NEW YORK - Paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball's best again. Hideki Matsui tied a World Series record with six RBI and was named the Most Valuable Player, Andy Pettitte won on short rest and New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 on Wednesday night, finally seizing that elusive 27th title. It was the team's first since winning three straight from 1998-2000.
NEW YORK | Anaheim's Corey Perry, Vancouver's Daniel Sedin and Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis are finalists for the Hart Trophy given to the NHL's MVP. The league announced Thursday that the three forwards were the top vote-getters in balloting by the Professional Hockey Writers Association after the regular season.
MIAMI - For Dirk Nowitzki, the resume is complete. He's an NBA champion. For LeBron James, the agonizing wait continues for at least one more year.
FORT LORAMIE -- Jared Hoying, a rookie playing for the Spokane (Wash.) Indians, recently was named Most Valuable Player of the Northwest League (Rookie A). Hoying, a 2007 graduate of Fort Loramie High School, hit .326 this season with 75 hits including 10 home runs, 12 doubles, five triples and 50 RBIs in just 55 games. He also stole 19 bases, tying him for second in the NWL.
Man, I didn't know you were that quick." "Yeah, but that was in high school," laughed Ragone, now the quarterback at Penn, which invades Yale Bowl Saturday (1 p.m.) for a showdown of 2-0 Ivy League teams. "In college, the game is definitely a little faster. I'm no longer one of the fastest guys on the field. But I think my speed is something that I rely on to get me out of trouble sometimes, and so far it's been working out pretty well for me. Ragone, the 2008 Register Area Most Valuable Player from Cheshire High, has started three of the team's five games as a sophomore, and three weeks ago was the league co-offensive player of the week with three rushing touchdowns and one passing against Dartmouth.
AKRON, Ohio - Unstoppable at both ends of the floor this season, LeBron James was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Monday, receiving the award in the high school gym where he first emerged on the national scene. This is a place where all my dreams started and where I thought they could become real," James said in accepting the award at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. "There's really not a better place.
One of the Pittsburgh Pirates' s -- and one of the team's most valuable photographers -- star in a new exhibit at the Sen. John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center. The exhibit, "Roberto Clemente -- Photographs by Les Banos," opens Saturday and includes more than 70 pictures of the legendary player taken by Banos, former Pirates photographer and close friend of Clemente's.
When Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins won his first Gold Glove this year, he had the award he really coveted. That was the MVP to me," he said.
CHICAGO - There's a simple reason why Derrick Rose remains so humble. Why, despite the swirling tides of fame and fortune, the youngest Most Valuable Player in NBA history does not have a big head. I would hit him upside it and bring him back down if he ever changed," Brenda Rose says.
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