My Sportsman: Andy Roddick

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer.Now this was The

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My Sportsman: Manny Pacquiao

If Manny Pacquiao didn't win a single fight in 2009, he would still be a viable candidate for SI's Sportsman of the Year. If Pacquiao had not put down

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My Sportsman: Jimmie Johnson

It's an elusive thing, this business of trying to explain what makes Jimmie Johnson quite possibly the greatest driver in the history of American stock car

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My Sportsman: Tim Tebow

I am not here to debunk the very real phenomenon of Tebow Fatigue, or to deny that my Sportsman of the Year is one of the more overexposed athletes in recent

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My Sportsman: Y.E. Yang

Son of the Wind sounds like a more impressive moniker than Son of the Vegetable Farmers, which also describes Yang, the fourth of eight children who was

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My Sportsman: Myles Brand

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. Myles Brand

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My Sportsman: Tony Dungy

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. When Tony

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My Sportsman: The Spanish Male Athlete

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. A few years ago

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My Sportsman: Tom Watson

I can still see Tom Watson on Turnberry's last fairway, holding the finish of his golf swing. "I like it," Watson told his caddie, Neil Oxman, as his ball

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My Sportsman: Diana Taurasi

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. The WNBA is not

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My Sportsman: Anderson Silva

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Nov. 30. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer.You love mixed

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ThisClose to Phelps

In crowded rooms over the last few months, I have asked for a show of hands. Milorad Cavic? Who can place the name? No one has yet raised a hand. A few have

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Sportsman of the Year: Michael Phelps

Mingling with a cocktail crowd that had paid as much as $1,250 a ticket to attend was Dara Torres, swimming's answer to Diane Lane -- a woman who only gets

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My Sportsman: Charlie Manuel

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays,

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My Sportsman: Jerry York

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays,

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My Sportsman: Usain Bolt

Track and field was dead, make no mistake about that. This was during the first week of the Olympics last summer in Beijing. Michael Phelps was winning a gold

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My Sportsman: Alexander Ovechkin

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays,

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My Sportsman: New York Giants

I should probably begin my Sportsman of the Year nomination with an apology to the New York Giants. You see, they weren't really my first pick for a nominee.

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My Sportsman: Athletes in the military

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays,

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My Sportsman: Dara Torres

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays,

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