2009 ESPY Award Winners
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2009 ESPY Winners
Special Awards
Arthur Ashe Courage Award: President Nelson Mandela
Jimmy V Award For Perseverance: Don Meyer, Northern State University coach
Best Comeback: Dara Torres, Olympic swimmer.
US MNT won for “Best Upset” .. .. see a full list of the winners and a pic of “Best MLS Player” after the jump.. ..who do you think won for Best in MLS?
Best in Sport
Best Female Athlete: Nastia Liukin, Gymnastics
Best Male Athlete: Michael Phelps, Olympic Swimming
Best Moment: US Swim team wins thrilling finish in Olympic relay
Best Team: Los Angeles Lakers
Best Coach/Manager: Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers
Best Game: Steelers vs. Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII
Best Championship Performance: Michael Phelps, Olympic Swimming
Best Play: Roethlisberger to Holmes Super Bowl Winning TD
Best Upset: US Soccer shocks Spain in the Confederations Cup semifinals
Best Breakthrough Athlete: Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons
Best Record Breaking Performance: Michael Phelps, Olympic Swimming
Best Sports Movie: The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
Best Male College Athlete: Tim Tebow, Florida Football
Best Female College Athlete: Maya Moore, Connecticut Women’s Basketball
Best Male Athlete with a Disability: Jason Lester, Ironman Triathlete
Best Female Athlete with a Disability: Erin Popovich, Swimming
Best International Male Athlete: Usain Bolt (Jamaica, Sprinter)
Best International Female Athlete: Lorena Ochoa (Mexico, Golf)
Individual Sports
Best Baseball Player: Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
Best NBA Player: LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
Best WNBA Player: Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
Best NFL Player: Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals
Best NHL Player: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Best MLS Player: Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy
Best Male Action Sports Athlete: Shaun White, Skateboarding/Snowboarding
Best Female Action Sports Athlete: Maya Gabeira, Surfing
Best Bowler: Norm Duke
Best Driver: Jimmie Johnson
Best Fighter: Manny Pacquiao, Boxing
Best Male Golfer: Tiger Woods
Best Female Golfer: Lorena Ochoa
Best Jockey: Calvin Borel
Best nba player award should have gone to Kobe bryant, the most dominating player in the league.Kobe is now, and he still holds the torch!
That’s awesome to see Don Meyer win that award. He’s an incredible basketball coach with incredible character. If you haven’t heard of him, do a google search to read up on his story.
I’m glad that Marta did not win “Best International Female Athlete,” give her some humility!
Yay for the Upset! Totally deserved, definitely on the front pages of numerous international newspapers.
Usain Bolt for best Intl Athlete? Really?
With all those hot female athletes, there had to be a kickin after-party. Some aggressive TOW reader needs to find the skinny on who hooked up.
Who won for best tennis players?
roger federer should have won an award. he just won his 15th major, and probably is the greatest tennis player of all time.
Manny Pacquiao as the best fighter is a joke. Any boxer winning best fighter is a joke. When are people gonna wake up and see that MMA is the real deal. Fedor, Anderson Silva, and Georges St. Pierre all need to be above Pacquiao in that category.
Who won best Male and Female tennis player
lebron james is gay
Tim in Houston: Why does Usain Bolt winning best international athlete come as a suprise to you? He was arguably the athlete of 2008 and produced two of the most jaw dropping individual performance in Olympic history. The other nominees dont come close
Best at rape: Kobe Bryant
Best bowler went to Norm Duke again?!
To my fans that wasnt happy with me not winning an award. it alright. I still got the ring.
Usain bolt ofcousre for best international athlete the others dont even come close.
tim tebow (dim teblow) is not the best college athlete, sam bradford is, he won the heisman, making him better than teBLOW
glad KOBE didnt win! Im sure if there was a best rapest award hed be a shoe in…………..
David, David, David - you must not have attended school because you can not spell, it is spelled TIM TEBOW. And he was selected by the fans as Best College Athlete. You say Heisman? If you recall last year, he received that accomplishment & placed it with all of the others. We here at Gator Nation rally around all of our Gator athletes. Because it is Great to be a Florida Gator!
how come theres every sport nominated but womens soccer! the us womens national team and hope solo shouldve gotten a nod for coming back as a team and beatin marta and brazil for the gold medal
best international male athlete SHOULD have gone to Cristiano Ronaldo. but of course soccer is invisible to americans, unless its the mens national team which is FINALLY being noticed, after taking down power house Spain.
And im suprised michael vick didn’t get an award…
lolz
eeeeerrrr? Any awards for any of the USA volleyball teams? Golds and silvers all round at the Olympics!!!
chris
London England.