Nationals ace Max Scherzer was named the National League Cy Young Award winner in a landslide on Wednesday, garnering 25 of the 30 first-place votes to become the teams first recipient of the award.The winner of the 2013 American League Cy Young Award for the?Detroit Tigers, Scherzer becomes the sixth pitcher to win Cy Youngs in both leagues, joining Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Roy Halladay, Roger Clemens and Gaylord Perry.The award was announced live on MLB Network, with a vacationing Scherzer joining the broadcast via videoconference from a scuba diving boat off the coast of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.Its such an accomplishment, Scherzer said. I mean, theres so many people to thank -- all my teammates, for going out and competing the whole season, for everything they did for me. I cant thank them enough for everything they did. ?Scherzer said he wants to find a way to be better in 2017.Ive been dreaming up different ways to do it, but until we get to spring training, that will be my thing -- to find a new way, Scherzer said. But right now, its all about celebrating what happened in 2016.Cubs ace Jon Lester was the runner-up, with one first-place vote from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Chicago teammate Kyle Hendricks came in third with two first-place votes. The other two first-place votes went to the Dodgers Clayton Kershaw, who finished fifth overall in voting.Scherzer led the majors in strikeouts (284) and WHIP (0.97), while leading the NL in wins (20), innings (228.1) and pitching WAR (6.2) and being tied for first in quality starts (26) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.07). Unfortunately for Scherzer, he also led the NL in home runs given up (31), making him the first pitcher since Johnson in 1999 to give up at least 30 homers and still win a Cy Young Award.Perhaps most notably, Scherzer authored just the fourth 20-strikeout performance in baseball history this season, as he baffled the Tigers in a May victory.For the writers to choose me for everything I was able to accomplish this year, Im so grateful, Scherzer said on the MLB Network broadcast.Trayvon Mullen Jersey . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. 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It was Eli Mannings second pick of the quarter, with the other coming in the end zone by Quinton Dunbar after New York got to the Redskins 15 on a big play by Odell Beckham Jr.This was a wild NFC East matchup that see-sawed the entire second half after Washington rallied from a 21-9 deficit.The fourth quarter was wild with the matchup of Beckham and Redskins cornerback Josh Norman, leading to big plays by Beckham, an ejection of Giants center Weston Richburg and a personal foul against Norman for a big hit on Sterling Shepard.In the end, Washington made the big plays in avoiding the 0-3 start. Only three teams since 1990 have made the playoffs after losing three in row to start the season.The Giants had 11 penalties 128 yards, including a third-down hit to the helmet by Olivier Vernon that kept the Redskins game-winning drive alive.Shane Vereen scored on a 1-yard run, Manning threw a 23-yard TD to Shepard and Orleans Darkwa scored on a 2-yard run for New York. Josh Brown kiicked two short field goals, the last a 30-yarder that gave New York a 27-26 lead with 7:53 to play.ddddddddddddINJURIES GALORE: The Redskins lost four players to injuries in the game: C Kory Lichtensteiger (ankle), G Shawn Lauvao (calf), CB Bashaud Breeland (ankle) and S DeAngelo Hall (knee). The Giants had CBs Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (groin) and Eli Apple (hamstring) leave.SPECIAL TEAMS: It was an exciting day for the guys from specials. Crowders 50-yard punt return and a 31-yard fourth-down pass by punter Tress Way to Dunbar set up two of Hopkins field goals. Dunbar, however, muffed a punt that led to Vereens TD early in the game.YOURE OUT: Richburg was ejected early in the fourth quarter for picking up two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. The second came when he blocked and then taunted Norman following a 24-yard catch and run by Beckham. Norman had picked up a personal foul for a hit on Shepard. The Giants had a blocked punt by Romeo Okwara nullified with just over 11 minutes to play by a personal foul against Andrew Adams, who was added to the roster Saturday.NEAR-COSTLY GAMBLE: The Redskins lost a cheap-shot field goal at the end of the first half when they elected to run a play from the Giants 4 with 6 seconds left. Jason Pierre-Paul had a sack and forced fumble on Cousins and the clock ran out.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '