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04-13-2006, 06:12 AM
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| Redick Wins Sullivan Award NEW YORK (AP) -- Duke star J.J. Redick won the Sullivan Award on Wednesday night, becoming the first men's basketball player since Bill Walton in 1973 to be honored as the nation's top amateur athlete. Redick beat out Texas quarterback Vince Young, who led the Longhorns to a national title with a win in the Rose Bowl over Southern California and its two Sullivan Award finalists -- Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush. Redick over Young and Bush...Everyone Agree? Yes? No? Maybe?      |
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04-13-2006, 06:25 AM
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| Re: Redick Wins Sullivan Award over Young I understand why - the football players probably split the vote amongst themselves. I guess he's a good selection, but I think I would've gone with Bush personally. Of course, there's also probably somebody in some under-the-radar sport somewhere that had a dominant year and never had a chance of winning this award. |
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04-13-2006, 07:57 AM
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| Re: Redick Wins Sullivan Award over Young 1980 - Eric Heiden, speed skating 1981 - Carl Lewis, long jump, running - sprinting 1982 - Mary Decker, running - middle distance, long distance 1983 - Edwin Moses, running - sprinting 1984 - Greg Louganis, diving 1985 - Joan Benoit, running - long distance 1986 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, heptathlon 1987 - Jim Abbott, baseball 1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner, running - sprinting 1989 - Janet Evans, swimming 1990 - John Smith, wrestling 1991 - Mike Powell, long jump 1992 - Bonnie Blair, speed skating 1993 - Charlie Ward, basketball, football 1994 - Dan Jansen, speed skating 1995 - Bruce Baumgartner, wrestling 1996 - Michael Johnson, running - sprinting 1997 - Peyton Manning, football 1998 - Chamique Holdsclaw, basketball 1999 - Coco and Kelly Miller, basketball 2000 - Rulon Gardner, wrestling 2001 - Michelle Kwan, figure skating 2002 - Sarah Hughes, figure skating 2003 - Michael Phelps, swimming 2004 - Paul Hamm, gymnastics 2005 - J.J. Redick, basketball A list of past winners (since 1980) shows that it is seldom football, and usually goes to an Olympic type sport. In the 80's tracked dominated it...I followed track, and remember some of the performances that got them there. (PS...hey Lefty, I got the list from your fav source -Wikipedia...) |
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04-13-2006, 08:30 AM
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| Re: Redick Wins Sullivan Award over Young That's right... its the best amateur athlete, not college. That had slipped my mind. I guess more than anything, then, this is a testament to how poorly our guys and gals did in the Winter Olympics this year, then, eh? |
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