LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has been named the 2009 Volkswagen MLS MVP for the first time in his career. Widely considered as the best American player ever, Donovan added to his 2009 awards after being named to the MLS Best XI and the winner of the 2009 AT&T Goal of the Year.

Donovan received the most votes in polling of MLS players, general managers, coaches and members of the media. FC Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham and New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph were the two other finalists for the award. (more…)

UniWatch is a fairly esoteric blog devoted to the study of sports uniforms.  In a recent online poll, writer Paul Lukas asked readers to vote on the worst uniforms ever.  The nine finalists are in, and the Colorado Caribou represent the world of soccer (well, the Seattle Seahawks “Sounders-style” duds are in the mix too).

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from the AP

LOS ANGELES — The busiest and in many ways most difficult year in Landon Donovan’s increasingly storied soccer career ultimately could be the most satisfying.

That was his judgment Tuesday after claiming an unprecedented sixth Honda Player of the Year Award given annually to the U.S. national team’s top player in a luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Donovan, 27, was instrumental in the Americans’ successful qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup and its trek to the Confederations Cup championship match. (more…)

A panel of 221 sports journalists selected the final three, with the winner to be announced Oct. 20 in Los Angeles.

Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Jozy Altidore are finalists for the 2009 Honda Player of the Year Award that honors the best performer on the U.S. national team. (more…)

There were a few surprises, but it was mostly déjà Emmys at the 61st annual awards show as several of last year’s winners gave a repeat performance, and HBO continued its domination in the TV movies and miniseries categories.

AMC’s “Mad Men” won for the second year in a row for drama series as did Glenn Close for lead actress for FX’s “Damages” and Bryan Cranston for AMC’s “Breaking Bad.” “I’m a poor kid from the Valley; I don’t know what I am doing up here,” Cranston said as he accepted the award. “I feel like Cinderfella.”

NBC’s “30 Rock” won the big one for the third year in a row: comedy series.

The show had gone into the awards show with 22 nominations, more than any other series. But as the night went on, it won only a handful, including Matthew Hubbard for writing and Alec Baldwin, who won for lead actor in a comedy for the second year in a row. The win for comedy series made it all go down a bit easier.

All the winners and nominees after the jump (check out some of these categories) (more…)

Michael Jordan sits down with Michael Wilbon to talk about his Hall Of Fame career

Tina Fey’s NBC comedy series, “30 Rock,” earned 22 Emmy nominations this morning, the most any comedy series has received in Emmy history. It earned nods for best comedy series, as well as best comedy actress for Fey and best comedy actor for Alec Baldwin. The show won best comedy series last year. (more…)