Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Dec. 3 -- CHARLIE MANUEL: SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR?

BY SCOTT LAUBER

It was never going to happen. Not in a year when troubled slugger Josh Hamilton put his life back together, big-market teams like the Giants and Celtics won championships, and oh yeah, that Michael Phelps guy captured eight Olympic gold medals.

But one Sports Illustrated senior writer, esteemed baseball scribe Tom Verducci, cast a Sportsman of the Year vote for Charlie Manuel,
a decision he explained here. Phelps, predictably and deservingly, won the award, which was announced yesterday.

So, who would be your Sportsman of the Year?

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