Athletic Awards

The Interview Dale Earnhardt Jr. NUMBER 88

Paul DeBoer ZEELAND, MICH. > Multisport DeBoer, a junior at Grand Valley State who received a kidney transplant in 2003, was the outstanding male athlete of the U.S. Transplant Games. A member of Team Michigan, he...

His stay may be short, but Wisconsin fans are loving CC Sabathia anyway

Mason Finley SALIDA, COLO. > Track and Field Mason, a senior this fall at Buena Vista High, won the discus, javelin and shot put at the State Games of the West, a meet of high-school-age athletes from 14 states. A...

He has been overshadowed this season by teammate Josh Hamilton; in fact, he has been overshadowed at almost every stop in his career since high school. But in this golden season of the second baseman, nobody has been...