Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is the Associated Press' male athlete of the year for a third time. He and Michael Jordan trail only LeBron James, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods.

Shohei Ohtani has been named The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for the third time. That ties the two-way superstar with Michael Jordan, an athlete Ohtani followed while growing up in Japan.

The Japanese baseball superstar now trails only four-time winners Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, and LeBron James for the most all-time.