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Tennessee's Raven Chavanne and Oklahoma's Lauren Chamberlain and Keilani Ricketts are the three finalists for USA Softball college player of the year, the Amateur Softball Association of America and USA Softball announced Wednesday.

Spring practice looked very different for breakout stars such as Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel and Oregon QB Marcus Mariota, who went from relative unknowns last season to two of the main attractions in college football heading into this season.

Before this weekend's lacrosse game between No. 2 Duxbury and No. 3 St. John's Prep, Dragons senior Marshall McCarthy was awarded with a commemorative jersey, as our ESPN Boston High Schools Football Defensive Player of the Year for the 2012 season. ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year on Sunday night and declared his hope Carlo Ancelotti will remain at Paris Saint-Germain.

Trey Burke has turned to his inner circle in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, to prepare for the NBA draft and transition to the life of a professional.

West Bromwich Albion have received a major end-of-season boost with Gareth McAuley's decision to sign a new two-year deal.

Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has scooped the club's Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award, voted for by Red Devils fans worldwide.

To review: J.J. Watt's defensive player of the year season in 2012 included 107 tackles, 20.5 sacks, 39 tackles for loss, 42 quarterback hits, 16 batted passes, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. "It was the best I've ever seen, the be...

Asmir Begovic was seen calling on all his handling abilities as he left the Player of the Year Awards clutching no less than four gongs for his, at times, herculean efforts between the sticks this season. Begovic's form was perhaps one of the few ...

TCU Horned Frogs defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of 2013.

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Teddy Bridgewater appears to be running away in the Big East offensive player of the year poll. Perhaps we'll have some more parity in today's vote. We're looking at who you think will be the best defensive player in the conference this fall. Keep...

Hibernian striker Leigh Griffiths has been named the SPL's Player of the Year, his third individual award of the season.

Barcelona says Lionel Messi will be sidelined for up to three weeks after re-aggravating his right hamstring strain.

The season is a little more than three months away, but with spring ball in the rearview mirror and most players dismissed for summer break, we figure now is as good of a time as any to start forecasting some honors for the 2013 campaign. The blog...

Oklahoma enters the NCAA tournament with a chance to win a national championship with four or fewer losses. And the Sooners have the reigning national player of the year in Keilani Ricketts, who's a good bet to win it again.