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ESPY Award winners - ESPN
A complete list of the ESPY award winners, announced Wednesday night in Los Angeles: Special Awards•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 ...
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Spoiler Alert: Jimmie Johnson Wins an ESPY
FanHouse — ... season, Jeff Gordon received the same honor, so Johnson is just continuing the dominance of Hendrick Motorsports. Kyle Busch, who is dominating what really matters on the track, was snubbed for the award along with Dario Franchitti (for winning the Indianapolis 500 in 2007), Lewis Hamilton (for not winning the F1 championship in 2007), and Tony Schumacher (for kicking the rest of the field for a few years now in NHRA Top Fuel competition). Why Kyle Busch wasn't chosen doesn't make much sense to me. Gordon's win last year was a ...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. tops Georges St. Pierre for ‘Best Fighter’ ESPY in 2008
MMA Mania — ... Floyd Mayweather Jr. — who has won six professional world boxing championships in five different weight classes — has taken home the ESPY for “Best Fighter” in 2008, toppling UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and others for the honor, according to ESPN.com. ...

Time To Deregulate The ESPY Awards [ESPY Awards]
Deadspin — ... Imagine if we had "The Best Damn Sports Awards" every year. Or the "Versies." Gak. And what's the deal with having it tape delayed? That basically spoils the telecast. The New York Giants were named Best Team. Pow. You officially have no reason to watch until the end tonight. In fact, ESPN has already posted the winners. I don't recall David Chase publishing the plot points of The Sopranos finale. Or rather all but the final one. ...

Ubuntu Should Put Celtics as Top 2008 Story
Celtics Stuff Live — ... Whoo-ah!! Let’s give it up for the Celtics as SOY! Why not, they’ve taken the team award from the ESPY’s Best in Sport.  Also, since the Red Sox won the SOY in 2004, it wouldn’t be unprecedented for the Celtics team to do the same. ...

Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida are up for an ESPY
Watch Kalib Run — ... Last year George St. Pierre was the first MMA fighter to be honored with a nomination. However Floyd Mayweather Jr. won the best fighter award. ...

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