16th Annual Espy Award Winners 2008

Special Awards (FORGOT TO PUT I VID)
• Arthur Ashe Courage Award: John Carlos and Tommie Smith, 1968 Olympic medalists
• Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Kevin Everett, former Buffalo Bills TE
• Best comeback: Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers

Best in Sport
• Best Female Athlete: Candace Parker, Tennessee Basketball/Los Angeles Sparks
• Best Male Athlete: Tiger Woods, Golf
• Best Moment: "Great Sportsmanship" (Central Washington University's Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace, Western Oregon University's Sara Tucholsky)
• Best Team: Boston Celtics
• Best Coach/Manager: Pat Summitt, Tennessee Women's Basketball
• Best Game: New York Giants over New England Patriots at the Super Bowl
• Best Championship Performance: Tiger Woods, 2008 U.S. Open
• Best Play: New York Giants Eli Manning's pass to David Tyree at the Super Bowl
• Best Finish: Western Kentucky over Drake in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, winning on a buzzer beater by Ty Rogers
• Best Upset: New York Giants over New England Patriots at the Super Bowl
• Best Breakthrough Athlete: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
• Best Record Breaking Performance: Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers
• Best Sports Movie: Semi-Pro
• Best Male College Athlete: Tim Tebow, Florida Football
• Best Female College Athlete: Candace Parker, Tennessee Basketball
• Best Male Athlete With a Disability: Ryan Kocer, Wrestling (Wagner, SD)
• Best Female Athlete With a Disability: Shay Oberg, Softball (Montana State-Billings)
• Best International Male Athlete: Rafael Nadal, Tennis
• Best International Female Athlete: Lorena Ochoa, Golf

Individual Sports
• Best Baseball Player: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees
• Best NBA Player: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
• Best WNBA Player: Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm
• Best NFL Player: Tom Brady, New England Patriots
• Best NHL Player: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Best MLS Player: David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Best Male Action Sport Athlete: Shaun White, Skateboarding/Snowboarding
• Best Female Action Sport Athlete: Gretchen Bleiler, Snowboarding
• Best Bowler: Norm Duke
• Best Driver: Jimmie Johnson
• Best Fighter: Floyd Mayweather, Boxing
• Best Golfer: Tiger Woods
• Best Jockey: Kent Desormeaux
• Best Outdoor Athlete: Captain Scott Smiley, Mountain Climber
• Best Male Tennis Player: Roger Federer
• Best Female Tennis Player: Maria Sharapova
• Best Track and Field Athlete: Tyson Gay


Honors For This Videos:
July 23, 2008
#77 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports - Canada
#86 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports - Mexico

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[texaschaz]

music is terrible. enough to keep me from watching it. if the ratings weren't disabled, this would barely be work one star.

[commenter911]

lmao i mute this everytime i watch this vid

and put on some NaS or somethin

ya i was pretty much in a rush wen i made this vid

so i had let my frend post a song cuz i had to go out somewhere then he posted the vid and messed everything up

[Rawsonst]

The music is awful!!! Hurrah Rafa, how in the world can Federer be given best tennis player considering his 2008 performance? L

[burjazz]

The music is atrocious

[kmart7843]

hell ya, best moment my college right there central washington university!

[slicko93]

Nice video but I could do without the stupid music(and I use that term very loosely)

[lichnight1]

omg tell me about it

[erdoll21594]

ya i hate it when all espn shows is the poker world series.

[yankee4lyfe9]

dont get me wrong i like golf i'll watch it from time to time, but there is nothing athletic about it, it's a game of skill not a game that takes physical power and i do agree with the poker thing just horrible

[fitzie20]

Golf is a sport, just because you don't like, you hate it, have something against, i dont know, but Simply put golf is a sport, if your gonna complain about things not being a sport start complaining about espn showing poker all the time, which is not a sport.

[thecoolmex]

Cuahutemoc Blanco was better than David Beckham in the MLS, but they just gave it to him because he is the only soccer player that Americans really know, he wasn't even that good.

And, Man!!! This song is so annoying, no wonder rapers get shot, because they brag way to much about them selves!

[yankee4lyfe9]

i'm tired of tiger woods winning the best athlete award golf is not even an athlete, its a game. I'm not saying it doesn't take skill but it's not a sport

[LoveAtTheHUB]

ronaldo was nominated for best international athlete, but rafael nadal won that one