21 hours ago by Troy Renck

DENVER — In the final year of his contract, Dan O’Dowd enjoyed his finest year as the Rockies’ GM. He was recognized by The Sporting News today, named Executive of the Year by his peers. Coming off a disappointing 2008 season, O’Dowd began reshaping the team last winter. He traded all-star Matt Holl ...

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159 days ago by John Paulsen

All due respect to Denver’s Mark Warkentien, who won the 2009 NBA Executive of the Year Award, but Orlando GM Otis Smith deserves the honor. This is the problem with how the league hands out these awards at the end of the regular season — there’s no way to take the playoffs into account. Granted, it ...

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187 days ago by Dwight Jaynes

In all the fuss about Kevin Pritchard not getting votes, I forgot to comment on this. Denver’s Mark Warkentien, a former Blazer guy, was named the winner. How silly. They ignored the guy who engineered a deal that turned one team from an also-ran into a legit contender. That guy, of course, was Joe ...

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191 days ago by Fabrice

La NBA n’a pas encore officialisé l’information mais nos partenaires de Yahoo! nous informent que c’est Mark Warkentien, vice-président des Nuggets, qui recevra le trophée du meilleur dirigeant de l’année. Élu par ses pairs (seuls les GM sont appelés à voter pour ce trophée), Warkentein est récompen ...

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196 days ago by Fabrice

On termine notre tour d’horizon des trophées de fin de saison par celui récompensant le meilleur dirigeant de l’année. Le plus souvent, ce titre échoue à celui qui a reussi le meilleur deal lors de l’intersaison ou avant la tradeline, ou qui se distingue par une fidélité à une politique sur plusieur ...

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208 days ago by Andrew Thell and Brian Spencer

The Bryant Family Photo Credit: Icon SMI See Also: Wrapping Up the 2008-09 NBA Regular Season in 40 Lists - Part I That’s a wrap, folks. The 2008-09 NBA regular season is in the books. I don’t know about you, but I’m about ready for playoff time. In fact, I’ve been ready for and a month now - that f ...

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214 days ago by Mats- Emory University

Back-to-back Super Bowl victories by the Denver Broncos in ‘98 and ‘99 marked the beginning of my obsession to not just football, but to ALL sports. From NFL Sundays to European footballers, Sounding Off On Sports keeps you in the loop about the most noteworthy current events in sports and provides ...

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