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NBA returning fan vote to Slam Dunk Contest

Fan voting is again part of the Slam Dunk Contest after more than a decade away from it.

Betting ban for NBA Awards voters adds to drama

It's unclear if anything specific prompted this move, but it's the latest in a lot of wild NBA Awards discussion.

Kendrick Perkins gets laughed at for saying Domantas Sabonis deserves MVP consideration

“Hell, if we want to make a case, why are we not saying anything about Sabonis?”

Credit: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports

NFL

Aaron Schatz should be commended, not criticized, for his MVP vote

Zach Lowe ‘surrendered’ NBA awards ballot, felt ‘a little icky’ deciding players’ contracts

"I'm out of the ballots for a year."

SB Nation blasts NBA MVP regular-season award being a regular-season award

"The first ever NBA MVP was handed out in 1956 to Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks. There were six teams in the league at the time and I don’t really understand how the playoffs worked that season and refuse to figure it out for this piece."

Andy Larsen’s Twitter page.

NBA

As he predicted, Salt Lake Tribune writer Andy Larsen got ‘absolutely pilloried’ for NBA Rookie of the Year vote, but defended it

CFL releases incorrect divisional all-star list, cites ‘tabulation error,’ releases new list

An all-star announcement went very, very wrong for the CFL this week.

Aaron Rodgers calls Hub Arkush “an absolute bum” for saying he wouldn’t vote Rodgers for NFL MVP

Green Bay Packers' QB Aaron Rodgers used a press conference Wednesday to blast Hub Arkush for daring to say he wouldn't vote Rodgers as NFL MVP.

Maria Taylor claps back at Doug Gottlieb after Gottlieb questions why she has an NBA awards ballot

There was never a good time for what Gottlieb tried here, but this is maybe the worst possible time.

Here’s the clip Fox deleted of Nick Wright’s claim Steph Curry got 2015 NBA Finals MVP votes, a claim debunked by the NBA

"So, what's been reported is that the seven people who voted for the Warriors came together and said 'Guys, we can't have co-MVPs. We all obviously think it should go to someone on the winning team. Who's it going to go to?' And since Iggy had a 4-3 vote edge, they said 'Okay, we'll all vote for Iggy.'"

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