Designated hitter J.D. Martinez (1.031 on-base plus slugging percentage) may be the team's most valuable player, but right fielder Mookie Betts (1.078 O.P.S.) may win the A.L. Most Valuable Player Award.
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I think we have the evening's most valuable player already.
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Oh, and the 2015 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, too.
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Filipovic was elected the most valuable player of the tournament.
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Springer, the 2017 World Series Most Valuable Player, is batting .
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"I give him the most valuable player award," Trump continued.
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A Few Awards • Most Valuable Player: Who else but Cookie.
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Brown had been the league's most valuable player in 1965.
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Miller was named the most valuable player of the series.
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He was named the 21.93 World Series Most Valuable Player.
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Jones responded by becoming the Korean league's most valuable player.
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Another called Pence the most valuable player of the 2016 campaign.
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The American League's most valuable player in 1977 when he batted .
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Not so long ago, Durant was the league's most valuable player.
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Stephen Curry got every last N.B.A. vote for most valuable player.
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The two-time NBA Most Valuable Player will be out indefinitely.
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Newton, the league's most valuable player last season, shrugged it off.
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He won the league Most Valuable Player Award in 2013-63.
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He was the most valuable player of the 21 title game.
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Marino was named NFL's most valuable player just one year prior.
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He won a record four Super Bowl Most Valuable Player trophies.
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They won half of the past decade's Most Valuable Player Awards.
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She was a former most valuable player, not the reigning one.
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James, a four-time most valuable player, has 26,689 career points.
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The All-Star game's two-time Most Valuable Player is batting .
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And he is likely to win the Most Valuable Player Award.
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He won a Kia Sorento as South Korea's Most Valuable Player.
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He won the Hart Trophy, as the league's most valuable player.
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Mike Trout landed his second Most Valuable Player Award on Thursday.
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He was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player after the final.
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Martin, a sophomore guard, was named the tournament's most valuable player.
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"You feel like you played a great game in L.A., you have the best record in football, and you lose your most valuable player — or maybe the league's most valuable player," the Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said.
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The right-hander also was the AL Most Valuable Player in 218.
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Howard, the 2006 National League Most Valuable Player, has struggled all season.
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I think I'll give Hillary Clinton most valuable player, the M.V.P. award.
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Miller forced two fumbles and won the game's Most Valuable Player Award.
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In favor: You think Blake Wheeler was the league's most valuable player?
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Llyod was voted the most valuable player at the Women's World Cup.
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They will send out the most valuable player of the Super Bowl.
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Ed, Maryland's All-American fullback, was voted the game's most valuable player.
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McGinley said he was the most valuable player on his victorious team.
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No other player has won four Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Awards.
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Mahomes, 24, became the youngest player named Super Bowl most valuable player.
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Kevin Durant was named the most valuable player of the series. 7.
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He scored 39 points and was named the series' most valuable player.
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He was runner-up for the A.L.'s Most Valuable Player Award.
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Three years later, she was named the W.N.B.A.'s most valuable player.
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He was the rookie of the year in 1965, appeared in seven All-Star Games, won the league's Most Valuable Player Award in 1970 and was the N.B.A. finals' most valuable player both times the Knicks won the title.
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O'Neal was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player all three of those years.
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But Andy's most valuable player, and my favorite problematic boy, was Euron Greyjoy.
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Trump has previously referred to each as ISIS's most valuable player as well.
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But Pendleton would, well into his career, win a Most Valuable Player Award.
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Eight years ago, he was the most valuable player of the World Series.
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Newton, the league's most valuable player last season, was replaced by Derek Anderson.
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He twice has been in the top five in Most Valuable Player voting.
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Ashburn was awarded a 24-foot boat as the team's most valuable player.
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James, who is a four-time most valuable player, also contributed seven rebounds.
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When Kennard was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, they were even happier.
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He was named the game's most valuable player and seemed right at home.
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It worked: Cruz was most valuable player of the Pacific Coast League, hit .
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Crystal Dunn, the league's most valuable player in 2015, recently departed for Chelsea.
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He also won the Hart Trophy as league most valuable player that year.
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If not for Lamar Jackson, Wilson would be the league's most valuable player.
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Crosby was in the middle of an Most Valuable Player run on Jan.
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Crosby earned his first Conn Smythe Trophy as the postseason's most valuable player.
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The fourth is a leading candidate for this season's Most Valuable Player Award.
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The NBA's Most Valuable Player award rewards the best player each NBA season.
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Nick Foles is back with us, the most valuable player, and there&aposs Jesse.
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He was unanimously voted the Most Valuable Player of the Finals after the game.
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The 2016 NFL Most Valuable Player has started every game for Atlanta since Dec.
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In fact, in sports they have awards, he gets the most valuable player award.
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He was a three-time Most Valuable Player with a career batting average of .
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He finished seventh in the balloting for the league's most valuable player in 20100.
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The reigning Most Valuable Player also found time for a game-high six assists.
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Donaldson, the 2015 American League most valuable player, has worn converted LeBron James sneakers.
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Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo is a leading candidate for this season's Most Valuable Player Award.
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He played in four Super Bowls, and was named most valuable player in 1971.
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Lamar Jackson, the reigning most valuable player in the National Football League, sued Amazon.
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James has been overlooked in the conversation about this season's Most Valuable Player Award.
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Trump did not mention Brady, the Super Bowl's most valuable player,during the ceremony.
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The NBA's Most Valuable Player award can be as obvious as it is polarizing.
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We often see people distort the argument for Most Valuable Player into a convoluted thing.
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And the 2014 cover boy, George Springer, was named the Series&apos most valuable player.
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But there was no doubt about who would be named the Finals Most Valuable Player.
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A two-time league most valuable player, he has earned All-Pro honors six times.
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He also ran for a second score and was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
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The hyped showdown between Jackson and Watson, two leading Most Valuable Player candidates, never materialized.
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He shared the Most Valuable Player Award with Lester in the National League Championship Series.
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They mulled the possibility of postseason life without Curry, the league's reigning most valuable player.
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"I think we're definitely lucky," said Fitzgerald, who was named the final's most valuable player.
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He is at least in the conversation for his first N.B.A. Most Valuable Player Award.
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Its name nods to Curry's unanimous selection as the league's most valuable player in 2016.
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He is the favorite to win the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.
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Yet when Springer received the most valuable player trophy, he dedicated it to his teammates.
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He was the National League's most valuable player in 2014, a rarity for a pitcher.
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The latter is likely, provided reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Steph Curry can remain healthy.
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His all-around play earned him the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.
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He finished second in the 21 American League Most Valuable Player Award voting after batting .
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Coach Steve Kerr said Curry, the league's reigning most valuable player, had campaigned to play.
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Kevin Durant, the finals' most valuable player, rode on a different bus with his mother.
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The reigning NFL Most Valuable Player initially sustained the injury in the Chiefs' season opener.
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"We got lucky," four-times NBA Most Valuable Player James said in a courtside interview.
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The Falcons' success has placed quarterback Matt Ryan in the discussion for most valuable player.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is not Juventus&apos "Most Valuable Player," according to sports data specialists Opta.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is not Juventus&apos "Most Valuable Player", according to sports data specialists Opta.
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Hosmer, who finished 2-for-43 with two RBIs, was named the Most Valuable Player.
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Milwaukee Bucks (29-12) Giannis Antetokounmpo supplanting James Harden as the league's Most Valuable Player?
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On June 26th North America's National Basketball Association (NBA) named him its Most Valuable Player (MVP).
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Most Valuable Player candidate Christian Yelich went 0-for-2 with two walks and scored twice.
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James is the most valuable player in the NBA, and he has been for a while.
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Kris Bryant, who will probably win the National League's Most Valuable Player award, is just 24.
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But once the two-time Most Valuable Player got involved, the game quickly got one-sided.
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He last played in the 2011 game, where he earned the title of Most Valuable Player.
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The 2011 NL Most Valuable Player is 4-for-14 with eight RBIs versus the Cubs.
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Among the most popular prop bets: the coin flip, the national anthem and Most Valuable Player.
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The second-year quarterback and NFL Most Valuable Player contender sent the jersey he wore Nov.
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If I'm ISIS, I call her up and I give her the most valuable player award.
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The Great One was a nine-times Hart trophy winner as the NHL's most valuable player.
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Suzuki dominated the Japan leagues, winning three straight Most Valuable Player Awards from 2000 to 1996.
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He was named the W.H.A. most valuable player, an award that was later named after him.
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But the chicken is a terribly underrated contender for being modern civilization's second most valuable player.
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She won three league Most Valuable Player Awards and was a three-time Olympic gold medalist.
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The petition was filed by players including the 215 Super Bowl's most valuable player, Larry Brown.
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His teammate Nando de Colo scored 22 points and was named the tournament's most valuable player.
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Rizzo is a team leader and a candidate for the N.L.'s Most Valuable Player Award.
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Rodriguez has more than 3,000 hits, nearly 700 home runs and three Most Valuable Player Awards.
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Rizzo, meanwhile, finished fourth in the voting for National League most valuable player last season, hitting .
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Which kind of company is the most valuable player in the future of the entertainment business?
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He was chosen as the most valuable player of both the N.L.C.S. and the World Series.
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So was Mookie Betts, Boston's other top candidate for the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
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He threw two touchdown passes, ran for another two scores and earned most valuable player honors.
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For all of Harper's accomplishments — six All-Star appearances, a Most Valuable Player Award, a career .
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The rookie finished eighth in the Most Valuable Player Award voting that season, thanks to his .
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Two years later, Eckersley saved 51 games and was named the A.L.'s Most Valuable Player.
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She finished with a team-high 22 points and earned the finals' most valuable player honors.
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Both Crosby and Malkin have scored a Conn Smythe Trophy as the postseason's most valuable player.
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Webb was named the most valuable player in the game, a showcase event for N.F.L. hopefuls.
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Giovinco was voted the MLS most valuable player in his first season with Toronto in 2015.
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The congressional team attributed their win to teamwork, good sportsmanship and their most valuable player, Rep.
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Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs won the league's Most Valuable Player Award last season.
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The center fielder has been named the most valuable player (MVP) in the American League three times.
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"I felt calm," said Foles, who was named the game's Most Valuable Player after throwing three touchdowns.
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Tamara Keith, a reporter from NPR, won her team's Most Valuable Player award after a strong showing.
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Although diminished since his season as most valuable player (2010-11), Rose has celebrity box-office appeal.
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Kerr shared this anecdote last month, when Curry was collecting his second straight Most Valuable Player Award.
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The Nationals have the reigning N.L. most valuable player, Bryce Harper, who appears poised for an encore.
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Crosby, who led the tournament in scoring with 10 points, was selected as the most valuable player.
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Maris was the American League's most valuable player that season, like Cabrera for the Tigers in 2013.
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While no one has most valuable player numbers, almost no key player is not pulling his weight.
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James, 33, is a four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and arguably the league's most dominant player.
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He averaged 21951 points in four N.C.A.A. tournament games and was named the tournament's most valuable player.
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Either that or he should start making room on a shelf for a Most Valuable Player Award.
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Boston's Steve Pearce, who hit three home runs, was named the most valuable player in the series.
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Freese was named the most valuable player of the World Series after the Cardinals won Game 298.
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Trout has won two American League Most Valuable Player Awards and been the runner-up four times.
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Edelman pulled in 10 catches for 141 yards to be named the Super Bowl's most valuable player.
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As a Yankee, he won 10 championships and three Most Valuable Player awards before retiring in 33.
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Fowles was named the most valuable player of the finals for the second time in three seasons.
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Curry, the two-time winner of the N.B.A.'s Most Valuable Player Award, looked tentative and lost.
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Stewart, the league Most Valuable player, did not make a field goal for the first 15 minutes.
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B.A. voting and from being among the three finalists chosen for the league's Most Valuable Player Award.
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The N.F.L.'s presumptive most valuable player could not lead the Baltimore Ravens past the Tennessee Titans.
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Lamar Jackson, currently the favorite for the Most Valuable Player Award, is questionable with a quadriceps injury.
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Last season, he was the league's first unanimous most valuable player, while reinventing the 3-point game.
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Mookie Betts added an American League Most Valuable Player trophy to his World Series championship on Thursday.
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He hit 493 home runs and collected two most valuable player awards and achieved one triple crown.
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But a player who starts is significantly more likely to be voted the game's most valuable player.
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Milwaukee has the league's likely most valuable player, the best defense and one of the best offenses.
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The only surprise was that Curry, the league's most valuable player last season, stumbled to a substandard night.
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Hamilton, 38, won the American League's Most Valuable Player Award in 2010, when he played for the Texas.
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Newton is headed to the Super Bowl and is likely to be named the league's most valuable player.
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Williams, Stephania Haralabidis and the game's most valuable player Makenzie Fischer led the winners with two goals apiece.
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The following season, at the age of 36, he won his third National League Most Valuable Player Award.
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In 2015, Harper hit 42 home runs and was the unanimous choice as National League most valuable player.
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Keane, the 2014 M.L.S. most valuable player, has two goals in the Galaxy's first three games this season.
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Reigning National League Most Valuable Player Christian Yelich (back) sat out his third straight game for the Brewers.
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Last year's Most Valuable Player Award candidate Carson Palmer was a very comparable 24 of 27 for 271.
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He hit an upper-deck home run, singled, stole a base and was named the most valuable player.
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He was the most valuable player in the 2015 National Invitation Tournament, leading the Cardinal to the title.
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He has also won three Super Bowl most valuable player awards and been selected for 12 Pro Bowls.
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Ford was the starting center for the Michigan football team and its most valuable player as a senior.
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Mike Trout, the best player in the American League, won the AL Most Valuable Player award on Thursday.
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He was honored as the league's first most valuable player, and accepted the award in a red suit.
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There's the Venezuelan second baseman Jose Altuve, a leading candidate for a Most Valuable Player Award this year.
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On Wednesday, the Mariners announced a one-year contract with Suzuki, a former American League most valuable player.
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It worked out well: The Astros won the World Series and Springer was the Series' most valuable player.
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Trout has won two American League Most Valuable Player Awards and has been the runner-up four times.
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Durant has won the Most Valuable Player Award for the league (2014) and the N.B.A. finals (2017, 2018).
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He retired from the Australian Rules Football League, from which he twice won the Most Valuable Player Award.
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It seemed as though Toronto had no answer for the likely honoree as most valuable player, Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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Flacco, an 11-year Baltimore veteran and a Super Bowl most valuable player, is healthy again this week.
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You have the awards: five Gold Gloves, four Silver Sluggers, four top-23 Most Valuable Player Award finishes.
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Since he was named the N.B.A. most valuable player in 2011, Rose's career has been derailed by injuries.
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The Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo is already in the conversation for the Most Valuable Player Award this season.
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Coming into the day, Bryant, the winner of the 2016 N.L. Most Valuable Player Award, was batting just .
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Gibson would go on to hit indelible World Series home runs and win a Most Valuable Player Award.
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Three times he was named the N.H.L.'s most valuable player, and twice he led the league's scorers.
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A two-time winner of the Most Valuable Player Award, Curry has been among the game's biggest bargains.
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Leonard, one of three finalists for the N.B.A.'s Most Valuable Player Award, missed his second straight game.
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As the most valuable player of the first season, it's hard to imagine she'll stay sidelined for long.
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The winner of the 2017 World Series Most Valuable Player Award was an All-Star this year, batting .
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Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, the league's likely most valuable player, passed for 224 yards but was intercepted twice.
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He said his "most prized" trophy was a most valuable player award from a 1996 ball hockey competition.
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He never won a Most Valuable Player Award (he finished among the top three in voting three times).
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Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Kawhi Leonard are the finalists for the N.B.A.'s Most Valuable Player Award.
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" He added, "If I'm ISIS , I call her up and I give her the most-valuable-player award.
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James Harden and Russell Westbrook have both won Most Valuable Player awards while carrying their own respective franchises.
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Then Eales signed Josef Martínez, the league's most valuable player last season, to a five-year contract extension.
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James has won three championships and four most valuable player awards, for starters, in his 15-year career.
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Peyton Manning heaped praise on the defense while congratulating Von Miller for being named the game's most valuable player.
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Russell was also named NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player for two consecutive seasons in 2015 and 2016.
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In the next round, a sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals, he was named the series' Most Valuable Player.
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Kevin Durant famously called his mom "the real MVP" after winning the NBA's most valuable player award in 2014.
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Four-times NBA Most Valuable Player Lebron James said that Ali had paved the way for African-American athletes.
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Montana also was named the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player in that game, an award he won three times.
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Since then, he has gained major recognition, including being unanimously voted the National League Most Valuable Player in 2015.
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Harper, last year's National League most valuable player, was in the Nationals' lineup Wednesday night against the Detroit Tigers.
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Normally, you'd see those numbers and think that this was a Most Valuable Player Award season in the making.
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Curry, the league's two-time reigning most valuable player, tends to produce his finest basketball in late-game situations.
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Rendon, a National League Most Valuable Player candidate after leading the majors in RBIs during the regular season, batted .
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"They have a skilled team," the American Patrick Kane, the N.H.L.'s reigning most valuable player, said of Europe.
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Rose, 27, won the Most Valuable Player Award in the 2010-11 season, but knee injuries have slowed him.
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Derrick Rose was a dazzling point guard when he was named the N.B.A.'s most valuable player in 2011.
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The 7-foot-3, 290-pound Marjanovic is a three-time most valuable player in the Serbian Super League.
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With two months to go, he appears to be the leader for the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
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Absurd because he is the league's reigning most valuable player and a shoo-in to win the award again.
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Every NBA regular season ends the same way—with a debate about who is the league's Most Valuable Player.
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N.B.A. TEAM ANNOUNCED Nneka Ogwumike, the league's most valuable player, was the only unanimous pick for the All-W.
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I could pick the raw rookie T. J. Rivera to be named most valuable player of the World Series.
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That's what happens when you are the front-runner for the Most Valuable Player Award in the American League.
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Mayfield ended his postgame news conference by advocating for Yelich to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award.
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If you want to win a Most Valuable Player Award, it helps to thrive when the pressure is on.
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But David Freese, the 2011 World Series most valuable player with St. Louis, came through again in the postseason.
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Rodgers, the team's star quarterback and a two-time N.F.L. most valuable player, broke his collarbone in Week 63.
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Fans voted Ovechkin, the reigning playoff most valuable player, as the captain of the Metropolitan Division All-Star team.
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The two-time winner of the N.B.A.'s Most Valuable Player Award also contributed eight assists and seven rebounds.
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"Not just a win, but an effort we can be proud of," said Hall, last season's Most Valuable Player.
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"We told everyone not to worry," said Cody Bellinger, who was named the Most Valuable Player of the series.
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Six years ago, when Verlander won Most Valuable Player and Cy Young Awards for Detroit, 39 pitchers did it.
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After being named the most valuable player of the Arizona Fall League, Torres was impressive in spring training, hitting .
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On Wednesday, Matthews was named the league's rookie of the year, and McDavid was named the most valuable player.
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The Washington Mystics and Elena Delle Donne, the W.N.B.A.'s most valuable player, have a league title at last.
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Don Baylor, the 1979 American League's most valuable player, who became a respected manager, died at 68 on Monday.
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The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award had 11 points and five rebounds while playing 30 minutes.
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James, a four-time N.B.A. most valuable player, and Harden, a top candidate this season, led the All-N.
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Harden is a superstar and the presumptive winner of the Most Valuable Player Award for the 2017-2018 season.
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A three-time National League most valuable player with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pujols joined the Angels in 2012.
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He led the Pacific League in home runs nine times and was the league's Most Valuable Player five times.
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The Cubs' Kris Bryant, the reigning National League most valuable player, left the game with a right ankle sprain.
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Outfielder Bryce Harper, a former National League most valuable player for Washington, surely hopes to break Machado's mark soon.
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The junior caught nine passes for 333 yards, including three for touchdowns, and was the game's most valuable player.
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He was a leading candidate for the Most Valuable Player Award and he was 11-2 as a starter.
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The league's reigning Most Valuable Player Award winner, as a result, is the overwhelming favorite to win it again.
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"I felt it in the off-season in Las Vegas," said Kris Bryant, the National League's most valuable player.
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Our quarterback is the best quarterback, the most valuable player to his football team than anywhere in the country.
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That year, the statistical apex of his career, Rodgers won the first of his two Most Valuable Player awards.
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The other issue that fans have fretted over is the play of Stephen Curry, last season's most valuable player.
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Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer gave the bench plenty of minutes, limiting reigning Most Valuable Player Antetokounmpo to 24 minutes.
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Besides Babe Ruth, name the four Most Valuable Player Award winners who have four-letter first and last names.
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Leonard was the Most Valuable Player when the Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals.
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Sidney Crosby was named the winner of the Conn Smythe trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs.
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Scott Cacciola Sports reporter He was not yet a Most Valuable Player Award winner — or even an All-Star.
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Jackson is one of the best athletes in the league and, without a doubt, the NFL's most valuable player.
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The N.B.A. will not announce the winner of the Most Valuable Player Award until June, but both are deserving.
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He is a six-time All-Star, three-time batting champion and one-time Most Valuable Player Award winner.
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It scored the team's first touchdown when linebacker Von Miller, the game's most valuable player, sacked Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.
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Between him and Russell Westbrook, the league's reigning Most Valuable Player, the team will present a formidable threat next year.
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Taurasi, the 2009 league Most Valuable Player and two-time Finals MVP, has won three WNBA championships with the Mercury.
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He later went on to win National League Rookie of the Year and National League Most Valuable Player in 224.
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"They scored pretty late there, we were a little deflated," said Solow, who was named the Beanpot's most valuable player.
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If the Super Bowl pits the best teams against each other, who's the most valuable player amongst these great teams?
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The reigning NBA Most Valuable Player missed the second and third games of the series with a right ankle injury.
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Warner led the Rams to their first playoff berth in 10 years and won the NFL's Most Valuable Player award.
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Rose, who will be 28 when the season begins, has won rookie of the year and most valuable player honors.
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Before Wednesday's game, Commissioner Adam Silver presented Curry with the league's Most Valuable Player Award for the second straight season.
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He had not fouled out of a game since 2013, before his first season as the league's most valuable player.
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Westbrook scored 17 points for the Thunder, but the Most Valuable Player candidate was nowhere near his triple-double form.
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There are conflicting reports as to who made this deal happen and who was the most valuable "player" for Nike.
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He was the league most valuable player in the 2006-07 season and is a 12-time All-NBA selection.
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Boudreau, who would go on to be the American League's most valuable player that season, was impressed with Paige's pitches.
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Cash has also fulfilled Laimbeer's request to aid in the development of Charles, a leading candidate for most valuable player.
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In the win over the Tar Heels, most valuable player Chuma Okeke was lost to a season-ending knee injury.
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He was the league's most valuable player in the 2006-07 season and is a 225-time All-NBA selection.
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Yet when these teams met for the title last year, the Warriors' Andre Iguodala emerged as the Most Valuable Player.
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"I've got to make sure everything looks good coming out of the car," Curry, the league's most valuable player, said.
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As the NBA season comes to a close, James is vying for his fourth NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award.
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A year ago, Houston reached the Western Conference finals, and Harden finished second in the voting for most valuable player.
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The Yankees won that game, won the title the next night, and Jeter won the Series Most Valuable Player Award.
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The A's lost Game 2, but Fingers closed out the next three to win Most Valuable Player for the series.
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The numbers pale to those he posted two years ago, when he was the most valuable player in this league.
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The Rams are 24-22012, and Donald has made himself a candidate for the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player Award.
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He was the most valuable player of the N.L. Championship Series against the Mets and the World Series against Oakland.
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Moore won her third straight All-Star Most Valuable Player Award, leading Team Parker past Team Delle Donne, 83-28.
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Russell Westbrook, an All-Star for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was named the N.B.A.'s most valuable player on Monday.
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Jeter solidified the status of the two teams in 2000, as the most valuable player of the crosstown World Series.
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Antetokounmpo is the league's reigning Most Valuable Player Award winner and is playing at an even higher level this season.
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Jackson came back stronger from last season's defeat, and after he picks up his Most Valuable Player Award on Feb.
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But Jeter — who never finished better than second place in voting for the American League Most Valuable Player Award — did.
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It was a slow day for Carr, who is considered by many to be a candidate for Most Valuable Player.
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The six-time All-Star and 2017 American League Most Valuable Player is expected to be ready for spring training.
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Harper, the 20 National League most valuable player, is having another stellar season for the N.L. East-leading Nationals, hitting .
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He scored 25 points, leading the West to a 40-point victory, and was named the game's most valuable player.
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Mike Trout, the reigning American League most valuable player, will miss the All-Star Game while rehabilitating his left thumb.
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Last year, Parker was named most valuable player of the W.N.B.A. finals as she led the Sparks to a championship.
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He was also named the most valuable player of the World Series in 2000, when the Yankees beat the Mets.
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He leads the N.F.L.'s best offense and has emerged as a top candidate for the Most Valuable Player Award.
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles was named the Most Valuable Player of the game after leading his team to victory.
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So, a day after Gamel was named the International League's most valuable player last August, he was shipped to Seattle.
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Lazard ended up with 142 yards receiving in his final college game and was named the game's most valuable player.
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He was the N.B.A. finals' most valuable player in 2017 and 2018, as the Warriors won back-to-back championships.
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They also still had Stephen Curry, a two-time most valuable player who has hit dramatic shots his whole career.
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Zobrist won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award in 2016, when the Cubs won their first championship since 1908.
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He won the Hart Trophy as the N.H.L.'s most valuable player in 1959 after scoring a career-high 40 goals.
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KEN BELSON NEWTON NAMED M.V.P. Cam Newton won the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year Awards.
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In the World Series of series known all over the world, "Friends" would be my Most Valuable Player every single time.
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He's a seven-time All-Star and the 2011 winner of both the AL Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards.
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The 26-year-old Miller one-upped National Football League regular season Most Valuable Player Newton with his brilliant defensive effort.
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The Cardinals won the Metro Conference tournament a few days earlier, and Ellison had been named the event's most valuable player.
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Fisher was also 6 of 7 from the free throw line en route to being named the game's Most Valuable Player.
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Munson remains the only Yankee to win both the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards with the franchise.
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He was voted most valuable player of the 1968 All-Star Game, scoring a record 19 points in a single quarter.
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He won his third NFL Most Valuable Player award for the 212 season after throwing for 224,577 yards and 32 touchdowns.
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"I will own a team someday, " says James, a four-time league Most Valuable Player, in an interview with The Athletic.
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This season, the Florida Panthers inexplicably began awarding a "Spacey in Space" hoodie to the most valuable player of each game.
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Russell Westbrook played more like the league's most valuable player than Stephen Curry, who won the award this season and last.
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His best season came in 2014, when he finished third in the voting for American League Most Valuable Player after hitting .
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Bryant, the front-runner for the N.L.'s Most Valuable Player Award, played 107 games at his natural position, third base.
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Lindros's résumé includes a Hart Trophy, awarded to the league's most valuable player, in the lockout-shortened season of 1994-95.
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Ronaldo won Italy's Serie A title in his debut season with Juventus and was also voted the league's most valuable player.
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Most Valuable Player awards went to Roll Call's Bridget Bowman, who hit a home run and Love, the Congressional team's pitcher.
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He earned a record five Most Valuable Player Awards and was voted to the Pro Bowl team a record 14 times.
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"We lost our colors as Guatemalans," said Carlos Ruiz, the former M.L.S. most valuable player, who is Guatemala's career scoring leader.
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The roving Giovinco, M.L.S.'s most valuable player in 2015, had been a constant source of concern for the back line.
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All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Shane Bieber coasted through the first six innings before running into trouble in the seventh.
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Trimble worked closely with the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player and couldn't believe how much time Curry spent on getting better.
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He shared the Most Valuable Player Award of that N.L.C.S. with Chris Taylor, and the Dodgers seem to take his cue.
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Altuve, the A.L. most valuable player, said the Cole trade told the team that Luhnow wanted to add another trophy immediately.
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He hasn't been voted the most valuable player in the finals, for example, something critics point at to diminish his accomplishments.
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None of the top seven finishers in 2017 Most Valuable Player Award balloting, in either league, have ever been free agents.
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Derrick RoseDetroit Pistons: two years, $15 million Rose, a former Most Valuable Player Award winner, committed to a two-year deal.
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He was the league's leading point scorer and most valuable player in 2015-16 and is a four-time All-Star.
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While Storm officials have not commented about the reigning league most valuable player, she most likely will miss the 2019 season.
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He has been the most valuable player in four of them, and recently he was selected to his 13th Pro Bowl.
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Taylor, the game's most valuable player, has been a bright spot for a team that fell far short of lofty expectations.
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Leonard's point total was respectable, and the most valuable player of the 2014 N.B.A. finals contributed 8 rebounds and 5 assists.
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Arike Ogunbowale, who was named most valuable player of the N.C.A.A. tournament, was on a team that lost in the semifinals.
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Last season, his 92 points were a career high, and he was a finalist for the league's most valuable player award.
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He also won four Super Bowl Most Valuable Player awards, three NFL MVP awards and was picked for 14 Pro Bowls.
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Not only that, Iguodala was named the 2015 finals' most valuable player, thanks in large part to his defense on James.
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Kansas City's 0003-year-old quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, became the youngest player to be named the Super Bowl's most valuable player.
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For at least three-quarters of the season, Wilson was hailed as a leading contender for the Most Valuable Player Award.
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He was also named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1986 — the first defensive player to win the title since 1971.
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But Frei, who was named the game's most valuable player, got his left hand on the ball and deflected it away.
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Jackson won the league's Most Valuable Player Award on Saturday — only the third time a black quarterback has done so outright.
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He won five championships, was an 18-time All-Star and won the N.B.A.'s Most Valuable Player Award in 2008.
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I speculated that Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns would become a candidate for the Most Valuable Player Award after his hot start.
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COM EVENT The two-time N.B.A. most valuable player Stephen Curry is set to test his golf game against the pros.
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He has played five full seasons, each time finishing first or second in voting for the American League's most valuable player.
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He is also considered the front-runner to be the N.F.L.'s most valuable player, just ahead of Rodgers and Brady.
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Keeping Score Thunder guard Russell Westbrook may have some competition in his quest to be the N.B.A.'s most valuable player.
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Few if any former recipients of baseball's Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year Awards have voted as past winners.
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"I use it all year-round," said Ryan, a top contender for the N.F.L.'s most valuable player award this season.
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But he was allowed to play in the All-Star Game and scored twice to win the Most Valuable Player Award.
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He was named as the 1984 World Series' Most Valuable Player and won four Gold Gloves alongside second baseman Lou Whitaker.
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A four-time N.B.A. most valuable player, he is in the first year of a four-year contract worth $154 million.
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But he still managed to lift his play against Westbrook, the favorite to win the Most Valuable Player Award this season.
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He scored eight touchdowns of 45 yards or more at Texas and was chosen the team's most valuable player in 213.
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Curry, the league's reigning most valuable player, made 20 of 27 shots from the field, including 1073 of 15 3-point attempts.
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The National Basketball Association will name point guard Stephen Curry its Most Valuable Player for the second season in a row, CSNBayArea.
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Carolina's Cam Newton, the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player this season, fumbled twice and threw an interception in his first title game.
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Kevin Durant has won an NBA most valuable player award, but he said his days of regular-season awards likely are over.
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Russell, 85, is a five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time NBA All-Star, according to his NBA profile.
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A six-time NBA champion and six-time Most Valuable Player, Abdul-Jabbar was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1995.
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The 2009 American League Most Valuable Player was named to the AL All-Star team six times and won three gold gloves.
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Jen Chaney, Vulture: Graham, who was always the show's most valuable player, slips back into Lorelai mode without missing a sarcastic beat.
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Harris was named the bowl's Most Valuable Player after finishing with 113 tackles, two pass breakups, a sack and a forced fumble.
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The Panthers did so well in part because quarterback Cam Newton, the N.F.L.'s most valuable player, spread the ball around more.
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However, Brady's personal trainer, Alex Guerrero, thinks the three-time NFL Most Valuable Player can go until he is 46 or 47.
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She had to be talked into even trying by Ser Davos, the most valuable player of the first fifth of Season 6.
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Josh Donaldson, the reigning most valuable player in the American League, is accompanied by Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, Troy Tulowitzki and others.
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Curry, the most valuable player on the N.B.A.'s best team, missed Game 2 with an ankle injury sustained in Game 1.
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Palmer was a Most Valuable Player Award candidate last year, throwing for 35 touchdowns and leading the league in yards per pass.
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Nando De Colo, named the tournament's most valuable player, added 22 points for France and forward Boris Diaw chipped in with nine.
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Candace Parker had 271 points and 71 rebounds to lead the Sparks and was named the most valuable player of the finals.
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Rizzo is a leading candidate for the league's Most Valuable Player Award after slugging 21969 home runs and driving in 101 runs.
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The Super Bowl's most valuable player, Von Miller, has been tagged as a franchise player, though, and will not be going anywhere.
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Many N.H.L. teams give away hard hats, cowboy hats, Broadway hats or other tokens to their most valuable player after each victory.
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He is all but officially the NFL's most valuable player, and Manning has already declared him the future face of the league.
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The reigning Most Valuable Player added two more threes later in the first period, helping Golden State open a 221-303 advantage.
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Four years later, Pedroia would have a World Series ring, a Most Valuable Player Award and the critical role of team leader.
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After several injury-plagued years, Rose, the N.B.A.'s most valuable player in 220, was no longer the star he once was.
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In Betts, the Dodgers now have a former American League most valuable player to go with Cody Bellinger, the reigning N.L. winner.
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Trout was the most valuable player of the All-Star Game in Minnesota in 2014, and again the next July in Cincinnati.
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Bradley, supposedly a weak link in the lineup, knocked in nine runs in the series and was named its most valuable player.
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Gibson was the National League's most valuable player that season, but he was unable to start that night because of leg injuries.
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The 25-year-old Hill is the leading receiver for an explosive offense directed by reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Patrick Mahomes.
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Vizquel (first): Like Rolen, Vizquel was virtually ignored by Most Valuable Player voters; in 2907 seasons, he had one 21th-place finish.
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Milwaukee played its fifth consecutive game without the reigning most valuable player, Christian Yelich, who continues to deal with low back discomfort.
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Warner proceeded to lead the team to a 13-3 regular-season record, which earned him the league's Most Valuable Player Award.
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The N.B.A.'s emblematic player is the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry, the two-time most valuable player and three-time champion.
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Shortly after that, Judge regained the form that made him a runner-up to American League most valuable player Jose Altuve, hitting .
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Villa, a striker, scored 80 goals in 124 appearances for the team and was Major League Soccer's most valuable player in 2016.
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In November, after Stanton won the National League Most Valuable Player Award, he said he hoped the Marlins would invest in pitching.
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Justin Turner, the series' co-most valuable player with Chris Taylor, said he had never seen anyone train as tirelessly as Kershaw.
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It helped that the Dodgers had mostly neutralized Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich, the front-runner for the N.L. Most Valuable Player Award.
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With Ortiz, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, 2007 and 2013, when he was named its most valuable player.
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Apart from the five championship rings, he made 18 All-Star teams and in 2008 was named the NBA Most Valuable Player.
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The passing game seems to get more important every season, but the most valuable player of the weekend was Tennessee's Derrick Henry.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee's star, is somehow even better than he was last season, when he won the league's Most Valuable Player Award.
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The two-time reigning league Most Valuable Player was then ejected from the game with the first technical foul of his career.
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A player could win the Most Valuable Player Award, make the All-Star Game 11 times and qualify for the all-N.
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He struck out Jose Altuve, the reigning American League most valuable player, twice on Tuesday night, when his fastball reached 101 m.p.h.
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Lindros, who won the Hart Trophy as most valuable player in 1995, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame last year.
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MIAMI — Lamar Jackson's stunning season not only earned him The Associated Press N.F.L. Most Valuable Player Award, but he won it unanimously.
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He led the league with nine assists per game, and despite sitting out the final, was named the league's most valuable player.
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He was named the All-Star Game's most valuable player and has a 3.17 E.R.A., the fifth-lowest in the American League.
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David Freese, the 2011 World Series Most Valuable Player with the St. Louis Cardinals, announced his retirement on Saturday after 11 seasons.
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David Villa, the reigning most valuable player of M.L.S., leads New York in an Eastern Conference showdown against Atlanta at Yankee Stadium.
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The Angels put Trout, the reigning American League most valuable player, on the disabled list for the first time in his career.
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James, 32, is the National Basketball Association's most prolific playoff scorer and has been named the league's Most Valuable Player four times.
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Thomas was selected as the game's most valuable player, and the Cardinal defense also got a big game from safety Dallas Lloyd.
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He was named the most valuable player, an award won by Greg Bird, another young Yankee star in the making, in 2014.
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Bregman's blast off Angels starter Patrick Sandoval furthered the argument that the Astros third baseman should receive AL Most Valuable Player consideration.
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They discussed acquiring a former National League most valuable player, outfielder Andrew McCutchen, from the Pittsburgh Pirates but balked at the price.
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Jackson, who most consider the front-runner for the league's most valuable player award this season, has not commented on Ryan's remarks.
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Westbrook, the two-time reigning All-Star most valuable player, entered Thursday averaging 30.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game.
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Play after play, game after game, I was watching the winner of last season's Most Valuable Player Award get his brain bounced.
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Trout, 670.5, has won two Most Valuable Player Awards with the Los Angeles Angels and is the consensus best player in baseball.
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Nash was allowed to sign with Phoenix in July 2004, after which both Nowitzki and Nash won most valuable player honors separately.
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That forced him to miss two games and most likely torpedoed his chance to be named the N.F.L.'s most valuable player.
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Plus it would give us a "most outstanding player" race every season to complement the more narrative-driven Most Valuable Player race.
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Linebacker Von Miller, the game's most valuable player, hit Newton from the front, pulling the ball from Newton's grasp as he fell backward.
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The popstar recorded a video to help congratulate the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook being crowned the NBA's most valuable player for 2017.
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Twice NBA Most Valuable Player, Curry is seeking to become the first athlete from another sport to make a cut on the Web.
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Kennard's 30 led a 57-point outpouring from the Pistons reserves, which also included 18 points from former Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose.
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Chicago's Sam Kerr was named the league's most valuable player for this season after scoring a record 18 goals in just 21 games.
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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was selected the National League's Most Valuable Player on Thursday, the first such honor of the outfielder's career.
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He was named Most Valuable Player for the 2013–14 season after setting career highs of 32 points and 5.5 assists per game.
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In addition to their many accolades, both men have each earned 3 NBA Most Valuable Player Awards and 12 NBA All-Star nominations.
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Chubb was instead selected fifth by the Denver Broncos, where he will play alongside Von Miller, the Super Bowl 50 most valuable player.
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He is among the most decorated athletes in history, winning five Most Valuable Player Awards, 11 NBA championships and an Olympic gold medal.
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The 2012 National League Rookie of the Year and 2015 NL Most Valuable Player spent his first seven seasons with the Washington Nationals.
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Russell was a five-time league Most Valuable Player and led the Celtics to 11 NBA titles — including eight consecutive — between 1956-69.
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After a record-breaking season, he became the first player in N.B.A. history to be elected most valuable player by a unanimous vote.
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Most valuable player (MVP) candidate Carr broke his leg two weeks ago while journeyman replacement McGloin injured his non-throwing shoulder last week.
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An M.V.P. Debate Consider Gary Payton unimpressed by Golden State guard Stephen Curry becoming the first unanimous most valuable player in N.B.A. history.
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To qualify, a player must meet one of the following conditions: be named most valuable player once, be named to an All-N.
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Patrick Mahomes was the hottest, most valuable player in the NFL last season and has successfully carried that momentum into the 2019 season.
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Carolina Panthers The Panthers had one of the best regular seasons in league history, with Cam Newton winning the Most Valuable Player Award.
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Surely, it wasn't the first time the eight-time All-Star and 2017 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player has benefitted from superstar treatment.
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What had James said to Curry, bearer of the league's last two Most Valuable Player Awards we know that James believes he deserved?
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Julian Edelman were not present as both were at Disney World in Florida.
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But the award isn't named for best or most iconic; it's named for the most valuable player, and that word—value—creates ambiguity.
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They got help from their candidate for the N.L.'s Most Valuable Player Award, Christian Yelich, who homered and drove in six runs.
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But Leonard, after finishing third and second in Most Valuable Player Award voting the past two seasons, is San Antonio's most important player.
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The reigning National League Most Valuable Player belted a 3-2 pitch an estimated 443 feet to center field for his 42nd homer.
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The Canadian-born Rypien was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXVI, a 37-24 victory over the Buffalo Bills in Minneapolis.
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Rolen was a sensational defender, yet in 17 seasons he managed just one finish in the top 1992 for Most Valuable Player voting.
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As the National League's Most Valuable Player in 22013, Jones led the Braves past the Mets in the N.L. Championship Series that October.
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Their most valuable player who hasn't been traded away is Richard Bleier, a reliever who's been on the disabled list since June 15.
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Yet he still wound up snagging the N.B.A. finals Most Valuable Player Award as the unquestioned centerpiece of the Canadian franchise's first championship.
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McDavid, 21, the league's reigning most valuable player and scoring champion, will be missing out on what would have been his first Olympics.
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A starting lineup of five All-Stars, two of which are former recipients of the Most Valuable Player Award, was just too much.
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In that group, there are a combined 17 All-Star appearances, one Cy Young Award winner (Sabathia) and one most valuable player (Stanton).
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But his catch — a bit of trickery for a 20153-yard touchdown reception — helped him earn most valuable player honors for the game.
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Tittle threw for dozens of touchdowns and thousands of yards, won a Most Valuable Player Award and was selected to seven Pro Bowls.
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Lovullo sat him down anyway, because Goldschmidt may be the most valuable player in the National League and keeping him fresh is critical.
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Villa, 35, is Major League Soccer's reigning most valuable player, and he leads N.Y.C.F.C. in scoring for the third year in a row.
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Kawhi Leonard, a finalist for the N.B.A.'s Most Valuable Player Award, has missed the last two games with a sprained left ankle.
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Reigning American League Most Valuable Player Mookie Betts said Wednesday he doesn't expect to sign a contract extension with the Boston Red Sox.
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Thornwell, who also had six rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Gamecocks (6-0), was named the tournament's most valuable player.
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Davis was named the All-Star Game's most valuable player on Sunday after scoring 52 points, which broke Wilt Chamberlain's record of 42.
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Why hasn't he consistently done in pinstripes what he did last season for the Marlins — which resulted in a Most Valuable Player Award?
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They are the top-seeded team in the A.F.C., and Jackson is the prohibitive favorite to win the league's Most Valuable Player Award.
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Led by quarterback Lamar Jackson — who should set a reminder on his phone to pick up his Most Valuable Player Award on Feb.
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Giannis, also known as the Greek Freak, is the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player, spearheading the league-leading Bucks with his otherworldly skills.
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Young was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player twice in his career, one of which was in 1995 after Super Bowl XXIX (left).
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McDavid, 20, led the N.H.L. in scoring with 100 points last season and won the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.
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N.L. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER This race was a lot more fun before Christian Yelich broke his kneecap with a foul ball on Sept.
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He was a five-time All-Star, a three-time batting champion and the National League's Most Valuable Player Award winner in 1997.
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Perry, a former most valuable player, finished with a goal and two assists, posting another solid playoff game following an unimpressive regular season.
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He made good money in South Korea — about $3.5 million, plus a Kia Sorento for winning the Most Valuable Player Award in 2015.
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Goaltender Cory Schneider and forward Taylor Hall, the league's most valuable player in 133, appeared healthy after struggling with injuries the previous season.
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At this point Jackson could seemingly sit out the rest of the season and still win the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player Award.
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Manning, the two-time Super Bowl most valuable player, threw two touchdown passes to Darius Slayton in his first game since Week 2.
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Curry is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and has been instrumental in the Warriors reaching the five most recent NBA Finals.
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But Finland won the game, and Laine was named the tournament's most valuable player despite his team's loss in the final to Canada.
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Peterson, the Vikings' all-time leading rusher, played 10 seasons with the team and was the N.F.L.'s most valuable player in 2012.
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart was named the most valuable player of the Las Vegas Summer League on Tuesday, the NBA announced.
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Bumgarner, a four-time All-Star, guided the Giants to three World Series (2010, 2012, 2014) and was named 2014 Most Valuable Player.
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He also rushed 17 times for a team-high 183 yards and two more scores and was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
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The game was a nice case study for those who believe that James Harden deserves the Most Valuable Player Award over Russell Westbrook.
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But Oh retired Kris Bryant, the National League most valuable player, and Anthony Rizzo on two fly balls to right, ending the inning.
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A perennial candidate for the National League's Most Valuable Player Award, Arenado has been having the type of career many predicted for Harper.
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Newton, a leading candidate for the Most Valuable Player Award, said he had learned a long time ago that he could not please everyone.
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The Bucks led 227-23 at that juncture, but they did not collapse with the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player watching from the bench.
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From his unbelievable rookie campaign in 373 to his two subsequent American League Most Valuable Player awards, Trout does not want for critical acclaim.
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The Bucks led 101-95 at that point, but they did not collapse with the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player watching from the bench.
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If Towns can keep up some approximation of this over several months, he will be a front-runner for the Most Valuable Player Award.
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"I would just give the M.V.P. to everybody," second baseman Jose Altuve said when asked who has been the most valuable player so far.
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C Rene Rivera played his first game at Petco Park Friday night since he was the Padres' Most Valuable Player in the 2014 season.
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Curry, 30, is a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and one of the league's most marketable stars on one of its best teams.
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If this were boxing, Curry would be the holder of all flashy belts: league championship, most valuable player and leader in individual jersey sales.
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While other players had suggested political reasons for not attending, quarterback Tom Brady, the game's most valuable player, said family matters kept him away.
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A six-time All-Star, Verlander was selected the AL Most Valuable Player and unanimously voted the AL Cy Young Award winner in 2011.
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It was the 34th homer for Yelich, two shy of his career-high total from 2018, when he was the NL Most Valuable Player.
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The younger brother of NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks spent much of last season in the NBA G League.
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Today, the Panthers aren't only the favorites, but Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton is also topping bets to be the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player.
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It was the 23th homer for Yelich, two shy of his career high total from 2018, when he was the NL Most Valuable Player.
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Howe, who holds the NHL record for games played (1767), won four Stanley Cups and six Hart Trophies as the league's Most Valuable Player.
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Having claimed NFL most valuable player honors on Saturday and his 17-1 Panthers favored by nearly a touchdown, Newton's coronation seemed almost certain.
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For the Blue Jays, third baseman Josh Donaldson, the reigning American League most valuable player, and outfielder Kevin Pillar were fined for aggressive actions.
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If James, a four-time most valuable player, is taking the time to single you out, it must mean that you did something right.
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The half was capped by the N.B.A.'s most valuable player, Stephen Curry, swishing one of his trademark long 3-pointers over Andre Roberson.
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The National League's three-time Most Valuable Player now has 565 career homers and needs four more to tie Rafael Palmeiro for 12th place.
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Sports Briefing The Blackhawks' Patrick Kane on Wednesday became the first American to win the Hart Trophy as the N.H.L.'s most valuable player.
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Chesson, an all-Big Ten receiver and the team's most valuable player last season, led the Wolverines with 764 yards and 9 receiving touchdowns.
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Gamel, 24, was 1 for 8 with the Yankees this season and was named most valuable player of the International League, where he hit .
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Essay After almost 240 N.H.L. goals, after 29 All-Star stints, after six Most Valuable Player Awards, Gordie Howe left hockey a bit sad.
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The Knicks traded for the former most valuable player Derrick Rose with hopes that he can return to a top-tier level of play.
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The 23 Most Valuable Player showed discomfort, and Golden State coach Steve Kerr called for a timeout with 10:26 left in the period.
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With all due respect to Kevin Durant (who is a more dominant singular talent), Curry is still the most valuable player inside a dynasty.
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Still, the Knicks' varied, versatile attack underscored that this team does not need you to be the league most valuable player you once were.
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"Off the court, she's the one who keeps the locker room light, funny," Maya Moore, the former W.N.B.A. most valuable player, said of Whalen.
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By then, Bryant — who is likely to win the N.L. Most Valuable Player Award this season — had walked twice but had gotten no hits.
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Taylor had six hits, including two homers, in the N.L.C.S. and was named a co-Most Valuable Player along with third baseman Justin Turner.
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Seven winners of the league's Most Valuable Player Award are still active in the N.B.A., and all of them labor for Western Conference teams.
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In 2013, when the Pirates returned to the playoffs for the first of three consecutive trips, McCutchen was the National League's Most Valuable Player.
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Like Baines, Vizquel never got a first-place vote for Most Valuable Player; the writers did not view them as dominant in their time.
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He led the league in home runs three times and in runs batted in twice and was named its most valuable player in 1969.
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Williamson was named the tournament's most valuable player, becoming only the sixth freshman to win the award and the first in a dozen years.
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Harper, Realmuto and Segura were All-Stars last season, and McCutchen — the 2013 National League most valuable player — had 20 home runs and a .
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George Springer, the most valuable player of the 2017 World Series, did not watch a moment of Boston's triumph over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Mookie Betts, the Red Sox' fifth-round pick from the same draft, won the Most Valuable Player Award in the American League last season.
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"It was nice to win a game after three not-so-nice games," said Bryant, the reigning most valuable player in the National League.
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The 36-year-old Howie Kendrick, who hit four doubles and knocked in four runs in the series, was named the most valuable player.
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The game tipped off about 15 minutes after the three finalists for N.B.A. most valuable player were announced, and James was not among them.
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Curry, the N.B.A.'s reigning most valuable player, said that he was getting treatment daily in an effort to get back on the floor.
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Verlander has won the Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards, fired two no-hitters and spun a postseason shutout.
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The three-time NBA champion and four-time league Most Valuable Player won gold medals with Team USA at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
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For Bobby, she set aside the one from the 1986 Seagull Classic, where, as a sophomore, he was named the tournament's most valuable player.
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She won her second Most Valuable Player Award at age 30, even after a bone bruise in her knee, sustained during last year's playoffs.
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Or that 37-year-old Matt Holliday would be turning back the clock to the days he was a candidate for most valuable player.
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With the No. 222 pick, a former most valuable player and high-profile free-agent acquisitions, the Devils had high expectations for this season.
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This season, Harden was the runner-up for the Most Valuable Player Award and averaged 29.1 points, 11.2 assists and 8.1 rebounds a game.
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Scott, 34, had two goals during the midseason showcase in Nashville and was named the most valuable player of the three-on-three tournament.
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He led the N.H.L. in points in the 1939-40 season and won the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player in 1951.
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In some ways, it might not look like much; Eaton has one 10th-place vote for the Most Valuable Player Award in his career.
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He was named the finals' most valuable player after the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers, four games to one, in the best-of-seven series.
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In a series of cost-cutting measures the Marlins are also looking to trade away Giancarlo Stanton, the N.L.'s reigning most valuable player.
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A six-time All-Star, Harper helped lead Washington to four division titles and won the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 2015.
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The recipient of the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1995 as the playoffs' most valuable player, Lemieux had 80 postseason goals, 10th in N.H.L. history.
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And then there are the Carolina Panthers, who have the league's best record at 15-1 and the probable most valuable player in Cam Newton.
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Brett Favre -- a three-time NFL MVP -- has weighed in ... and Drew Brees is killin' it ... but he's not the league's current most valuable player.
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Wheeler, with 91 points in 81 games, is among the players who might receive consideration for the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.
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Johnson and Bird each won three NBA Most Valuable Player awards and were selected to nine All-NBA first teams and 12 All-Star games.
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Nowitzki was named Most Valuable Player in the 2006-07 and is a 13-time All-Star and four-time first-team All-NBA selection.
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Toronto forward Kawhi Leonard, who arrived in a blockbuster trade with the San Antonio Spurs last July, was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.
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A trendy Most Valuable Player candidate, he completed 21 of 31 passes for 295 yards, three touchdowns and one interception for a 310 passer rating.
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Nick Foles (pictured), his counterpart for the Eagles who was named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP), was almost as prolific, throwing for 240 yards.
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Bonds won seven National League Most Valuable Player Awards at roughly the same time Roger Clemens was winning seven Cy Young Awards (and an M.V.P.).
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Starr was named the Most Valuable Player of the first two Super Bowls ever played, and he was also named the league's MVP in 1966.
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Smith-Schuster was voted as the Steelers' Most Valuable Player by his teammates after making 111 catches for 1,13 yards and seven touchdowns this season.
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The quarterback and Offensive Most Valuable Player connected twice with Cody White and once with Felton Davis, who finished with 118 yards on four receptions.
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After his arrival in Toronto last year from Juventus, he scored 22 goals in his first season and was named the league's most valuable player.
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A 50.4-percent shooter a season ago, the two-time Most Valuable Player has shot over 50 percent just once in his last 14 games.
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ARCHIE DEES, INDIANA STAR, DIES Archie Dees, a former Indiana star and the first two-time Big Ten Conference most valuable player, died at 80.
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Dixon was one of the friends Durant thanked during an emotional speech after being named the NBA Most Valuable Player for the 2013-14 season.
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The performance might have been worthy of a Most Valuable Player distinction, but the United States lost, 11-3, and Boston's Yoan Moncada won it.
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He won a Most Valuable Player Award in 2007 and is the career hits leader for the Philadelphia Phillies, a franchise that started in 1883.
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BIG SURPRISE...: Via ESPN's Marc Stein, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors to be named Most Valuable Player for second straight season. http://es.
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When he left the game, the three-time NFL Most Valuable Player reigned as the league's all-time leader in completions, yards and passing touchdowns.
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His contract for this season and next put the American League's three-times most valuable player and 14-times all-star at $21 million annually.
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The attacker was named the most valuable player at the 2003 World Youth Cup and was widely expected to join the big leagues in Europe.
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The article also misstated, in some copies, the year in which George Bell, a Rule 23622 selection, was named the American League most valuable player.
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In the 2014 five-game wipeout of the Heat, he wore an endearingly astonished look when declared the most valuable player of the championship series.
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Pujols played 11 seasons and won three National League Most Valuable Player awards for St. Louis before signing with the Angels following the 2011 season.
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Thomas is clearly nowhere close to where he was physically for Boston last season, when he cracked the top five in most valuable player voting.
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Pujols played 21 seasons and won three National League Most Valuable Player awards for St. Louis before signing with the Angels following the 21 season.
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Yelich, the National League's Most Valuable Player Award winner last season, was back in the starting lineup after missing five games with lower-back soreness.
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Nichol likened the weight room to a dungeon, but it has been sufficient for Edmonton's Connor McDavid, a league most valuable player and scoring champion.
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The two-time most valuable player has temporarily ended that discussion by scoring 30 or more points in each of his last five postseason games.
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Not since Candace Parker's 2008 debut season, for which she won the league's Most Valuable Player Award, has a rookie made such a big splash.
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Entering Friday, Christian Yelich, the favorite to win the N.L. Most Valuable Player Award, was 3 for 20 with no runs driven in this series.
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He has never appeared on a Most Valuable Player Award ballot or in the World Series, and has never worked during the All-Star break.
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Russell Westbrook won the N.B.A.'s Most Valuable Player Award on Monday night after setting a record with 42 triple-doubles in the regular season.
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If no trade materializes for Memphis and the 2015 N.B.A. finals most valuable player becomes available at midseason, Iguodala will have his choice of contenders.
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By Mahomes's outsize standards — he threw for 50 touchdowns last season and was voted the league's most valuable player — his performance on Sunday was pedestrian.
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A two-time winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player, Crosby is a finalist for the award again this season.
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LHP Jon Lester was named co-Most Valuable Player with 2B Javier Baez after starting two games and going 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA.
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The article also misstated, in some copies, the year in which George Bell, a Rule 5 selection, was named the American League most valuable player.
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Flowers, who was named the game's most valuable player, completed 23 of 32 passes for 261 yards and ran for 105 yards on 21 carries.
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He is a two-time All-Star, and in between was named the most valuable player when Portland won the 2015 M.L.S. Cup championship game.
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Seth's older brother, the reigning league most valuable player, Stephen Curry, is one of many players who is "less clutch" than his reputation might suggest.
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Harvey Araton Hall of Fame sportswriter A draw: 2013-14 and 13-19 with Leonard winding up as the most valuable player of both finals.
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This leads to odd situations like Trout's being voted the American League most valuable player in his third full season while earning just $1 million.
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Kane, a frontrunner for the Hart Trophy, awarded to the league's most valuable player, leads the NHL in scoring with a career-high 89 points.
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Steve Pearce was named the Willie Mays World Series Most Valuable Player, thanks to his contributions to Boston's defeat of Los Angeles in just five games.
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Therefore, when the four-time Most Valuable Player fouled out in overtime for the first time in over three years, the defending champions appeared in trouble.
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He topped Verlander again in Game 22015, and should be strongly considered for the World Series Most Valuable Player Award if the Nationals take Game 22016.
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Cam Newton put up the best passing numbers of his career, which, combined with his explosive rushing, makes him the front-runner for most valuable player.
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Crosby, a two-time most valuable player, has scored in each of the Penguins' past seven home games, the longest home scoring streak of his career.
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He led the Patriots to a comeback victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, in which he was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
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After the gold medal ceremony on the field, the 25-year-old Stroman of the Toronto Blue Jays was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
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The best in the N.B.A. have given Curry, the N.B.A.'s reigning most valuable player, his due: With all the praise has come the expected criticism.
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Kevin Durant, arguably the USA's most valuable player, has been profoundly affected by the Olympic spirit he's seen in Rio, especially compared to the problems stateside.
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Then Stephen Curry came along and set the NBA on fire, led the Golden State Warriors to an NBA championship, and was everyone's most valuable player.
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Lydon, perhaps the most valuable player on the team, averages 14 points on 113 percent shooting, 7.8 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.6 3-pointers per game.
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The reigning NBA Most Valuable Player returned to the court during halftime, briefly warmed up but returned to the locker room as the third quarter commenced.
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He won two Dally M medals as the NRL's most valuable player and his raised-arm celebrations from scoring tries became known as the "Hayne Plane".
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He won both the Hart Trophy as the N.H.L.'s most valuable player and the Art Ross Trophy as the league's top points scorer six times.
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"I kind of grew up in this basketball world, whereas my talent kind of overrides what I look like," said the 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player.
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Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell tossed a pair of touchdowns in the first half and finished with 253 passing yards to earn the Most Valuable Player award.
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The rest was history, as the tough-minded Warriors snatched the wins record and Curry almost assuredly locked up his second consecutive Most Valuable Player Award.
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They have candidates for the Most Valuable Player Award in Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant, and Cy Young Award hopefuls in Kyle Hendricks and Jon Lester.
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Rose, a former most valuable player, has had a series of knee injuries, but the Knicks are banking on his ability to remain on the court.
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He won three American League Most Valuable Player Awards over the course of his career and has more than 3,000 hits and nearly 700 home runs.
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An attacker, he was named the most valuable player at the 2003 World Youth Cup and was widely expected to join the big leagues in Europe.
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David Roth: I've been saying this for years, and it seems like everyone is finally admitting it: Zack Cozart is the most valuable player in baseball.
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McCutchen, who turns 32 in October, is a five-time All-Star who earned the 2013 National League Most Valuable Player Award with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Taylor and Turner shared the Most Valuable Player Award in the National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs and have a combined postseason average of .
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"This is something I've been dreaming about since I was a kid," said senior guard Ben Richardson, who was named the South Region's most valuable player.
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Schmidt, a 2220-time Gold Glove winner with three Most Valuable Player Awards and 210 home runs, said his reign would soon come to an end.
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After the third of the group's four championships together, Parker became the first European player to be named most valuable player of a finals, in 2007.
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The division champion Atlanta Braves landed third baseman Josh Donaldson, the American League Most Valuable Player three years ago, on a one-year, $23 million flier.
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That move theoretically could have resulted in the team's being forced to release Rodgers, a two-time winner of the N.F.L.'s Most Valuable Player Award.
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The Bucks are led by one of the fearsome players in recent history, and the probable winner of this year's Most Valuable Player Award: Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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His court vision, quickness, length and versatility made him a dominant presence and led to his winning three Most Valuable Player Awards and five N.B.A. championships.
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Golden State's domination made doubt fall away entirely, and the discussion turned to which of the Warriors would be named most valuable player of the finals.
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His newfound fame earned him a spot in the celebrity game during N.B.A. All-Star weekend in 2017, when he was named the most valuable player.
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Leonard was named most valuable player of the 2014 N.B.A. finals in his third season and finished third in regular-season M.V.P. balloting in 2016-17.
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Erving averaged 28.2 points and 10.9 rebounds a game with the team and was the A.B.A.'s Most Valuable Player in each of his three seasons.
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Only Brett Favre (217) has played in more games, both regular season and postseason, as a quarterback than Brady, a three-time N.F.L. most valuable player.
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Chiefs 40, Jaguars 26 Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the NFL's reigning Most Valuable Player, passed for 378 yards and three touchdowns as Kansas City toppled host Jacksonville.
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Once again the Twins' star — Joe Mauer, the league's most valuable player — performed well (210 for 37, four walks), but didn't get a lot of help.
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He was named the league's most valuable player in 1963 in an Associated Press poll and elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
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He went 7-2 with a 203 earned run average in nine World Series starts, working 81 innings and winning two series Most Valuable Player Awards.
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Andre Iguodala was the final's most valuable player two years ago on the strength of his ability to hold his ground against James on the post.
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"It's important to support the communities that support you," the Milwaukee Brewers star outfielder and 2018 National League Most Valuable Player told Reuters before the game.
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The Lakers clinched their third NBA title in 2002 against the New Jersey Nets with O'Neal, once again, taking home the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
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In his "Monday Night Football" debut, Lamar Jackson added more evidence to his Most Valuable Player Award case, leading the Baltimore Ravens to another blowout win.
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The most unstoppable force in pro football during the regular season, the prohibitive favorite to win the league's Most Valuable Player Award, made misplay after misplay.
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Curry, a two-time most valuable player, accepted the most lucrative contract in N.B.A. history — $201 million over five years — to stay with the league champions.
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In one year, Patrick Mahomes has transitioned from the Most Valuable Player of the National Football League to Super Bowl LIV champion and Super Bowl MVP.
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"You try to forget who's up there and treat him like any other reigning M.V.P.," Shreve said of Bryant, the reigning National League most valuable player.
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And most important, his trophy case includes two Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Awards, both of which came against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
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Five players on the ballot (Garvey, Mattingly, Munson, Murphy and Parker) won a Most Valuable Player Award and were unquestionably viewed as superstars in their time.
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Hosmer, the most valuable player of the 2016 All-Star Game at Petco Park, singled leading off the seventh and scored on Jonathan Lucroy's sacrifice fly.
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Sports Illustrated writers picked the Cowboys as the best offensive line, and also suggested that the unit should be considered the league's collective most valuable player.
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Stephen Curry, the two-time reigning most valuable player, and Kevin Durant will start for the Western Conference, and Draymond Green and Klay Thompson are reserves.
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There was one Patriot having a spectacular game: wide receiver Julian Edelman, who had 10 receptions for 141 yards and was named game's most valuable player.
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"The huddle has been romanticized, with good reason," said Joe Theismann, a Washington Redskins quarterback for 12 seasons and the league's most valuable player in 1983.
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Cory Schneider is certainly the team's most valuable player, ranking in the top four in the N.H.L. in saves, save percentage, shots faced and goals-against average.
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That's all well and good, but it's hard to figure a way that Tom Brady isn't the actual most valuable player in the NFL at this point.
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Judge is favorite to win the league Rookie of the Year award, and is also rated by some experts as a contender for most valuable player honors.
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