ESPY Winners Announced

LaDainian Tomlinson Takes Home Four Statues

By Jason Braff -- Multichannel News, 7/12/2007 1:16:00 PM

National Football League star running back LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers ran away with four awards at ESPN’s 15^th annual ESPY Awards show Wednesday night.

The show -- which was taped and will air Sunday, July 15 at 9 p.m. -- was co-hosted by television personality Jimmy Kimmel and National Basketball Association star LeBron James and held in Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre.

Tomlinson won four awards -- the most of the night -- for Best Male Athlete, Best Record-Breaking Performance, Best NFL Player and the Hummer - Like Nothing Else Award.

The Indianapolis Colts racked up the Best Team Award, Best Coach/Manager (Tony Dungy) and Best Championship Performance (Peyton Manning).

Two new ESPY awards were introduced at this year’s ceremony -- Best Finish and The Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance.

For the fourth straight year, sports fans voted online to choose the winners of every award except the Arthur Ashe Courage Award and the Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance. More than12.5 million votes were counted for this year’s ESPYs -- a new record for the award show.

The full list of this year’s winners follows:

Special Awards:

• Arthur Ashe Courage Award:Trevor Ringland and Dave Cullen, PeacePlayers.

• Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance: Kay Yow, North Carolina State women's-basketball coach.

Best in Sport:

• Best Female Athlete:Taryne Mowatt, University of Arizona softball.

• Best Male Athlete:Tomlinson.

• Best Moment:New Orleans Saints return home, beat Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football.

• Best Team:Colts.

• Best Coach/Manager:Dungy.

• Best Game:Fiesta Bowl: Boise State over Oklahoma.

• Best Championship Performance:Manning.

• Best Play:Boise State beats Oklahoma with a two-point conversion using the Statue of Liberty play.

• Best Finish:San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, Sept. 18, 2006 -- Dodgers hit four straight home runs to tie the game, then Nomar Garciaparra wins it with a home run in the 10^th inning.

• Best Upset:Golden State Warriors over top-seeded Dallas Mavericks in first round of NBA playoffs.

• Best Breakthrough Athlete:Devin Hester, Chicago Bears.

• Best Record-Breaking Performance:Tomlinson.

• Best Sports Movie: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

• Best Male College Athlete:Kevin Durant, University of Texas basketball.

• Best Female College Athlete:Taryne Mowatt, University of Arizona softball.

• Best Male Athlete with a Disability:Casey Tibbs, track and field.

• Best Female Athlete with a Disability:Jessica Long, paralympic swimming.

• Best Male International Athlete:Roger Federer, tennis.

• Best Female International Athlete:Maria Sharapova, tennis.

Individual Sports:

• Best Baseball Player:Derek Jeter, New York Yankees.

• Best NBA Player:James.

• Best WNBA Player:Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks.

• Best NFL Player:Tomlinson.

• Best NHL Player:Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins.

• Best MLS Player:Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy.

• Best Male Action Sport Athlete:Travis Pastrana, motocross.

• Best Female Action Sport Athlete:Sarah Burke, skiing.

• Best Bowler:Norm Duke.

• Best Driver:Jeff Gordon.

• Best Fighter:Floyd Mayweather, boxing.

• Best Golfer:Tiger Woods.

• Best Jockey:Calvin Borel.

• Best Outdoor Athlete:Dean Karnazes, marathon.

• Best Male Tennis Player:Federer.

• Best Female Tennis Player:Sharapova.

• Best Track and Field Athlete: Jeremy Wariner.

Sponsored Awards:

• Hummer - Like Nothing Else Award: Tomlinson.

• Under Armour Undeniable Award, Best Women's Collegiate Team: University of Tennessee basketball.

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• Once again the ESPY\'\'s proved how biased they are....Colts best team? I doubt it....That honor should have been bestowed the Florida Gators Basketball Team....They were the ultimate team players...

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  Once again the ESPY''s proved how biased they are....Colts best team? I doubt it....That honor should have been bestowed the Florida Gators Basketball Team....They were the ultimate team players...

  
  

  
  Boo Kinsey - 7/17/2007 8:37:00 AM EDT

• Once again wrestling gets snubbed by basketball in the best NCAA male athlete award. Askren got robbed and accomplished much more in his career than Durant ever did.

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  Once again wrestling gets snubbed by basketball in the best NCAA male athlete award. Askren got robbed and accomplished much more in his career than Durant ever did.

  
  

  
  Ryan Nachreiner - 7/16/2007 6:53:00 AM EDT

• The Espy Awards this year was a show dedicated to giving Lebron James all the media hype that Stern wants. No way should a season like the San Antonio Spurs had be ignored and given all the attention and awards to the team and a player that got swept and couldn\'t get it done. I realize it is fan vote but ..... do we really believe the nominations come strickly from fan vote? No Spurs were nominated for a thing.... and this franchise is supposed to have broken the record for wins and championships in the last 10 years ...coach has broken records along with players. And they were not even mentioned. What a joke.

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  The Espy Awards this year was a show dedicated to giving Lebron James all the media hype that Stern wants. No way should a season like the San Antonio Spurs had be ignored and given all the attention and awards to the team and a player that got swept and couldn't get it done.
  I realize it is fan vote but ..... do we really believe the nominations come strickly from fan vote? No Spurs were nominated for a thing.... and this franchise is supposed to have broken the record for wins and championships in the last 10 years ...coach has broken records along with players. And they were not even mentioned. What a joke.

  
  

  
  Anita - 7/16/2007 1:53:00 AM EDT

• You\'\'\'\'re a fag...Floyd Mayweather IS a fighter...and he\'\'\'\'s the best fighter pound 4 pound on Earth! Mayweather deserved that award way more than any of those other fags that were nominated.

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  You''''re a fag...Floyd Mayweather IS a fighter...and he''''s the best fighter pound 4 pound on Earth! Mayweather deserved that award way more than any of those other fags that were nominated.

  
  

  
  Sart Bimpson - 7/14/2007 7:20:00 AM EDT

• Floyd Mayweather jr.is not a fighter!he\'\'\'\'s a runner inside the ring of boxing...why you voted this kind of fakeguy?a true fighter should be exciting one and should have a heart inside the ring...win or lose!

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  Floyd Mayweather jr.is not a fighter!he''''s a runner inside the ring of boxing...why you voted this kind of fakeguy?a true fighter should be exciting one and should have a heart inside the ring...win or lose!

  
  

  
  Jeck Gonzales - 7/12/2007 9:42:00 PM EDT
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