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Jadeveon Clowney just keeps getting attention. The certified man-child of the SEC was honored by the South Carolina General Assembly in a ceremony at the State House on Tuesday for his 2012 season and his 2012 AT&T National Player of the Year ...

In January 2012, nobody had Gabby Douglas on a list of athletes who would dominate the headlines. Who will be the top performer in sports this year?

Yes, 2012 is in the books, but beyond last week's daily annual awards for fighter, knockout, round, prospect and fight of the year, here is part 1 of some additional awards: Trainer of the year: This was a slam dunk: Robert Garcia had a huge year ...

Lucas Leiva has called on Liverpool to bring the fear factor back to Anfield in 2013, starting against Sunderland in the Premier League on Wednesday night.

It has been a strange year for Liverpool: 2012 brought two Cup finals, one trophy and the end of an era with the removal of Kenny Dalglish as manager. There is only one way to surmise the year just gone: awards. Best moment: September 12 - the re...

The Pac-12 conference has announced its 2012 individual honors and all-conference first and second teams as voted on by the coaches. Offensive Player of the Year: Marqise Lee, WR, USC. Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Will Sutton, DE, Ar...

As we approach what you might call the quarter pole of the baseball season, the races for the major postseason player awards are starting to narrow to fairly small lists of candidates, with one and possibly two already all but decided. If the season ...

Blog | August 16, 2012

Keith Law explains who his awards picks are with one quarter of the season left to play.

Blog | Conversation | August 16, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS -- Over the past year, the San Francisco 49ers have hired Jim Harbaugh, drafted Aldon Smith, posted a 13-3 record, won a playoff game, placed an NFL-best nine players in the Pro Bowl, watched former owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. become a Hal...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Terrell Suggs was named the Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year, beating out the Minnesota Vikings' Jared Allen for the award. It was the closest margin of the top five major awards. Suggs beat out Allen by a margin o...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Matt Birk has been named a Pro Bowl center six times. He has been a part of eight playoff teams. But the achievement that epitomizes Birk as a person was given to him tonight -- the Walter Payton Man of the Year award. It recognize...

Last month, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers earned first-team All-Pro status from a 50-member panel of Associated Press voters. The vote was a landslide at the quarterback position: 47 1/2 votes for Rodgers to 2 1/2 for Drew Brees of the ...

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees has been named NFL Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press. Nice honor, but I view that as a sign of things to come and I'm not talking about something good. I'm talking about the Most Valuable Playe...

I don't think this will come as a surprise to anyone, but Carolina quarterback Cam Newton has been named the Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. The real surprise would have been if Newton had not won the award. But that didn't e...

In the end, Von Miller's status as a complete player won him the NFL Defensive of Rookie of the Year award. The Associated Press announced the Denver Broncos rookie linebacker had been chosen. He and San Francisco linebacker Aldon Smith were consi...

As you helped me assemble a list of possible candidates for the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year award, one name stood out as a chief competitor for Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen. Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs not only pro...