Mariano Rivera doesn’t need awards. His performance speaks for itself. He still receives them, of course, and the latest on his mantle is the Sporting News’s 2009 Pro Athelete of the Year Award. This isn’t his first time winning that award. The Sporting News awarded it to the entire 1999 Yankee team. Strangely, Joe Torre won the award in 1996, despite not actually being a pro athlete. Make sure to check out Anthony DiComo’s story on the award — not for the information, really, but for the accompanying video.
Now, if only the baseball writers had awarded Mo the Cy Young in 2005…
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