
Nov 19 - By Bob Salsberg, Associated Press Writer
When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.

Nov 18 - By Jay Cohen, AP Sports Writer
Jim Tracy was out of baseball when Clint Hurdle called last October to talk to him about joining Hurdle's staff in Colorado. Tracy was focused on his duties as bench coach for the Rockies when he came to spring training.
Nov 16 - By Associated Press
What word sums up 2009? How about unfriend?

Nov 16 - By Mike Fitzpatrick, AP Sports Writer
Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in.
Nov 9 - By Associated Press
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards.

Oct 1 - By Bob Baum, AP Sports Writer
Marynell Meadors was honored Thursday as the WNBA coach of the year after leading the Atlanta Dream to a remarkable turnaround in the franchise's second season.

Feb 8 - By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Music Writer
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are taking home the Grammys' highest honor, winning album of the year for "Raising Sand."
Jan 15 - By Associated Press
Brian Dawkins of Philadelphia and Kurt Warner of Arizona, who will face each other in Sunday's NFC championship game, are finalists for the NFL's Man of the Year award.
Dec 23 - By Doug Feinberg, AP Basketball Writer
Candace Parker capped off a banner year by winning the female athlete of the year award from The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Dec 22 - By Paul Newberry, AP Sports Writer
Michael Phelps had just finished his work at the Water Cube, still wet but his place in history secure, when he walked up to his longtime coach.
Dec 19 - By Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer
In the Wild West that is online video, Hulu.com has proven to be a trailblazing answer to how professional content can thrive on the Web.

Nov 12 - By Mike Fitzpatrick, AP Sports Writer
Joe Maddon had a good reason for interrupting his honeymoon. About an hour after he landed in Rome, the newly married Maddon easily won the American League Manager of the Year award Wednesday for guiding Tampa Bay from baseball's basement to the World Series in one astonishing season.

Nov 10 - By Mike Fitzpatrick, AP Sports Writer
The rookie races were all but over by July, when Evan Longoria and Geovany Soto gave an All-Star glimpse of things to come.

May 1 - By Gregg Bell, AP Sports Writer
Kevin Durant was so excited to learn he had just won the NBA Rookie of the Year award, he went back to sleep. That's what seven months and 82 games — more than double the amount the lanky 19-year-old had played in any previous season — can do to a teenager.

Apr 30 - By Tim Booth, AP Sports Writer
The expectations were there for Kevin Durant the day he first arrived in Seattle: anything less than being the best rookie in the NBA would be a disappointment. The 19-year-old didn't disappoint. Durant, the Sonics' dynamic young star, has been chosen as the NBA Rookie of the Year, The Associated Press has learned from a person with knowledge of the vote.

Apr 4 - By Associated Press
Keno Davis, who capped his first season as a head coach by leading Drake to its first NCAA appearance since 1971, was selected The Associated Press college basketball coach of the year Friday.

Dec 20 - By Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer
While most TV characters remain boxed inside the frames of our sets, Stephen Colbert has routinely injected his on-screen persona into everything from the presidential race to ice cream.

Dec 12 - By Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press Writer
Negative news coverage may have cost former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales his job, but it won him a dubious honor Wednesday from a magazine published by the American Bar Association: Lawyer of the Year.

Nov 14 - By Ben Walker, AP Baseball Writer
Bob Melvin and Eric Wedge barely made a ripple as players. Backup catchers, they both batted a pedestrian .233 in the big leagues.

Nov 12 - By Ben Walker, AP Baseball Writer
Dustin Pedroia won in a runaway, just like his Red Sox in the World Series. The little Boston second baseman with the big swing was an easy pick for AL Rookie of the Year, while Ryan Braun barely edged Troy Tulowitzki for the NL honor Monday.