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...role model, the kind kids grow up wishing they could be. In professional sports, not surprisingly, the list is pretty small. In fact, it’s pretty much limited to two players: the NBA’s LeBron James and MLB’s Joe Mauer. Both were MVPs of their respective leagues last season. Both are straight out of high school, phenoms who skipped college to go straight to the pros—though both had the talent to play Division I football. (The only athlete to ever be named USA Today’s Player...
Senior soccer standout Andre Akpan has yet another accolade to add to his already impressive list. In the past month, the forward from Grand Prairie, Texas was selected to Soccer America’s 2009 MVPs team and College Soccer News’ Team of the Decade, named New England Soccer News’ Player of the Year, and offered a contract with Major League Soccer...
...accolades deserve mention next. The first week of her young career, she was named Ivy League pitcher of the week. Flash forward to present day, where she stands as reigning Ivy League rookie of the week. And she’s picked up two straight tournament MVPs along the way, the most recent one coming at the Highlander Classic over spring break...
...base would be incredibly difficult," says Simon Chadwick, professor and director of the Birkbeck Sport Business Centre at the University of London. That won't deter them from trying. The NBA, which in 2006 plucked its top draft pick from Italy and featured 2007 regular-season and Finals MVPs from Germany and France, can "absolutely" grow to rival soccer's popularity in Europe, says Heidi Ueberroth, president of global marketing partnerships and international business operations. The league derives 10% of its revenue from foreign markets, and basketball is already the third most-played team sport in Britain, and the second...
...Certainly the Steelers being [in this Super Bowl] puts a lot of attention on the history of the team," said Swann, who received one of the loudest cheers of the entire night during a pregame ceremony honoring past Super Bowl MVPs. "People have been seeing old clips of mine and that's good going against an incumbent...