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You can vote at http://espn.go.com/espy2006/..
BEST FEMALE ATHLETE -Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks -Lorena Ochoa, Golf -Candace Parker, Tennessee Basketball -Taryne Mowatt, Arizona Softball BEST MALE ATHLETE -Roger Federer, Tennis -LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers -Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts -LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers -Tiger Woods, Golf BEST MOMENT -Derek Fisher makes it to NBA Playoff game after flying in from daughter's eye cancer surgery -New Orleans Saints return home, beat Falcons -Tiger Woods tears up after winning British Open -Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are first African American coaches in the Super Bowl BEST TEAM -Florida Men's Basketball -Florida Football -Indianapolis Colts -San Antonio Spurs -St. Louis Cardinals -Tennessee Women's Basketball BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE -Kevin Durant, Texas Basketball -Devin Hester, Chicago Bears -Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies -Morgan Pressel, Golf BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE -Bobby Knight, Texas Tech Men's Basketball -Michael Phelps, Swimming -Kelly Slater, Surfing -LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers BEST SPORTS MOVIE -Invincible -Pride -Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby We Are Marshall BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY -Robin Ammerlaan, Wheelchair Tennis -Joshua George, Track & Field and Wheelchair Basketball -Krige Schabort, Wheelchair Marathon -Casey Tibbs, Track & Field BEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY -Jessica Long, Paralympic Swimming -Esther Vergeer, Wheelchair Tennis -Stephani Victor, Alpine Skiing -Amy Winters, Marathon and Triathlon BEST MALE INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE -Didier Drogba, Football -Roger Federer, Tennis -Dirk Nowitzki, Basketball -Albert Pujols, Baseball BEST FEMALE INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE -Justine Henin, Tennis -Lorena Ochoa, Golf -Maria Sharapova, Tennis -Annika Sorenstam, Golf BEST BASEBALL PLAYER -Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies -Derek Jeter, New York Yankees -Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins -Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals -Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins BEST NBA PLAYER -Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets -Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers -Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs -LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers -Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns -Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks BEST WNBA PLAYER -Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever -Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm -Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks -Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury BEST NFL PLAYER -Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints -Larry Johnson, Kansas City Chiefs -Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts -Jason Taylor, Miami Dolphins -LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers -Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears BEST NHL PLAYER -Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils -Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins -Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning -Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks BEST MLS PLAYER -Jeff Cunningham, Real Salt Lake/Toronto FC -Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy -Christian Gomez, DC United -Matt Reis, New England Revolution BEST MALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE -Ricky Carmichael, Motocross -Kelly Slater, Surfing -Travis Pastrana, Motocross -Danny Way, Skateboarding -Andreas Wiig, Snowboarding BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE -Jamie Anderson, Snowboarding -Layne Beachley, Surfing -Torah Bright, Snowboarding -Sarah Burke, Skiing -Elissa Steamer, Skateboarding BEST DRIVER -Dario Franchitti -Jeff Gordon -Kevin Harvick -Sam Hornish Jr. -Jimmie Johnson -Tony Schumacher BEST GOLFER -Jim Furyk -Phil Mickelson -Lorena Ochoa -Tiger Woods BEST OUTDOOR ATHLETE -Mike Iaconelli, Bass Angler -Dean Karnazes, Marathon -Samantha Larson, Mountain Climbing -Lance Mackey, Dog Racing -Ian McKeever, Mountain Climbing BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER -James Blake -Roger Federer -Rafael Nadal -Andy Roddick BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER -Justine Henin -Jelena Jankovic -Maria Sharapova -Serena Williams HUMMER "LIKE NOTHING ELSE" AWARD -LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers, scores 48 points vs. Pistons, including team's final 25 -Travis Pastrana lands double-backflip at X Games 12, the first rider to do so in competition -Michael Phelps gets seven gold medals, setting five world records at swimming championships -Kendric Smith, Hughes High School, nine touchdowns sets Arkansas single-game record -Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury, sets WNBA single-game scoring record -LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers, breaks single-season scoring and touchdown records Y'all better vote for the Saints "Home Sweet Dome" and Drew Brees for best NFL Player.. |
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Didier Drogba? gtfoh
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Hardest one was Best Fighter between Rampage and Couture..
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Some of those are so random. Best international athlete is about as arbitrary as it can get. Albert Pujols? I like Drogba, but if you want a soccer player, Kaka or Cristiano were the best this season. MLS was messed too, Juan Pablo Angel is probably easily the best player so far this season.
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Inno Knows.
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Voted for Randy, nothing against Rampage just that fight against Sylvia was a masterpiece
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tbh, these awards should have been done a long time ago. Way too much time has passed.
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I think they do them the same time every year..
Kinda like, I caught alittle of the last MTV movie awards and Talledega Nights was a nominee.. Crazy.. |
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Oh yeah and VOTE FOR PRIDE..
I know it sucked and got horrible reviews but if it wins, I, in a round of bout sort of way, will win an Espy.. |
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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I decided not to take this seriously after an autistic kid shooting 3 pointers beat George Mason in the final four for best moment last year
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But that kind of story allows Chris Connely to still be on tv after all these years..
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I would vote for the Saints thing for best moment, but Derek Fishers return was pretty cool too. I think the Saints return will win by a landslide though. |
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I think the ESPYs need to change their format. It doesn't make any sense to have the fans voting on who the best athletes in given sports are, especially when they are nominated by ESPN anyway. If I want to know the best baseball player, I see who won MVP or Cy Young, not who won the ESPY.
I don't know exactly how they could fix it. If they need to insist on having similar categories, it should be "favorite baseball player" instead of "best MLB player." Also, the whole international factor is fucked up. If they want to include guys like Federer, they need to be give more credit to the non-major sports. The "Best Male Athlete" category kind of defies my point, because I think overall it is pretty good, but I still say it holds no credibility because the sports/countries/people they choose from are so biased. |
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Also, it's quite clear that Ben Askren was more dominant in college sports this year than Kevin Durant, Greg Oden AND Troy Smith. There are probably 10 other athletes who were more dominant, only problem they were track and field, swimming, golf, some other non-revenue sport. If you want to choose the most dominant athletes, go with Askren, if you want to choose the most popular athletes in a big sport, go with Smith, Durant and Oden. It doesn't make sense.
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Also, the ESPYs could have a lot more obscure but cool categories too. Best agent? Best owner? It doesn't really do anything for me to see LeBron win "best basketball player as voted by ESPN viewers." Who gives a shit? The Miz? I doubt it.
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It's an entertainment show that is not supposed to be taken seriously..
Who judges what movies are good on if they won an MTV Movie Award?? Same thing, different channel.. Calm down.. |
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I know I will get some wrong but here are my picks
BEST FEMALE ATHLETE Candace Parker, Tennessee Basketball BEST MALE ATHLETE Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts BEST MOMENT -New Orleans Saints return home, beat Falcons BEST TEAM -Florida Men's Basketball BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE -Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE -Bobby Knight, Texas Tech Men's Basketball BEST SPORTS MOVIE -Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY Casey Tibbs, Track & Field BEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY Stephani Victor, Alpine Skiing BEST MALE INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE Roger Federer, Tennis BEST FEMALE INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE Justine Henin, Tennis BEST BASEBALL PLAYER -Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals BEST NBA PLAYER Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns BEST WNBA PLAYER Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury BEST NFL PLAYER LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers BEST NHL PLAYER Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks BEST MLS PLAYER Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy BEST MALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE Travis Pastrana, Motocross BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE -Torah Bright, Snowboarding BEST DRIVER -Jimmie Johnson BEST GOLFER -Tiger Woods BEST OUTDOOR ATHLETE Dean Karnazes, Marathon BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER Roger Federer BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER Justine Henin HUMMER "LIKE NOTHING ELSE" AWARD -LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers, scores 48 points vs. Pistons, including team's final 25 |
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1. The MTV Movie Awards are about the lowest form of awards for movies, I don't know anybody who has ever watched or gave a shit about the MTV Movie Awards. 2. Movies and sports are not similar in any way. Judging a movie is completely objective. You can't say The English Patient is better than Gladiator because it averaged more assists per game. Anytime you are critiquing a movie it is 100 times more subjective than critiqing an athlete. The variables are copletely different. |
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1. I don't know anyone who has ever watched The Espy's and thought they were legit awards.. Most sports have league awards (like NFL's MVP) that are the "real" awards..
2. Alot of the catagories are multi-sport so you can't just use stats either.. Even some of the same sport catagories you can't use stats alone because alot of the players play different positions.. Sure LT is the man and broke the TD record last year but how do you compare that to Drew Brees' 4418 total yards, 26 TDs, and 96 Passer Rating?? You are the only one who is taking this seriously while arguing they shouldn't be taken seriously.. Again, calm down.. |
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I dont think he is that upset about this or getting in an uproar, I think he just a strong (and valid) opinion about how bland the Espy's are
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Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith were black?
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I guess at an after party Paris Hilton was dancing on top of a bar and dancing for Suge Knight....way to reform Paris
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Devin Hester won "Breakthrough Athlete".. Been pretty entertaining so far.. Jimmy Kimmel is the man..
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I just want to state the obivous and say Maria Sharapova is really hot.
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What's so special about breaking a TD record that was only a year old?
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Saints won for "Home Sweet Dome".. |
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Thanks Steamah. I got kind of excited when writing that, I will admit, but I don't think I was freaking out or anything. I just think the concept of getting all of these high-profile athletes together is really cool, but that it could be done in a much cooler way.
That said, I haven't seen this year's ESPYs but my friends all said they were pretty good and really funny, so maybe I am wrong. |
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