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Warriors' Stephen Curry voted NBA's MVP over Harden, James (Yahoo Sports)

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award Monday, beating out Houston’s James Harden in a race that turned out not to be that close. Curry received 100 of 130 first-place votes for a total of 1,198 points from a panel of 129 writers and broadcasters, along with the fan vote on the NBA’s website. Cleveland’s LeBron James, a four-time MVP, got five first-place

Counsell replaces Roenicke with Brewers after 7-18 start (Yahoo Sports)

The Brewers fired manager Ron Roenicke and replaced him Monday with former Milwaukee infielder Craig Counsell. The Brewers, a major league-worst 7-18, lost 40 of their final 56 games under Roenicke. The skid included a late-season collapse last year after they led the NL Central for nearly five months and a 2-13 start this season. Counsell, a 44-year-old Milwaukee-area native, spent the final five seasons of his 16-year big-league career