Gary Payton explained why he firmly believes it’s very unlikely that a pure point guard would ever win the NBA’s Defensive ...

The Dallas Stars and Finnish hockey players have gone together like peanut butter and jelly lately. Now, Stars defenseman Esa ...

A. Dikembe Mutombo, Ben Wallace and Rudy Gobert have won four Defensive Player of the Year awards, which is the most by any NBA player in history. Q. Has anyone won MVP and DPOY in the same year?

The Defensive Player of the Year award doesn't have a clear winner. There are strong candidates, among them Draymond Green, Kawhi Leonard (despite his prolonged absence, that's how good he's been ...

One player winning both the NFL's offensive and defensive rookie of the year awards, would have seemed unthinkable until ...

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Hutchinson was the favorite to win Defensive Player of the Year, and his absence for the ... than the 22.5 sacks he had when he won the DPOY award in 2021. The award also hasn’t gone to a ...

The NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award has been around since 1983. As far as honors go in the league, it is the defensive equivalent of the Most Valuable Player Award. While teams cannot ...

This could be the year voters finally give him the ... Since this award was first given out in 1974, seven defensive players have claimed this award more than once. However, no defensive back ...

The first AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year winner, Alan Page, is one of only two defensive players to win the award, the other being Lawrence Taylor. Lawrence Taylor, J.J. Watt, and Aaron ...

Hey, at least they have the Defensive Player of the Year award. Unlike MVP versus Offensive Player of the Year, this award is more clear-cut. Nobody is trying to “share” awards. If you have ...