Mallender.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /cricket/story/0,,1881230,00.html (444 words)

	Tell Me About: The MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The only time that a Comeback Player of the Year award winner has also won MLS MVP honors came in 2000 during the inaugural year of the award.
		He earned a bevy of awards, including League and MLS Cup MVP, Goalkeeper of the Year, Best XI and Comeback Player of the Year.
		The MLS Comeback Player of the Year award is determined by a collection of votes from the media, MLS players and MLS coaches and general managers.
	ussoccerplayers.com /latest_soccer_news/526473.html (644 words)

	BunkerShot.com - Tiger Woods Captures Record Seventh PGA Player of the Year Award
		The PGA Player of the Year Award is presented to the top touring professional based on a point system for tournament wins, official money standings and scoring averages.
		Tiger Woods, a double-major winner this year and once again the dominant performer in golf’s showcase events, has clinched a record-breaking seventh PGA Player of the Year Award, with six events still remaining in the 2005 season.
		Reigning PGA Champion Phil Mickelson is second in the PGA Player of the Year standings with 91 points, while 2004 PGA Player of the Year Vijay Singh is third with 76 points.
	www.bunkershot.com /2006_print.cfm?ID=2173 (486 words)

	Woods wins Player of the Year Award
		THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. Tiger Woods won the PGA Tour player of the year award Tuesday for the seventh time in his nine full seasons, the final prize in a year that featured two major championships among his six tour titles.
		It was the fifth time Woods has swept the three major awards _ the Jack Nicklaus Trophy as player of the year, the Arnold Palmer Award for leading the money list and the Byron Nelson Award for having the lowest scoring average.
		Woods has failed to win PGA Tour player of the year only twice since his first full season in 1997 _ both times while overhauling swing in 1998 and in 2004.
	www.happynews.com /news/1272005/woods-wins-player-of-the-year-award.htm (625 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - D'Arcy wins players' player of the year award
		Gordon D'Arcy has been named IRUPA Players' Player of the Year for 2004 at a ceremony in Dublin tonight.
		The Leinster centre took the award ahead of Munster's Paul O'Connell and Simon Easterby of Llanelli.
		D Arcy said: 'To be voted the best player for 2004 by the players around the country when there are so many talented players is a great honour.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2004/0519/darcy.html (161 words)

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